Swansons Nursery Reviews

Absolutely my favorite place of all time ever since I was a toddler. Beautiful.

Knowledgeable, helpful and friendly staff, excellent selection.

Always a delight to wander around. The staff are super friendly and knowledgeable.

Great selection of high quality plants but very expensive

These folks are seriously AMAZING! I'm an avid gardener and have bought product for several years from Swanson's Nursery. This year for my 60th birthday I purchased a Japanese Katsura Maple that didn't make it (hope that's not a "sign" for the 60th :)) Sent Swanson's the receipt number with an explanation and they did a FULL CREDIT of the cost of the maple. This is customer service (and I do seminar's on same) above and beyond. Yahoo to a great organization!!!!!

Great place. Got some plants that we never had access in the upper Midwest.!!!

Swanson's blew me away. I'm just starting my foray into flora and after shopping around other locations I'm happy to have ended my search here. I went with a roommate on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and spent three hours browsing and enjoying the variety of plants. This was as much a walk in a beautiful park as it was a shopping trip. The staff was very friendly and helpful, but what really struck me was the kindness and gentleness of other customers. We were approached several times to ask about plants we'd found on our cart, people were generally conscious of others who were shopping, not blocking pathways, being patient waiting for help, and making friendly conversation. I could say so many good things about the facility itself but it speaks a lot louder to me that they have cultivated (heh) such a lovely customer base. Thanks for the Lemon Tree!

Delighful nursery to visit and have a healthy lunch at.

This place is a plant lover's dream. They have a great variety of indoor and outdoor plants with knowledgeable staff and regularly held events. The cafe actually has pretty good food too

Really nice with a huge variety. Definitely going back in the spring.

Swansons is a beautiful nursery in Seattle that really decks itself out for the Christmas holiday season. They have a yearly reindeer festival that kids love, a model train/Christmas village set up, a Santa yurt, and an all around festive vibe going on that you better come with your wallets open for all the beautiful stuff you'd be tempted to snap up.

A must stop when you have the deep pockets to shop (or just browse if you can keep yourself from spending).

Awesome! Knowledgeable, helpful staff. Beautiful plants

Fun holiday experience. Reindeer and Santa. Fun for the kids.

Best nursery in Seattle and they have fun seasonal activities for kids. More than just plants they have a nice gift shop and a tasty Cafe on site and lots of garden supplies.

Fun coming here during the holidays. Reindeer and a Grinch village train set make it special.
Gift shops and Cafe are great. The cafe seating is among lush tropical plants and a koi pond.
Large selection of planters and beautiful plants available year round.

Dog and family friendly, Swanson's is the ideal. Although it can be busy on the weekends. If you are a serious gardener do yourself a favor and visit during the week when there is more space to navigate and browse.

Great place. Restaurant could improve their planning though. If your 9-3 Sunday brunch runs out of breakfast sandwiches by 10:30, perhaps you have underestimated demand.

This place is big and a little spendy. This place has a huge selection but three times the price as Home Depot. :( but Home Depot doesn t have as much as this place (not even half)But on the other side if Home Depot has it their Man, what a huge price difference WOW ! But I m going to go back to This nursery some plants that Home Depot Doesn t have Swanson s nursery has it don t mind the price difference on flowers But I would avoid buying tomatoes and common fruits and vegetables here if you don t mind paying the huge price difference. Just stick to plants Now I know what both stores have I know what I want. Shoot, I went back to Home Depot the prices where so low the plants where sold out by the time I got back. Less than 8 hours later!!!!

Im brand new to the gardening scene and Swanson's has been a huge help in starting my patio garden! Staff is super knowledgeable and offer genuinely helpful advice. Things are a little more expensive than you might pay at a big box store, but it's a local treasure, so to me it's worth it!

We were super excited to buy a Christmas tree here.... until we saw the reindeer in a cage outside. Animals are not decorations. Will not be going back.

One of my favorite spots in Seattle - excellent urban nursery, great deals when things are on sale, and a friendly staff.

Huge variety of choices for indoor and outdoor plantscaping. The potted garden designs are inspiring.
Good place to go if you're looking for that atypical showpiece.

Swanson's ends up with more of my money each month than my landlord. Please send help.

Fun to visit year round, but especially at the holidays. The train display is always full of little surprises.
Oh! And they have nice plants and knowledgeable staff, too.

Amazing place to go to. Huge nursery with every kind of option of plant you could think of. If you dont have money, that's okay too. Swansons is perfect for walking around and appreciating the beautiful plant life.

This is amazing. Plants, knowledge, yummy food, and koi!

A Full Value Place - Ok, I have visited a number of nurseries this spring since moving to the area, and I found no others with as large a selection of healthy plants. But far and away more importantly, none had as many helpful, knowledgeable staff who can quickly radio for a specialist or second opinion. Their web presence is good with a knowledge base written for the local climate, but the nursery is the place to go for answers. Bring in photos or individual plants and they will do their best to address your issue, want a plant for a specific area but not sure which one, they will walk with and discuss the options and help you pick out a quality selection, need supplies or incidentals - their selections are environmentally friendly and varied. Want to introduce the kids to gardening, I believe they have fun events - my kids are grown so I can only say that the kids I saw were having fun. Their prices are reasonable for the quality and quantity of plants they carry, sure you can buy something at the lumber yard or grocery a little cheaper due to their limited selections of forced transplants but shop at this nursery regularly and you will get coupons or sales and far better quality plants. Parking is good, need help loading - they will help, want to browse - you can wander through clean bright handicap accessible buildings and open spaces. Yeah, I like this place, it is a shopping experience that leaves me feeling that I have gotten full value for my money. And from the number of others shopping here, I do not think I am alone in feeling that way.

I'm in the process of turning part of my lawn into a rainwise garden and Swanson's is my place! They had a workshop on rainwise gardens, recommended plant lists, and (of course) so many great plants to choose from.

The employees are so sweet and our tree is by far our best tree yet!Thanks Swansons!

All decked out for Christmas with reindeer, Christmas lights, and gorgeous poinsettia

Wonderful place to visit. They have a small cafe with an indoor koi pond and all manner of plants, of course. We found 4 varieties of carnivorous plants. Very cool.

Expensive, but they have anything you could want for indoor/outdoor!

Loved the store. They have very good safety measures, great variety of plants and friendly staff. I m definitely coming back

I LOVE THIS PLACE.
Amazing plant selection from landscaping to house plants to gifts to gardening. Great place of you need gifts for someone. The cafe in there is crazy good too. they pretty much have everything you'd ever need planting related.

one of the best in Seattle! all you might need for your garden

Love this place. Always beautiful and the greenhouse cafe is magical on a rainy fall day.

This is a beautiful garden center with a huge variety of plants and gardening accessories. The only reason for 4 stars is that it tends to be on the expensive side.

Being a plant lover and new Seattle resident one of the first things I did when I moved here was track down a plant nursery. I found Swansons and it is a very well stocked, nicely laid out place. The selection is great and the staff is helpful and seem to really like their job. My wife and I stop here sometimes to just have a cup of coffee and enjoy the Koi ponds in the warmth of their greenhouse/coffee shop.

A floral Oasis in the otherwise barren hellscape that is Seattle. I purchased a few plants here for my drivel apartment that is now awash with clean air, fresh scents, and crystal.that proivde healing and focus. My love life has improved because of the greenery/air/crystals and now I get it on the reg, all thanks to Swanson's floral Oasis and Christmas village. Be warned, however, the citizenship application for the christmas village is rife with trickery and baffoonery. Steel your mind and body in order to pass this McCarthy-esque trial.

A great variety to choose from and knowledgeable staff.

Awesome nursery, they basically have everything. Good with kids. On the pricier side

plan on spending some time.. so many beautiful things and buildings full of splendor!

Was great had reindeer and a camel for the kids to enjoy a good day trip with the kids.

WIDE selection of indoor and outdoor plants. Coy ponds adjacent to a cafe/bakery in a solarium-styled pavillion. Friendly associate named Anne helped me with reviving a wilting African Violet plant. She helped re-plant, refreshed the soil, and shared tips for plant maintenance. Generally professional and helpful. The other store agents seemed equally enthusiastic about their work and communicative with customers. I think the coolest thing about this place is the fact it was created in 1924! Will return, the prices and services are very fair -- type of place I would hang out during my lunch break if it was a little closer.

TIPS: On your website, should include inventory of plants and seasonal promotions. Should also include some planter tips in the form of instructional videos to improve ONLINE presence and community.

Staff was very knowledgeable and happy to help. Lots of parking.

This place is a paradise to visit during the pandemic!!

Great plant selection, great cafe/conservatory with Koi pond, kid/dog friendly, knowledgeable/friendly staff...what more could you want? Love this place!

Swanson s Nursery has a wonderful selection of indoor/outdoor seasonal and year round gardening variety including tools and gardening decor. Everything always looks lush and healthy.

They also have a knowledgable staff who can answer all your gardening questions. Plus they just LOVE their customers four-legged companions who come to visit their establishment as well. Our cats are always pampurred whenever we visit their beautiful massive koi pond beside their charming cafe with a decent selection of good eats and novelty gift shop to delight anyone who loves unique gifts.

Great variety of indoor plants. Prices are a bit higher than other nurseries but overall it s lovely!!

Great selection of plants logically laid out for perusal. Helpful, friendly staff available for recommendations and guidance. Nice system for delivery of potting soil after purchase.

Swanson's has excellent quality plants, a large selection, and friendly employees who help you load your car. They're a bit expensive, but have a nice rewards program. They have an indoor nursery as well as a gift shop. Lots of nice pottery too. Highly recommended.

I love love this place. It sometimes is so hard to choose which plant you should get, especially when you don t have a specific kind in mind. But still a lot of fun to browse around and look at other stuff too.
They have a parking lot, and should not be a problem finding a spot.

Amazing garden center with huge selection and knowledgeable staff. They re also ridiculously expensive, IMO.

Swansons has a nice variety of indoor plants in a few different sizes too! I was impressed with their selection but it was a bit pricey for plants that are harder to find. There was a nice selection of air plants too!

We went today at the fall festival and went there multiples times during holiday festival. Always kid friendly. Parking onsite. Plants look healthy.

The owner was extremely friendly and was very knowledgeable about the spectrum of indoor plants that she sells. I felt confident when I left that my plants would stay alive in my hands. She advised me to call or text her pictures in case my plants got sickly, and invited me to come back in a few weeks to repot them!

Beautiful setting, high end assortment with cafe on site.

New plant parent this year! We had a great time here at Swanson's and left feeling extremely sad that we are moving to the Eastside now. LOL We browsed their great selection of outdoor and indoor plants, left with more than we planned getting. My fiance and I were ecstatic about the plants, pot, and supplies we went home with.

Being super new about plant care, I had to ask their staff many questions that were probably the most basic questions you could have asked.
They were sooo helpful and patient.

The cafe located inside the nursery was delicious! I think it is a genius move that allows customers to have food and coffee among a thousand plants and next to a koi pond. I loved the whole experience and plan to bring my family here next.

One of the best nurseries I've visited. I can spend hours here and not get bored. Hard to walk out empty-handed :)

Going to the store after not seeing the website stating that scheduling time is required is poor customer experience, to say the least. Gone twice, never going back. Already found another nursery that's given me healthier plants, better pricing, and look at that, I don't have to schedule a time to come in.

Spent almost 200 on plants and 2 weeks later they are all dead, expensive succulents turning to rot after just 7 days. Extremely frustrated, not to mention found the exact same live plants at home depot and even ikea for a fraction of the cost. Will not be coming back.