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    4.3 (3 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Watson's Greenhouse and Nursery - Orchids.

    Watson's Greenhouse and Nursery

    4.0(3 reviews)
    18.4 mi

    Watson's has just opened up, and still has a little construction going on, they are woking hard…read more The people working there are really nice and offer good educational tips. I'm told that they will be having a Grand opening soon and will offer workshops and classes. They have a good selection, especially of "bare root" trees ( which they potted in big peat pots that can go right on the ground). When I looked at the fruit trees and figured the cost of pots, trees, and soil, it's a really good buy.

    This is a tough one to review. The Puyallup location is the flagship and the focus of the…read moremanagement's attention - it is beautiful. Overall, the prices are very high, with large markups. But if you can hit their sales, then you get a semi-fair price. The thing that gets me is how they treat their employees and the community around them. Watsons does NOT support the Olympia community. Sure, they want your money and the sales (who wouldn't?). However, they not only churn through staff like a barbaric meat-grinder (they are horrible to work for!), but they do NOT support LGBTQ+ whatsoever - which is something Olympia cannot back. For those reasons, I can never support Watson's (especially the current CEO, Maidee, and her curated inner circle) or ever encourage anyone to purchase from them. After all, they purchase from the same growers that the other nurseries purchase from (and just mark up the prices higher!). The exception is the houseplants they truck in by the truckloads from FL a few times a year. The big box stores get better deals from better growers in a lot of things as well -- because they have buying power. But all the competition in the area purchases from the very same growers and sales reps. Watch out for bugs on the plants - especially houseplants. They do not do a great job checking for infestations when bringing plants in from FL(it's doubtful they even check at all...). All in all, because of the lack of integrity and values from the leads/owners, I cannot support this company. I had hoped they would be a brilliant addition to Oly -- sadly, I do not believe they are. Too bad - Oly would have flocked to a place that was safe for ALL Olympia to gather, celebrate and spend money.

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    Watson's Greenhouse and Nursery - Orchids

    Orchids

    Watson's Greenhouse and Nursery - Rewards membership available.

    Rewards membership available.

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    Maurries Garden - Maurries Garden sells Vegetable and Flowers seeds

    Maurries Garden

    5.0(2 reviews)
    4.0 mi
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    They're based in Elma,WA but their booth is at The Olympia Farmers Market…read more When Maurrie isn't too busy with other customers she makes sure to ask how the seeds I planted are doing. She also lets me know which vegetables will do the best with the current weather: hot, cold, wet, etc. Her husband Michael is often at the booth on Thursdays and Fridays. He remembers that I stock up on succulents and reminds me when they'll have certain types of sempervivums and sedums. They both know that I shop for plant starts regularly and always offer to take my 4" plant pots. In the 2021 season the seeds that did the best for me were California poppies, Swiss chard, red Russian kale, rainbow carrots, and the purple shelling peas. I had a late start this year (2022), but Maurrie made sure to remind me that peas, carrots, and radishes are a good bet even when it's rainy.

    Maurries Garden Seeds are Spectacular! I have never Not had beautiful results from planting the…read moreseeds. No Diseases. No Fungus. They have always done well. Monday, Jan 26th, I shared some seeds w/ my nephew...He, in return, broght out his collection to share some of his favorites w/ me....He, Too, had seed's from Maurries Garden!! We had a good laugh over that! So Maurrie, you have 3 people in this family who Trust your Seeds..My Older Sister Introduced me to your booth at the Olympia Famers Market!! Thank You Ever So Much! Lyn G.

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    Maurries Garden - Bouquets are available in the summer

    Bouquets are available in the summer

    Maurries Garden - This nasturtium was planted with seed purchased here.

    This nasturtium was planted with seed purchased here.

    Maurries Garden - Seeds from Maurrie's Garden are shown above. They are my favorite place to buy poppy seeds. Photo is of the seed stash for work.

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    Seeds from Maurrie's Garden are shown above. They are my favorite place to buy poppy seeds. Photo is of the seed stash for work.

    Bennie's Gardens - Mini petunias with sweet allysum

    Bennie's Gardens

    4.9(9 reviews)
    34.5 mi

    Bennie is extremely knowledgeable. In the past years since our neighborhood nursery closed, we've…read morebeen searching for a source of hanging flower baskets that were even close to being as nice. This year, we finally found Bennie's! She allowed us to make custom pre-orders in January when she was still selecting flowers. She showed us her Proven Winners catalog and had great suggestions for what would grow well together. Today we picked up our baskets and they look fabulous. I can't wait to see what they look like in August! The only disappointment was that with 11 hanging baskets in the Suburban, I only had room to take home 1 more plant. So back to Bennie's we'll go to bring home some beautiful geraniums, lavender, clematis, roses, or dozens of other annuals and perennials. Everything looked extremely healthy and vigorous. Customers are spoiled for choice, and prices are extremely reasonable. Well worth the 3 hour round trip!

    We have been planting trees since we moved here 5 years ago. We purchased flowering cherry trees…read morefrom them the first year we were here and they grew amazingly. Then 2 years went by and we wanted more flowering cherry trees and for some reason we bought them elsewhere. Out of the 4 we bought elsewhere only 1 survived. We recently bought 3 more from Bennie's. Plus their flower selection is pretty phenomenal. And the gals there know what they're doing.

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    Bennie's Gardens - Summer flowering hydrangeas. This is Vanilla Strawberry.

    Summer flowering hydrangeas. This is Vanilla Strawberry.

    Bennie's Gardens - Rusty tin planters.

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