Great selection of plant starts and garden essentials. I'm more into food gardening, but they have…read moresome great ornamentals too. Nice ladies and cute cats!

It's a treasure to find a nursery that feels like a sanctuary, has well-informed cheerful staff,…read moreand an owner like Christine, who is extremely helpful and pleasant. As for the plants, I'm pleased with the verbena, cat mint, Grevillea juniperina "Lava Cascade", and shasta daisies I purchased there. Can hardly wait to go back for more! Kathleen M.T., Ukiah

Yes, even 5 stars in the pouring rain!! This event cannot be missed for any reason; if you have a…read morevacation-- cancel it; if you're sick-- wrap up & go! You get my gist. This is a great sale, and I've been to many plant sales at Botanic gardens [ UC, Tilden, Huntington, Quail ] All are terrific and have their specialties. And I guess that what the Mendocino College sale offers are plants close to my heart-- Calif natives, regional trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and veggies for the upcoming seasons! The sale began yesterday on Friday, and I put off going til it began raining, so I decided to do it on Sat. morning, and maybe John would like to go to. And of course it's raining even harder today, but no matter. After a warm breakfast [ got to have eggs on weekends!] we drove the 5 miles up to the college, and parked in the grass lot of the Dept of Agriculture. I had in my mind a budget of about $25. This seemed alot since plants are priced $1.50 for small 3" pot, $2 for a 6pak, $5 for a gal container. But you know there were 2 of us now and we both like alot of the same things, but a lot of different things too. John favors succulents, grasses-- so we had to get some of those too. With umbrella dripping and finally hair dripping too, we go from greenhouse to greenhouse then to open areas-- so much to choose from. I love Salvias/ sages and they must have had 2 dozen to choose from. The two I bought last year have grown immensely & are ready to bloom soon. So I bought 2 different ones this time. We started out in the veggie 'hall' with a small hand carried tray -- picked up 8 different tomato plants, 6 basils, peppers, pumpkin, squash. Now we needed a wheeled cart, because we picked up lavenders, creeping thymes, a sedge, Calif fushia-- oh the list goes on and on. The staff, who are students in the program, and the cultivators of all the plants, were extremely helpful & informative... in fact a couple enjoyed talking so much we had to break it off to finish shopping & get out of the rain. All plants are lush, healthy & perfect for our region. We blew my proposed budget. Not a surprise really. For all we bought, that filled 3 large boxes, was only $52.00. And they have a fall sale that I did miss last year. So I'm looking forward to that one too. Now once the rain is over [ no hurry on that, we are loving it] we get to deal with our clay soil to get all these new treasures planted.

I went in and had some keys made, and also bought a toilet bowl brush. I left the store with my…read morekeys, and while I was getting ready to drive away Melia came running out of the store, calling, "JoAnn", while carrying the toilet bowl brush. We had talked to each other earlier in the store and exchanged names. I have a hard time imagining that happening in the Bay Area.

Staff were very helpful and super nice. As soon as I entered I was asked if I needed help. Another…read morelater asked what I was looking for and then took me to where it was and gave me good details on the options there. As I was heading to check out, there was about 4 people in line at the 1 check out. Someone promptly came out and apologized for any wait and opened another check out which was hardly necessary. Very nice as I was checking out. Honestly the best service I've ever found at any store. Awesome staff. Generally the store is comfortable and I have yet to not find whatever I am looking for.

I wish I lived closer-this nursery is amazing! High quality plants and very good pricing, found…read moresome "steals" that always makes me happy. if you are driving to/from the Sacramento area to Ft. Bragg/Willits or up to the PNW, this needs to be a must-stop for plant lovers. great selection of houseplant. Highly recommend!

This is my happy place!! The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, prices reasonable, and quality…read moreis out of this world!

I made a purchase a few days ago for something that wasn't going to work. I wasn't given a receipt,…read morewhich is my fault for walking away without getting it... but I assume since I used my debit card, I could use that to find it in the event. I need to return it. I used Apple tap to pay with a debit card that was compromised later that day. the bank canceled that card (what timing?!) so... when I went to return the item, I was turned away because I could not use the tap method. they could not find the purchase and told me that I should just "sell it on eBay" or Google our corporate phone number if that doesn't work. This was my absolute worst experience with Home Depot's customer service department EVER! I was (not) helped by a young woman named Lily. I don't know how a company would hire somebody with that terrible of customer service skills to be their on site manager. but once I raised enough chaos with other cashiers, I found another manager that was totally willing to help me? and they resolved my situation with store credit. (Amazing!) I was absolutely blown away that somebody would tell me to "sell it on eBay" as my only other option since they couldn't 'prove' that I actually purchased this item in the store. Somehow, my bank records were not enough. I knew exactly what register I bought it on, and we went to that register and looked up the history, found it, and resolved it very quickly!! ... albeit no thanks to Lily. Hanna, the other supervisor on duty for cashiers was AMAZING!!!!! So helpful, nice, and had empathy that totally refreshed my faith. What is up with the younger generation??! No social skill, empathy, or general pleasantness. Like you are being paid to help customers specifically... do the job don't patronize me. Thank you Hanna!!!! Hanna deserves 5 stars but I want this to be noticed! Hence giving one star above the lowest possible option

Terrible service from a "manager" this evening. In the home purchasing process, we have spent a lot…read moreof money here in the last few months. Now we purchased a wood splitter (it was delivered a week ago) that is not working how it's supposed to and when trying to address the issue we get told Home Depot will do nothing for us we have to call the manufacturer and they will charge us to bring it back. The $1400+ we just spent was apparently not enough and they don't stand behind the products they sell. Ready to take my business to tractor supply or Friedman

After looking everywhere in Ukiah, I've found that this place has the best fertilizer in town…read more They definitely have the higher nutrient content fertilizer than the silly trash they have at like Home Depot, Walmart, or any other places. If you're really into gardening and really care for your "flowers" *winkwink*, I recommend it whole-heartedly.

Humboldt is an interesting jam. Various sources report that a goodly portion of the local economy…read moreis inexorably linked to the cultivation of various... plants. Similarly, plenty of residents of the permanent, transient, and collegiate varieties dabble in green thumbery for personal or profitable reasons. And without the slightest judgment thereof from this Yelper, any horticultural effort that will result in any level of success requires both the correct supplies to get the job done, and the knowledge to apply things with the right frequency, timing, order, and amounts. All that as prologue to my stop in at Big Daddy. Fully a tourist on my trip, I ducked in to see what this store was all about. While it was essentially stocked with the usual garden center stuff, there were whole aisles dedicated to nutrients, soil and substrate amendments, containers... if you need it, it seemed to be here. I can't say I interacted with staff here... come to think of it, I don't recall being approached by or pursuing help from anyone while I was there. Per other reviews, this isn't the only game in town, and what do I know as a "just passing thru" guy contemplating next season's back yard tomatoes? But all in all, if you have a rudimentary understanding of things like 12-12 and 16-8 lighting, you know guano from guava, and can explain how NPK values change outcomes, you should be able to find what you need here without getting your socks wet.

If I could put less stars I would. I spent $1300 dollars on 2 vac sealers that overheated in 8…read moreminutes! I literally came back the next day and I explained to the manager the issue. She sorta laughed in my face and said it's a problem I have to take up with the manufacture. I realize that business is bad and slow for you guys right now but not taking care of your loyal costumers will result in even MORE slow business. I spent thousands of dollars with big daddy but not ANYMORE !! Worst costumer service I've ever experienced !! Save your time and money and go to Hydro pacific they will actually let you return a a shitty product !!! Never again fuck big daddies!!