Western Garden Nursery

Extremely knowledgeable. We are relandscaping our yard. Our front yard is almost completely lawn. With the drought we need to reduce our water usage. The staff was very helpful telling us what plant were drought tolerant & could stand full sun. There selection is excellent! A wide variety to meet everyone’s needs & wants. I’ve recommended Western to all my friends!

This is an extremely well maintained, knowledgable, friendly, helpful nursery. I like their large selection of plants and friendly customer service.

My wife and I stopped in today to pick up ground coverage for our back fence. Besides the great selection of plants, we were given great advice on what types of vines would work best for our circumstance. We will definitely be returning to Western Garden for our future landscape needs.

This is a very good nursery. It has lots of different trees, plants, and flowers. The trees are extremely healthy and bursting with fruits. Love that! There is ample parking and the staff are knowledgeable if you have questions. For example, during one visit we were looking for an avocado tree for one of our large pots. The staff told us that avocado trees should be grown as a pear as one tree will rarely produce fruit. The reason being is that it needs a «his» and «her» and if it’s just one tree, then the bee that is pollinating will have to be ever so precise. That made sense. My mom has had a very healthy avocado tree for a while and yet it bears no fruit. It was good information to have.
We been here several times and made lots of purchases. So far I am quite happy with the vegetables and trees that we have gotten from this nursery. They are doing well in our garden.

Just went back to Western Garden Nursery to buy a garden fountain. We found something beautiful on-​site and Joseph helped us purchase and get it into our car. He was friendly, helpful and really wonderful to do business with. And our fountain was so easy to put together thanks to Joseph’s very precise clear instructions. It worked perfectly on the first try! We love it! My only complaint about WGN relates to never enough employees on the floor. This is a busy place and they need more people helping customers. If we had not shopped here before we most likely would have left out of frustration before help became available.

What would I have done without Tyler? His knowledge and service allowed him to suggest according to what my sun exposure, temperature, aesthetic preference and price range were. Did I mention he gave fresh strawberries to my 4-​year-​old? Tyler is great. I highly recommend you seek him out.

Picked our much cherished and most waited orange tree. Called first to make sure they have orange tree for us. Jason answered the phone and he was great to talk to. Very very very knowledgable, patient, professional, honest, easy to work with person.
We wanted a Washington Navel and they had that in both $ 39.99 and $ 99.99 option. Went in person and after an hour yes hour of discussion on all options and trying a few oranges off the plant yes trying a few we went with Valencia orange. Felt so comfortable that we picked a $ 99.99 one.
Bought few other items and on check out we used the Unilocal deal where you pay $ 50 for $ 75 deal. Saved 20% on overall transaction.
They have wide variety and knowledgable staff little pricy than other nursery but professional. Try them out ask for Jason!!!’

Great service and beautiful plants! I came in for poinsettias as I remembered how gorgeous they were last year — and again this year. Appreciate the help finding what I needed … also great selection in the gift shop for tree and other holiday decorations, and gifts.
Appreciated attention this fall, too ordering lavender for my hillside field. Very nice and helpful staff … the lavender will be beautiful this spring!
Thank you.

Well I went there to get a lot of plants for our yard and the customer service was horrible. We were so mad with their service that we wanted to leave and the guy got butt hurt and dropped the F-​bomb on us. We went to Alden lane nursery in Livermore though prices were the same or a little higher, the service was excellent and professional. Save your time and energy and shop else where. You don’t know what they say when they lose their temper. Never again.

I have had a few experiences with this nursery. On my first visit, I bought several small plants. I didn’t get much personal service, but enough. The place was hopping and my requirements were minimal. A friendly fellow took my money and gave me advice about caring for the particular plants I bought. When I tried to plant the lamb’s ear, I saw that it was root bound, tight as a drum. The next day, I returned it with no problem. Aries showed me another lamb’s ear in a slightly larger pot, popping it out of the container to examine the roots. Looked fine, so I bought it. It’s in the ground and appears to be happy.
I went back again because we wanted to plant trees along our back fence to serve as a privacy screen (so the potential selection must keep their leaves all year). I arrived at the nursery when few customers were there, so I received personalized quality service. Aries knows his stuff and helped me decide on three different evergreens: Red-​Tipped Photinia, Carolina Cherry, and Sequoia Coastal Redwood. He explained each tree to me and answered all my questions. I purchased 8 trees, along with delivery and planting, to be completed within the week. Later that night, my husband decided he only wanted two redwoods (not three), so Aries substituted it with another Photinia.
Then Jason (or Justin?) came to the house to preview the space. Jason /​Justin helped us decide how to cluster /​arrange the trees. He seemed young at first, but was flexible and knowledgable. Together we came up with a better design than originally formulated. This planning session took about 45 minutes, at no additional cost to us.
Jason and Rudy delivered the eight trees at the scheduled time and planted them all in 3.5 hours. At my request, Jason explained each step as they planted the first tree: Digging a large enough hole (they used an electric digging machine), combining native soil with planting mix at base of hole, adding fertilizer into the mix at base of hole, roughing up the root ball to awaken it, inserting a deep watering pipe (optional), inserting the prepped tree into the prepped space, adding more soil mix and fertilizer, tamping the loose dirt down around the tree to remove air pockets, then clipping the lowest branches off the redwood and, finally, watering the tree. He explained a watering schedule and provided watering tips, too.
Rudy and Jason worked quickly yet thoroughly, with good-​humored banter despite the August heat. At my request, they moved a heavy rock to a better location among the trees (with their dolly). They also repotted our new lemon tree, purchased at Western Garden.
From purchasing the trees from Aries on Monday to planting on Thursday, the whole experience was positive. Plus, we received extra advice about the other trees and plants already in our yard. Two (hopefully green) thumbs up. Thank you!
Eight trees, potting mix, fertilizer, labor and delivery came to under $ 1400.00. A little pricey, but not too bad, and Jason’s «free» consultation was worth a lot.
Be advised their driveway is short and steep, with a sharp dip. I was afraid I’d scrape the road, so instead I entered through the adjacent business (rock and gravel landscaping materials). Even so, I entered the driveway slowly. Probably best to avoid the busiest shopping hours, because parking is limited and service is better.

Great collection of plants. Well taken care of. I purchased Plum and an orange tree from here and both have done very well.

I have come here several times… and never thought to write a review. I have always been treated very well here. Everyone I have come across has been very friendly and knowledgeable, but… last week I came in… and was even more impressed than ever. This time I was helped by Tyler… and then by. I think his name was Justin? They were both young. I’m not sure if they have worked there long, but they are great addition & very friendly & helpful. Thanks for the super *star* treatment!

The owner sent me a nice message, and said he was always learning and working on improving his business. I can appreciated that.

Not my favorite gardening center. I’m sure there are people who work here beyond those behind the counter but I have not run across them on my few visits. Their succulent section is kind of pitiful and everything else is more expensive than the other centers I have visited in the Tri-​Valley area.
If you don’t drive a truck/​SUV/​Jeep then you will more than likely scrape the front end of your car if you don’t take a sharp angle at 2 miles per hour when you leave.

We came here because we were in urgent need in finding someone who can help us with the softscape design of our front and backyard. Lita was our life saver. She was able to fit us in her busy schedule within a week. She came to our house and helped us to chose plants and trees and create a plant list for our backyard. She is very knowledgable, friendly and honest! It says a lot about the experience and knowledge of a person if she able to come to your house and create a plant list within 2 hours whereas most architects/​designers will take days to do that. I uploaded one picture of our front yard and will post more of our backyard once its done but thanks to Lita it looks gorgeous. She picked the perfect plants and trees and everything just flows and has a very natural feeling.
I also have zero experience with gardening and I am a little scared as every planting experience ended up in a disaster! But Lita gave me great advice and confidence just to give it another try!
Consultation cost 150 $ and if you chose to buy your plants and trees from here. You can purchase gift cards with discounts. For example a 500 $ you get 10% discount, 1000 a 15% and 1500 a 20% discount.
Our favorite nursery for sure and totally worth driving here!

This place is awesome! There’s a great selection of outdoor plants/​trees (they’re working on beefing up their indoor selection), with options in every size and color, with assorted pots in every size and color. What allows them to stand out is their knowledge and service-​they were super helpful with my succulents purchase and made suggestions that allowed me to feel confident with my purchase.

I must admit, I’m not anywhere near a green thumb type. In fact, I think we’re going to do rock next!
But in my dreamer days of having a wonderful landscape of plants growing all in unison… we shopped at Western Garden Nursery and were quite pleased with their plants and the variety and health of everything. Would have given them 5 stars on the variety and health of their plants but being as inept as I am, I could have used more help in choosing plants and all for my yard. That would have been nice to have available.
so for my story, the plants did quite well but we still managed to kill them once we planted them! haha — we kept them in the little containers for several months and they grew well but when we finally got around to planting them in the yard, a few months later, oh well, it’s time to throw in the towel and just do a rock landscape!

I had Tyler (the assistant manager?) do an at-​home consult for me this fall. We started with the front yard, did the side, and the entire backyard. As he talked, I took several pages of notes– writing down genus species names and marking locations of plants. He gave me several different options for plants that would work in a given space and look nice together. He was able to work with the ideas that I had and add to them with plants suggestions I had never considered before (even after a fair amount of research). I would highly recommend a consult with Tyler. Short of that, seek him out at the store– if he’s not super busy he will give you a mini-​tutorial on whatever you need to learn.

There must be some wonderful staff at this nursery, because there are many excellent reviews of their customer service. We just were never lucky enough to get any of those staff members.
On our first visit, we listened to this battle axe of an employee delightedly berate some poor woman for her lack of knowledge.
On our second visit, I dared ask a question of said battle axe about an oakleaf hydrangea, and she proceeded to delightedly berate my lack of knowledge. It sounds like she was the same person the previous reviewer (8÷5÷2013) ran into. She had no idea what a «Little Honey» oakleaf hydrangea was, but to save face, she tried to make me feel like an idiot.
To her credit, Battle Axe at least offered to have me talk with Boss Man, who may have been able to order the oakleaf hydrangea I wanted. Unfortunately, Boss Man had just walked into his office literally steps ahead of us. Battle Axe went into the office to ask if he could help me, and he told her to tell me he was at lunch! I wish I had channeled Mindy Kaling at that point, because then I could have said, «you know, Boss Man, I can hear you.» Instead, I let Battle Axe come out and tell me that Boss Man was at lunch, and tell me I could wait for him to be done. We left instead, and will not return. The customer service was comically bad.

Excellent nursery, large with a great selection of healthy looking plants, trees, and shrubs. Kind of reminds me of Navlet’s in Walnut Creek, but even bigger. I got tired browsing the flowers and vegetables… didn’t even walk down the aisles of decorative trees and shrubs. Parking is easy right in front. It’s mostly outdoors, so bring your hat. I went in the middle of the week and it wasn’t too crowded. Staff are friendly and helpful.
Prices are reasonable, perhaps a little higher than the big box stores, but not outrageous. They had a few things on sale. Most of the items were clearly marked. I got a transfer shovel with fiberglass handle for only $ 10. Some wine barrel planters were discounted to $ 30. Tomato plants were $ 3 – 4. They just had a special event, so they had a great selection of special tomato varieties. They also have lots of ceramic pots. Prices were okay, but not a bargain.
I was researching a large raised planter bed and needed soil in bulk. They referred me to the landscape supply place next door. How nice is that?
We’ll be back for more veggies. Stay tuned for more updates!