Islington Nurseries

Expect extremely poor quality bulk triple mix from this place. (Triple mix is supposed to be a rich loam comprised of topsoil, peat and manure for growing plants – the idea is you’re paying for materials that enrich your soil to optimize growing conditions. From Islington Nurseries you can expect instead a mix of wood chips, stones and some soil – very poor for growing.)
We’re avid vegetable gardeners. Many years ago the Evans location used to carry very rich triple mix for delivery, but a few years ago I ordered triple mix for my father and was stunned to see a shipment of very poor quality mix that consisted largely of mulchy shredded wood chips mixed in with some soil and lots of stones – definitely not triple mix, and certainly not good for growing garden plants. (Wood mulch in soil changes the pH, can disrupt bacterial/​fungal dominance which leads to plant decline, disrupts carbon/​nitrogen levels which affect garden yield, and can cause numerous other undesirable effects.) I complained multiple times and didn’t have any response from the local manager on Evans; I ended up complaining to the head office and finally asked to speak with the company owner, who told the manager to send a fresh new yard of triple mix to my father, which we appreciated.
This year we thought we’d try them again, thinking maybe the previous bad batch was a one-​off accident. So, my husband ordered triple mix and mulch for our garden. I came home to find once again that the triple mix was CHOCK FULL OF WOOD CHIPS, and also contained stones (and this not an accidental blending with the mulch they delivered – the triple mix was clearly a deliberate mix of mulch and soil). It’s too late for me to do anything about it since my husband went ahead and topped our vegetable garden beds with this garbage. So in effect we paid to weaken the quality of our garden soil.
(Incidentally, I’m not talking about the triple mix in bags – this is about their bulk mix delivered by the yard.)
Never again! As people who have long been in the gardening business, they should know better than to sell such poor mix to their customers.

I contacted the company to get an estimate for front yard landscaping in mid september. I was told that person in charge was on vacation and they would get back to me to schadule the appointment as soon as he returned. I agreed to wait it out. I was contacted and scheduled an ppintment for Oct.10. But a few days before the appointment I got the calll that something came up and they need to reschedule. I was understanding since it was the Thanksgiving weekend. Then we reschaduel for Oct.15 at 1Pm. At 1:35 I called to find out if I still should be expevting Tony. I was told he is on his way. An hour and 10 minutes after the scheduled appointment I got a call saying that he was stuck i traffic and they needed to reschedule for the second time.
I was disappointd but I gave them my availibility for the comming sat and monday. I was told that they contact me to confirm after talking to Tony. I followed up today and to my surprise I was told that they are reffering me to another company because they are too busy to take the job.
After a month waiting, now without my consent they are sharing my info with other companies And yet they dont have the courtesy to inform me about it.
what a scam

A decent sized nursery with friendly and helpful staff.
I was very pleased to discover that Islington Nurseries is so close to my new place. I came in the other day with clippings from my infested jasmine plant. The staff were knowledgeable and were able to recommend insecticides for my plant (which is now doing a lot better — thanks for asking :))
They have a couple of kittens that lounge around in the outdoor part of the nursery. Super cute!

What a joke.
I have recently been researching how to grow an indoor vegetable garden and have found many helpful resources online. So many, in fact, that I thought someone in an actual garden centre might know a bit about it and be able to help me out. Well not in this place! Not only did it take the woman on the floor twenty minutes to even acknowledge that I was present in her empty store, but she was incredibly rude and condescending. She didn’t listen to what I was asking and led me to hydroponic equipment telling me that’s what I need. After clarifying for the 4^th time that I want to grow an INDOOR VEGETABLE GARDEN, she snickered and told me that no one can grow anything edible indoors, except for herbs. What a bad way of doing business. There are SO MANY options out there indoor vegetable gardeners, and there are SO MANY better ways of handling a topic you may not be comfortable with. Never going back.

A west end garden center that caters to landscape and gardening enthusiasts. Excellent prices on some of the mature trees, and a well rounded selection of seasonal plants. Friendly and competent service. They have two locations. If you are looking for plants their depot on Islington is where to go. For had landscaping you need to hit their yard on EVANS, east of Kipling.