Berkeley Horticultural Nursery — Attraction in Berkeley

I grew up visiting Berkeley Hort and have always enjoyed leisurely walking around through the different outdoor sections (e.g. fruits, vegetables, full sun, conifers, ground cover, bog/aquatic, succulents, shade, etc) as well as exploring their greenhouse ft. tropical foliage plants.

Today, I had multiple questions answered by several friendly staff members (all of whom politely approached and asked me first if I had any questions they could help answer--EXCELLENT customer service IMO) with my favorite being Miguel who enthusiastically shared his personal experience growing his pink lemonade blueberries and using them for his spritzers :) I loved how excited he was to show us the other growing blueberry bushes to give us a sense of growth pattern and speed.

We happily decided on 3 plants including my own pink lemonade blueberry starter, thank you Miguel + BHN team :) will...

What an amazing hidden gem at Berkeley!! 🌳✨🌸 I LOVE this gardening shop so much☺️ They have a lot of different types of plants, flowers, tools, merchandise, pots, hangers, soils, and some cute crafts (such as tote bags, hats, cards, etc.)

Their staff are also very nice and knowledgeable. It may take a while to get someone because they don’t have a lot of staff, but also they would spend time to answer your questions!

They have a restroom for customers to use, and it’s very clean! There’s also a cute fountain in the middle of the outdoor garden area. Moreover, there’s a chalkboard near the entrance showing their weekend special sales and discounts! If you need anything for your garden, indoor planting, or just want to wander around and vining with plants, this is definitely a great place for...

Great Plant selection. Solid Garden center has a lot of seeds, tools, growing media. ... but location and parking was in hard mode. +++ Friday came in to ninja a grape plant during this delightful SARS-CoV-2 period. Shocked to see that they had a very mature plant for sale which is good and bad thing... ( paid mature price for it too.) All the other food making secondary growth plants seemed to be what I consider Good range of transplanting. Anyway once you get to the place it seemed like a pretty fun place to be. The plants are organized well. As for the shopping experience, use the temporary print out signs to help guide you around the place with its distanced...