.., came here on 1/2/26 & sadly had an awkward & annoying experience. Our family loves to garden and I had been wanting to take my mother here for quite some time. Was in the neighborhood with my girlfriend and her parents & decided to finally check it out. The nursery has street parking and has signs making it easy to find. Walking up you immediately see the wide variety of pottery & plants that they have. I was pretty excited to dive in and see what they had to offer. Within 2 minutes of being there, literally 2 minutes we were greeted by a little boy. He ran up with a smile and stood there watching us. We said hello and he just nodded. We thought that's cute, and didn't think much of it. We haven't even begun our exploration when he followed us every step of the way, at times bumping elbows with us? We were taken by surprise because of how close he would get to us, it gave that feeling of him watching us as if we were going to steal something. He began running around us in circles, eventually grabbing a stick and tapping things next to us and playing around. Kids will be kids, I gave him that but this was way too much. My girlfriend's mother would at times bend over to look at a plant and he'd run past her making her have to step back or step forward awkwardly to let him by. We couldn't look in peace, it was impossible to even try with him squeezing in between us or running around us. It got annoying really fast, to the point where I was embarrassed that I took my girlfriend and her parents hyping it up to them saying that I've heard good things about this place. We eventually told the little boy that it's ok, we don't need help and we'll call him if we needed him but he didn't listen and stayed even closer after? Not long after another little boy, a little older ran up to check on us and probably seen the annoyed looks we had because he left us alone. At this point I was already turned off to even being there. I glanced at some prices and from what I had seen, some seemed kind of pricey while others seemed like a good deal. As we were leaving, I had noticed a woman sitting there with her kids and waved at her but she didn't wave back. I waved again and she just looked at me? So, that was awkward. Great selection, great space, this nursery had a nice variety of fountains, pottery, statues, and plants but to be constantly watched by this kid was definitely uncomfortable. I'm all for supporting family businesses, so I'll give this place another chance and bring my Mom because she's been wanting to go. Hopefully it's not always like this, otherwise we'll just bring our business elsewhere. read more

Such a lovely, family-owned nursery. Everyone was incredibly kind, accommodating, and thoughtful from start to finish. You can really feel the care they put into their products and their business. Beautiful selection, great energy, and genuinely welcoming people. We're very grateful and will definitely be back. Highly recommend supporting this local gem read more

Stopped by after finding this location on Yelp. A large variety of plants, from outdoor to indoor plants, big variety of pots too. Prices are comparable to places nearby, we let them know about a better price down the road and they matched. Not a big difference in price but I did appreciate that they did match. We bought 3 plants on this trip. There was a young gentleman there that was very helpful, he knew wheee everything was in the property! When I say your gentleman, I mean he was about 13 and was knowledgeable on where the plants were by name. Good spot to stop by, I really recommend these nursery. read more

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We randomly stopped at this family-owned nursery in Riverside on Saturday and I'm so glad we did! It has an amazing selection of plants, ceramics and even outdoor statuary I believe May have been made by a resident artist. We bought a lovely plant with succulents in a gorgeous planter as a gift for family we were visiting in Sn Bernardino, and also bought some lovely decorative items for ourselves too. Highly recommend! read more

This place has a great selection, just to walk around in this nursery is a wonderful experience, the owner is lovely. Will be back to buy more plants and beautiful talavera pottery! Also for parking, there is parking along side the street the business resides on. May be a little tough if it's busy, but it's worth it. read more

Really a hidden gem. Such a great variety of handmade pots and other handmade garden ornaments. Also have a huge variety of smaller plants/succulents/shrubs. Could've looked around for a couple hours. Family owned and ran. Everyone was very helpful and easy to talk to. read more

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Big variety family owned I like the product & service & will return. Very accessible location read more

La Madrina’s Nursery - This is the pot & plant I purchased from them already has lots of growth :) - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Riverside, California

Love this place! Laura is super nice and very helpful. I came here to find Talavera pots for my plants and I found so much more! Really nice selection of Mexican clay pottery and Talavera pots as well as yard / patio decorations and great succulents all very reasonably priced. I will be back! read more

La Madrina’s Nursery - Wall decorations - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Riverside, California

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I went last Sunday to pick up some plants but instead I bought a Talavera pot and a metal dinosaur sculpture I love my little T. rex good prices bring cash better discount moving in a month great selection of items prices are reasonable the service was good very helpful I surely will come again read more

I was looking for succulents, but lady was vey rude with my wife. They have chihuahua on site, and he bite my wife on the leg. The lady there she was blaming my wife for it, And she didn't even apologize for the incident. read more

Walking in the was terrible chihuahua tied to the gate yapping away. That alone was not welcoming. There's no dedicated parking so i had to park across the street and walk. I asked for someone to show me where a specific plants and instead of walking me over to the plant the lady just gave directions. The plants were not in the best condition in the best condition. The did have a lot of plots and metal decorations. Overall i wouldn't shop there. read more

Great selection of pottery with great prices. I was able to get a great garden pot for me, I also bought four fairy houses for my grandkids fairy gardens at excellent prices. read more

My husband and I have been looking all over for Mexican pottery and Talavera and the options are slim. The places that we have found some descent pieces they are pretty expensive. This is a corner lot nothing fancy but Laura has a beautiful assortment and is very knowledgeable about plants too. Laura was very patient with us gave us some ideas and gave us a great price. I highly recommend this place if you want beautiful Mexican Pottery for your home. read more

Beautiful pottery and tons of plants and roses to choose from. Prices are very reasonable and the staff is very helpful. My favorite place to buy plants and pottery! read more

Laura was great at helping choose our plants very patient with us . We went in there looking for a gift and gave us different options.