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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 7,483 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, 4,108 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 68,277 comments have been posted (46,979 positive, 8,919 neutral, 12,379 negative) by 35,262 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

Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Brent & Becky's Bulbs

Brushwood 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 New Hampshire Hostas

Nourse Farms Inc. Oakes Daylilies

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

Romence Gardens & Greenhouses Santa Rosa Gardens

Select Seeds Antique Flowers Shaw's Sunshine Gardens

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

Summer Hill Seeds The Sample Seed Shop

Most Recently added ratings

User	Rating	Company
celestialrose	Positive	Solaris Farms
DenisBronxite	Positive	Glasshouse Works
76cutlass	Negative	Grass4sale.com
trjonas	Positive	White Flower Farm
trjonas	Positive	Gurney's Seed & Nursery
IndaShade	Negative	Willis Orchard Company
sandgarden	Positive	Sooner Plant Farm (Shop Smarter Shop Sooner)
Wixie4	Negative	Gautam Global
amneris73	Negative	Summerstone Nursery
flowerscrazed	Positive	American Meadows
JonSchneider	Negative	High Country Gardens
peevel	Positive	Taylor Greenhouses
jaguarlady53	Positive	In The Country Garden & Gifts
MiniPonyFarmer	Positive	Cooldaylilies.com (Bennett & Daughters Daylily Nursery)
bryana	Positive	Select Seeds Antique Flowers
bryana	Positive	Burnt Ridge Nursery
bryana	Positive	Berries Unlimited
coco3	Positive	Venero Gardens
TerriErb	Positive	Thistledown's Sumptuous Succulents (formerlyThistledown Greenhouse)
gardengnome65	Positive	Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC)
Blueambist	Positive	Hosta Liners
WCG	Negative	Orchids.com (Norman's Orchids)
meggie123	Positive	Michigan Bulb
rocknhostas	Positive	Hallson Gardens
kqcrna	Positive	Garden Harvest Supply
kqcrna	Positive	Sequim Rare Plants
msannthorpe	Positive	Fedco Seeds
azgardensucks	Negative	Arizona Aquatic Gardens
Hempster	Neutral	Kigi Nursery
mizdg	Positive	High Mowing Organic Seeds
DenisBronxite	Positive	Jung Seed
alina_1	Negative	Chamblee's Rose Nursery
zaptoid1956	Negative	knockoutrose.net
sandgarden	Positive	Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee)
sandgarden	Positive	Well-Sweep Herb Farm
sandgarden	Positive	High Country Gardens
sandgarden	Positive	Bluestone Perennials
ibewgirl	Positive	Blue Ridge Daylilies
sandgarden	Positive	Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery
sandgarden	Positive	Gethsemane Gardens
CAAFD	Negative	Burgess Seed
jorine	Neutral	Garden Harvest Supply
essentialplanet	Positive	Forestfarm
nclivin	Positive	Miller Nurseries
Mr_Deeds	Positive	Jung Seed
AS	Negative	Bluestone Perennials
plover12	Neutral	Chamblee's Rose Nursery
eliasastro	Neutral	TropicaFlore
qu1nn	Negative	Four Seasons Nursery
ChocolatePlease	Positive	Tomato Girl (Tomato Baby Company)

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