Landmark Nursery — Local services in East Lake

Landmark Nursery is my new favorite place in the world! Landmark has an incredible selection of plants…offering plants I can’t find anywhere else. I’ve been redoing our front yard and I’ve also planted a small butterfly garden - all with gorgeous, healthy, diverse plants from this nursery. The customer service is stellar. The women working at Landmark are extremely knowledgeable about Florida plants for zone 9b. And friendly is an understatement! I’ve had the pleasure of working with Brandi, Angela, and Sabrina. They are very friendly, excited to assist, and they all really know their plant game! No matter how hot and miserable it is outside, every female employee I see is always happy and eager to help every single customer. (I don’t know how they do it, but the whole crew deserves a raise working outdoors all day long in this suffocatingly hot weather.) Plus, I just love that the staff I see there are strong, happy, smart, badass women! Landmark Nursery is just big enough to be able to easily walk from section to section. The pot/planter selection has lots of options to choose from, with very colorful pots, Talavera, and more intricate pots. The palm tree selection is a bit hidden and can be missed as it’s right at the entrance, but the selection is extensive. Be sure to follow them on Facebook and/or Instagram, as almost daily Angela creates an extremely informative post highlighting one plant, complete with the plant name, full grown dimensions, whether it’s a full sun, part sun, or shade plant, as well as if it’s a butterfly plant, pollinator plant, or deer resistant. I’ve found her daily postings to be beyond educational and helpful and her postings have sent me there to buy the plants she’s featured that have made their way to my “I need” list. Obviously, I cannot say enough good things about this gorgeous nursery. Another bonus, it’s family-owned. Five stars and two thumbs up from...

I should begin by saying that this nursery has beautiful plants and a wonderful should you want something beyond the usual finds at Lowe's or Home Depot. As I was looking for something a little more unusual, we went there after taking photos of the part of our yard we wanted to add some plants. Our bill came to over $100 but I was happy with what the person who helped us came up with using our photos as a guide. Once I got them planted that afternoon a neighbor came over to admire them and informed me that one of the selections would grow very tall, past the height of the overhang of the roof. When I called them to explain the problem I was told that "although they don't accept returns I could get an exchange or a credit toward future purchases. However, when I got there to do just that, I was told something different, that she had to" ask her uncle as the returned plant was able to be resold." As it turned out the Uncle must have agreed she kept telling me how that this was going to be a loss, that they could not resell it, that each receipt had the terms printed on the bottom explaining that, I tried to her what had happened, that we purchased it under their recommendation for a particular space and it would eventually grow too big, I was told "that they are not responsible for things like that." (Isn't this what garden centers are for?) At that point I decided that it wasn't worth the $12.95 plus tax to put up with such poor customer service so I politely told her never mind I would just take my business elsewhere, turned and left. As I said, the plants are beautiful and healthy, so if good customer service, advice on plants to buy, or a guarantee of even a few days on the life of your purchases are not important to you, then go ahead a try this place out....Me, I am more about good advice...

I’m a fairly new vegetable and flower gardener. I initially came to Landmark to buy soil for a raised bed and ended up spending 5 hours just walking around, looking at all the plants, and talking to the staff. I’ve been back dozens of times since then mostly because of how kind the staff are. Everything I’ve learned has been mostly passive tips from them while I shop around. They genuinely care about their plants and are so professional and excited to help you shop and make sure you’re buying what’s best for your garden. Everything I’ve purchased from them is healthy and thriving in my yard. Their Lemon and Keylime bushes are so abundant you wouldn’t believe how much fruit they bear. The soil! I have no idea what they do to that dirt but my plants LOVE the soil here. And at like $6 for 2 cu ft it’s a steal.

I mostly want to again emphasize that the staff seriously cares about your garden plan and what is best for you. I’ve never been pressured into making a purchase that seemed unnecessary. I told them my garden plan, they gave me a tour of what would look nice, they suggested alternatives, they told me how big each plant would grow and how much space to give it, and they gave me a full on care plan. All in passive conversation. They are seriously seriously the best. Forgive me cause I don’t remember any of their names but the kind soul with the long dreadlocks usually helps me out and I appreciate them so so much.

Anyways shop here. It’s awesome. Bring your mom. Bring your friends. I really do love this nursery and I never leave reviews for places, but I was so compelled to write this after yet another awesome trip over there. I included some past and present pics of my porch and some veggies/harvests all...