I visited Valley Center Nursery over the weekend. As usual, there is a great selection of color,…read moreherbs and native plants. Valley Center Nursery is a gem of our community.

Awesome neighborhood corner. Great place to look for annuals, trees or natives. Love coming at Bare…read moreroot time to look at what is "new" and pick up a few more trees! So nice to have someone to talk to about local growing conditions and concerns. The owner is full of wonderful ideas, advice about specific plants and helpful answers. Best prices around too! Support our local businesses!

THIS IS THE PLACE to come if you're looking for full flats or 2" pots of succulents for your…read moregarden, for gifts, or for making your own arrangements. For only $1 per pot . . . and just $30 for a full flat of 64 pots . . . we found a stunning array of healthy, well cared for babies to add to our collection and garden. Please disregard negative reviews from five or more years ago. They don't deserve them. The girls who work here are knowledgeable, friendly, and hard-working. They gave us free run of the greenhouses, and you will find a wonderful and amazing assortment of succulents and cacti here. Far more than at a competitor in Fallbrook . . . but at $30 for a full flat of 64 pots, we saved $34 compared to the other place where we bought ten pots for $10. The entrance road to the nursery is a one-lane dirt road adjacent to a concrete driveway, and it's easy to miss, but you don't want to overlook this place if you're checking out the other succulent nurseries in the area. I'm very happy this was our first stop.

I really love this place. I didn't expect that we would have the attentive, service and the…read moreexpansive selection. There were so much types of succulents, cactus and ground cover plants to choose from! This family owned business was so knowledgeable about the types of plants and the prices are the best I've paid for, for these plants yet. Mind blowing...You'll have to go see for your self. Thank you for existing, I'll be telling all my friends and neighbors to visit!

Wide variety of plants, flowers, fruit trees, etc. Everything they have is very healthy and full…read more Very affordable prices. Friendly staff. Definitely my new favorite nursery in town.

lovely plants that are well maintained. priced very well. it's a trek for me to get there,…read morehowever, I'm planning another trip - worth the gas

This is the place to buy California native plants in north County! They have a massive selection,…read moreincluding many gorgeous cultivars. The staff is knowledgeable and the service is fantastic. I've bought many plants from Moosa, and the value cannot be beat! Next time you are willing to drive to Valley Center, be sure to swing by Moosa Creek Native Plant Nursery!

I like their plants, which are regularly delivered to my local hardware store. However, trying to…read moreorder from them is quite difficult. I've tried to order online, but this is impossible. First they ask you where your local store is based on zip code. I put that in, got my local store. But then I was been asked for a password for an account I don't have. Can't register for an account online either; it keeps telling me nope, I'm registered, but there's no way to recover my password or get a new one. It just goes in an endless loop of "NO". Not a user-friendly site. Today, Sat. Feb. 13, I tried to put in an order via San Carlos Hardware, but they told me they can't do that and I should call Moosa, so I tried to call. I got a message saying they were closed - for the CHRISTMAS holidays! Uh, I know COVID has blurred a lot of stuff, but I still know what month it is. And if I were running a business I'd sure update my phone message more often. I hate to give them 3 stars, but their customer service both online and by phone is pretty nonexistent.

Incredible succulents for gifts!…read more Isabel responded quickly and her daughter helped me choose. It was difficult with so many beautiful choices. I shopped around before finding this place and no one could beat Isabel's price either. Highly recommend!

Great selection and super friendly. Highly recommend this place for a great variety of succulentsread more

We have been working with Nathan at Moon Valley Nurseries for about four months now and cannot say…read moreenough good things about him. We came in at the very beginning of landscaping a new build, which meant a blank slate and a lot of questions. Nathan took the time to walk us around the yard, show us what was available, and give us real options instead of just pointing at whatever he wanted to move that day. He was genuinely knowledgeable about the plants, what they would do in our space, and what made sense for the look we were going for. He was also friendly and understanding about our budget and our timeline, which we appreciated. We started with a variety of plants to get the project going, and we have gone back several times since for trees and shrubs. Every visit has been the same experience: good advice, no pressure, and someone who clearly enjoys what he does. Great guy to work with. If you are planning a landscape project, ask for Nathan.

Contacted them on their own website, provided pictures for the design of my extremely small…read morebackyard, and requested a quote at the beginning of the month. FYI - If you want them to have access to what you have submitted online - you have to sign up for the promotional texts, same goes for the emails. I get a text message the same day asking me to buy something. I responded asking about the quote...nothing. I called in asking about the quote since there was no response and the gentleman on the phone was very nice and respectful. He explained that all of the submissions from potential clients go to a call center and just tend to "get lost in the oblivion". (Great. Glad some strange place had all that info I submitted.) He was able to access my name and that was it. Again, when they tell you they need you to give them permissions so that they can access what you submitted in order to help you, know that is incorrect and it's just a marketing technique to capture your information with your own permission. As NONE of the pictures or the request that I submitted were available to him. He apologized and asked me to text him with my request. I did so. I did not hear anything back so I followed up again. The gentleman seemed engaged at the time which was promising, and asked if we had a contractor or if they needed to quote all of it. I informed him we didn't have a contractor. Then the conversation went cold and no response for another day. Then I receive an email that asked me to schedule a consultation and to meet my landscape designer. Seriously? Was this a joke? No quote attached. Nothing. I replied to the email asking if there was supposed to be an attached quote - nothing. Well, I took a screenshot of the email and text it to the guy that hasn't made up his mind to whether or not my backyard is worth a quote, and asked him if it was supposed to be attached. Crickets. I responded later in the afternoon and again, nothing. Looking at the reviews, unfortunately it seems as if a lot is going on with this company at the moment. (Which may be the reason for the lack of interest in assisting?) I probably should have just read some of the more recent reviews. I called the company that is literally down the road from me. Not as convenient as I had anticipated. It's just a quote my guy. Just a quote. Like I said, I provided everything, just needed to know what would be charged to do it. Now to figure out how to revoke the permissions given to them to advertise and hopefully get a quote from another company.

El Plantio has done the best job with my embankment! It was a challenging job but Nolan and his…read morecrew with Leo, did a fantastic job. They captured the vision I had and saw it through. I got bids from three companies and El Plantio was the only company that understood what I wanted, they even improved the design along the way. Thank you Nolan, Leo and El Plantio!

A local, family owned business? Sign me up to check it out! I stopped into El Plantio looking for a…read morefew plants to add to my garden, and the extensive selections available were mind blowing! The variety of plant options starting from seed, to transplant ready, to productive trees is astonishing. The staff knows the ins and outs of all the different types of plants they carry and how to care for them, as well as very nice and easy to work with! We were given excellent recommendations and took home a heritage raspberry plant and highland blueberry plant. Both have been great and productive for my home and I'll be hopefully coming back again soon to pick up more!

This place is AWESOME! A hidden gem in Escondido. This nursery has a wide variety of plants to…read morechoose from. The owners are friendly and knowledgeable. They were able to help me select the correct plants for my yard. Their prices are unbeatable and they accept cash/Venmo.

Good selections and inexpensive in this nursery compared to name brand nurseries. The gentleman was…read morehelpful and friendly in helping us with plant selections. We planted the plants in our home and they are doing well.

I 100% support this being a scam as stated in other reviews. It was definitely a bate and switch…read morethe entire way through. We had linked up with this person 'Joy' via facebook. It seemed the prices were more reasonable than some others. When we arrived I would describe the experience as very high pressure. She comes on very strong attempting to establish a connection. The prices were also higher than expected and we were required to pay nearly 2000.00, the balance of our order upfront. We could not get information on the delivery until the day before. Our plants were not as ordered and arrived strapped to a flat bed truck after we were assured they would be delivered in a box truck to protect the plants. It was not what we had ordered and the plants were damaged. We have been awaiting a 375.00 refund, which we have not received to date. There is no way I would recommend Plants of Joy.

This plant store has a little store right on Valley Center Rd, and they have a pretty good…read moreselection of small succulents, and inside the store, you'll find the "indoor" plants --I use quotations, because plants aren't REALLY meant for the indoors. I found that they stock some pretty uncommon succulents and "indoor" plants, which I appreciate, because I love the rare and variegated varieties! She also mentioned that if I wanted anything that she didn't have, she could have it within a week. With orders, you can pick up, or she will deliver. Although it's preferred that you make an appointment to shop, you are still able to shop without an appointment if they are in the store. The day I shopped, I did not have an appointment. Pre-orders, special orders, and appointments can be made through the Instagram page, because their website is not yet active.

Wish I could give this one 10+ stars…read more First, the owner is one of the most knowledgeable in the business I've ever met. He and his family have owned and operated in the valley for several years and are well informed on all SD agricultural issues: water, disease, pesticides.... He helped me pair the right plants together and spent a lot of time "instructing" me on handling and care. Really appreciated that. Second, it's a local business that specializes in drought and small animal-resistant plants. They have other properties in the area, and many plants growing off-site, or behind the main area - if you don't see what you're looking for, ask - they may have it. Third, I purchased my entire 1st garden here - about 120 plants. In spite of my baby green thumb, most of my plants survived, thrived and arrived pest and disease-free. Fourth, the local water district STINKS. Horakh is very aware of the problems the locals deal with and helped us find a workable solution. Fifth, their prices are on the lower side and they have a clearance section that is usually marked at 50% off.... Very good.