Green thumb Nursery is my first stop. It's a "lived-in" family nursery with relatively reasonable prices. The owners are lovely, helpful and very knowledgeable. Even when I haven't made a purchase, they have taken time to be helpful. (Try that at Home Depot or Lowe's). I have gotten really good advice on planting in the compact clay soil on my empty plot, and will continue to support this home-grown local nursery. read more

BE AWARE OF THESE SCAMMERS! Bought a $450 tree from them that they dug out with the roots too short, and they said "it's fine just keep watering it". We contacted them several times within 2 months period from the day of purchase about the tree dying. The "wife" kept telling us the "oak is pretty hardy, it will grow back even if the leaves dry up". "Keep watering it every day, 30 gallons each day". "We're in business 50 years, we know what we're talking about". We followed all their orders until the tree completely dried up within 2 months. Their response: "well everything living dies, people die, animals die, and trees die we don't guarantee any of our trees". They do not offer a refund or replacement on any of their trees. Our only option from them was to buy another tree at additional half price. read more

Greenthumb is our go-to nursery. I have bought trees, shrubs, and flowers from them for 30 yrs. Donna works very hard to help get you the plants you need that will grow in the area you want to put them. Her advice is invaluable! Larry is less helpful. The only problem I ever had was when his workers (he "supervised") planted a small tree in a too small hole with too little prep work. It died within months. Talk to Donna and follow her instructions yourself. read more

I second the last reviewer. It is a great treasure hunt and messy but the prices are fair and all the trees I have purchased from them are doing great. It is an annual trip for me. read more

Deserves less than 1star. Well we voiced our dissatisfaction with the job that was done. After contacting for 5 weeks Larry did show up. His attitude and demeanor as he disembarked his truck, let us know he would not be providing any customer service to us. He left saying hes done and will not even come back to reseed as he initially promised. The photos of a front yard are what he came and viewed this morning. 3 of his grasses died (which I believe were annuals) and he tried to tell me they were originally mine and he just transplanted them for me. That was a downright lie. He feels our yard looks great and better than before. I will confirm our yard will look great, but it will be from the work my husband and I will now need to do ourselves. A palm branch of some attempt to satisfy would have shown he really cared for us as customers, like reseeding the front and mulching were it was too thin and old ground and moss protruded. He told us he had plenty of business and so he could care less if he got a poor review. I am just sorry I didnt read these past reviews before we chose his nursery. Maybe he is a better horse farmer which he told us takes up much of his time. read more

They do NOT stand behind their trees. We bought a river birch which they delivered. Come Spring, the biggest trunk did not have any leaves. They indicated that "this happens all the time." I asked if they would provide a discount since the biggest trunk was dead and it was no longer a "big birch" and she said "no, we don't do that here." There are other smaller trunks that are dead or dying and basically the response from her is "Just cut them off and the tree will grow fast." In conclusion, I bought a $300 tree at half off and they DO NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AT ALL. Not sure about you, but I prefer to shop at a place that stands behind their products. read more

I have never had a tree or plant that I purchased there ever die and I have purchased several over the years. The place is a muddy mess and not the most attractive place but the plants are mostly balled and burlapped with good roots and of good quality. It is true they don't have a guarantee on their plants but I've never had a problem with any product I purchased there. Things I have purchased from Lowes, Home Depot, or Walmart are more hit or miss. Bring a pair of old shoes if you go plant hunting there. read more

Don't waste your money having them trim your trees. My trees look 100 times worse after they were done than after the derecho storm that blew through a couple years ago. read more

I am having just about the exact same experience as Aaron P! Purchased three large river birch and two are dead. We discussed the warranty on the trees explicitly when purchasing, but now I'm told that they are not going to make an effort to do anything about making this right. Had to call back when they wouldn't return my call. I will continue to pursue it, but I'm not holding out much hope. Not going back and will not recommend unless they make it right. read more

We met with the gentleman who helps run this business with his wife he even drew up a plan for us and we thought we understood what he meant. The day he came it wasn't exactly what we had wanted or had in the picture that he drew us. I also asked for additional mulch to put around certain things and he didn't want to do it he said it wouldn't look right but I said I'm the one paying for it and I want to put down so he proceeded to do that. But after the project was finished we weren't happy with the "mound" and that he was supposed to put in the middle he actually made the whole area a "mound"! Keep in mind that this area can be seen by everyone in our Townhome community. We were very unhappy! My husband went back and told his wife that we were not happy and she said her husband would call us back! Still no return call....its been months ago. We already spent $500 on this job & had to spend an additional $200 to fix it the way it should have been. read more