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    Devan Greenhouses - Today's catch!

    Devan Greenhouses

    3.5(13 reviews)
    4.1 km
    $$

    Dean's Greenhouse was a fantastic experience yesterday. This place was full of outdoor/indoor…read moreplants with big selections to choose from and it also had lime trees, fig trees, olive trees and hanging plants as well. It was fun joining besty for a plant shopping. You can grab a free coffee or buy water for 50cents to keep your energy going. Lotsa traffic if you go in the afternoon so shop early! It took us an hour drive from Scott Rd to get to Devan's. Petting zoo area can lure kids and animal lovers. You can buy animal treats for a quarter to feed goats. I also got to see chickens and baby goats as well. They were so cute. They sell the sweetest cherries ever it costs $1.49 per lb. Definitely go-to place for a plant shopping!

    Ok this place is far if you live in Vancouver. Buuuuut, it has the biggest selection of…read morehouseplants, including quite a few rare varieties and hanging versions of more common potted species eg. Staghorn fern. The plants here are super reasonably priced. Its worth coming out here for the variety and price. There's also aquatic plants, veggies, outdoor landscaping plants, soil, ammendments, seeds, trellises and pots and even snacks? at the cashier. I got a vanilla orchid plant here for probably at least $10-20 less than at a nursery or garden centre in Vancouver. I did notice some plants seemed to be sold out, but they were very specific so I think it wouldn't be an issue for most people. The parking lot is huge. Traffic where it's located was bad because there was active construction going on, so try to go outside of rush hour. Staff was friendly. Overall, worth a stop if you are in the area and worth the drive at least once in the spring.

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    Potter's - pink and red mouse king and theme coloured christmas tree

    Potter's

    3.2(5 reviews)
    16.0 km
    $$

    it's beginning to look a lot like christmas, everywhere you go, especially if you dash your way to…read morepotters in surrey. it takes about an hour to get to this nursery from downtown van and we arrived just before 3 pm on a tuesday. upon entering through the front doors of potters, i was in awe of the magical winter wonderland that awaited us. this is the result of santa's little helpers hard at work starting in september. come here to be delighted with festive holiday cheer that will warm even the hearts that are two sizes too small. i love the many different themed christmas trees, from the elegant to the traditional, and whimsical, including one that is hung upside down and rotating. they have many miniature villages, snow globes, lights, stocking stuffers, and the list goes on. a lot of the ornaments are grouped by colour, and/or themes like the nutcracker, garden, pets (the specific breeds of dogs i was looking for were not available), travel (oddly consists of many eiffel towers and two new york ornaments), and sweets. i like to give ornaments as gifts and/or add a few baubles every year, and collect a lot of fragile, glass ornaments of rudolph the red nosed reindeer, but they only had a few plastic or resin characters. they didn't have hello kitty nor sanrio characters, still, it's an impressive 28,000 sq ft of christmas and takes a minimum of an hour to go through. i managed to buy a few gifts and was given two coupons, good for 50% off one christmas item, valid between december 16th to 18th, some restrictions apply. i was told that most of the items go on sale at up to 50% off during boxing day. in the meantime, you may wish to consider signing up for their vip membership to receive weekly email promotions.

    Those who know me know I'm the biggest Christmas junkie. In my old house, I had 7 trees. My house…read morewas so lit up, you could probably see it from Mars. I love Christmas and everything that goes with it. So it's been on my list to see the holiday fare at Potters since I moved to Vancouver in 2017. This store's reputation preceded it, and I've been meaning to visit for 4 years! After having visited this store now, my feelings are mixed. It's a humongous venue, and not only is it a cavernous, warehouse-like store inside, but it is also a working nursery, with gorgeous trees and garden fare outside for sale. And the interior designer in me really appreciated the interior displays, especially in the anteroom when you first enter the store. Here, they went all out, and it is a magical area, complete with tons of lights strung on gazebos and trellises and Victorian lampposts, with nostalgic, antique-like Christmas tree themes, and more. If one is looking for inspiration for holiday decorating, this is the place! Inside, there are areas with gourmet foods, smaller stocking stuffers, tons of packets of flavored hot chocolate, There are aisles and aisles of ornaments. There are Christmas villages, holiday lights, knickknacks and tchotchkes and a huge room devoted to games and toys for kids. There's a big selection of humorous gifts for guys (think along the lines of gag gifts and frat-party-like fare). Lots of themed socks, lots of puzzles, lots of games. Here's my beef with this store. Of course I expected prices here to be higher than at other places, as this is such a specialty store. But I expected the items to be either very unique or specialized, or of a higher quality than that at other places. Or both. Either of these qualities would justify higher sell-points for holiday merchandise or gourmet food fare. And, don't get me wrong, Potters DOES have some unique specialty items and some items are of higher quality. But at least half the merchandise sold here (and I'd venture to estimate a good 80%) is neither unique/specialty or higher quality. SO many ornaments I saw and inspected were of plastic or resin, made in China, or seen elsewhere. And the prices are at least double than what I've seen for comparable items elsewhere. Sometimes the prices were jacked up threefold. I know about ornaments and Christmas wrappings and lights, and the prices here were exorbitant. Most telling is the fact that, after walking down every aisle and in every area of this store, and spending over an hour here, I left empty handed. I have never left a Christmas store empty handed. So....that speaks volumes. That said, I still enjoyed visiting this place and seeing some lovely holiday displays, getting some holiday ideas for entertaining, and surrounding myself with some holiday spirit!

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    Potter's - Santa and mrs claus with gingerbread house and desserts

    Santa and mrs claus with gingerbread house and desserts

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    Winter wonderland

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