“Such a great nursery. We purchased a polkadot bagonia (that's thriving), a bonsai, and more on our first trip.
Great selection of indoor/outdoor, sizes, succulents, supplies and beyond.
They even have mini shopping carts for kids
10/10, highly recommend”
“Local nursery that offers carefully curated flowers, plants, trees that you may not find at big retailers. What makes Ladera Garden & Gifts stand out is the knowledgeable staff who are friendly and always ready to offer help and advice if needed.
I’ve bought various plants, trees, and soil from here. So far, with proper care, they have provided beautiful colors to our front and back landscape. The prices here are also incredibly reasonable and fair.”
“I love the gifts, bouquets and plants at Ladera Garden and the staff is their secret sauce. They are so good in pointing me in the right direction and make great floral arrangements and gift finding easy.”
“We hired Blossoms and Botanicals for our wedding reception at Domenico Winery in San Carlos, and we were blown away by the product that Regina and her team put together. We didn’t know exactly what we wanted when we reached out, but knew she was a preferred vendor at our venue and thought she would have a good idea of what would work in that space. Regina knew the venue inside and out and helped us tweak some of our ideas to work well in the space. She also agreed to try something new that we were interested in, and it worked out so well. She showed us examples of potential arrangements, had several different options for floral arches for photos, and when we ended up with an extra table on the day of was able to put together an extra centerpiece at the last minute.
Regina also made sure to wait until the flowers she would be using were in season so we could get the best idea of what our centerpieces would look like.
The arrangements and décor themselves were incredible, we got so many compliments from all of our guests at how beautiful and unique the flowers were, and the quality exceeded our expectations on all levels. If we ever need flowers for anything in the future we will be using Blossoms and Botanicals, and definitely recommend them for any special occasion you might need flowers for.”
“Golden Nursery is my fav nursery for the new plants hunting in San Mateo. They have many unique types of plants you can find here such as herbs, fruit trees, ground covers, perennials, ferns, succulents, house plants, seeds, bulbs, ect. It’s fun that I usually get something interesting as my new plant buddies whenever I came here. Looking forward to visiting here again! ?”
“Lyngso is 100% the best of the best. I’ve been around the construction and landscaping business off and on my whole life and I have never come across a place as special this.
Everyone who works here is endlessly knowledgeable and gracious to their customers. Their range of products and materials is 2nd to none.
Their fertilizers they carry are the best of their type on the market and the gardening tools they sell are really special. It’s also one of the very few landscaping supply places, including nurseries, that not only hasn’t been bought out by private equity, when the owner was ready to retire, they sold it to their employees.
My only complaint (and I tell them this all the time) is that they don’t have a location in the South Bay, where our landscaping business is headquartered. This makes deliveries down to the South Bay very expensive.
Most of our clients are happy to pay the higher delivery cost for the products that no one else has, but I’m sad that the extra delivery cost isn’t worth it for stuff they happen to sell (but still necessary, like drain rock) that I can buy from a more local place.
In other words, we would just prefer to give them all our money!!”
“My wife and I were married at the San Mateo Arboretum in June of 2019, it just occurred to me I should post a review! We were very happy with the venue, we had the wedding out in the garden with about 52 people. We used the Pump House to stage things, and had the buffet tables outside. We were able to bring in a catering truck with a pizza oven, and the caterer provided the servers to stage the food and serve the drinks. Our contact helped us with the logistics and was there for the event, when there was an issue with another event in the park blocking the access she quickly worked it out with them and got the path cleared. There are some limitations to work with: no real kitchen for cooking, no dishwashing, and the interior would be cramped for 45 people, so hope for clear weather and bring a mobile caterer. Don't expect to play really loud music or have a big dance party on the grass. But for a small low-key wedding the garden is fantastic, and makes a wonderful backdrop. The price is very affordable, and we were able to book it with 4 months notice, so it was a very good option for us... Highly recommended if it fits your needs!”
10:30AM - 6PM
184 Plaza S, Los Altos
Nurseries And Gardening
“Love this spot. Merlot was taking new clients and I am lucky to have found her! In addition to the service I just love the experience of the salon -- warm, welcoming, professional, calming and supportive. I love my visits”
“Can't believe the deals and quality in this place and the service is top notch. The water fountains are stocked by the dozens with statues and benches and bird baths too. You gotta check this place out!”
“Wowie zowie!! Berto leapt up from lunch to personally guide me through the nursery. We thought about numerous plants that might work in the space I wanted to fill. What a cool guy and a beautiful nursery. I'm so appreciative and I can't wait to put my new baby in the garden.”
“They have an excellent variety of plants to choose from. The staff are very helpful and friendly. It feels welcoming and the people are knowledgeable of how to best care for your plants.”
“The consummate spot for all Stihl, Husky and keeps the tree men with an A Game.
Steve and his beloved wife, Pinroi truly cherish their customers, and are lovely human beings who know you are human, too.
Happy New Year to Yardbirds' Livelihood.
I never buy anything for our tree business, unless, it comes first, through Yardbirds.”
“- Virtual event: Rosewood Medicinal Native Garden, a talk by Radhika Thekkath - This talk will feature an in-depth visit to the Rosewood Medicinal Native Garden, one of the gardens on the 2021 Going Native Garden Tour. Come on a tour to a suburban garden stocked with native plants valued for their medicinal value. The Rosewood Palo Alto garden is about 12 years old, converted from non-native grass to native plant areas. The garden features a pond with waterfall and bathing area for birds and wildlife, a native pollinator meadow, edible fruits, and a compost area. The tour will be followed by a question and answer session with the garden owner. This talk is part of the 2021 Going Native Garden Tour, which started in April, and is providing virtual tours throughout the year. Register for the tour at www.gngt.org to receive updates on upcoming tour activities. Radhika Thekkath is a retired computer scientist who has been gardening with native plants and has been an active member of our Chapter for over ten years. She recently returned to California after a three year stay in Washington state. Her more recent work includes active forestry management and stewardship as well as sustainable building with cob and straw bale. She is currently completing an in-depth course in permaculture design. This talk will be live streamed on YouTube ( Good sources on native medicinal plants and their uses:”
7:30AM - 3:30PM
2718 Alpine Rd, Portola Valley
Nurseries And Gardening
“The Orchids I received were absolutely more than I expected. They were shipped with a lot of care. I will be ordering more! Purchased another one and again beautiful and healthy.”
“The shop owner was extremely friendly and helpful. He put together a beautiful arrangement of plants for me on the spot. I got a lot of complements on the arrangement as well.”
“They have a huge paver selection. Got turf here as well. The crew was great and seemed to be having fun with their work. No reason to go here if you are not doing a big project.”
“I had an exceptional experience at this Home Depot, thanks to Randy. He was incredibly helpful and took the time to listen to my needs attentively. Randy's knowledge and willingness to assist made my shopping experience smooth and pleasant. It's not often that you come across such dedicated and friendly staff. Thank you, Randy, for your help today!!”
“as someone who needs to go to home depot super often seeing someone like dencell who loves what they do and gives it there 100% makes the shopping process 100x easier for me as lumber usually is a mess but not at this home depot!! THANK U DENCELL”
“Everyone’s probably been here 100 times and 95% of the time it’s usually fine. However this particular visit required extensive planning, design revising, and attention to detail ordering several custom windows. Soé in the window department went above and beyond spending several hours with us making sure everything was correct and even postponing his lunch & break to accommodate. It’s hard to find service like this nowadays and because of this I’ll come back just for him.”
“What a large variety of products to look at and compare in store, not just online! Two employees helped me find unusual items and walked me to the right aisle and bay, very pleasant. Checkout was straightforward. Highly recommend.”
“Don’t understand why the ratings are so low. I dealt with Jube (sorry if I got name wrong) and set up a scenario for him over phone. Long story short, we moved and wouldn’t be able to deliver same day but he stated so long as we are there next day by 7am(730am cutoff), we’d be squared away.
Answered all my questions and took time to answer back despite closing hours (7:57pm call in).
Appreciate the team here.”
“Still family run and the best producing garden plants. They only put things out when it’s time to plant and take better care of their plants than any other nurseries we go to on the peninsula.”