I love this store and everyone here especially Matt he's so knowledgeable about growingcomposting, pet foods and going Green . Here is where I can find my favorite brand of dog and cat food Evangers 100% OrGaNic read more

Island Seed & Feed - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Goleta, California

I could go on and on about how great the store is, and how it is the jewel of Goleta, but suffice it to say that they have everything you need for your garden and pets and green living. Fine folks with good advice, and an eye and ear for the local arts and crafts. Don't miss it. read more

Why didn't I write a review years ago? Island Seed & Feed, just go there for all of your gardening needs. If you have questions about gardening, ask. All of their staff are never too busy to stop and help you. They have a big selection of seeds, soils, plants, fertilizers, seeds, tools, books etc. Pretty much everything a gardener needs. Oh yes, did I mention the cutest hats? So cute. I only have a 10x20 garden and I only shop there once a year but it's the only place I shop cause they have the good stuff and I like to support local. While you are there shopping, don't forget to stop by and say hi to the chickens and pet the kitties. Thank you for being in this community year after year. Matt and staff you rock!! A very grateful UC Davis Master Gardener. read more

Island Seed & Feed is a jewel in our community. They also create community, serving as a center of knowledge, local handmade products, garden and landscaping, as well as pet food and even baby chicks to start your poultry family! Everyone who works there is beyond kind, helpful and possesses a plethora of information. Whether stopping in for garden starters, seeds, cat food, or looking for sound advice (or even to start vermicomposting with those wonderful red wigglers who turn food scraps into soil gold), this is the place to be! Whenever I stop in, I chastise myself for not visiting more often. What's not to love about Island Seed & Feed? read more

One of my favorite businesses in town. Matt the owner is a wealth of knowledge if you have questions. They have chickens for sale, sometimes turkeys, all organic fertilizers and seeds, everything you need for your garden. Sometimes they have music in the garden on Saturdays read more

I drive all the way from LA county to buy plants here.. the selection is good, it is a local, family but sines, they provide great customer servixe, and I always learn something new. The only place I have ever found all the unique tomato plants, all organic of course.. all the plants are organic. Such a great selection of he best organic healthy seedlings.. they are worth the drive from Los Angeles to Goleta.. read more

The only place in town that grows their own organic seed starts locally. They are small and hidden but have everything you need - seeds, starts, baby chicks, grow feed and lay feed, cover crop seeds, pet food of all kinds, etc etc. The owner Matt Buckmaster is the real deal, he's as good as they come. A community treasure! read more

Bought my chicks from them and know others who have as well. Happy, healthy, cute little babes. Thanks for the family extension! We'll be back! read more

Island Seed & Feed - a small bird perched on a bottle - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Goleta, California

Staff is super friendly and will answer your questions and load your items even if you're capable of doing so :) Baby chicks and everything you will need for your chickens. If you are looking for a specific breed of chicken they will help you try to get them. Tons of plants and seeds. Some other random crafts and jewelry. I really love coming here! read more

This is one of my favorite gardening stores in town, they also have a great organic options for animal in lifestock feed that are hard to come by and other places, all it very affordable prices. They start their own seeds, and offer all sorts of great heirloom, non-GMO plants, and do it just in the perfect time of season. Besides all the great products they have to offer, the staff is what truly makes this place special. Matt, along with the rest of the team, is extremely knowledgeable about taking care of chickens, along with home gardens, and are some of the most down to earth friendly people out there. Sometimes I stop in just to chat, and they always have great advice. It could be a little difficult to find, and their selection isn't gigantic, but they always have what I'm looking for for the most part. I definitely recommend this to anyone who is trying to get into gardening, or is overall just looking for some advice to make their garden even better. They even have a special blend of compost that they make themselves that's transformed my garden this year better than anything I've ever tried. One of my favorite stops in town! read more

This is an exceptional feed store. Everyone I've encountered here is knowledgeable and kind. I'm particularly grateful to have met Catherine. I'm new to raising chickens, and Catherine has been incredibly helpful with everything from feed to health care to educational resources. She has a great wealth of knowledge! read more

My family just loves this place! It's our go to place for baby chicks. We just got four more. I can't say enough about the kind and knowledgeable people that work here. Handmade gifts hid everywhere . I bought a mama quail with three babies for my Mother's Day gift to me. It's just beautiful and priced well too. This is definitely a Jewel in Goleta. read more

1st time here was awesome. It was raining so I didn't get a chance to look at their outdoor plants and chicken run. But the woman at the counter was really helpful I told her I'm starting a small garden and explained about the fertilizers and showed me the different types. There are baby chicks inside towards the back and two kitties that just want to be petted. This place had everything from seeds, plants, soils, natural pet products, books. I will be coming here from now on for all my gardening needs. read more

This charming nursery, feed, and items-you-never-knew-you-needed store is truly a Goleta/South Coast treasure. I've shopped here for many years and the Staff.Know.Everything. Will kindly explain it all to you. With friendly jokes and fun. And purring cats! Whether a home garden/farming neophyte or and experienced soul knowing what is needed, Matt and Team will find it, make a cheerful transaction, and load it for you, sending you off with a smile. Perhaps not the biggest in the area, but DEFINITELY the nursery with the biggest heart. P.S. ORGANIC? They live it! read more

My favorite neighborhood nursery- love the small/communal vibe :) Very well-informed and attentive staff. They don't have the largest selection but they have a lot of local and organic options. They also have a great gift & pet store :) read more

I was referred by an expert in all things plants to this small, quirky little nursery tucked away in Old Town Goleta.. . This place is packed with plants, garden tools, lunique gems as well as very friendly and helpful staff.. He spent time exploring and explaining what I needed to do to help the struggling Mandarin tree that I inherited when I moved into my garden apartment. He gave me several options and never once made me feel dumb or pressure me to buy something. I will be going back when I have the time to meander and check out all the other garden plants and accessories. read more

Best place to go for all of you gardening needs. Great staff, fair prices, and extremely knowledgeable

During this pandemic upheaval, Island Seed & Feed has been there for us. Plants, seeds, birdseed, dog and cat food, fertilizers, potting soil, etc etc. Thank you, Matt and each and every one of the staff. You have been reliable, dependable and, most wonderful of all during this trying time ----- cheerfully helpful. Thank you for your expertise, thank you for being so hard working and thank you for being you. read more

Customer Service is Above & Beyond any other place in town, that sells pet food. Matt is the best! They have a great selection and all the employees are knowledgeable and helpful. Love this place. read more

I just moved to Goleta and was looking for a place to pick up seeds to start a vegetable garden. This is THE place for that! They have a seriously large selection of seeds and even have a bulk seeds section where you just take what you need. In addition, they've started a lot of the seeds that they sell so you can buy seedlings and save yourself 4-6 weeks of growing time if you need instant gratification. Both ladies who work there were extremely nice and helpful for me, pointing me in the right direction and getting me started. I'm now on my way to growing several different types of vegetables so I can live more sustainably. read more

Island Seed & Feed is our go-to nursery for organic seedlings, soils, fertilizers and larger plants. We love salvias and found all of ours at Island. Matt, the owner, knows his salvias. I enjoy going there. It's a friendly place with a wonderful assortment of treasures from the many packets of organic seeds, the jars of raw local honey to the peeping chicks. read more

My favorite place to shop. They have a great selection of everything you could want, but most of all it's the energy of the place & it's staff. The place is rich: warm, friendly, smart, conscious & generous in the sense that they(the staff) give of themselves. When I leave there I feel like I've just had a massage or did a 30 minute meditation...if all the stores in town were like this...I'd be shopping all day long. Great, great place!!! Thank you for your caring. read more

Your inner-farmer will dig this place. Creating a landscape that provides sustenance and optimizes resources takes some planning and nitty-gritty advice to succeed. Matt and his knowledgeable staff have the pragmatic know-how and products to make this happen. Worm composting essentials, everything to start a chicken coop and an extensive seed selection are just some of the high points. read more

Island Seed & Feed - EW!! In a good way. Worm compost and red worms from our vermicomposting bin. We got the critters from IS&F. #sbtreelady - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Goleta, California

One stop shopping! All of my gardening needs from seeds to starts. Plenty of organic options. Bird seed, dog food, gifts! And all while being helped by the most generous, wonderful People. The owner, Matt is knowledgeable and helpful. When you walk in the door at islands, you feel like you're visiting friends! Please support this local small business, they deserve it. read more

I love gardening and I love starting from seeds. They have a huge selection of seeds, and a full wall of seeds by my favorite company "Botanical Interests". They also have a large selection of seedlings for sale. They have lots of feed for sale as well, for chickens, cat food, dog food, and more. Baby chicks are for sale as well. Wonderful staff, great advice, very knowledgeable. Thanks for being such a great place to get my gardening needs. read more

Garden and pet lovers delight. They carry the types of cat and dog food that I like and carry the seeds and potting soil so I can jump start my spring garden. I just got catnip here too. In the summer they have the best selection of seedlings for my garden, especially tomatoes. read more

Wow, this place is awesome. Staff is super helpful, knowledgeable, and awesome. I was prepping for new chickens and they had everything I needed and answered all my questions. read more

SHOCKED by the service I got today. I've been buying garden needs for 11 years from this store and encouraging others to do the same. I've always hailed them as the best in SB. Still trying to excuse their behavior today. The owner was being very helpful but he was too busy and had to go - so I waited to get help from the store manager. She gave me a rapid-fire useless answer as she walked away to ask another customer if they wanted help. VERY RUDE and I have no idea what I could have done to deserve this. But I totally shrugged it off given that she's done a lot to help me with my chickens in the past 11 years. I went on to find things close-enough to what I'm looking for and got ready to pay, but i noticed the kelpmeal, which should be green is black/green mixed. The fertilizer right next to it is all green and it says it's a mix that contains kelpmeal. A light bulb lit up in my head that they swapped the labels my mistake so I took the other stuff. After waiting in line and not seeing a single employee I went to where the manager was standing to let her know I'm all set and she snapped at me again... this time in a VERY fake-pleasant tone saying "I need you to wait until I'm done" - as if I've already asked her before. So I wait for her to finish her chat with the other customer who was playing with their chickens (which happens to be this managers' expertise). When she charged me, she asked what is in each bag and I told her about my concern of a possible label swap and she said "Nope the labels are all right" without looking at the fertilizers at all. So I explained again and she finally looked at the fertilizers and kept saying "no the labels are correct". She refused to address the change in color for the kelpmeal. Finally I told her to charge me for whatever she wants, but that I'm disappointed that she doesn't understand my concern which is: Why is the kelpmeal so black today and if that's normal, why isn't there any black flakes in the mix fertilizer that includes kelpmeal? She kept firing back with insulting responses like "Well you've just been getting the wrong stuff for 11 years" and "Well even though you don't see the black flakes in there they are there..." Well next she started to misidentify my bloodmeal and at the same time the owner came back and she asked him, and he of course agreed with me because bloodmeal has a VERY distinct look. This is when I realized she has little to no knowledge about fertilizer so I asked the owner to confirm the labels and he did. Then I asked about the colors and he confirmed that the kelpmeal was extra dark and the variance in color today was nothing to be worried about. I wound up leaving with the "mix" which I had paid for because I was so appalled by the lady's behavior that I did not want to do an exchange with her. I will continue to buy seeds here; being that they're $1.99 a pack I don't think I'd be offering much support anyways. But I'm done recommending this place and giving them positive reviews. The plants ALL have disease (every single one of them) and their Light Brahma chickens ALL have arrhythmia, so if they can't earn my loyalty with their service I don't know if this place deserves my continued support for any longer. At least at Home Depot there is good parking. read more

This is my favorite plant nursery. They have baby chicks, and a great selection of healthy plants for your summer and winter vegetable garden. read more

This is a perfect nursery for buying locally grown seed starts for herbs and veggies. While small and tucked away in an industrial park, they have a pretty fantastic selection of seeds, fertilizers, nick-nacs, and garden supplies. Their plants are grown onsite and in season, so you know what you buy there will actually do well in the area (can't say the same of Home Depot). They also have excellent prices. Everything I have planted from this shop has thrived! Most of all, the staff are knowledgable, patient, and HONEST. They will tell you what will grow and more importantly, what to avoid. They also provide lots of information on handling the pests and plant diseases particular to Goleta. Overall awesome place! read more

Small, hidden garden supply packed with trinkets and merchandise. Prices not great but they had things I couldn't find elsewhere. Staff was helpful and knowledgable and they had an assortment of by-the-pound organic fertalizers. read more

Everyone working here was friendly and helpful. Even for a first time customer I felt welcomed. They had exactly what I came for - red composting worms- and gave me free plans for designing a composting bin. They have everything you might need for your home garden, and their chickens are beautiful. read more

Skip the trip to the big box stores and visit this hidden gem in our community! Loaded up the truck with great soil and hand grown vegetable plants for our garden last weekend. Also, Katherine Anderson is an absolute treasure of valuable information regarding agriculture. She also loaded us up with insights and helpfully explained the science and history of the vegetables we could plant. The whole crew at Island Seed & Feed are always knowledgeably ready and eager to assist our family and children in exploring adventures with gardening, chickens, fertilizer, feed, owl boxes, seeds, organics, fun local made items and more. Earth day is everyday at this location. Highly recommended. read more

I have been coming here for 15-20 years. Purchase all my chicks here, and all their chicken food. Big selection of pet foods, gardening supplies, seeds and plants. Handmade gifts too. Staff is the very best. read more

Worth the trip to Goleta, they have everything I need and more! Will get you excited about food farming, from their baby chicks and their worm composting kits, to their organic seeds, starter plants and chicken feed. Plus a very knowledgeable and trustworthy staff who cares. read more

Super friendly staff. Quick and easy! I found everything I needed and it was all affordable! Will definitely come back!

This is an awesome place for feed fertilizers and good advice. The staff is always friendly and helpful in its a good vibe. Good spot for my chicken feed! Bok bok read more

Seed, feed, and a hippy creed! I love this hidden gem of Santa Barbara. Great staff (cats included) and an epic selection of animal feed. They have all you need to create your own secret garden. read more

I really love this place. They have the best selection of cat food, lots of choices in quality brands beyond what grocery stores carry. My Vet recommended Island years ago. Also, I enjoy browsing the handmade items and other interesting supplies. While I am not a gardener, I have many friends who are and they love it when I give them gift certificates to Island Seed and Feed. Staff is friendly and knowledgeable. read more

Island Seed and feed a a real local place with great service and great inventory of organic and natural products. Can't beat them for chicken feed, organic supplements for the soil and an interesting selection of plants that change with the seasons. Its worth a visit even if you are not a gardener. read more