Lael's Moon Garden is one of the most special nurseries in the Pacific Northwest. The gardens are…read morebeautifully designed and peaceful to walk through, and the plant selection is incredible. They carry an impressive collection of rare and unusual plants, including one of the best selections of Japanese maples I've seen anywhere. What makes this place stand out is that it's not just a nursery--it feels like a botanical garden you can explore. The staff are knowledgeable and clearly care about plants, soil health, and helping people find the right plants for their space. Every visit I discover something new. If you love gardens, rare plants, or Japanese maples, Lael's Moon Garden is absolutely worth the trip.

A special review from (Beauty and the Bamboo) in Seattle WA. I've been to "Lael Moon Garden…read moreNursery" couple times. Just wanted to say hello to the owners. Hope both husband and wife team are still going strong. I always enjoy chatting with the young staff they hire. Keep going you guys. Never stop what you love doing the most. I still sell bamboo in Seattle WA. @ my bamboo nursery. Same location for (38) years. Semi-retired still selling bamboo plants. www.beautyandthebamboo.com - i still refer people to your location. Love your plant nursery in Rochester Washington.

The service and selection was above and beyond my wildest dreams. I can't wait to go backread more

Read this as a warning to any local gardeners: do NOT trust the "guarantee" at Jason's Greenhouse…read more My experience here was a masterclass in poor management and deceptive business practices, likely trickling down from a greedy owner who prioritizes a quick sale over professional integrity. In November, I purchased a 5-foot Blue Arrow Juniper and high-end soil on their specific advice. I was promised a one-year guarantee, provided I kept the receipt and tags--which I did. By spring, the tree was clearly struggling. Upon close inspection, I discovered a Juniper Scale infestation (small, shiny oblong marks and honeydew). When I brought photos and clippings to the nursery, their employee, Shane, confirmed the infestation and even found the SAME bugs on the plants currently sitting in their inventory. Despite their own staff admitting the plants were sold infested, the owner demanded I haul the large tree back to the nursery before they would honor the guarantee. This was a massive burden, requiring me to coordinate a second vehicle and driver just to transport the infested tree 26 miles back to their lot. The real "service" began when I arrived. The manager, Lindsay, skipped any attempt at an apology and instead subjected me to a humiliating interrogation. She suggested that I was at fault for not discovering the microscopic bugs sooner and implied I didn't understand how plants work. It was condescending, unprofessional, and frankly, embarrassing for a business of this size. In the end, despite jumping through every one of their hoops, and after allegedly conferring with the owner, Lindsay handed me my receipt and told me to have a "good day" while ordering the tree to be trashed. No refund. No store credit. No accountability. It is clear that this nursery is focused on taking advantage of customers rather than standing behind their products. Save your money and your time--go to a nursery that actually values its reputation and its community.

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.

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.

This is a nice nursery, with a great selection and a big gift shop! They also have beautiful…read morehouseplants for sale for good prices! The nursery employees are knowledgeable and willing to offer advice, and suggestions!

I like The Barn because they have a lot of inventory and are big enough without being too big. They…read morehave a nice little gift store on sight where you can get candy, teas, etc, and different stations inside like the New Agey section, the Kids section, planting accessories section. Today we found aphids on mom's hollyhocks so we headed over to get lady bugs. The cashier was so helpful, telling us when to apply them and I liked how instead of telling us where to go to find items, she just went to get them for us since it wasn't busy. Now that's service.

One of favorite local businesses where we buy chicken feed and straw for our hens, as well as the…read moreoccasional plant. The owner and staff are great and we love Poppy, the shop mascot.

Small, charming nursery. Mom has been looking high and low for bougainvillea and they didn't have…read moreit, but the nice owner with the dog recommended other large nurseries we might want to try.

Since they have been there they get better year after year…read more All the plants I've bought there have done well. Friendly people and fair prices.

Beware.... on my unplanned trip to the nursery, my doodle puppy was attacked by one of the large…read moredogs on the property. I was knocked down trying to protect my pup. No apologies and a delayed attempt to intervene. There are no signs that dogs are not permitted. Very scary interaction....

What a great nursery and garden center this place is! It's connected right to and has the same…read moreaddress as the Yelm Co-Op so don't let that confuse you. In fact if you are shopping for plants and desire some fresh groceries the Co-Op is right there which gets you a little closer to a one stop shop. When we were here they had beautiful flower hanging baskets that we admired greatly! We would have even bought one had we known this garden center was even here but we were planning half a day in the car and that would have done the plants no good but we will plan accordingly next time. The nursery also had lovely pottery for all of the do it yourself planting at your home which we admired also. Such a beautiful facility with all of the plants for sale and one we will certainly keep in mind for our future gardening needs and with a good layout of our plans we are bound to bring home some lovely plants from here to Tacoma for our yard!

We had a great time at the Halloween Escape Rooms! Thank you for offering a fun option during the…read more"Creepy Season"...lol!

I've always liked this place. I think the no-nonsense name of the place is pretty on brand with…read morethe whole experience. It's very no frills, all outdoors, all about the plants, all super fair prices. If you want five sales people to be all in your face, or a sales person to "check on you" as if you are a child, this is not the place for you. It's like a plant lover introvert's heaven. You can just walk through outdoor greenhouse after greenhouse, and you are surrounded by all the plants. There is just SO much. There's maybe 20-40 of every plant, all on one grouping, so you can really peruse and get a good sense of the vibe of a given type of plant, if you are woo-woo like that, which I am. :-) There are signs to give you the essential facts of each plant, plus of course you can hop on the internet w/your cell phone and research more as you wish. There are sales people but they are few and far between which is just the way I want it. If I want help I can find someone, but mostly I want to peruse and make up my own mind. Once you know what you want you put it onto a dolly and bring it to the main building by the parking and entrance & you pay. Easy peasy. I'm sure if what you're getting was too big for you to get onto a dolly yourself they'd help. They have lots of trees and bigger things too. I heard ever since the pandemic this giant location has been open to both wholesale and retail customers, so you can disregard that ancient review saying this location was only wholesale. Now this giant location is their only location. (The photos from a yelper from 2019 are of the smaller location they no longer have.) The prices shown are wholesale but you just add 35% or whatever in your mind. The prices even with the retail markup are way cheaper than I've found in any other area nursery, which is probably he biggest reason I keep coming back. Also you can look up plant availability online on their website. Their list is not perfectly accurate or guaranteed, like they could have fewer of a plant than the list says, but it's a definite plus since I like to sit at home and research different plant varieties and plan. I don't know of any other area nursery that offers an online plant inventory list.

My friend and I were visiting nurseries today. She couldn't find one particular plant she has been…read moresearching for. This is how we discovered The Plant Place. How is it that I didn't know of this amazing nursery in Tumwater?! They not only had multiple of the specific plant my friend had been searching for, they have a massive selection! So many greenhouses...so many plants, trees, and bushes! We were helped by Erica who impressively knew where to find every plant in that massive place and had extensive knowledge. And now I have a new favorite nursery to introduce my friends to. Thank you Erica for your help! We both spent more than we had planned and we had a blast doing so!