My experience here floored me completely. Consider: I live in California, and had left my mothers…read morebirthday (she lives in Ottawa) to the very last minute. I call up the day before sheepishly wondering whether I could get "Something nice" delivered the next day. The woman on the other end explained that most of the deliveries they did were for interlocking stone, and that it would probably be unreasonably pricey to have some flowers or a plant delivered. But wait: where did my mother live? And what exactly was I looking for? Long story short: an inexplicably kind woman named Sam, and her horticulturalist friend Sierra, Not only helped me figure out what I wanted (here I was the stereotypical clueless male), but also sussed out that Sam lived near my parents, and would be happy to take several plants home with her, and to deliver the goods the morning of my mother's birthday. If you can believe it, there's actually a good deal more to the feel good story, but suffice to say that Sam's kindness left my head spinning. My teenaged daughter overheard to a good bit of the conversation I had when making my order, and remarked: "Canadians are always so nice". Yeah, maybe, but still: that kind of spirit is hard to find.

Pity the staff here are so terrible. The selection of plants is terrific! However i phoned before…read moregoing looking for a specific plant, told they had it. I arrived and asked where the peony I had requested was and beside waiting a good ten minutes was told they didn't have it. I mentioned that I had phoned and asked and was told that I had in fact NOT Called. Then I tried to buy some other plants that were all priced, got to the till and was told they were incorrectly priced and I would have to pay more. Do not go here unless you want to be annoyed.

TL;DR/The Short Version: Greenhouse that sells plants in…read moreNavan. Prices are lower than other speciality plant shops and they have rarer/less common species. The Long Version: I'm late to the plant party, but I recently started getting into plants. I look for low maintenance plants that thrive on neglect, lol. I started with air plants, which I bought at Wild Willy's, which is near my house. There I saw these strange plants called Living Stones/Lithops. I had never seen these before and they fascinated me. I decided to do more research on them. I discovered that during the Winter and Summer they only need to be watered once or not at all the entire season. And in the Spring and Fall they only need watering once every month or two. That is super low maintenance! I was talking to one of my coworkers about them and she said she saw them at Robert Plante and she was going that weekend. After a few texts and photos back and forth, she picked one up for me. I was thrilled to pay only $12.99 for them instead of $18 which was the price at Wild Willy's. The Lithops are cool and unusual and I love them. I decided to go to the store myself to poke around. Navan is a bit of a hike for me, but it's not far from Orleans, where my parents live, so when I was out there visiting my parents, I asked my mom if she wanted to go look at some plants and she did, and one of my nieces also wanted to join. So off we went. The place is huge. So many plants! I loved just looking around. They had succulents (my favourite type of plant), cacti, air plants, regular leafy plants (lol, I know that's not the proper term, but y'all know what I'm talking about), and even carnivorous plants. They had plants of all sizes from tiny to huge. They had olive trees and kumquat trees and so much more. I ended up getting more Lithops because I found some red/orange ones. They were in a smaller pot and only $6.99. I also got an air plant for $4.99. My mom also got an air plant. Hers was a bit bigger so it was $5.99. And she got a succulent that looks like a rose for $6.99. There's a little food truck inside the greenhouse that sells coffee and other drinks and also hotdogs, sandwiches and snacks. I got my niece some ice cream from the food truck, which is called the YOLO Coffee Truck. I'll write a separate review for the food truck. Staff were pleasant. I needed help finding some Haworthia Cooperi, a plant I really wanted to get and staff were able to take me to them. Unfortunately they only had the pointy leaf variety and I was looking for the rounded leaf variety :( I had such a good time at the greenhouse even though I didn't get a Haworthia Cooperi like planned. Lots of free parking in their private parking lot. Review #58 (2025)

Great selection reasonably priced. Excellent service, helped me make a choice for the occasion…read more Will recommend and visit again. Anxiously waiting for spring to go browse and pick plants.

we purchased clean sand for our above ground pool and was very disappointed when we found several…read morelarge to small rocks in it. we pulled them out but now since the water is now in the pool some rocks are protruding, we found four more and some very sharp. we have to remove the water and pull back the liner to remove the rocks. I'm very disappointed, this will cost us a few hundred dollars since we have to purchase more water. after complain to the company all they said was it's not their fault it's where they buy their sand. Thanks for taking responsibility for this!!!!

Love this family owned business. They are so nice and helpful. I highly recommend Manotick Gardens.read more

Went here during the Covid-19 pandemic and bought with curb side pick up. The order took about a…read moreweek to process and be ready for pick up but they did warn about the long ready time, so I didn't mind. I even asked a question about my order and received feedback quite quickly. The pick up process was do it yourself with your order number and than finding your plants. Easy to do and their are workers at the front to help or ask questions. Plus the quality of plants were fantastic and I am happy with my order!

I am searching for wild rose bushes to put in my front yard, to replace the juniper bushes that had…read morebeen there for an eternity and were withering out. The bushes are gone, but the space is crying for new items to display there, although I have now planted a few smaller items. Those wild rose bushes are impossible to find in the stores! Lowes has them planted in the parking lot, but none in the store. The staff doesn't even know what I'm asking for! At least I could show them... ... Which is more than I could say for Richmond Nursery. :-( There are no wild rose bushes in the nursery or nearby. They had a lot of other stuff which was ok, but not what I want. Mind you, the nursery is quite big, and the staff was helpful trying to find something that might be suitable. For me, the rose bushes they had on offer were nice, but were about $30.00 each, which is more than I want to pay when I'd need 4 or 5 to fill the space. So, I'm still looking...

TL;DR/The Short Version: Garden Centre with an indoor plants…read moresection. Lots of seeds available too. The Long Version: I didn't realize that this store had indoor plants. I thought they just sold seeds and gardening supplies. However, my sister-in-law who knows I'm crazy about plants right now found a video on YouTube showing this store's newly renovated plants section. So I had to check it out. They have a lot of stuff. They have books about plants and even cute crocheted/knitted plants too. I came with 2 goals in mind. The first was to find a small terra cotta plant pot saucer (about 2" in diameter) and the second was to look at their indoor plants. I found the saucer, but it was $2.29 for one. I can get them at Dollarama for $1.50 for 3 but they are a bit bigger, like 2.5 inches. So I'm going to hold out for now. I might just end up getting the bigger ones to save some money. I enjoyed looking at their plants. They had Lithops, my favourite plant, but only green ones and reddish/orangey ones, which I already have. I'm looking for purple ones or colours I don't have already. They also had Fenestraria Rhopalophylla (Baby Toes) for only $9.99, cheaper than at most other places, but they weren't in good condition, so I passed. They had lots of string of pearls which were in excellent shape though. I found it odd that some plants were thriving while others were in rough shape. Anyway, I had fun poking around the store. I'm going to return with my husband to check out their organic vegetable seeds. He's in charge of our backyard vegetable garden ;) Lots of free parking available in their private parking lot. Watch out for potholes. Lots of pot holes on the road leading up to the store and in their parking lot. Review #82 (2025)

Always super knowledgeable staff and those that don't know are smart enough to find you someone who…read moredoes! They have a great rewards programme as well. I wish they had longer hours but I get it. I love that they are making native plants a huge priority, and have made not selling invasive species a thing! More nurseries could learn from them! They always have unique gifts as well and great pricing on bird seed and peanuts for local wildlife.

Beautiful garden centre!!! Wonderful, friendly & helpful staff!!! My mom loved all the solar lights…read moreand unique garden decor! Wide variety of plants, reasonable prices and helpful advice about the plants. Highly recommend visiting here.

owner is greedy. would not negotiate an end of season discount on one of her overpriced small…read moretrees. not even a small discount. her reason : she can sell it next year at full price. she just lost a repeat customer in her neighbourhood. i hate people like that. i vowed i would never comeback to this place after the boxwood i purchased died the following year. i will never go back.

I am told that perennials purchased here out perform, by far, those bought in big box stores. But…read moremy recommendation for this place is a winter accolade. A snow plow had deposited a huge barrier of rain soggy snow across the driveway. Knowing that my daughter would soon be arriving home and would be unable to drive in off the street, I attempted to move the snow. It was so heavy that I could not lift it high enough to get it onto the lawn and out of the way. A small tractor with Budd Perennials written on the side, drove by, reversed, came back, and quickly scraped the area clear. I was unable to thank the driver for this kind deed. I am impressed with the attitude of service offered by this business, and look forward to purchasing plants for my garden when Spring arrives!

TL;DR/The Short Version: A hair salon and plant store in…read moreone! This review is only for the plant store. Really cute plants. Nicely curated selection with prices comparable to other small plant stores. The Long Version: Fringe & Foliage is hidden in plain sight. It's in a little low-rise building across from Westgate Shopping Mall. It's on Carling Ave, which is a main street, and I've driven by it many times without even noticing it. It's sandwiched between a bridal shop and a martial arts school. The name Fringe & Foliage is not immediately visible, the description is more prominent from the street. I actually thought the store was called "Hair Salon & Plant Store" because that's what's on the sign you can see from the street, lol. I popped in one day to check out their plant selection. The plant store area is spacious and open but doesn't have that many plants. However, their selection is well curated and they have only one or two of each type of plant. The plants seem to be well cared for too. I came in specifically looking for a Pleiospilos nelli (aka Split Rock plant), the Royal Flush variety which has a purplish hue to it, which they didn't have. They did have Lithops (aka Living Stones) though, but I already have Lithops. I still enjoyed looking around the store. I was told that the owners go to Montreal to pick up new plants and post it on their Instagram when they do. So I'll be keeping an eye on their IG. They also sell cute little knickknacks, like crocheted plants, enamel pins and stickers of street signs of streets in the neighbourhood. It's a cute store. And staff were pleasant. Review #107 (2025)

Shannon is such a great stylist! Coloring, Highlighting or a hair cut she does it so well that I…read moream always hapy and get many compliments! Thanks Shannon. From Magda

TL;DR/The Short Version: Small little plant store tucked…read moreaway in an industrial park. Friendly staff. Good variety of plants. The Long Version: House of Plants is a small plant store. They also sell their plants online and their website is up-to-date with their current inventory, so if it's not online, they don't have it. This is unlike some other stores where they don't post everything they have in-store, so you might find items in-store that are not posted online. The store is hidden in an industrial park, so you have to go looking for it. Unlikely that you would just drive by and see it. I recently got into plants so I was poking around Google Maps looking for plant stores and found this store that way. They have a good variety of plants and I like how they group plants that can tolerate low light and they indicate which plants are non-toxic to pets. Their plants are all in relatively good shape in contrast with plants at big box stores which sometimes are in poor condition. Their plants are more expensive than big box stores and large greenhouses like Robert Plante Greenhouses, which is to be expected. For example, they had Fenestraria Rhopalophylla (Baby Toes succulents) for $16.99 whereas they are $12.99 at Robert Plante and between $4.99-$9.99 at big box stores. However, I would say their prices are comparable with other small plant stores in the city. Staff were pleasant and helpful. Free parking available in the strip mall parking lot. Review #80 (2025)

The service, selection, delivery and value was great. I purchased a dining room set, kitchen set…read moreand curuio cabinet and always had great dealings with Valley Squire.

We had the worst after sale experience ever.We purchased three full rooms of furniture,so our…read morepurchases should have been appreciated by this store,as the money spent was significant. Items were delivered broken.Service guy was sent twice, and resulted in more damage than we originally had.Multiple requests to have the damages fixed were ignored, and we ended up contacting the manufacturer directly to get replacement parts.We also had drawer liners that were supposed to be included in the bedroom furniture missing.We were given false excuses as to why they weren't included, and after multiple inquiries we finally gave up.I would never recommend this store to anybody.We try to support local businesses whenever possible, but in this case, we definitely had nothing but regrets.Direct contact with owner Steve Robinson was beyond rude and disrespectful. He could care less about customers once they get your money.Do yourself a favour and don't even bother walking through the door