Clean well maintained shop with friendly employees, but I feel like the name is quite misleading. I…read moredidn't see much of anything here that was truly unusual or rare. Their inventory is dominated by your typical cultivars of philodendrons, anthuriums, pothos, etc. Most of these plants are widely available at garden centers and other plant stores. Even the carnivorous plants and staghorn fern they had are varieties I've commonly seen elsewhere. They also carry spray painted tillandsias, a practice I dislike because it obscures the plant's natural appearance and is something I generally associate with novelty retail rather than horticulture. I visited hoping to find some unique specimens, such as uncommon orchids, metallic leaved begonias, rocklike pseudolithos, or other harder to find collector plants. Casual indoor plant owners would probably find this store adequate, but I'd recommend those looking specifically for rare or unusual plants to skip this place. Update: Soon after writing this review I got a very emotionally charged message from the owner who mentioned that my review is a "public dig" and asked "Is it your goal to damage a women owned and run small business?". It leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I leave an honest respectful review (all I did was highlight who this store would be good for!) and I get a response like that. Especially ending in her saying "I hope you have a better day than I now will have". It's all very unprofessional.

Cute, quaint plant shop of indoor plants, pottery that make a nice addition to your home or…read morethoughtful present. First visit to Crimson Horticultural Rarities on Piedmont Ave but a frequent visitor to their former location in the Temescal Neighborhood and bought my first air plant about 10 years ago. Floor staff friendly, provides assistance and advice. Ended up with a Swiss Cheese plant (monstera adansonii) kokedama which is the Japanese art of growing plants in a moss-covered ball which is definitely a conversation piece. Pricing on the higher side so I visit for the unique arrangement or rare plant I haven't found. Crimson Horticultural Rarities also provides full service event arrangements and indoor plant design for your place.

UOP Dental School plant maintenance is excellent. For example, Fiddle Leaf Ficus have no missing or…read moreeven discolored leaves, in stark contrast to my ficus at home with dead branches. I was so impressed, I asked staff to tell me who their plant maintenance is company is. The answer: The Wright Gardener

Hello Miranda, I wanted to let you know that we have been…read morereceiving excellent customer service by your tech Omunique. She is very knowledgeable and easy to work with. she has all our plants looking good and ready for a large customer facing event tomorrow.

I absolutely love Rooted Oasis! The shop owner has such a great vibe! We love beautiful, healthy…read moreplants and a friendly, knowledgeable owner who clearly loves what she does. I've also been using her weekly plant care service for my home and office, and it's been a game changer. She keeps all my plants thriving and looking amazing, and I never have to stress about watering Whether you are a beginner, an expert, or you love plants but don't always have the time to care for them, I can't recommend Rooted Oasis enough!

It's so beautiful to enter this venue and feel transported into an oasis/garden of plants and…read morebotanical marvels, inspiring me to decorate my own place with greenery. This oasis of flora and fauna not only is aesthetically pleasing but helps one breathe and enter a meditative, serene state. This store has motivated my interest in all things plant oriented!

Background: About a year after Elliot had finished his excellent work on our front plantings in…read more2006, I'd asked him to do our back yard, but never heard back. I worried something had happened, and hoped he was okay, but found Alma Hecht (Second Nature Landscaping), who did a lovely job...although, sadly, she passed away some years later. Since then, we've done most of the gardening work ourselves. Update: Now we're seniors and can't do all of the gardening. In 2022, I learned that Elliot had opened a garden center next to Bay Natives. So in early 2023 he finally came back to give us an estimate on both front and back garden improvements. He spent plenty of time with us, especially in the back. About a month later, we got a $200 invoice for his time/consult re: plantings, irrigation, setting up work, etc., which we gladly paid. However, now it is May 6th, and have yet to receive any actual estimate. We would have totally understood if he'd just said, "Sorry, I can't take on your job, I'm too busy," up front. But instead we've been left hanging. Disappointed! Guess we'll move on to find someone else who wants to do the work.

We had Elliot come to give us an assessment to start a regular, ongoing landscaping/yard…read moremaintenance arrangement. We were quoted $300 for this initial visit - that would include Elliot's time, as well as $75 each for the hourly rate of two gardeners working with him, and a gameplan for ongoing service. Both my husband and I looked at our yard and saw no difference after the hour-long visit, and we received no follow up whatsoever, until around one month later a bill for $470 arrived.

Jeffrey at BiomeMechanics is nothing short of a magician. We had made the mistake of planting…read morebefore we truly eradicated a pervasive oxalis/clover infestation. Before working with Jeffrey, and shortly after spending a hefty price on several plants - the oxalis was relentless, taking over the totality of our yard. The weed barriers we installed before planting were no match at all. We hired Jeffrey to eradicate the oxalis and maintain the yard. Jeffrey carefully and lovingly moved each of our plants to temporary pots, dug up the clover and sheet mulched our entire yard. He also saved two trees that were suffering from mold from poor planting, and has performed other key rescue efforts that have preserved our plants. He is now doing a great job maintaining our yard with regular pruning, shaping, replanting, addressing trouble spots as they arise, recommending native sustainable plants and taking out the - very occasional - weed that still pops up! He was also instrumental in our water design. I could not recommend Jeffrey enough! Grab him if he's not too busy already!

From the owner: BiomeMechanics is a maintenance gardening services organization serving the Northern San Francisco…read morebay area, encompassing the city of San Francisco, southern Marin county, northern Alameda county and western, bay-side Contra Costa county. We believe that soil health is the foundation of a great garden. Soil health supports a robust living community of fungal, bacterial and invertebrate communities that enhance plant health, providing habitat for birds and other pollinators, supporting a web of life that enhances the quality of our own lives. We are focused on soft-scaping services (weeding, pruning, planting, sheet mulching and similar services).