Nursery is run by husband and wife. It's a true family company, but having tried to work with them…read moreseveral times, I continue to find them unhelpful, pretentious and almost bothered to help customers at times. I don't understand why a local family owned business would act this way, so I hope I've just been catching them at a bad time. Seems a shame that they just don't want to help customers and seem to be 'grumpy old men'. I take my business to nurserys over the PA line where they are actually nice to customers, or down into Hunt Valley or Sparks and pay the premium.

My husband and I bought a rare Japanese maple that we put in our front yard two years ago. I…read moreusually don't write reviews but when I saw the one saying they were unhelpful, I had to add my thoughts. The husband and wife team could not have been more helpful! After we purchased the tree they planted it for us and continued to communicate about how it was doing. The plants they have are unusual and have been cultivated by their loving hands over months and years. Visiting their nursery is a special experience. We are planning on going back and would recommend others take the time to visit this extraordinary nursery.

Linda has great landscaping ideas and reasonable prices. We were referred to her through Howard…read moreCounty. She came out and installed a beautiful rain garden for us a few years ago. Now, she put together a plan to minimize the water flooding our backyard and ruining our grass so that we'll have more privacy and NO maintenance for our lawn and foliage. It included installing schip laurel trees that would spread across our back fence to provide privacy. She also installed - or shall I say her workers installed - a groundcover that was to spread across and keep weeds out. She said all we had to do was apply Preen each season, which we did religiously. Unfortunately, the ground cover was overtaken by weeds each of the past two summers and takes hours upon hours of weeding since we cannot mow over it all. The attached photo is just a tiny fraction of the weeds I pulled this mornin Two of the trees drowned within a year. Her team replaced them and now they've drowned again. We did have record rain over the past year. Linda did say even though it has been over a year since the install that she'd replace the trees with a more hardy variety that can withstand the water and revert our lawn back to grass, it has been two months since we discussed that and we're still waiting for it to happen. She cited that part of the delay was that they were really behind between all the rain we've had and a stall in getting her non-U.S. visa workers lined up. It took a long time, but Linda's team came back last year to replace the trees and they are finally flourishing!

We used Village Gardens twice. Once, to create a hardscape flower bed and garden for our front…read moreyard. And then again the following year, to plant bushes along the side of our house as well as a potted evergreen for our deck. The hardscaping came out beautiful; however, when we noticed it starting to crack, Linda Luke and her crew manager kept putting blame on us and then began ignoring my calls and emails. So I went to a local stone store to ask for their opinion and they said the crack was caused due to a lack of drainage. VG did not create proper drainage options for the hardscaped flower bed, causing the stone to crack. We are now left with a dilemma of either leaving the 7' crack as is or spending over $1000 to have the other stone company fix it properly...all because Linda would not take ownership of their work. In addition, our potted evergreen began losing it needles immediately and, once again, they did not take ownership of the issue and continued to ignore our complaints. Bottom line: Be aware, guaranteed work doesn't mean follow through and customer satisfaction.

I was looking for a specific perennial plant that I could not find anywhere locally. I ordered 5…read morefrom Putnam and they delivered them on time. The plants are in perfect condition, and each one was carefully wrapped and protected for shipping. I have ordered from other mail-order nurseries with mixed success. I was extremely happy with the quality and condition of these plants. Will definitely shop here again.

Have shopped here several times and although it is a smaller nursery, they always have interesting…read moreand healthy plants with a good number of natives at great prices! The staff is knowledgeable but don't "hover" and let you browse at your leisure.

We purchased 3 pallets of bluestone from Genes with the large pieces showing at the top of the…read morepallets. We spent over $1000. When the pallets were delivered and my husband started the project and opened up the pallets, what was inside the pallets was rubble, small, and some medium sized pieces. Not many large pieces - maybe 15 in all. When I called to speak to the owner he said he didn't know anything about what was in the pallets. He I saw the same thing he saw. My suggestion to him - let people know before purchasing. Put a sign up. We assume, as the owner of Genes, that he knows what he is selling to the buyer. Now we need to buy more bluestone, and I won't buy from him. I'll go buy from somewhere who deals in stone. I suggested he give us two pallets for free since most of our product was worthless and said - "I won't do that". Oh and lastly - one of the bigger pieces had already been cut around a 4x4 post.

Highly recommended. They recently replaced the entire beds in front of my house which involved…read morecutting down and removing 5 huge 25 ft Arborvitaes and replaced with all new trees and shrubs. They are a great professional team of landscapers that design the most beautiful work. I have worked with John and his team for 25 yeas. I will continue to hire them for all our landscaping needs.

Buyer's beware! My wife and I did a landscaping project. Hired a professional landscaper but wanted…read moreto source our own plants through a local nursery. We used this nursery not only for prices but for some very accommodating service. We ended up purchasing 30+ shrubs and trees (a good bit of money) and one of the plants died within two weeks of planting - it was the same as three others, all planted in the same place, same watering, and same sun exposure. We called to ask if we could have this one plant replaced as this clearly was a plant issue vs. a care issue (matter of fact all other plants are thriving) the manager Todd said he would not guarantee his plants, said this was a care issue, and then hung up on my wife. Unprofessional and inconsiderate. TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE!!

Very nice nursery with a good selection. Every one was very nice and helpful. I would recommend…read morechecking this place out over a box store.

I have purchased lots of plants and fish over the past several years from them. They always have…read moregood prices and Dick Schuck is one of the most knowledgeable people in the aquatic gardening industry. I learn something new every time I'm there! They also have a wide array of gear for your ponds and keep up with the latest brands and supplies.

We created a 40-foot-wide native aquatic habitat three summers ago, primarily with MAN plants, and…read morethis has become one of the favored places in the gardens. The staff are so knowledgeable and have helped solve a number of matters by relaying their experience. The carnivorous bog plants are really spectacular, as are the lilies, pickerel and iris.

Frank has an outstanding collection of natives, and the prices are half of many other nurseries…read more Keep up the great work!

Great selection of natives trees,shrubs, and grasses. The guy was super knowledgeable and helped me…read morefind what plants would work best for my landscape!

I love this place. It's a family-owned farm in Bel Air. They have goats and sheep than you can…read morelook at and if you ask the kind lady in the store she'll give you food to feed them. They are so cute!!! The store is really cute. It's filled with veggies, meats, fruits, baked goods and various items. I'll definitely be back.