Swansons Nursery — Attraction in Seattle

I am here to warn citizens of a truth some may not be ready for. A recent review of Swanson's by Antonio Maruccetti detailed the grueling process of becoming a citizen of the esteemed, pristine Swanson's Christmas Village. This is accurate. When I moved to Seattle in the mid 90's, I had no home. As a well-known (even famous in the west) elfin Prince, I knew that it would be difficult to find a neighborhood I truly "fit in" in. In my old neighborhood, children often mocked me, kicked me, poisoned me, beat me... often, attempts on my life were made. This is the price of fame. I heard about the Christmas Village in late October '98, and immediately put in my application to become a full time citizen. As an elf, I assumed I would be a sure fit. I speak Santeese fluently, attend ceremonies weekly, already am well-versed in all of our religion's readings, most notably the Most Famous Pagan Holiday's New Fake Traditionally Christian Teachings... I thought I was an easy candidate. I brushed up and took the citizenship test a month after turning my application in and was denied due to not having a perfect score, and asked to re-test next year. I kid you not, they wanted every question on this 409 point short answer essay exactly correct. Rough! I lived on the streets for another year following this blatant failure, often subjected to the same harsh treatment I was forced to endure in my old neighborhood. I lost my right foot and chipped many teeth in this year. Hopeful for a brighter future, I studied our scriptures daily until it was time for me to take the test again. I did, and was accepted into The Christmas Village. Since then, my life has been what you might call "perfect sensual bliss"... truly! Plants and crystals and love surround me, as well as herbs. I love it here, now. I give this village a 3 star rating because the test should not require a perfect score....

Swansons Nursery is an excellent plant nursery with a huge variety of thousands of plants.

Unfortunately it isn't a great place for sellers. My experience started when I called the nursery and was told that I would get a call back from those who may be interested. No such call occurred.

As soon as I approached the owner to ask about selling there, he made a number of assumptions about me (such as a lack of a business license) that are pretty far from the truth, and I felt like the general vibe was of "it's a whole big process that you wouldn't know much about". In fact, I have a business license and have been selling sequioas online and in person for a while. He assumed I didn't have any licenses actually, and eventually concluded that he simply was "not interested at this time", which he could have said at the outset instead of coming across as passive aggressive by assuming a lack of experience which I eventually refuted in the conversation.

He assumed that sequoias weren't selling well which couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that his two sequoias are getting pretty old, sitting in large pots in the shade in a small corner of the store, pretty much hidden away and likely overpriced. With plenty of other conifers in stock, it seems unlikely to me that the largest tree on earth, fastest growing conifer that has national parks dedicated to it, as well as a relatively confined territory in California while being capable of growing other places - it seems unlikely to me that this tree simply isn't selling well based on demand alone.

So yeah, great place for customers, not very welcoming to...

Seanson’s gets a five star rating from me for a few reasons. I’ve been coming here since I was a kid and remember it before the awesome remodel. It is always a place I remember fondly and I continue to come here as an adult. The indoor houseplant staff are especially helpful and today I picked up a plant they had set aside for me that I requested back in the summer. They will gladly drill holes in pots for free and are just generally helpful and kind. The bakery staff today unfortunately was very unpleasant. A young girl was counting the cash in the cash register and we waited for several minutes to be acknowledged after knowing she saw us. After waiting several minutes I asked her if she was closed to which she replied, “no, just busy” and then continued counting for a bit longer before walking over to the pastry case and just looked at us. No greeting, just blatantly rudeness. After I bought the pastry she just handed us our change. After enduring her rudeness we still thanked her, and she just turned wordlessly and walked away. I am still standing in the store writing this review because she left such a bad impression. Treating a loyal customer that way is unacceptable and disappointing for a place that I have loved for so long. All other Swanson’s staff have always gone out of their way to be helpful and kind and so her actions, and lack thereof, caught my husband and I off guard. I know it is just one person who behaved in this way, but it could be a reason why I don’t frequent their cafe again which is a shame because the food is great and the atmosphere is...