Calgo Gardens — Local services in Howell Township

Been wanting to stop in here for a while. Happened on it a few weeks back on a Sunday and spent a few hours by myself just strolling through picking up a few little things and being wonderfully inspired. Returned today with my cousin and friend and stroll, the grounds a bit admiring the beautiful grounds. We decided to sit and have a bite because we were starving in the little café. Beautifully decorated and such a nice atmosphere.

We were a bit disappointed in the greeting.. There was a lovely young girl Stephanie, who had just started and kindly directed us to a table as she was Clearly in between a number of tables Outside and inside. There were three of us and when we got to the table, there was just two chairs. . So I went over to a nearby table that had five And took one over to our table. A very abrupt assuming is the owner of the café quickly came over and corrected That the chair was for a five top and I wasn’t to move it. She again abruptly, returned the chair to the empty Table . She then went and took a chair from a couples table that had an extra chair. Exact same type of chair.

OK was that simple she could’ve just done that from the beginning and not been rude and condescending to guests. It was quite offputting to the least, as I stood there in the spot that I clearly was putting the chair and she proceeded to put it down in front of the Silverware and everything that we had just moved to the empty spot and walked away. Needless to say it put a Bad taste in our mouth to start. The 5 top table stayed empty for an hour after we got there.

Stephanie waited on us and was very good and they were clearly quite busy because it took just About an hour for us to get our two sandwiches in front of us.

The food was very good And fresh and clearly they take their time putting it all together. By the time we left, they were quite a number of tables that seemingly one new server was handling with some help from The owner or whoever she was.

Everyone else seem quite friendly and happy to be there And went out of their way to be friendly. Not sure if it was just a bad day in the café, but it certainly was uncalled for.

We definitely will be back, but also felt the need to share Our experience after reading one or two of the other reviews.

Beautiful place to just disappear for a...

I came here with my mom today for the first time and was really enjoying walking around the beautiful grounds. We had even picked out a lot of flowers to buy, we were so excited. We were having such a great time, until it came time to pay. I wish we had gotten the name of the young lady, but because of her we walked out. Unsure of how to pay, we simply asked her if she could ring up our stuff and where to go. She kept saying to my mom over and over again “bring it to the store”, not explaining anything. My mom asked her “We pay for it inside?” She snapped at my mom, “Bring it up to the store and I’ll ring up your stuff”. Such an attitude for absolutely no reason. Something that could’ve been easily and pleasantly explained was not, and instead we were given attitude for not knowing how to pay. We left, we will not be purchasing from Calgo again. It was a shame that this girl had to ruin our time at this place, super disappointed. There’s no reason to put up with someone like that, especially when there’s a million other pretty places in Monmouth County to buy...

We worked with David at Calgo this summer, and he created the designs to transform our front yard from just grass, to the gardens of our dreams, filled with native, perennial, pollinator plants and butterfly gardens! He was an absolute pleasure to work with, from the very start to finish, and we've hired them to do regular maintenance when it's needed as well.

He was so knowledgeable on the latest ideas and plant/tree species in landscaping for wildlife, and he really listened to what was important to us, and created the designs to make it a reality. The pricing was very upfront, itemized, negotiable and fair. The entire project, gardens, stone walls, river rock paths and flag stone firepit area surpassed our expectations!! It's really changed the way our family uses our yard, and we're so grateful we found them! We'll absolutely be using them...