Ladera Garden & Gifts

This is very odd but every plant I’ve purchased from this nursery either dies from some mysterious ailment or gets a pest infestation. None of my other plants have suffered this way. I can put the exact same plant next to each other (one from say Summer Winds and other from Ladera), and the one from Ladera will get sick. The others do fine, thrive, and bloom per expected. Since I treat all the plants the same, the only common denominator is the nursery. It’s too bad because I love browsing all the plants there, but they just don’t survive. And at their prices, they should.

I love this nursery and garden center. It’s worth my 20 minute drive just to go there. They have a great selection of plants and gifts, especially during the holidays.

Love the gorgeous plants, especially orchids, and gifts for anyone who loves beautiful things

Terrific place to shop for plants and gifts. Wonderful customer service! Mercedes makes wonderful planted baskets, as well as beautiful flower arrangements. It is a joy to shop here.

Excellent, friendly customer service!
Great selection including several varieties of Agave and succulents. It was nice to have a chance to buy them when they were still small at a lower price.
Their selection and prices are better than most nurseries in the Bay Area.
Is you’re a garden enthusiast, you won’t be disappointed!
Check it out!

The people who work here are really nice and they’ve got wonderful stuff. The prices may seem a bit high, but you get what you pay for. The quality of everything is outstanding and it’s the go-​to place for holiday garden and trimmings.

Great place to shop. The selection is wonderful and the plants are well taken care of. The staff is friendly and helpful. I found some unique planters.

These folks are always kind and patient with my elderly father; so nice.
I ordered some bouquets for a birthday and they were exactly what was needed, especially as Mercedes had to read my mind to get it right! This is a wonderful place.

I have been using Ladera Gaden Center for Orchids in my small reatil Shop for the past eight years and evertime they are spectacular. I ‘ve never given Mercedes any guidance yet they are always unique and special. Every customer that comes into my shop coments on how beautiful thay look and i tell them where to go. I truthfully am terrible at keeping indoor palnts alive so I really just let them wither away till it is time to refresh them but my expeience is that they last about three months till it is time to do so. I sure most people could make the arrangement last longer with proper care, but I love it when a new arrrangement is carried in the door. My shop just feels empty without the touch of Mercedes!

I’ve neglected my backyard for three years. It’s overgrown, there are weeds, and the dreaded three — bamboo, ivy, and blackberry vines. I’m committed to clearing and trimming and weeding and pruning before I do anything else. And my willpower was working for me until this week, when I stopped in at Ladera Garden and Gifts. I used to shop here every spring for inspiration and wonderful plants at reasonable prices, and now I don’t know how I stayed away! They have such terrific finds — white hydrangea shrubs! peonies! roses! succulents! herbs! vegetables! japanese maples! And don’t even get me started on the azalea/​camellia/​rhododendron/​clematis selection! It’s a one stop paradise here; you can supplement the garden you have and daydream about the ideal garden you’re going to design one day. I promised myself I would be virtuous, but c’mon now! I left with three varieties of poppy and a six-​pack of sweet peas. I’m going to be clearing all weekend so I can pick up more next week. And the service here is terrific — friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. So happy I stopped by!

The greatest florist in the valley! We were on a constrained budget and Mercedes was so helpful and found us the perfect gift! I would recommend the place to anyone in the area!

I live by Sunset Gardens and actually cannot believe I only recently heard about Ladera Gardens! I went yesterday for the first time, and was over-​the-​moon impressed. I bought a huge Camilla for an unbelievably reasonable price! I met Mercedes and Juan (pleasant owners), and was impressed with the help that an employee named Marian gave me! I did experience one major issue though!!!
I didn’t leave enough time in my day to peruse the lovely gift shops and cut flower sections! No worries-​I will return very soon!

This fabulous garden center rocks! Not only do they have wonderful plants and people to help you pick the right ones, they have an amazing gift shop too! The things are gorgeous… and there’s a lot of stuff! A real feast for your eyes!

Not just flowers and garden things — awesome place for little gifts, too. Top notch customer service — glad I took the chance and stopped in here.

Beautiful store with excellent service! I came here for the first time on 7÷11÷13 looking for a house warming gift and left with a GORGEOUS potted orchid arrangement. Mercedes and her staff were very pleasant to work with. I loved everything about the nursery and store… pretty things everywhere! Fresh flowers & plants and cute little trinkets. I will definitely be a repeat customer :)

the finishing touch. The store has so many beautiful things (candleholders, décor, soaps, jewelry, table linens and more) and whoever does their buying has great taste, I loved everything. The nursery half has a nice selection too and everyone was helpful and knew alot about the plants they sell. By far my favorite garden store in the area.

Won’t go anywhere else! Exceptional, genuine customer service, and a beautiful selection of herbs, plants, trees, flowers, and gift items at reasonable prices.
Quick story: after spending several days visiting all the other nurseries in the area looking for a nice assorted herb garden to give as a gift (off-​season so not that easy to come by now), I called ahead to ask if they had what I was looking for. Juan answered the phone and though they didn’t have one, immediately offered to put one together for me, before I arrived if I liked! Upon my arrival, Daniel was very patient, helping me pick out appropriate herbs, a suitable container to put them in, and as promised, he even potted and put it together for me! It looked beautiful. Everyone I ran into in the store was friendly, unhurried, and eager to be helpful. Having, as mentioned, visited all the other nurseries in the area looking for the same thing, I was really wowed and grateful for the customer service and selection here!

I am a professional landscaper and shop at all the nurseries on the mid-​peninsula. This is my favorite nursery. It’s family owned and chock-​a-​block with plants. Juan knows I like to see his latest finds and will show me special new plants he’s found. They are so helpful and service oriented and the prices are fair. It’s very close to Menlo Park, Stanford and Palo Alto and 280, but tucked away and it’s like a trip to the country. They have a great selection of interesting pots as well.

This place is lovely and the little shop itself is super cute. The staff was friendly. The one thing that I think that they should work to improve is that their pots are hard to get to. They are hard to look at with plants and plastic containers and dead plants all around them. This was the only disappointing bit. The store itself has cute little gifts and things to look at and buy. I am sure I could find something here for almost all of my girlfriends.

My family has been coming here for years. It’s the best garden center in the area, the prices are very fair considering the area, and the staff is unbeatable. Mercedes and her husband own the place and treat every customer to their experience and a helping hand. There’s nothing they won’t do for a friendly customer.
I would recommend this place to anyone who will ever need to buy a plant of any kind.