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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 7,397 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, 4,055 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 65,872 comments have been posted (45,423 positive, 8,487 neutral, 11,962 negative) by 34,117 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.

Brent & Becky's Bulbs Brushwood Nursery

Chamblee's Rose Nursery Classy Groundcovers

Diane's Flower Seeds Easy to Grow Bulbs

Forestfarm Garden Crossings LLC

Gardensoyvey.com Hallson Gardens

J.L. Hudson, Seedsman Johnny's Selected Seeds

Katz Kuntry Kuttins Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery

Made in the Shade Gardens Nourse Farms Inc.

Oakes Daylilies Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs

Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants Santa Rosa Gardens

Shaw's Sunshine Gardens Sooner Plant Farm (Shop Smarter Shop Sooner)

St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Summer Hill Seeds

The Sample Seed Shop eFowl.com

Most Recently added ratings

User	Rating	Company
derekoppen	Negative	Vintage Virginia Apples
grenouille	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Rollandh	Positive	Rarefind Nursery (Rare Find Nursery)
Green165	Negative	Heartland Blueberries
VAFarm	Positive	Mail-Order Natives
VAFarm	Positive	Cold Stream Farm
VAFarm	Positive	American Native Plants
treebird101	Negative	Legg's Peafowl Farm
simonamortensen	Positive	Sow True Seed
gnevle	Negative	EdensBlooms.com
jbruneau	Positive	Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
pollyk	Positive	Wellspring Gardens
melody	Company Message	Mapple Farm
reeve1	Neutral	David Austin Roses (US)
jimfrankmartin	Positive	Ison's Nursery & Vineyard
jimfrankmartin	Positive	Fruit Tree Farm
tbs727	Positive	DollarSeed (Dollar Seed)
reeve1	Negative	Thompson and Morgan (US)
DuckCreekFarms	Positive	Premium Plant Plugs (premiumplantplugs.com)
melody	Editor Message	Rocky Mountain Austree, Inc.
reeve1	Positive	Easy to Grow Bulbs
bluebuster77	Positive	Heirloom Roses
MWplantman	Positive	Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd.
DaveH	Positive	Dancing Oaks Nursery
letalou	Neutral	Whatcom Seed Company (Seedrack.com)
walshee	Negative	Premium Plant Plugs (premiumplantplugs.com)
yardenman2118	Negative	Bluestone Perennials
sunandmoon	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
Wormslippers	Positive	Uncle Jim's Worm Farm
rich1955	Positive	Ison's Nursery & Vineyard
BLE	Negative	Territorial Seed Company
Aiki	Negative	Porchswings.com
greenco247	Positive	Atomic Grow (High Yield Industries)
springcolor	Positive	T's Flowers & Things
mbfmark	Positive	Leilani Nepenthes
jim49631	Positive	Hometown Seeds
Ridgerunner777	Positive	Nolin River Nut Tree Nursery
Celene	Positive	J.L. Hudson, Seedsman
ogon	Positive	Jonna Sudenius
dennyboy34	Positive	Welkers Grove Nursery (giantsequoia.com)
bsharf	Positive	White Flower Farm
Comotoes	Negative	AZ Ponds & Supplies, Inc. (Al Zimmer's Ponds & Supplies)
grgarden	Positive	Metzer Farms Duck and Goose Hatchery
grgarden	Positive	Privett Hatchery
steve_mass	Positive	Mason Hollow Nursery
steve_mass	Positive	Lakeside Acres Hosta
quitaque	Positive	Jackson & Perkins
blawndie	Neutral	High Mowing Organic Seeds
jrhoades	Positive	Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
Express128	Positive	The Strawberry Store

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