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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 6,543 mail order gardening companies. Here gardeners share their opinions on which companies really deliver on quality, price and service.

After you review the Introduction and Acceptable Use Policy, you can share your own mail-order experiences, or use our search and browse features to find reputable sources for all your gardening needs.

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Since 1994, 3,405 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 44,403 comments have been posted (31,559 positive, 4,998 neutral, 7,846 negative) by 23,199 customers.

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The Watchdog 30

These 30 companies are currently the most highly rated within our entire database. Each of them is listed here because of feedback from their customers.

Company Company

Antique Rose Emporium Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Bluestone Perennials Brent & Becky's Bulbs
Buried Treasures Chamblee's Rose Nursery
Classy Groundcovers Diane's Flower Seeds
Direct Source Hostas ECOLAGE
Easy to Grow Bulbs Forestfarm
Garden Crossings LLC Garden Store-N-More
Gardensoyvey.com Hallson Gardens
High Country Gardens Katz Kuntry Kuttins
Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd.
Made in the Shade Gardens Oakes Daylilies
Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
Santa Rosa Gardens Select Seeds Antique Flowers
Sooner Plant Farm (home of Imagine Backyard Trees®) Territorial Seed Company
Touch of Nature, Inc. Viola Valley Wildflowers

Most Recently added ratings

User	Rating	Company
floweringchild	Positive	eFlowerGarden
9kittymom	Positive	Palmflex
daylilydaddy	Positive	eFlowerGarden
Chickadee12	Negative	D'Asign Source Botanicals
kathy65468	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
kathy65468	Positive	Walnut Creek Nursery
1AnjL	Positive	Palmflex
ardesia	Positive	Buggy Crazy
clantonnaomi	Positive	Vincent Gardens
melody	Editor Message	Petite Plaisance
timbers	Positive	Schreiner's Iris Gardens
MiniGardener	Positive	Tiny Treasures Nursery
icemansyr	Positive	Hortus Botanicus
rentman	Positive	Neem Tree Farms
jvw	Positive	Paw Paw Everlast Label Company
timbers	Positive	Heirloom Roses
ipomoeadude	Positive	John Scheepers, Inc.
1AnjL	Positive	Snowpeak Iris and Daylilies
1AnjL	Positive	Comanche Acres Iris Garden
1AnjL	Positive	Bloomingbulb.com
1AnjL	Positive	Diane's Flower Seeds
1AnjL	Positive	Brent & Becky's Bulbs
rmc22196	Positive	Buried Treasures
pyromomma	Positive	Nurseries Caroliniana
plutodrive	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
catlady	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
SmallTime	Positive	Southmeadow Fruit Gardens (Grootendorst Nurseries)
saltygarden	Positive	Terra Edibles
saltygarden	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
dreamscapers	Positive	Eldon Accessories
fly_girl	Positive	Country Garden
plantRN	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
mollymistsmith	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
TJettner	Positive	Brent & Becky's Bulbs
gobbleman	Negative	Autumn Ridge Nursery (aka autumnridgenursery.com)
richK	Positive	A & D Nursery
ichiro51zr	Positive	Bouncing Bear Botanicals
jdo1217	Positive	Eldon Accessories
mnorberry	Positive	Buggy Crazy
Spookycharles	Positive	Papa Genos Herb Farm/Prairie Home Perennials
Spookycharles	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
melody	Editor Message	Naconiche Gardens
gnu2222	Positive	Willis Orchard Company
Spookycharles	Positive	Diane's Flower Seeds
Ronni92	Positive	Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs
phragper	Negative	Bedford Orchids
PuddlePirate	Positive	Nature's Control
melody	Editor Message	Robin Savill Clematis Specialist
momojo_z5	Positive	The Lily Garden
dbmoorman	Positive	Pleasant Avenue Nursery

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