Bayer Garden Shops

Bought a few late season plants on clearance here and I loved the shop… they even welcomed my dog in, as he is well-​behaved and friendly. Good products and prices!

Went to purchase a few small plants and pots. My need was to repot the plants and give them as gifts the next day! Not only did I find very pretty plants, but they actually repotted them in the pots I purchased! Wonderful customer service! Prices were great too!
Thank you!

Have been going here for years. The guy at the nursery picked out a fancy grass plant for us. Well we gave it a couple of weeks to see if it would turn green and no it us quite dead. Went to see about replacing it and thetpy said they do not guarantee the ornamental grasses. Won, t be going back to that place or recommending to anyone again. You would think they old have a better customer service plan. Now they lost a customer for the price of replacing one grass. Diana ippolito

I really do like this place! everyone is very helpful and it is convenient! inventory goes quickly, so sometimes if you are looking for something in particular it may be sold out or have very rough options to choose from. I do wish they had more variety of native plants and grasses. overall, i am pretty satisfied when purchasing from Bayers!

I like to do business local and support the family owed and operated business whenever I can. I have been shopping at Bayer’s for more than 20 years. You have people who know plants and flowers. I buy all my annuals there. Maybe it is because I don’t have to walk a block or 2 just to get in and out of the place like you do your big box stores. I park right out in front of the store on Hampton and zip in and zip out. I receive personal service because they know me. I even learned a small but vital part to my gardening from one of the employees, handing painting weed killer on weeds in small flower beds. Yes, you can kill weeds in a small area by hand painting them with Round up. It may seem tedious but it is a very effective way to weed out a small garden with out killing the surrounding plants.

Too busy to care about the customers. Bought a bunch of plants one lasted a week, I was told I had 90days to return. Took it back to exchange it and they told me they do not guarantee this certain type of plant. Called and talked to the manager Ted and all he said he could do was say «sorry». I will not go back to this place. They lost a customer over $ 40.

We bought several veggie plants here and they all grew great in the last two years i can’t comment on the indoor plants. Service is good!

I can’t comment on Bayer’s as a nursery, but I can comment as a Christmas tree buyer. My family buys our Christmas tree here every year. The trees are less expensive than at Ted Drewes and the quality is as good or better. We always buy a Fraser Fir and Bayer’s has a good selection of these.

This is a nice local garden shop for anyone who lives and South City and doesn’t want to give their lawn and garden money to the big box stores. Service has always been fine when I’ve gone. They keep up with the seasonal changes well. Prices are maybe a buck above the big box stores but that keeps your money going local so I think its worth it.
Parking on Hampton is not the safest idea so I recommend pulling down one of the side streets before or after the shop.

This nursery is within walking distance from my home which is good and bad. The good is that it is convenient to shop. The bad is, sometimes I never finish my walk because I stop to browse the plant, end up shopping and have to go back home and get the CRV to retrieve the new purchases.
My thumb is not as green as most would think from looking at my yard. I have a lot of support from many local nurseries and Michelle here at Bayer’s has been a great help this year. We have eight scones on our fence in the backyard and each year we change it up for variety. After so many years, our own creativity has fizzled out and we needed help. We explained to Michelle where our scones were located, amount of sunlight they have and we even threw in my favorite color — which happens to be orange. In less then a blink of an eye, she knew what to create.
She guided us through the selection of flowers that could handle direct sunlight and made sure some of them were «orange». To give the sconce variety, we have height from grass and dramatic draping of vines on each end. I’ve posted a picture so you can see how great it looks. Our neighbors love it almost as much as we do.
It is so good to have a great garden nursery in our neighborhood that we can trust.
Even if Lindenwood is not your hood, Bayer is worth the drive. The entire staff is always friendly and helpful. Michelle is our favorite because of her great «eye» and ideas, but we’re welling to share.

The folks at Bayer are super helpful and resourceful when it comes to picking out virtually anything that grows or that they sell. We live nearby and always go to Bayer when it comes to buying basically anything plant-​able. Our fave recommendation has to be the purple shamrocks. We were struggling to find the perfect plant for the cement planter we got from Bayer last year (Yay clearance!). After explaining the location/​lighting — they strongly suggested the shamrocks, and they look absolutely wonderful!
We bought several other items and all are basically doing fine and dandy so no issue with quality there. They have a nice variety and also sell accessories such as vases, planters, and other yard goodies. We will always go to Bayer first and foremost for our floral and yard needs. They are affordable, dangerously close, and extremely good at what they do.

My apartment is like Guantanamo Bay for plants. Seriously.
It’s not that I’m a neglectful plant owner. In fact, I think I’m guilty of over-​nurturing them. I’m like the dude in Seven who makes the other dude eat food until he dies. I water my plants until they die. Sorry if that was too graphic, or if I just ruined the movie Seven for you. Is it too late to say spoiler alert? Well, me walking into a plant store is a spoiler alert, because any plant I touch is going to spoil in the soil, yo.
So, Bayer has been good to me over the past year (s). I first went to them for some house plants, which promptly died before I got them home (over exaggerating– they didn’t die for at least a week, which means I’m getting way better at this taking care of plants thing). Next, I went back for some loose stalks of bamboo plants, which I’ve heard can survive nuclear winter. They did not survive my apartment. What happens to you if you kill a lucky bamboo plant, by the way?
Soooooo… I kind of gave up on plants for a while and just focused on keeping my cat alive. During this period of no houseplants, I managed to destroy an artificial tree I got at Hobby Lobby. Went to Bayer for some pumpkins and other holiday accoutrements, but other than that I stayed away. I have lots of paper in my house. Paper is made from trees. Therefore, yay nature!!!
Okay, so I tried again with the plants thing after recently being super inspired by the back of some self-​help book that I read. I was like, oh my God, what’s missing from my life is PLANTS!!! I know Home Depot has a 1 year warranty on all plants, but if I bring another houseplant corpse back to the HD they are gonna send Plant Protective Services over to investigate the Plant Murder Shack.
The service at Bayer is pretty outstanding. Once or twice I’ve been kind of ignored, but once you seek someone out, they are almost always willing to give you your own personal crash course in not killing a houseplant (unfortunately, I think I failed the final exam). Even though there are surely people who drop hundreds of dollars in there on crap for their f-​ing lawns, some nice dude always spends a half hour with me for my ten dollar purchase of something that’s going to end up in the trash next week. It’s pretty sweet. And the prices? Fair. Selection? Makes Home Depot look like the dude selling roses out of a bucket on the freeway.
So, to summarize:
–My dad lied when he said the way he got his plants to thrive was by singing to them. And also that he never did any drugs.
–Bayer is one of those local businesses that pretty much rocks, and the benefits of going there probably outweigh the benefits of going to Home Depot.
–The fact that the plants I purchased from Bayer died is not a reflection of the quality of the plants that I received from Bayer. They don’t sell magic plants. Which I could still probably manage to kill.
–Don’t worry– I’m never having kids.

Went there for table topper /​attendance prizes and they were super helpful with picking out gorgeous cost effective cyclamen options. Even taught me how to foil myself at home. Awesome! Also gave me printed sheets on cyclamen care. A hit at the party.
P. s. foiling was easier than the demo. Let bayer staff take care of it.

Went to Bayer last weekend to get some early veggies and herbs. They had a great selection and again, cheap! Cheaper than everywhere I’ve seen, save Wal Mart. They also have lots of supplies, including several things to fit my organic gardening needs. The lady who helped me was REALLY friendly and nice, which was nice! Some of the workers can be a little surly in my experience, but this lady (cashier), was great.

Bayer is my favorite little garden shop. I buy a lot of indoor houseplants and have been to countless garden stores (both chain and independent). Bayer has, by far, the best prices.
They always have some unusual plants in their selection that you won’t find anywhere else. They have a ton of tiny, adorable succulents! Plus, the staff is very knowledgeable and more than happy to help. My only quibble is that sometimes they don’t label their indoor plants, so you may have to ask them to identify it. For reference, I like to know the name of the plant I’m buying (and also because I have cats and need to check for toxicity).
If you buy bird seed, you really need to make a trip to Bayer. You can buy a 50-​pound bag of sunflower seeds for about $ 15.00. This is really a good price. They also have other seeds that are similarly priced.

Great plants at great prices! I was having a hard time finding fall veggies to transplant at stock stores like Lowe’s and Home Depot. As a result of a message thread, I tried Bowood then Bayer. I’m glad I decided to go to Bayer before buying, because their prices are waaaaaay better. One plant for $ 4 at Bowood versus $ 3 for a 6 plant tray at Bayer! I’d love to find a place closer to home, but if I can’t and these grow well, I’ll be back!

Went here again last night in hopes of finding something for any of my three empty flower beds. All the flowers that were out just looked slightly sickly. After walking around for awhile, I finally went up to an employee that was engaged in conversation with another worker and asked for help. I couldn’t find anything I liked, so I didn’t end up buying anything. And again with the smoke! This time it was outside in the garden area. Please Bayer, I am imploring you to instill a nonsmoking policy by your workers at your business!

Other local nurseries that I’ve been to – namely, Colors of Spring and Rolling Ridge — just don’t compare to Bayer.
I only grow vegetables, so I can’t speak for their other stuff (although my wife buys her flowers here and likes them too)… but they have a wide variety and they’re insanely cheap: Like $ 1.29 for a four-​pack of plants, which is cheaper than I’ve seen anywhere else. Herbs run a little pricier, like $ 2.29 apiece. Still, that’s not a bad price, and they have a pretty decent variety.
My encounters with the staff have been pretty good. I’ve spoken to a few ladies who seemed extremely knowledgeable about the vegetables, and today when I asked a question to an employee who didn’t know the answer, he just shouted the question to another employee who was able to help me out. Also, they’ll deliver heavier loads of soil and such to your car for you.
They get really busy in the spring, but they accommodate the crowds by having lots of employees around and open up like four cash registers.

Cute, useful and close to home. Beats going to Home Depot for some of the garden stuff. I came to Bayer’s today for some vegetable transplants and they were on sale– super cheap. They also have regular sales (even during the peak season) on pots and tools.
Friendly and helpful staff. Yep… a fun little keeper.