Ames Greenhouse & Antiques — Local services in Ames

This place is not safe. It's beyond crowded, it wouldn't meet code. It's not structurally safe for a building to have THAT MUCH furniture stacked floor to ceiling on the second and third floors. I assume it's packed on the third floor, can't actually go up there. The owners are kind, but expect ridiculous prices. I would never pay anything close to the prices on their items. They don't haggle, either. Honestly, it's more of a hoarder situation and it's sad. The stuff deserves a better home than shoved in nasty, dark piles for 30+ years. I guess they can afford to keep up this farce because in a college town, you get people from out of town who think the insane prices are a steal? Locals are way waaaaay better off going to the Restore or bidding on Hibid. I hope the building doesn't collapse on them. Or the amazing treasures they can't...

My favorite place to go when my soul needs restoration. It's whimsical and magical and usually smells like the earth after a rain. I've bought succulents and trees and flowers here. The range of succulents is astounding and the prices are very affordable! The place is huge. They have a whole wall piled with hundreds of old, unique flower pots. I've found heart shaped pots, sunset colored pots, beautiful embossed pots, neutral pots... there are so many possibilities for creating your own pot of succulents. They also sell potting soil for cheap and will measure out how much you need for the plants you're buying. I haven't looked much in the antiques section because the plants are just so wonderful, but there are SO many beautiful antiques if you're into that! The owners are absolutely lovely people. I'm glad that places like this are...

I’m filled with emotion! Joanie, (I hope I spelled your name correctly), you reached through the telephone lines from Iowa to Maryland and touched my heart ♥️ soothed my worries, dried my tears and embraced everything necessary with your eloquent understanding of grief and personal loss regardless of distance.

The bouquet you designed for a particularly special family members’ wake on November 6th, 2021 was absolutely stunning. The colors were perfect, the flowers you selected were exquisitely beautiful and without question, designed with Love ~

I now know why my stepson, Curt Mann, not just recommended Ames Greenhouse Floral, he insisted y’all were the only folks I needed to speak with about flowers for his Momma and my dear sweet friend, Julie Mann.

Blessings need no introduction ~ 🕊

My Sincere Thanks, Freda Mann Bel...