Shopping Guide: Greengold Nursery
Greengold Nursery: Your Shopping Guide
Why You Should Visit
- Exceptional Customer Service: You'll encounter staff who are described as friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, kind, genuine, and willing to go the extra mile. They offer attentive, courteous service, and seem to prioritize building relationships over transactions.
- Expert Advice: The team is known for providing great advice and service. Expect free advice and assistance with your gardening needs. Staff are knowledgeable about plants and can help you with specific issues like plants not thriving in your garden.
- Extensive Plant Selection: The location offers a wide variety of plants, including a good range of plants in the outdoor area. You'll find a surprising amount packed into a not-enormous area. They have a great range of unusual plants, including interesting natives. Shoppers can expect a huge range of fruit trees and berries.
- High-Quality Plants: You'll find plants in excellent condition, described as strong, healthy, and thriving. The quality is also high for fruit trees. Seedlings are ready to go, unlike sometimes found elsewhere.
- Gift Shop Delights: The location offers a gorgeous little gift shop attached, filled with treasures that make good presents.
- Convenient Services: They are happy to hold plants for a few days. They also offer delivery, including planting the item for you!
- Hard-to-Find Items: The staff will try to get anything you want if it's not in stock. They've sourced hard-to-find trees for some customers.
- Local Treasure: The location is described as a beautiful, hidden treasure, great to support a small business.
Why You Might Consider Alternatives
- Price Considerations: Be aware that the nursery is considered a bit on the pricey side.
- Potential for Crowding: The indoor area may feel a little too crowded, with some shoppers feeling concerned about knocking things over.
- Product Disappointments: One shopper experienced disappointment with a specific product, the Dewitt weeding fork, finding it badly designed despite its high price ($50).
- Understaffing: There is a mention that the store seemed understaffed, which can lead to delays in assistance, which is a common situation these days.