The Plant Foundry | Nursery & Store — Attraction in Sacramento

Poor selection, consisting mostly of a hodgepodge of plants found at Annie's Heirloom Seeds, an online retailer. They're gentrifying Oak Park and providing no real tangible benefits to the actual residents of the neighborhood. They're part of the problem, not the solution. You're way better off shopping elsewhere. Just go to Green Acres or Pietro Talini's.

Edit: The establishment has resorted to the underhanded tactic of attempting to call me out as a fake reviewer. Then they tried to portray me as some kind of awful woman-hater because I called them out for gentrifying Oak Park. Finally, they put forth a logical fallacy, suggesting that the space can either be occupied by their business, or something unpleasant. Did you notice that nobody asked the residents of Oak Park what they would like to see occupy the space instead--like a community center, a town square, or a place for people experiencing homelessness to receive services? In actuality, I am very much a real person--and an active member of the community. I sit on the board of several local organizations, including Sacramento Area Peace Action and the City of Sacramento's Environmental Justice Collaborative Governance Committee. Feel free to look into my background if you are so inclined.

If the business provides such a valuable service to the residents of the community, then why did I not witness a single person of color enter the establishment in the approximately 30-45 minutes I was there? If the establishment provides such a valuable service to the community, then why were a whole bunch of the plants toppled over and in such a sad state while I was there? Why were the grounds sopping wet, with hoses strewn along pathways, posing a slip, trip, and fall hazard to their customers? Let's look at the facts here: in the last decade, the percentage of Black people living in Oak Park has declined by 24 percent. Establishments like these, moving in and charging sky-high prices that regular people can't afford, are part of the problem, not the solution. I'd much rather have a Black-owned and operated business here than this disgrace. The owner ought to be ashamed of themselves for spewing this filth online, attempting to "clap back" at anyone who dares to call attention to their shameful business practices, and should instead focus on either lowering their prices or moving somewhere like East Sacramento...

My mom and I have been coming to Plant Foundry for years but hadn't been since Covid, so we were very excited to return today. We had a gift card to use, but when we checked out, we were told we couldn't use it in the store (which was not posted anywhere online or in the store or on the gift card). We were told to step aside and use our phone to purchase the items online then get back in line to pick them up. Before we could even ask any questions or the names of the plants we chose, how to use the site, etc. , the cashier pushed them aside and began helping the next customer. The mobile site did not work, everything we clicked kept looping us back to the home page. When we let the cashier know, she said "oh, sorry about that" and when we tried to ask questions she ignored us and continued helping others. This used to be a place where we could always rely on great quality and service, but after today I think we will take our business to the many other local plant stores...

Their employees seem to be prejudice and suspicious towards people of color. Today I went in to buy a few plant and a young woman with straight black hair behind the register visibly change her disposition after attending to a white woman. This is not the first time I've experienced this at The Plant Foundry. I would think twice before going if you are any shade of brown.

When the plant foundry opened up I was happy to have a plant nursery close to me, since then every time I have shopped at the plant foundry I have not felt welcome, I left a review in an attempt to address the way employees have treated me and I don't appreciate that you are deflection the responsibility of your employees actions, to what you are calling my "'misperceptions." in your attempt to address last review you have let me know any concern i have really does not matter, where a simple apology would have done you chose to be...