Bushnell Gardens Nursery

I am all for promoting local businesses and supporting the mom and pop shops. Unfortunately I was very disappointed with this place. I expected higher than normal prices, which I was glad to pay, but certain plants were 4 to 5 times more expensive than other places. Trust me, the quality was not different and in some cases plants here were smaller and weaker. Customer services was so-​so, return policy is terrible, and guarantees are meh. They have a good selection of plants, but what’s the point if everything that comes with it is bad. If its convenient for you and you have extra money to burn then I recommend it. For everyone else, keep those blinkers off and keep driving to another place.

okay –so we’ve gone to all the nurseries in the area, big or small… we like them all but some really stand out! This nursery has a guru named Rick or Rich. He knows which trees get burnt in the sacto summer sun and which ones don’t. Guess what? The ones I was looking for will get burnt! So glad i came here and talked to him. Turns out if you need help with knowing which plants will work and which trees will work, he’s the guy! I also found the nursery clean and well-​organized with plentiful products. One thing was very impressive! Many of the trees are grown taller than what you find at many other nurseries. We are looking at slow-​growing evergreens and don’t want to start too small because we don’t want to wait for 5 years for full-​growth. so it’s nice that we can buy them taller. They also have planting services. We’ll be back!!!

I would rate this place five stars for the quality of the plants but the prices are well above standard. Be prepared to help yourself as assistance is hard to come by. I would recommend Green Acres over this place for value however this location is extremely convenient for me. Worth a look at the very least.

Hello Everyone, Bushnell Gardens Nursery is Absolutely the Best! Rich, helped my wife and I out on choosing three beautiful miniature rose plants and one bottle brush plant for the front of the house. Rich also showed us some beautiful clay pot’s. My wife and I bought three beautiful clay pot’s for our plants. All in All, Bushnell Gardens Nursery is where I’m going to tell all my friends to go too!!! Excellent Customer Service!!! Thank you, Karl and Margaret.

Worst landscape maintenance company. If I could give 0 star I would. I paid over 400 $ a month and all they did was mow and blow and go. This is a second house so I’m not here much. When I do come it gets worse and worse. I fired them and had a local gardener start the day I fired Busnell. He worked 8 hours one day and working on 6 hours today. There has to be at least 15 drips shooting water and 5 or more sprinkler heads broke. A pipe broke. All they did was shut the water off for those stations. It is a sin that a company would do this. When I emailed Kim in the office that I didn’t need their service anymore she emailed me back and said she needed a reason to close my file. I emailed her and attached pictures. Dead grass dead shrubs dead trees etc. Not even a reply. If it was my company I would let all employes know when a complaint comes in for canceling service I want to know why. Perhaps a personal call or email apologizing would be nice. Not this company. How does this place even stay in business??? I will be sure to tell all my neighbors in Wedgewood what my experience has been. Hoping to post some pictures here but new to Unilocal

Beautiful and it smells nice. But how do they sleep at night with those prices? Granted, it’s in an expensive neighborhood, but rich people didn’t get rich by spending their money. Light some incense, go to Home Depot, then flush a bunch of money down the toilet and you’ll have the same thing as shopping here.

This place was incredible! The staff was very helpful and knowledgeable. All of the plants and trees appeared to be prime specimens. It was well organized inside and out. There were areas set up for you to test the garden tools. Unique ironwork either ordered from talented artists or made onsite. It being the holiday season, they offered complimentary gift wrapping for our purchases. It was a fun experience from start to finish!

Some of their plants are beautiful, but almost everything is overpriced. Better off to go to Green Acres.

I’ve come here numerous times over the years… but have only made a handful of purchases. Bushnell’s was the only place that carried «night blooming jasmine» that my mother had many years ago and was trying to find again and I also picked up some yard art — ceramic mushrooms. They seem to be more of a specialty nursery, if you will. It isn’t the first place that comes to my mind when I need everyday plants for the yard. The grounds are nice, they have a little of a lot of things… a great selection of Japanese maples. Most of the specialty items are very expensive (or at least more than I am willing to pay) — things like wind chimes, pots, etc. If their prices were more in my price range I would probably come here more often. They only had 2 pictures on Unilocal (that I posted 2 years ago) so I went all paparazzi-​style today and uploaded a bunch more. :) Check them out if you haven’t already — they’re definitely worth the trip.

Bushnells is having a really good sale. Lots of great buys on the Endless Summer sale… worth checking out.

I called them and specifically asked about a certain tree, certain size, etc. Guy puts me on hold then he comes back and says «yes, we have one». I even confirmed «you have this tree, yada, yada». Yes he confirmed. We jump in the car and head out on our 25 minute drive. Get there, tell them we just called and they say «oh, it was this kind of tree»… not the one I specifically asked and the guy told me they had. We felt that they just lured us there hoping we would buy this other tree. I will never go to Bushnell again!!!

What I love about Bushnell’s is their selection. They have a huge selection of rare plants. I would say that they are light on staffing available to help. The prices are high. You can find some of the same plants at Home Depot or Lowe’s for half (or less the cost), but they generally aren’t as healthy. So, if you are looking for run of the mill plants, consider going to Home Depot. If you want a custom tree that is mature, they will have it, but you will pay for it at Bushnell’s. This place is not for those who are cheap and want the lowest prices. It is for those who want a specialty garden and who have lots of money.

I have been to Bushnell’s a number of times and I love it… I generally agree with most reviews below in the sense that it is often hard to find someone helpful at Bushnell’s. At the same time it IS HUGE and has a wonderful assortment of unique and unusual plants. As Jenna B said, you get what you pay for. I go to Bushnell’s for special plants that I can’t find at the hardware stores. Their prices are pretty high, as are those at Capitol Nursery, but again you find higher quality plants there and as I said, they are unique. Because I go there on a special mission to find a special plant or two, I am very patient and if I can’t find someone to help me immediately, I wander around soaking up the atmosphere until I snag someone. I don’t mind wandering around without help because it’s such fun to explore. After you’ve been there a few times you tend to know where to look for what you want. However, if you really want help, you CAN find a knowledgable staffer who will help you get the right plant for your situation. You just need to be patient!

I went to Bushnell Gardens Nursery today and found on my own the two large shrubs I was after. They were pricey but very healthy plants. I waited and rang the bell at the desk but could not get anyone to assist when I was the only customer there. Lazy staff results in lost business — $ 100 per shrub in this case. I’ll be sticking to the big box stores or Capital Nursery if I need something special like this time.

One thing is true for nurseries: you pay for what you get.
I have gone through phases where any time I was upset my thing was to buy a new plant. Plants are like my pets and they heal my bad moods or sorrows… I often would buy a new plant every week, and I love tropicals, unusual plants, and hard to finds.
Buying from a nursery is the best way to go, and avoid hardware stores like Home Depot or Lowes if you can. Bushnell’s goes to great lengths to make sure that all their plants are well taken care of and pest free. I once got a mealy bug on my banana tree I had purchased at Bushnell’s and they exchanged it out for me.
Their selection on tropicals, especially Canna Lillies and Banana Tree’s is suuuuuuuperb compared to other local Nurseries. It is VERY difficult, if not impossible, to find either of those types of plants in the city, unless you want to order a starter plant or bare rooted bulb (hopefully legally) on eBay… and waiting for those plants to mature takes more than a year.
I have ALWAYS been helped promptly and the staff always goes out of their way to help me… whether its to special order a bromeliad or anthurium for me, or help me select the proper fertilizer to bloom an orchid. Bravo, Bushnells, Bravo!

Bushnell’s is a fun place to visit, with a nice selection of garden «accessories» (such as fountains, statuary, pots, and other ornaments), but I find their prices to be a litle high. Lately (for about the past year), their selection seems to be more limited and they often don’t have the plants I am looking for. Their workers told me on two occasions that was because they are only selling their own plants now (only ones that they grow themselves), rather than ordering from any other suppliers.

This place is beautiful. They have tons of home goods as well as nursery items. they also create custom iron work directly on-​site. Some of their items are overpriced, but still great for decorating inspiration.

I went here today with my son looking for a simple little lucky bamboo.. .
I had never been here before and once I got to the back outside I was pleasantly surprised. This place is HUGE! Beautiful. Very well maintained, and did I mention huge! I walked around for a while just browsing and thinking I may come across the bamboo myself.
I was pushing a stroller and it kept getting stuck in mud and on rocks so I decided to rap up the trip and go ask someone to guide me in the direction of bamboo.
So here’s the downfall to my experience and bushnells. TONS of stuff there and NO ONE asked me if I needed help at all! I had to go up to a lady employee and ask where I could find bamboo. She said they had a little out by the Palm trees and pointed off in the general direction. I had to venture out there by myself. They either didn’t have what I was looking for or I just never looked in the right spot. So I ended up just leaving, with nothing…