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The Garden Watchdog is a free directory of 7,043 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, 3,712 companies have been reviewed in the Garden Watchdog, and 53,026 comments have been posted (37,364 positive, 6,117 neutral, 9,545 negative) by 27,578 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.
Bluestone Perennials Brent & Becky's Bulbs
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
hlebear	Positive	Territorial Seed Company
hlebear	Positive	Companion Plants
Kates_crops	Positive	Jung Seed
hlebear	Positive	Diane's Flower Seeds
hlebear	Positive	Summer Hill Seeds
lkarnatz	Negative	Arizona Aquatic Gardens
Unreal	Negative	University Scientific Corporation
digly	Positive	Tomato Growers Supply Co.
digly	Positive	Sand Hill Preservation Center
crockettbecky	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
LeoBen	Negative	Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC)
firebirdbandit	Positive	Orion Industries
jburroug	Positive	Brewery Creek Garden Center
OlgaGarden	Positive	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
OlgaGarden	Positive	Tomatofest.com
OlgaGarden	Positive	New Hope Seed Company
OlgaGarden	Positive	Gourmet Seed International
OlgaGarden	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
OlgaGarden	Positive	Heirloom Tomatoes (formerly Chuck Wyatt's Heirloom Tomatoes)
CherokeeGreg	Positive	Green Sunshine
mrs_colla	Neutral	Chocolate Flower Farm
mellen1954	Positive	The Sample Seed Shop
jjhuang	Neutral	Black Jungle Terrarium Supply
1CAMINO	Negative	Daylily Haven Iris Gardens
kjd	Positive	Swallowtail Garden Seeds
lhilliard	Positive	Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
kjd	Positive	Totally Tomatoes
kjd	Negative	Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens)
Steveklein	Neutral	Specialty Perennials
melody	Editor Message	Rainbow's End Landscape and Nursery
ystender	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
carolinavic	Negative	Seeds of Change
Tyrol_Girl	Positive	Gardens North
pokey1228	Negative	Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens)
cochin	Negative	Cherry Gal (CherryGal.com)
Terry	Editor Message	ABP Nursery, A Surf & Sierra LLC Co. (formerly A Better Plant Grower)
Terry	Company Message	ABP Nursery, A Surf & Sierra LLC Co. (formerly A Better Plant Grower)
koofie	Positive	Willow Oak Flower & Herb Farm
Friedman777	Positive	Botanical Interests, Inc.
kcs_mom	Positive	Michigan Bulb
ibewgirl	Positive	The Sample Seed Shop
mmaria	Negative	Orchids.com (Norman's Orchids)
Mixel	Neutral	Bouncing Bear Botanicals
ellenr22	Negative	Swallowtail Garden Seeds
mrs_colla	Positive	Annie's Annuals and Perennials
mrs_colla	Positive	Heirloom Roses
beagelgarden	Positive	Burnt Ridge Nursery
Ron_In_Nebraska	Positive	Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants
valgard1	Positive	Burgess Seed
HardyGardener	Positive	Diane's Flower Seeds

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