Walter Andersen Nursery

Rubin helped my husband and I figure out what to do for some additional privacy in our back yard. We looked at bamboo, hedges and trees and eventually decided on Jasmine. He also helped us look at different varieties of grass that would work for us. Rubin was very thorough and explained everything too us. Top notch customer service. All the plants are wonderful and the service was great!

I was very disappointed in not being able to return my dead plants that Walter Anderson had recommended. I was only outside the 90 day window by a month or so. I spent hundreds of dollars here. I had my receipt and original containers. I even brought the plants back. The Manager treated me like a criminal. She could have cared less. Did not even ask me how I cared for the plants or what she could do to make things better. I was very disappointed in her lack of customer service. Walter Anderson has lost my business and I will not be recommending to anyone in the future. I would rather go elsewhere where people care about customer service. My visit was on 12 – 5 and the manager was Linda.

I probably annoy them with all my calls as I am a plant newbie. I always get really great advice and without them, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have known I could be a gardener. I’m so thankful for their plants, friendliness and ability to help with my urban garden needs.

These people enslave their employees. They yell at customers. They blame everyone for their mistakes.

I had the best experience here this past weekend! The flowers were blooming, the plants were healthy and beautiful! The staff was busy but I was still able to get the help I needed. I just felt happy walking around looking at all the cool plants and flowers. I had my dog and they were VERY dog friendly!!! Several people that worked there took a minute to talk to me about my dog and pet him — I saw other people with dogs in the store too!
Just a fun place to walk around…

Great plants, dirt and people. TERRIBLE STUPID hours. Trying to get there after work is impossible. Dumb dumb dumb.

This is my dream-​world. My heaven. Where I go to be surrounded by my people. Garden-​Geeks (GGs) will get this. I am a second generation Walter-​Lover, and I have shared it with many fellow GGs. I can spend HOURS here… it’s a good thing I am closer to the original location rather than the Poway location (which is ginormous by my standards)…cuz damn… I’d get lost in horticultural bliss for dayyyys. At least at the SD location, I hit a fence eventually. My «homies» are at the SD location, and I’ve NEVER left feeling anything less than fantastic… it also doesn’t hurt that their cashiers and «consultants» are on POINT and all incredibly knowledgeable… AND they offer carryouts at a whim from strapping young Garden-​Geeks. This place ROCKS!!!

Chuck was super helpful with my vegetables and orchids. They have free classes on Saturday mornings

BEWARE WALTER ANDERSON SELLS DISEASED PLANTS! I bought two Kentia Palms that had a fungus and I returned them after four weeks. Upon return, I noticed almost ALL their palms had spot fungus, indoor and outdoor, because they buy them from the same place. If you know what you’re looking for, you’ll notice it throughout their entire indoor and outdoor selections. Instead of pulling them off the floor, they trimmed the fungus away and left them. SHAME ON THEM FOR THIS DESPICABLE PRACTICE! PLANT FUNGUS IS DEADLY TO THE PLANTS AND ALSO CONTAGIOUS TO OTHERS! They would not give me my money back and offered a store credit only.
Today, I went to use the store credit on a Birds of Paradise. When it would not fit in my car, I brought it back in and asked to swap it for a smaller plant. THEY TREATED ME LIKE A CRIMINAL! THE MOST EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE! Other customers were even looking at the staff and shaking their heads at the way they were treating me. One of the leaves broke on the Birds of Paradise while trying to fit in my car, and MARK, the manager, had the audacity to say the specialist was not going to be happy with me for that! REALLY MARK? Not happy about a broken leave but you sell diseased plants throughout your entire store!!! Not to mention, they all look like they haven’t been watered in years and are dying!
There are so many nurseries to shop at. It’s such a shame that they treat their customers like this! Some terrible energy is brewing throughout the entire place — they all seem angry at the world and they take it out on their customers! I’ve never experienced anything like it! I spent over a $ 1000 in less than six weeks. I’ll make sure to spread the word to EVERYONE that I know!

Best prices in town for soil!
Cool, but not very helpful/​knowledgable employees. pretty good selection of veggie seeds. Carnivorous plants!
I dont go here to hang out and chill with Walter, or make friends with his employees, i know what i want, Walters got the best price for it, so i go there, get it, and im done. I dont expect anyone to hold my hand. If i want someone to drop some knowledge on me about plants and stuff, i go to the spot down on Home Ave and get schooled by Mr. Tall; but for the good priced soil, i go see Walt!
Educated consumer. Be one!

Really big selections and extremely helpful staff. The prices are decent but could be a little more than usual. It’s a one stop shop for all my gardening needs.

Great pricing, great selection (although with this CA drought how about even more drought tolerant and native plants?), knowledgeable and helpful workers. Pricing is way better than Armstrong Nursery.

We went here today for the first time. They had a great selection of vegetables and herbs for our garden and were very reasonably priced. All six packs were $ 2.99 and 4″ pots were $ 2.99 as well. The plants in the 4″ pots didn’t seem much bigger than the ones in the six packs so it seemed like a no brainer to get 5 extra plants for the same price. The staff were all friendly and helpful and took the time to help answer our questions.

Well, I can’t even review this nursery on much of anything! I just called 3 times, to find out if they sell a certain type of fertilizer. The first time I was immediately put on hold, without so much as a hello. The second time, the person answered and hung up. No hello. The third time, the person answered with a gruff Walter Anderson greeting, then placed me on hold. After waiting for ten minutes, I hung up. Must not want to sell me anything. Shop local. People are eager for your business.

Great nursery!! It has been Six years or so since I last entered Walter’s nursery and honestly I have been missing out. Picked up some strawberries for the garden and I love how knowledgeable the staff ¡s. I will be back for some pine berries next week. Thanks guys !!!

I really dig this place! I bought a house last year and the one thing I’ve been the most excited about was starting my first garden. Being a novice I just went to your typical places near home that I knew about: Home Depot, Lowes, Armstrong nursery… But then after growing tired of the limited selection that all three of those places had I decided to hit Unilocal to find what my other options were and to my surprise I found that I had several other options and a few of which were in Central San Diego! One of them being Walter Anderson. So I checked out the place and it has a great selection lots of people on the floor to answer your questions they’re friendly and knowledgeable. Parking is easy. I love this place. They are not cheapest but they are also not out Regis I will probably stop from time to time but it’s really great just getting lost in the rows and rows of great fine!

Love WA! They get a lot of our money since gardening is a hobby we both enjoy. Yes, some plants are pricey but I’d rather support WA than the big box options. We have never had less than stellar help from the employees. One star off for wishing for a bigger selection of certain plants, like the Poway location. However, understandable given the limitations due to their lot size.
Special shout out to Kathleen for taking the time today assisting me with some specific issues. She was knowledgeable and direct in her guidance. She also gave suggestions on products, literature, action and resources. I left feeling educated and empowered :)

Came here for succulents to fill my planters with. They don’t have such a huge selection but enough of them. They do have tons of herbs and other types of greens available. A really good selection of those i think. Although i stuck with my shopping list in hand. Prices here are a bit higher than other nurseries but the quality of their plants are really good. All green and well taken care of. They also have a member card but the cashier did not explain much about it just asked if we had one. Wish i could have known what that entailed. All in all a clean place with lots of variety of plants. Plus they have parking available.

Walter Anderson is a bit like my ex-​girlfriend. I used to love them, they were fun and new, surrounded by a fence, but over time the they stopped trying, they let themselves go, got too expensive and ultimately left me infested with bugs.
I used to frequent Walter Anderson for its selection especially when it comes to succulents. The variety justified the higher price. Over the last year the selection has decreased dramatically. More problematic is the quality of inventory. I purchased an overpriced agave that was completely infested with ants and mealy bugs, knowing that I could save the plant. I let the cashier know that the remaining agaves were also severely infested. I came in a few months later and saw the same agave and same mealy bugs.
They are no longer a SUCCess, now they more or less suck.

Maybe I came on an off day, but there seemed to be a lack of service from the two people I talked to.
All I wanted was soil for an herb garden that I have yet to start and the staff seemed not helpful. I came to this place because of the good reviews and I think I would have had better customer service at Home Depot.