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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 6,472 mail order gardening companies. Here gardeners share their opinions on which companies really deliver on quality, price and service.

After you review the Introduction and Acceptable Use Policy, you can share your own mail-order experiences, or use our search and browse features to find reputable sources for all your gardening needs.

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Since 1994, 3,354 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 43,209 comments have been posted (30,696 positive, 4,843 neutral, 7,670 negative) by 22,650 customers.

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The Watchdog 30

These 30 companies are currently the most highly rated within our entire database. Each of them is listed here because of feedback from their customers.

Company Company

Antique Rose Emporium Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Bluestone Perennials Brent & Becky's Bulbs
Brushwood Nursery Buried Treasures
Chamblee's Rose Nursery Classy Groundcovers
Diane's Flower Seeds Direct Source Hostas
ECOLAGE Easy to Grow Bulbs
Forestfarm Garden Crossings LLC
Garden Store-N-More Hallson Gardens
High Country Gardens Katz Kuntry Kuttins
Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd.
Made in the Shade Gardens Oakes Daylilies
Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
Plant Delights Nursery Santa Rosa Gardens
Sooner Plant Farm (home of Imagine Backyard Trees®) Territorial Seed Company
Touch of Nature, Inc. Viola Valley Wildflowers

Most Recently added ratings

User	Rating	Company
petrossp	Positive	Rick's Custom Nursery
robcorreia	Negative	Georgia Vines
tammykelli	Negative	Garden of Delights
YodieCoyote	Positive	Buried Treasures
sjennings	Negative	ABP Nursery, A Surf & Sierra LLC Co. (formerly A Better Plant Grower)
sjennings	Negative	Growquest, A Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC Company (also dba CA Plant & Floral Wholesale)
Linda88	Positive	High Country Gardens
IO1	Positive	Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd.
BenDecker	Positive	Swan Island Dahlias
veotas	Negative	Tyber Katz
kagst29	Positive	Sandusky Valley Nursery
iris28	Neutral	Green Thumbs Galore
duffharrold	Neutral	Uncle Jim's Worm Farm
beakerlj	Positive	Valley Creek Nursery
ShellyR	Positive	Meridian Gardens
kauricat	Positive	Flora Exotica
hapewhenigrdn	Positive	AnythingGreen.com
golfandgardenut	Positive	Donahue's Clematis Specialists
mrcircumspect	Positive	Bob Wells Nursery
golfandgardenut	Positive	Oakes Daylilies
golfandgardenut	Positive	Paradise Garden
trainsplanes51	Negative	Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company
Flossiemae	Positive	Zebra Gardens
pokerfossa	Negative	Brighter Blooms Nursery
iboya	Negative	Gurney's Seed & Nursery
PamelaQ	Positive	Gingers of Texas
cando1	Positive	Homestead Farms
ms_spokane	Negative	Autumn Ridge Nursery (aka autumnridgenursery.com)
mms_spokane	Negative	Summerstone Nursery
ncdirtdigger	Positive	Diane's Flower Seeds
runaway956	Positive	Flora Exotica
Cretaceous	Positive	Ecologel Solutions, LLC
roflcopters	Neutral	Gardens Alive!
barbie10	Positive	Vivaces Nordiques enr.
julsie	Positive	New Hope Seed Company
iris28	Positive	Made in the Shade Gardens
roseimp	Positive	Seeds of Italy (Franchi)
Twonewfs	Neutral	Gardener's Supply Company
Linda_Iowa	Positive	Easyliving Native Perennial Wildflowers
Marilynbeth	Positive	Winterberry Gardens
DitchLily206	Positive	Gemini Garden
dgillbee	Negative	Wormman's Worm Farm
CandL	Positive	Gardens Alive!
mittsy	Positive	Siberian Iris Gardens
chutchut	Negative	Jackson & Perkins
greenthumb45	Positive	Ison's Nursery & Vineyard
mysterypoodle	Positive	Oakes Daylilies
obliqua	Positive	Northfield Nursery LLC
lilliogarden	Positive	Peach Grove Nursery and Gardens
lwillaredt	Positive	Possum Ridge Farm and Gardens

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