1. Arizona Worm Farm

1. Arizona Worm Farm

0

Phoenix, AZ

Cancel

Open app

Search

Arizona Worm Farm

4.8 (63 reviews)
Closed Closed
Updated 2 months ago

Arizona Worm Farm Photos

You might also consider

Recommended Reviews - Arizona Worm Farm

Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
Yelp app icon
Browse more easily on the app
Review Feed Illustration

Reviews With Photos

Look at those canna lilies thriving with their soil! Those are TREES next to it!
Alisha O.

How anyone rates this less than 5 stars is beyond my comprehension. How amazing to have a place selling such high quality soil products and amendments at such reasonable prices here in the desert! Arizona Worm Farm is based around - you guessed it - worm composting! They sell compost, mulch, garden bed mix (formulated by Angela from Growing in the Garden!), and soil amendments for great prices. That amazing garden bed mix is the same price as mass-produced soil at the big box stores! And not only that it's loaded in your car. Mulch is $1 per 5 gallon bucket and compost was $3!! You can bring whatever container works for you and let them know how much you got. They do also sell 5 gallon buckets with lids for $3 (vs $6 at the big box orange store). They also sell various plant starts and even have some veggies (like to eat) to sell next to where you check out. And -- yes there's more - there's a shaded sitting area by a playground and a "Worm Petting Area" that make this a fun stop with kids. Dirt, worms, and a playground! The staff here are so nice as well. And there's MORE. They offer classes most weekends on gardening, pickling, etc and the prices are very reasonable and usually include some extras like plant starts or pickles.

They have more than soil.  Starter plants too.
Cheryl C.

I needed a full cubic yard, (a truck full), of gardening soil and was tired of buying it a bag at a time from The Home Depot. I tried the Arizona Worm Farm. Woo Hoo! It was so impressive!!!! The employees were amazing. I pulled in and they filled my truck with beautiful soil in minutes. In the end, it was much less expensive than buying a bag at a time. Highly, highly recommend this business.

Fun playground

I LOVE the Arizona Worm Farm! I've been a customer here for several years and my garden has only gotten better over time because of it. They provide very high quality services and products at reasonable prices. I love how everything is seasonal so transplants or seeds you buy will usually take off well. The service is unmatched compared to other gardening places I've been to. Employees that I've talked to have all been very knowledgeable and helpful. The overall vibe is that people there want a greener Phoenix and genuinely want you to succeed in all your gardening endeavors. I recall nearly buying a chilipin pepper and Daniel showing me where it lands on the scoville heat scale to make sure I knew what I was getting into. I remember Zach seeing I had all 4 of my little kids with me in line and him helping me check out quickly- even throwing in a free transplant to my purchase! The classes are a great deal for all the hands-on experience you get, not to mention the hand-outs, thorough class notes and you can bring a friend along with you at no additional cost! They even have a playground for kiddos of the customer and free self-guided tours. If you are an AZ gardener (or want to be) the AZWF is a MUST visit location!

Lacy K.

We've been buying worms from the Arizona Worm Farm for a few years now for our garden bed vermicomposting. (I'll do a post on that soon). The worms produce castings that are full of microbes and make for great soil in the garden. Get them in your garden now to give them time to adjust and settle in before it's too hot. The farm sells mulch and compost by the bucket. U-scoop it, so get whatever amount that you need for any size garden. Use the Farm's bucket to measure, or bring your own. Put the compost in your garden for rich, healthy soil and cover with the mulch to hold moisture in. The farm also sells veggie starts and makes their own black soldier fly larva nutrient plus liquid and vermicompost tea. As a family, we've also attended a fun u-pick breakfast that the farm has hosted a few times, and we can't wait to do that again. Check out their website for all that they offer, including a variety of classes. The team is so friendly and helpful, and it's nice to see familiar faces year after year. While you are down in this area, you should also check out The Plant Stand and the Farm at South Mountain.

Artichoke's
Tanya G.

Normally I come here for the worm castings!! Great quality Today I walked around the farm to see what else that were doing on this large piece of property Abundant flowers and vegetable gardens I bought reasonably priced produce grown on the farm. So glad I stopped by. As always wonderful smiling staff always willing to help.

Sheila F.

The Arizona Worm Farm is on a mission to turn everyone on to organic gardening. Whether you come for a stroll through their endless gardens with scents of flora and compost inspiring to start your very own Green Acres; or to scoop up some of richest soil, mulch or compost the Valley has to offer, it is always time well spent to visit the farm. You can procure some of their worm castings or larvae to make your garden grow to new heights. Recently I attended two of their classes, both of which were an excellent value and offered great first hand tips for gardening success in our warm (ha! ha!) climate. I encourage u check out their website and sign up for one that suits you. Both of the classes I took included some plants and soil/fertilizer/mulch to take home with all my new found knowledge at an excellent value. One of the classes I took was led by local celebrity master gardener Angela Judd. She is an endless fount of gardening information and best practices. The class could have easily been 8 hours instead of one. So if you are a certified Master Gardener or simply want to learn what a grow bag is and what to put in it to yield a tomato or two, this is ultimate place for you to "grow" along with your garden.

Veggie starts
Mabel R.

The Arizona Worm Farm is your one stop shop for worms, compost, mulch, and plant starts. They seem to grow year round and for starts for each upcoming season. They also offer gardening classes for beginners. Awesome place, I was very inspired on my visit and took home several starts to transplant in my garden beds, as well as some planting guides. The customer service is great too and staff is very helpful but they also leave you alone to look around. Purchased several bags of mulch and the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because they use plastic to bag their compost & mulch. Would prefer they use burlap sacks or something more sustainable.

Elisabeth L.

I was referred here for gardening soil and it did not disappoint. I drove down a long dirt driveway and it is all dirt. There is a lot going on here. You can get bulk items or bagged mulch, dirt, etc. You just buy it there and drive around a dirt path and they will load up your car. They sell organic food grown there and also plants. I got a box of fresh eggs. There is a farmhouse next door where you pay can buy fresh food as well. It was about $40 for three good sized bags of dirt. $8 for a box of eggs. I will be coming back for more, as everything is fresh and local. The honey comes from farms between NM and here.

Worms which is multiplying in our soil
Greeshma R.

We love gardening and try to stay organic as much as possible. That said if you are into gardening this place is a must visit. We visited this place to do our own worm castings and get some worms to start off. Later did we realize this places offers more than that. If you are looking for soil with the perfect mix, don't look further. They have a growing in the garden mix which is the best to grow your veggies, fruits and plants. Also good compost to top your beds and plants. They sell starter plants too. We mainly buy their worms, which is one of the best things. We are so glad that we have a worm farm locally and it's one of the best places you can shop at. "Be vocal for local"

Gillian G.

Took a class here and it was so informative! They also give you 4 starter plants and worm castings, after attending a class. I now get my raised bed soil and compost here. I love that they only sell starters based on season/weather. Everyone is friendly and helpful. Prices are fair and I have never had a hard time with parking. I will be back!

After sifting through a few buckets of the Arizona Worm Farm compost

See all

5 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 3
Thanks 0
Love this 2
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 1
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Malissa S.
405
26
31

6 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1

4 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Zach B.

Zach B.

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

7 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1

5 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Zach B.

Zach B.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 2
Oh no 0
Photo of April S.
13
62
31

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Zach B.

Zach B.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

6 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Zach B.

Zach B.

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

It is an amazing place to visit! So many things to see and the compost is fairly priced.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

7 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

8 years ago

Helpful 3
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

8 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

8 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

6 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

6 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Zach B.

Zach B.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

6 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

8 years ago

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 2
Oh no 0

Page 2 of 2

Ask the Community - Arizona Worm Farm

Is the worm tea still available to sample on Sat?

Absolutely - we brew tea for every Saturday. We are open from 8-1 on Saturdays.

View All 3 Questions

Review Highlights - Arizona Worm Farm

I have taken advantage of the fill-your-own bucket for compost and I will be going back to get compost as well.

Mentioned in 23 reviews

Read more highlights

You might also consider

Abby Lee Farms

Abby Lee Farms

1.8
(6 reviews)
1.0 mi

I'm so sad to be writing such a negative review, but the owner has left me no choice after…read morereceiving such poor customer service. I went to a personal shopping appointment on December 28th and picked out a lovely monstera. We went throughout the rest of our tour and noticed palettes and palettes of dead plants. Crotons, herbs, etc. There were several heart leaf philodendrons and pothos that had been left for dead too. My friend, who was at the appointment with me, commented on it, and I justified it. "I'm sure plenty of nurseries look like this behind the scenes too. Not 100% of the plants make it 100% of the time. This is what behind the scenes looks like." But then I had to intervene twice with the pothos I got. I got it home and it began to yellow, no doubt due to the most compact, overwatered soil I've ever seen. I dug her out, inspected the roots, trimmed away some yellow leaves, and combined her with another pothos. To make a long story short, through a local FB group, a handful of women and I were able to connect over our declining monsteras. Each of us had purchased a monstera from Abby Lee Farms at around the same time and were having identical problems. We were all experiencing black/brown spots surrounded by yellow. All of us have multiple happy and healthy house plants, including other monsteras. All of us were stumped as to what this could be, as were other experienced house plant owners that we convened with. After going over our various conditions, we discovered the only commonality was where we got them. We reached out to the president and founder via email, and were met with some of the worst customer service skills. His initial reply to us was helpful in tone (he even offered a smaller replacement), but that quickly faded as we poked holes in his theories. He purported that my problem was that I used neem oil to shine the leaves. That's a common practice of plant care, none of my other plants have similar damage, and the propagations I took from this monstera shortly after I got it home have zero damage. Another woman's problem was that she severely underwatered hers. He was rudely adamant that the varying conditions of our homes were the cause. He wouldn't even consider the fact that something had maybe gone wrong while at their green houses, even though he admitted to me in an email that they make mistakes all the time (ya know, just definitely not this one). His emails got increasingly antagonistic. Eventually it became that we needed to return the monsteras we purchased, which we all found to be a ridiculous request considering we had all done the work of removing the infected leaves. What was left of the plants were the healthiest leaves that we could salvage - all of which have incurred no damage since being removed from the soil/mother plant. You would think that if our conditions were the problem then those trimmings would continue to decline too. All this to say, we are very upset with the lack of customer service skills we were given. The founder and president is too close to the situation, as it's his business, to be responding to customer service emails. We all feel he took things too personally and was unnecessaril y rude. We are all reasonable women and we know that things happen and that businesses have problems/issues, but what speaks VOLUMES is how problems are handled when they arise. This is probably one of the poorest experiences I've ever had as an adult. As far as I'm aware, none of us have any intentions of returning to this establishment or recommending it either.

I feel so sad to give a local nursery such a low rating. I've been to most nurseries in the valley…read moreand I have to say I won't be returning to this one. There are a few reasons for this poor review. I want to start by saying I am not new to plants. I have a large collection of successful plants that have been thriving for years. I grew up gardening and owning indoor plants even as a young girl. I purchased a heart leaf philodendron which was clearly over watered which I rehabbed and is now doing much better after a change of soil. I also purchased a Tradescantia zebrina which seemed happy at the time but as time went on declined rapidly. Any time I even would touch this usually hardy plant, large branches would fall off. This plant is not hard to grow by any means it's one that I commonly recommend to my friends who are new to plants. I went into the soil and realized that it was not established what so ever In the soil. It had no roots at all. So it was clearly just chopped from a mother plant and placed into soil. Which I actually wouldn't have minded if I was told this along with my purchase because I would have cared differently for it. Now the part in which I have a 1 star. My friend and several other people I know of have gotten monsteras from this nursery and all their plants died within less than a month. They had to chop and prop. When they reached out to the nursery the man was incredibly rude as I saw the emails he sent. Blaming them for the decline of all 6 of their plants and continuing to bully them and tell each of them they cared for their plant carelessly. The experience I had paired with these other 6 woman is unacceptable. The customer service on this end is not something I or anyone else should accept.

Photos
The carnage after a friend had to chop and propagate what she could.
The carnage after a friend had to chop and propagate what she could.
Spots
Spots
More spots starting to form

See all

More spots starting to form
Lights at the Farm

Lights at the Farm

4.3
(16 reviews)
24.1 mi

My 75 year old mother loves Christmas lights. She stays with us in Phoenix during the winter so we…read morelook for activities to do as a family; me, my husband, our adult son, and my mom. The lights, music, activities, vendors were all good in general which is why I'm giving 3 stars. Except for the items that follow, this would be a very wonderful experience. The part that decreased the rating is the Christian nationalism. Nothing says "birth of our Savior, peace on Earth, good will to mankind" like the juxtaposition of the manger scene across from the American war and killing machine, complete with tanks and paratroopers and the police. And of the 10 songs they kept on loop, 2 were nationalist songs. One of the songs was literally the military recruiting jingles from the 1980s recruitment commercials. The second song was the Toby Keith Trump campaign song "Proud to be an American" . What does that have to do with Jesus, Mary and Joseph? The 10 songs looped every 30 minutes. That means every child there heard those two songs about 4 times in 2 hours. Christofascist propaganda at its worst directed toward children. The USA is the largest human rights violator on the planet, the literal antithesis of Christ and his message of peace and love. The last thing there were small animals without warm accommodations. They should put down some clean straw maybe more enclosure for the babies, or put them up at sunset. The Bible also states that we are to be good stewards to the animals on this planet. https://lightsatthefarm.com/

A fun inexpensive couple of hours! We've gone 2 years now. Parking is free & it was $10 per adult…read moreto get in. You take your time walking around looking at lights & listening to music. They also had free activities for the kids, & a pallet maze. There were bonfires going & you can buy s'mores ingredients. There was a tiny skating rink for an extra fee but we didn't do that.

Photos
Christmas tree
Christmas tree
Lights at the Farm
Lights at the Farm

See all

BAMBOX Produce

BAMBOX Produce

4.0
(4 reviews)
8.5 mi

I would have always, and, unquestionably given Bambox Produce 5 stars…read more The product, microgreens, and the faculties are excellent. We started with Bambox when they were based in Old Town Scottsdale. Bambox has the best selections of microgreens salads. They are fresh and very tasty. Lately the customer service is nonexistent. The phone line is now out of service. No one is staffing the front desk anymore so I'm unable to stop and pick up my salads. I have a paid subscription, so funds are being taken from my account and I'm receiving..... nothing. The Contact person, Nathan, has not bothered to return any text messages lately. Bambox started out very strong and reliably consistent. I've wasted, time, Gas, and patience lately. Bambox charges for a Service it no longer provides to me. The "interns" work for free and I think that's the main issue. Bambox should actually Pay the workers so that there is some incentive to be responsible to provide its products to its PAYING CONSUMERS. I would hope that the management of BAMBOX reads this review and decide to rectify this problem. Marianne and I have been buying salads from BAMBOX for over a year, almost two. Marianne had Cancer and wanted the purest of foods. We found that with BAMBOX. Marianne died from her Cancers on June 2,2019. I've maintained the subscription because I've enjoyed the product. It's too bad that BAMBOX no longer wants to have any accountability for providing Customers, especially longterm Customers, with the product. Nathan has my contact info. - Tony Winters

BAMBOX sells the greatest salad combos I ever ate. Microgreens make the healthiest salads…read more BAMBOX PRODUCE microgreens have 10 times more nutrition than regular vegetables plus tastes sweeter. I have been looking for a healthy salad dressing that tastes good but no luck. BAMBOX PRODUCE offers 3 really delicious healthy salad dressings. BAMBOX has the healthiest salads and healthiest best tasting dressings. You should try their salads.

Photos
BAMBOX Produce
BAMBOX Produce
BAMBOX Produce

See all

Whitfill Nurseries

Whitfill Nurseries

4.3
(92 reviews)
4.9 mi
$$

We have been going to Whitfill for over 20 years now! What started out as Christmas tree shopping…read morewhen our boys were little has now turned into a yearly tradition that we hope one day they will continue with their own families. Not only do we go to them during the holidays but rely on them throughout the year when we need additional plants and trees for our backyard. We first started using Whitfill back in the early 2000's when they were on 40th street south of Roeser. We literally lived across the street from their nursery and when they moved to their current spot on Southern we followed! We have decades of photos with our boys standing next to the tree they choose for Christmas and the tradition continues now with our Sphynx cats! They used to have a peacock walking around but unfortunately he is no longer there. They are pet friendly and we are comfortable taking our cats there in the stroller. Not only are their prices and tree selections the best in town but their customer service and knowledge of anything tree related is vast! They know what they are doing and don't try to upsell or get you to buy unnecessary items. They are the real deal!

This location is driving me nuts with the lack of labels and prices. I'm often driving by and love…read moreto stop for plants, but its frustrating to wander and find plants you can't figure out what it is or what it costs. I shouldn't need to walk all the way back up front to ask -- and I've been giving the wrong information before anyhow. Its important to know what kind of plant you're buying for multiple reasons. The other Whitfill location (off Guadalupe and Cooper) doesn't have this issue. Overall I think the plants are pretty healthy but after having an issue with lack of labeling (on both the kind of plant and pricing), having been given the wrong plant info on a plant, and after having asked if they had Pink Fairy Duster and being sent off in a direction to wander and never find it on my own, I'm really over this location.

Photos
Trimming our xmas tree
Trimming our xmas tree
Happy car! Everything I found from my last trip to Whitfill
Happy car! Everything I found from my last trip to Whitfill
Planted by Whitfill

See all

Planted by Whitfill

Arizona Worm Farm - attractionfarms - Updated July 2026

Loading...
Loading...
Loading...