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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 7,018 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, 3,683 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 52,416 comments have been posted (36,911 positive, 6,040 neutral, 9,465 negative) by 27,279 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 Bluestone Perennials
Brent & Becky's Bulbs Brushwood Nursery
Buggy Crazy Chamblee's Rose Nursery
Classy Groundcovers Diane's Flower Seeds
Direct Source Hostas Easy to Grow Bulbs
Forestfarm Garden Crossings LLC
Garden Harvest Supply 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®) Summer Hill Seeds

Most Recently added ratings

User	Rating	Company
_Mai_	Positive	Trade Winds Fruit
Kay_Fabian	Negative	Summerstone Nursery
garyoconnor	Neutral	Vintage Gardens Antique Roses
dianab81	Negative	Plow & Hearth
zubababy	Negative	Hardyplants.com
jmdotson	Positive	Wellspring Gardens
croessler68	Positive	Murray McMurray Hatchery
gardadore	Positive	Tomatofest.com
flowrgirl1	Positive	Gourmet Garlic Gardens
nbcrook	Positive	Messelaar Bulb Co.
joeworm11	Positive	Asparagus Gardener
Debbieduck	Positive	Murray McMurray Hatchery
helenwells	Negative	White Flower Farm
kentstar	Positive	Gardener's Supply Company
DEMinPA	Positive	Tomatofest.com
mibbyblues	Negative	The Banana Tree (Banana-Tree.com)
man1410	Negative	Koi Garden Club
gpantone3	Negative	Reimer Seeds
CherokeeGreg	Positive	Hobbs Farm & Greenery
amslogan	Positive	Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
MinnesotaMike	Positive	Tomatofest.com
HoldenL	Negative	Duncraft
Pachama	Positive	Greentrees Hydroponics Inc.
Terry	Editor Message	Highland Seeds
g_whizz	Positive	Cascade Bulb and Seed
knotoftoads	Negative	Koi Garden Club
Karyl7b	Positive	A Nearly Native Nursery
JC_In_MI	Positive	Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee)
MinnesotaMike	Positive	Kitazawa Seed Company
suemar63	Positive	Heirloom Seeds
MalibuJack	Positive	Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC)
peony01	Positive	Wilkerson Mill Gardens (Hydrangea.com)
Morisson27	Negative	Bouncing Bear Botanicals
klato	Neutral	Bouncing Bear Botanicals
RosenthalHomes	Negative	Florida Plants Online (floridaplants.com)
skimper	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
Spriggin	Positive	Territorial Seed Company
stuartjp	Positive	Plumeria2U
jconnorsclay	Negative	Central Florida Farms
weatoys	Negative	Outdoor Distributors
Dav64	Positive	J.L. Hudson, Seedsman
Dav64	Positive	Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens)
jojomood	Negative	Hortico Nurseries Inc.
loveblossoms	Negative	Petals from the Past, Inc.
ptooming	Positive	Top Tropicals LLC
jellycrab	Positive	Bouncing Bear Botanicals
phdbot1	Positive	A Nearly Native Nursery
zanna	Positive	Eden Organic Nursery Services, Inc. (EONS)
cramsey1	Positive	Waters Blueberry Farm
cramsey1	Neutral	Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee)

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