I can't believe I hadn't discovered this place until today! If you're looking for a wide variety of healthy fruits, vegetables or flowers you wont be disappointed with this place. Not only do they have a nice assortment of plants, the customer service is excellent and the prices are reasonable. After being greeted and assisted by multple welcoming staff I had a very knowledeable and friendly associate, Angie, help me pick out herbs and flowers for my garden project. They have everything from vegetables, fruit trees, shrubs, flowers, house plants, succlents, dirt, and garden supplies. They even have a small chicken coop with free range chickens roaming the property I left feeling excited to plant my new plants and plan on returning soon to support this business. I highly recommend! read more

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Unfortunately, I cannot give this place a positive review as I've been there twice and I've been told both times they will contact me. No calls were returned. I also explained to the representative that I'm having yard work done and I'd like to get these plants in again no call back staff don't know the difference between an olive tree that's fruitless or fruit bearing. Customer service needs training on how to be proper with customers. read more

This place is fantastic! Wide assortment of indigenous, drought tolerant plants and attentive service. I'll definitely be back!

Service is very good, they explain information on plant chosen and what r good places to plant and also if you r going make container garden, they also have landscaping service, rock garden and plant selection depending on local area. Time and value spent there worth it. Some of plants we had lasted longer than Home Depot plants. I think nursery plants have better care. read more

Quick and easy, top soil the right price and loaded with ease, will return when needed.

The best nursery in Monterey area! Knowledgeable staff and very helpful. I always go there with lots of gardening questions and they can direct me in the right way. read more

An oldie but a goodie. This is a well stocked nursery with helpful friendly staff. Prices are more than fair. I came in specifically looking for water plants for my fountain. They let me know fresh ones were coming in so I waited. Totally worth it!! Water lettuce and water Hyacinth. Super healthy and cheap! Don't miss this place if you're looking for plants! read more

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We recently finished a front yard replant with Jeff and his crew. We couldn't be happier with how it turned out! Jeff was willing to listen to the list of plants I wanted and source them especially for the project. He created a layout based on our ideas and sought input all along the way. The team ripped out and put in a new sidewalk and added paths as well as planting and irrigation. If you are considering a landscape project - we highly recommend Bokay. read more

Bokay Nursery - Before! Sidewalk was a mess & had to be ripped out. - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Salinas, California

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My teenage granddaughter loves coming here for succulents. We bought the one in the video. She doesn't like it when I record her. read more

My husband visited this nursery twice in fall 2024, inquiring about patio services(removing our old one and replacing with a new one. ). They would never set a an appt. They just said we might be by to look and give an estimate. They have never showed or called . It's March 2025 and still nothing. We have since decided to go with independent contractor who was referred by friend and is very responsive. read more

Staff was ok. I didn't feel they had very much to choose from.. Succulants looked sad some plants looked dead. Prices were fair for what we purchased anyway. read more

Good variety of plant selections, customer service and personal advice all together makes this place unique.

Their website and automated phone message says they are open 7 days a week. They are closed on Mondays and I just wasted an hour and a half (45min there&back) to come to this nursery but they aren't even open. Their social media hasn't been updated for months and they don't answer the phones so I would avoid this place if you can. Don't support businesses that don't mind wasting people's time. read more

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Called to place an order for a young child to pick up the flowers with his mom and plant the flowers for an elderly lady. Customer service is AMAZING here. I don't live in the area but wanted to help out a senior. Definitely will do this again. read more

Very helpful when planning a party with live plants and germs for decorations. They were incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. I will be back :) read more

Poor customer service. A few of the gentlemen who work there are very helpful. We were greeted at the cash register with a woman who was on a personal call. She rang us up without any acknowledgment. When I wanted to order flowers that weren't in stock, I was told I wouldn't be called if they couldn't get them. When I did call, I was told that maybe I should go elsewhere to find them. (The order hadn't even been tried before this recommendation). The service is abrupt and unfriendly. The prices are also quite high. read more

Austin was very helpful, pleasant, and knowledgeable. We came to BoKay nursery needing a fruit tree for a planting in honor of our father and they had a nice selection. Great service and a pleasant atmosphere. I will shop there again! read more

Great place for healthy plants. Helpful and knowledgeable for the home gardener. I love going here to see what else I can fit into the back yard. And I can't say enough about their customer service. It's great. Give them a try. read more

Bokay Nursery - Marigolds from Bokay - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Salinas, California

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They are fantastic. Their crew is great - very helpful and cheerful, they definitely like where they work! :) Great selection of all sorts of plants, herbs, fruit trees, etc. And all accessories and additional needed for some good green thumb work. Definitely going to be returning for more. read more

They have Padron's! My favorite peppers and they have the seedlings...perfect. These hard to find peppers are delicious as tapis, just a little olive oil and salt heated till blistered in a pan. Here's the real deal every six or seventh one is hot...surprise! The place is the perfect size, not so big you get lost and give up. And not so small they have no variety to choose from. Its well taken care of and clean for a nursery. The staff are all knowledgeable enough and help with a smile. Last words... Padron's and Beer. read more

Today was my first time going to this garden center and I already want to go back. I loved it. Huge selection. I wanted everything. It was so hard to choose but I left very satisfied with my purchase. I will definitely be going back for more. Customer service was excellent. Friendly, courteous and helpful. read more

Bokay Nursery - Flowers - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Salinas, California

Impressive Customer Service and an excellent array of plants. I am new to the area and emailed last night after closing hours. I was surprised to receive a response within 20 minutes from the Manager, Rex, advising that the plants I sought were in stock. I visited this morning for the first time and was very impressed. Loved the chickens wandering the premises and delighted with the assistance received from Rex and his staff. They know their stock and are very informative on the growing habits of the plants. A delightful place to visit. Very reasonable prices and much more healthy plants than box stores. read more

Now that I'm home with the shelter in place orders I've had the time and motivation to get in my garden. Bokay has an excellent selection of veggie starters, flowering plants and some really fun fruiting hybrid trees. Their staff is extremely helpful with helping to choose choices for the garden and yard and they always help load my selections. read more

Wow! Nice and knowledgeable staff working here. Great selection of outdoor plants at reasonable prices!

I had contacted Bokay Nursery to design and give us an estimate on our backyard. Selma came out and went over things with my husband and she said it would take a couple of weeks. After a couple of weeks went by, I called to find out if our design and estimate was ready for us to see. Selma called me letting me know it was ready and would like to set up a day and time to come to our house. I told her which day would work with us and said she will talk to Jeff to see if that day and time would work. I mentioned to her our budget amount we did not want to go over and she said ok and will get back to me on the day and time. Selma called back and said that day will work. The date and time was Sunday at work. We didn't want to go anywhere fearing something would keep us from getting back before 3. We waited the rest of the afternoon and no phone call. Really, really tacky! Whatever to problem was we still deserved being stood up and waisting our afternoon. read more

I cannot recommend this gem more highly. The only two employees I have interacted with are Francisco and Diane, whom I found to be extremely helpful and knowledgeable (don't let Francisco's apparently young age fool you! He sure knows a lot, at least about what I am interested in). Since McShane's closed their nursery part of the operation, Bokay seems to have blossomed (no pun intended). They, and Sierra Azul near Watsonville, are my go-to places for general, yet not-yo-mama's regular boring stuff. Of course, there are specialty places if you want a specific avocado, say, but as far as a strong, independent, highly informed bunch of plant-nuts with great, and often hard-to-find stock goes, this place is absolutely tops. They also have a very solid selection of amendments, most definitely oriented towards the organic gardener. read more

Solid selection of fruit trees. With some good tips on how to maintain them. Friendly staff.

Not to say other nurseries in the area are lacking, I love the few in the area. I do however choose to come to Bokay for my gardening vegetables, trees, and occasionally flowers.I appreciate the variety and knowledge. I am Never sold something I did not appreciate. I can trust these folks for the direction I need to get my projects going and keep them going. Thank you Bokay read more

I come here way more often then I should!!! The plants are well priced and you can really tell that everything is cared for. All of the staff we come across are so nice and knowledgeable, which is hard to top since my husband works with plants for a living as well. They are so nice to my curious 4 year old and hold the chickens so he can pet them. read more

We have been loyal customers of Bokay Nursery for more than 60 years and have found the staff and owner to be always responsive to our landscaping needs. However, our experience this week when we found that we had been sold a diseased rose (Perfect Moment) two weeks before and wanted them to help us with the problem was disappointing. The staff member who was helping us showed a complete lack of interest. She told us at first that it was just water residue. When we showed her evidence (curling leaves, stunted blooms, fungus on the leaves) that it is powdery mildew, still she did not acknowledge the fact that this excellent nursery is allowing diseased plants to be allowed to stay in their inventory and sold. She simply told us that it was too late to do anything about it now and assured us that the disease would return next year. She did not respond to my request that the rose be replaced. I have grown Perfect Moment roses, which are disease resistant, and have never had a problem with them. She finally suggested a copper spray, and we left feeling very unhappy. read more

Their greeter, Buster, always has his eyes on my dog. But that is as close as he will ever get. And that said, I have been shopping at Bokay for a long time. Staff there is knowledgeable and if they don't have the item available available they will order it for you. They do carry items you will not find in the "box" places and I prefer to do business with local shops rather than with the corporate variety. read more

This is a wonderful nursery. Employees are always very nice and helpful. They can place special orders for you. They have everything you need to enjoy your gardening. I am very grateful that they are there. read more

All we can say is WOW! Friendly and knowledgeable staff and a great greeter named Buster the dog! The have a great selection of beautiful, healthy plants, trees and vegetables at a competitive price. We prefer to shop and support a local business without the attitude. They are your best bet in Salinas! Brian & Kathie Day:) read more

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED!!! A little over a month ago I went in to inquire about raised beds. I was so happy to know that Bokay Nursery makes them from recycled woods. I discussed everything with Dana, gave her measurements, told her I wanted 2 of 6'x3' raised beds. She gave me the price of $69.99 each. She wrote all of these info including the price on a yellow pad along with my name & phone number. She also told me that I can customized them. But unfortunately due to CoVid they didn't get any recycled woods til the 2nd week of July. I've been waiting, have spoken to other employees & finally came in today, July 12, 2020 hoping to finalized my order. Dana referred me to Jeff coz it was her last day. Jeff showed me the woods & I mentioned again of the measurements. Jeff assured me that he can make them. The disappointing part was when Jeff said "it's $125." I said for both? He said no for one. I said but Dana told me it's $69.99 each. Jeff said "oh I think Dana was confused about the size coz there are other sizes here." I said I only told her I wanted 6'x3' initially. Then I told Dana after she gave me the $69.99 price that I'm thinking of ordering smaller raised beds like 3'x1' or 3'x2' also but I wasn't sure yet. She said that's $49.99 each. Today I only discussed the 6'x3' with Jeff. I also said that's a big difference from $69.99 to $125? WOW! Jeff even said "even though the woods are free we have to charge for labor" then he said that it only takes him 1 hour to make them. I told Jeff I'll think about it. But by the time I got in my car I've already made up my mind that I'll be ordering my raised beds somewhere else, a place I can trust & not trying to RIP ME OFF!!! In my opinion, if the price had been written down then that price should be honored. I've been waiting for over a month & not one of them called to inform me of the change in price. NONE!!! So to find this out only today it's not ok & SOOOO DISAPPOINTING!!!!! Well, I guess I'll be making my future nursery/garden businesses somewhere else. I normally don't write reviews but I decided I will on this one coz I don't want others to go through the same. NOT GOOD BOKAY, NOT GOOD AT ALL!!!! read more

Good people of integrity. The owners are such nice people and they have a ton of neat stuff. My go to place for plants and such. Highly recommended. The roaming chickens, chicks and Buster are a bonus. read more

We went across the grade to Bokay today to purchase a non-fruit olive tree. The had a very nice selection of them. We picked one out for only $29.50. We had priced them at other nurseries from $90 to $189. This was a real good price and looked as good or better than the others which were much more expensive. It paid to shop around. Got some quality potting soil for the tree also. Nice people, good selection, excellent prices. read more

My girlfriend received an exotic indoor house tree as a gift from her father. We had no idea what it was and she never asked her father. It grew and grew over the last year until it started to brown on the ends of the leaves. It was dying and now it was on an accelerated path until Dian from Bokay assisted us. She not only took the time to review the images that I emailed her, but gave us a watering schedule and great advice on how to revive it. I bought a bigger pot and organic potting mix and transplanted the plant and now it's doing much better. Thanks to Dian for going above and beyond to help a new customer. We'll be back! read more

The last Independant nursery in Salinas. It's definitely worth it to shop at Bokay and get the terrific personal service you can't get at the "box" stores! Pay a little more but they have it in stock. If not they can order it. They had all the vegetables for my garden I couldn't get anywhere else. They even loaded my plants in the car taking care to lay cover to protect the carpet in my car! read more

Great selection & service. Was able to find some unique additions for our veggie/herb garden.

Bought 6 buckthorn took them home and planted. One was dying I took a cutting in and they said it was shock. The trees had been planted for over two weeks, he wanted to sell me enough B-1 to handle 100 buckthorn plants. I asked if he would help me with the price of another tree. "Oh no, people would be coming back all the time. " I wonder why they don't look at what they buy since they are so afraid people will screw them. Terrible customer service. read more