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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 7,612 mail order gardening companies. Here gardeners share their opinions on which companies really deliver on quality, price and service.

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Since 1994, 4,207 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 73,160 comments have been posted (49,968 positive, 9,820 neutral, 13,372 negative) by 37,701 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

A Nearly Native Nursery Almost Eden Plants

Annie's Annuals and Perennials Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.

Brushwood Nursery Classy Groundcovers

Easy to Grow Bulbs Forestfarm

Garden Crossings LLC Gardensoyvey.com

Hallson Gardens J.L. Hudson, Seedsman

Katz Kuntry Kuttins Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery

Made in the Shade Gardens New Hampshire Hostas

Nourse Farms Inc. Oakes Daylilies

Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants

Pepper Joe's Inc. Romence Gardens & Greenhouses

Santa Rosa Gardens Select Seeds Antique Flowers

Sooner Plant Farm (Shop Smarter Shop Sooner) St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Girl (Tomato Baby Company)

Victory Seed Company eFowl.com

Most Recently added ratings

User	Rating	Company
kpercy	Positive	Annie's Annuals and Perennials
kitrocks	Positive	Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery
pmckay	Negative	Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com)
pghflowergirl	Positive	Bluestone Perennials
pghflowergirl	Positive	Brian's Botanicals
sunshimmer	Negative	Rarefind Nursery (Rare Find Nursery)
claudianjoe	Positive	Romence Gardens & Greenhouses
bigcats11	Negative	Brighter Blooms Nursery
cd1229	Negative	High Country Gardens
LMGarden	Positive	Select Seeds Antique Flowers
iamaguna	Negative	Gurney's Seed & Nursery
JoParrott	Negative	Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee)
SteveOh	Positive	Sand Mountain Herbs
ElsbethL	Negative	High Country Gardens
JetGal	Positive	Green Hill Farm (hostahosta.com)
pmabreu	Positive	Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery
elfeik	Positive	Made in the Shade Gardens
JetGal	Positive	Made in the Shade Gardens
BobPlant	Positive	Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm
BobPlant	Positive	Great Garden Plants
BobPlant	Positive	Plant Delights Nursery
patdnaseq	Negative	Gurney's Seed & Nursery
dmshrike	Positive	American Meadows
Greenpeter6	Positive	Cedarthorn Gardens
elfeik	Negative	American Meadows
add21555	Positive	New Hampshire Hostas
veryblessed	Positive	Made in the Shade Gardens
Gully	Positive	Romence Gardens & Greenhouses
PuriraX	Positive	Cross Country Nurseries
sierralh	Positive	JadePoint Succulents
springforme	Positive	Niche Gardens
PsuCheryl	Negative	Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com)
dennyboy34	Negative	Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery
HorticulturGirl	Positive	Four Seasons Nursery
kwhitney	Neutral	Jung Seed
mjeanl	Positive	Evergreen Nursery
mjeanl	Positive	Garden Crossings LLC
mjeanl	Negative	Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com)
sueherrick	Positive	Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com)
kafka00	Positive	Katz Kuntry Kuttins
camarogirl	Positive	Annie's Annuals and Perennials
farmerbean2013	Negative	Gurney's Seed & Nursery
daylilly99	Positive	Peony's Envy
CDBinNH	Positive	Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
mylonas	Positive	Chief River Nursery
kcoshof	Positive	Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery
ctwagner	Negative	Aloha Orchid Nursery
joimack6953	Positive	Almost Eden Plants
HouseofFlowers	Positive	Breck's Bulbs
HouseofFlowers	Positive	Santa Rosa Gardens

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