small "mom and pop" garden center with alot of variety! thrilled to have found them and more…read moreaffordable then the BIG BOX chain stores. check em out and support local!

Awesome people and really nice selection of plants, great prices. Love coming here for gardening…read moreneeds and Christmas trees!

I love this location since it's only 15 minutes drive from my place…read more The staff always so friendly and helpful with everything I ever needed and have questions about. The price is a bit high than some smaller nursery in the area so it's depends on your budget, preference, and ambience while shopping or looking for some plants therapy.

I go here about once a year and absolutely love it every time. Today's mission was for a mini…read morehosta: bunting. I called before driving 20 minutes to confirm they had these hostas. They had 17. Gentle Reader, breathe, lest your pulse is up, fearful of a sad turn in the story. All is well. When I arrived at the nursery, they not only had plenty of bunting hostas, they had another variegated version of it. I happily walked away with both varieties. Great service, good value for health plants and a beautiful display of a wide selection of plants and all things garden-y.

At 2:15 on a Thursday there was not an employee in sight. I walked the grounds for 10 minutes and…read moresaw no one.

Perfect experience. Amazing selection and unbelievably low prices. Super helpful lady there good…read moretunes beautiful plants and flowers. 12/10

Great community resource and awesome rental prices! The tools are all donated so they are largely…read morevery much used; the saw blade in the circular saw was so worn the wood was barely being cut. However, we replaced the blade and it worked like a charm. The saw blade it was only seven dollars to replace spending a few bucks was not a big deal for the project that we desperately needed a circular saw for. Other than that, the other tools or machinery that we were out have all worked just fine! I love this idea, it's so nice to have the option to simply rent a tool rather than buy.

This is an awesome tool library with the very best crew of volunteers. The space is huge and they…read morehave a lot of hand tools and garden tools available. You can check out their stock online before you head over to be sure they have what you need, as well.

What a great little but mighty plant nursery in S.E. Portland Oregon…read more I used to live in this neighborhood and it has many hidden gems. Birds and Bees Nursery is one of them. I'm a member of Carnivorous Plants Society of Oregon and one of my things is finding places that sell Carnivorous Plants outside of the big box stores. Sure the big Home store has plenty of Venus Flytraps every year but it's a cruel thing to see a plant abused by employees who don't know how to care for such a plant. First of all this plant has 2. basic needs. 1. All the direct sunlight it can get. At least 12 hours a day. 2. Distilled Water or Rain water. To see this plant living inside the store on a shelf dries out is a difficult thing to see. If it is watered, Tap Water us what it's given. Tap water is a for sure slow death to a Venus Flytrap Plant. So in my search, I found a little nursery in the burbs. Next to a Taco Smell restaurant, full of all sorts of plants from vines to carnivorous plants. In my interest, they had Sundews, Picture Plants and a ton of Venus Flytraps all sitting in the full sun. I found what I thought was a good specimen and when I picked up and looked at the Venus Flytrap I wanted, I realized it was actually 3 small and one slightly larger Venus Flytrap plants in the same pot for (I'm pretty sure in right. I was so excited to find such an awesome plant that I kinda forgot and the receipt wasn't helpful.) $15.00. They're usually about $10.00 for a common Venus Flytrap plant. I basically bought 4 plants for $3.75 a piece. With such great prices, my wife found a couple plants she couldn't leave without. We both left Birds and Bees happy. Update on our plants. They're all thriving in their new home.

I'm sure it's nice inside, but I wouldn't know, as there is no access for wheelchair usersread more

I'm surprised I haven't been here before and am so happy I came across it. Very friendly and…read morehelpful people that alone makes you want to come back. I was looking for a specific thing that surprisingly no one in PDX seemed to have so I need to go back and explore more. It's a hidden gem!

Full points for customer service. I was in the furniture store next door and came here just to…read morecheck them out but ended up spending a lot of times looking at plants and getting so many great suggestions from the staff. we showed them pictures and they recommended everything from ground cover to trellis plants to trees . The selection is so unique that you cant expect to get in generic big box store or the fancy nurseries . Apart from plants and soil there is also Organic feeds for animals , bulbs and seeds etc. . They also have a lot of natives foliage which not a lot of stores have around the area I live .

Everything in here was pure magic! Will be back for sure. Great selection of things that are…read moredifferent from the other boutiques around Portland. Definitely worth a visit.

It takes nerves of steel to open a boutique business during a worldwide pandemic, but thankfully…read morePortland is receptive to businesses serving a well-defined niche like Larkspur Botanicals. It took me far too long to visit this delightful women-owned shoppe, but now that I have I will add it to my shortlist of Portland favorites. First off, the owners couldn't have picked a more appropriate setting for a plant shoppe. With a classic storefront with window displays on both sides of the entrance, the store takes on a nostalgic vibe of tradesperson shops of yesteryear. I love knowing I'm shopping small, locally owned businesses that make our communities vibrant and diverse. Now let's get to the plants... that's the reason we're here! There's quite a diverse selection of houseplants in such a small space... indeed, something for everyone. If you need to pop in quickly for a "Get Well" card and a miniature pot of African Violets, they've got it. If specialty plants are more your thing, you'll find everything from the sought after Monstera cultivars, cacti and succulents, to Anthurium and Begonias. In fact, given their regular delivery schedule, it sounds like they can special order pretty much anything you might need. I spent 15 minutes or so getting to know Kailia, one of the owners who is also a registered horticultural therapist. She's very friendly, knowledgeable, and a delightful addition to the neighborhood. She made a clumsy oaf like me feel extremely at ease in her adorable shoppe. Be sure to check out their very informative website, LarkspurPortland.com for lots of valuable resources, information on Horticultural Therapy, and a pretty good impression of the types of plants the have in stock. I'm a fan, and I'll continue coming back!

We just loved working with Nick and his crew. We got so much more than expert landscaping, we also…read morelearned so much about the plants that are now part of our lives. Nick continues to be such a resource for us. Can't recommend Earth Ecology enough!

Highest praise possible and so much gratitude to Earth Ecology for the amazingness that has become…read moreour yard. I was fortunate enough to see some of their handiwork at an event held in the yard of someone who had previously discovered them. Hearing about what that space had looked like before and seeing the magical landscape that had been created there, I knew my wife and I needed to meet Nick Lake. Since then, he and his fantastic team have completely transformed our outside space into the most beautiful part of our home. Nick is an absolute treasure trove of inspiration and information. From the moment we first met with him, we knew we wanted to proceed as soon as possible. We didn't have pressing issues that made landscaping work an "emergency" (e.g., no water problems directly related to the yard), so an outside project easily could have waited. We also did not have a high level of horticultural knowledge, nor did we even know exactly what we wanted when we first started talking to Nick. We knew our yard had "potential", i.e. it was a smallish but not tiny, pretty drab space that wasn't particularly functional and wasn't much to look it. It was our conversation with Nick and his vision for the yard that made us want to move forward at that time and turn it into something great. Since then, with a combination of "demo" work, mulching, softscaping and hardscaping, every aspect of our yard has become a thing of beauty that we see and enjoy every single day. Throughout the process, Nick and his team have worked closely with us on every decision and every detail. Nick plays an integral role in all parts of the process and communication with him and his team has always been easy, fun, rewarding, and thorough. There have never been any surprises in terms of cost or how something was done. As a result, everything is exactly what was discussed and we could not be any happier with it. Nick certainly deserves the lion's share of the credit as the owner of the business, the mastermind behind the work, and a hands-on contributor to the implementation. That said, huge shout out for his entire crew and honorary mention for Tulsi, the smart and adorable dog that might make some appearances if Tashana is working and you give the green light. Every member of the team brings something important to the job, always including hard work but also creativity and individual areas of interest and expertise. The result is frequent flashes of brilliance and pleasant surprises throughout all phases of a project. It isn't a great time of year for pictures as I'm writing this (I'll add more in the spring) but below is a stone bench that took form during one day's work. This was not even part of the original plan, just an off-the-cuff idea (thanks to Kyle, Tommy, Daniel and Tashana if memory serves) to which we could have said "no thanks" if we were that foolish. Even once there are more pictures to add, they can only do so much. Nick knows he is always welcome to swing by and show off the beauty, which keeps getting better with every growth season. Whether we are sitting in the yard, walking through it to get to or from the house, or just staring at it through a window, we count ourselves lucky that this is actually part of our home. I cannot recommend Earth Ecology strongly enough. With Nick and his crew, you will get everything that you wanted and a lot more. As happened for us, you will get done with each step and be so happy that you decided to go for it, and occasionally scratch your head wondering if there is anything else you can do out there. Thanks, Earth Ecology :-)