Merrifield Garden Center

My local garden center, it's my favorite because they people who work there are so nice! They also love doggos!

Merrifield Garden Center is a place where you can find anything "plant". The grounds are large and filled with beautiful flowers, plants, herbs, trees, bushes and shrubs. Supplies from basic clay pots to watering cans to attractive pottery pots to tools. anything you can think of to help your garden grow, you'll find it here. The staff is very helpful and knowledgeable; they go out of their way to help. There is ample parking on the grounds. The only problem? It will be hard for you to limit what you want to take home!

This place is huge and has an amazing variety of gardening materials, flowers, plants, and the like. I had been there the first time and really enjoyed looking at all the different choices since gardening is new to me. I'm giving it 3 stars because I went there a second time, and both employees that helped me were condescending when I told them I was starting to garden for the first time though the guy at least was a bit nicer about it.

The second employee who helped me extremely condescending and talked to me like I was a child. The first thing she said to me unfortunately was an insult to what I was wearing, which was ridiculous and unprofessional. I was a bit surprised because for one thing, that's not the type of behavior that I was expecting, but also because that hadn't been my experience the first time I went. Anyways, as beautiful and amazing as the place is, I won't be patronizing it any longer.

Over the years I've spent thousands at this place. I can say they are competent and provide a good service. They have never been inexpensive, but in the last years their prices became ridiculous, This year the gouging has skyrocketed and they are simply a RIP OFF. They charge $12.99 for a small bag of their home brand topsoil. An outrageous sum since you can get similar for less than $3 at the Home Depot, nearby. They have determined that there are enough affluent people around who don't really care if Merrifield Garden Center picks their pockets. I am not one of them.

Stopped by this place because I saw the word, "firewood." Reasonable prices. purchased birch logs and mixed oak. The fireplace is kicking! I am very pleased with my purchase & the great service I received! I will return!

This review is based solely on the purchase of one christmas tree. The good: Excellent selection of trees and service. Trees were all gorgeous and fully unwrapped so you can get a full look at it. I came here on December 5th after trying multiple tree farms and Home Depot, all with questionable looking trees. The worst trees here at Merrifield looked much better than the best trees at the tree farms or Home Depot.

Staff was very attentive and helpful. It was a hands off process, you pick the tree, they do everything. Well worth the slightly higher costs of trees here. The bad: I selected a gorgeous 8' Douglas Fir, probably the most picture perfect tree I had ever purchased. After picking it, the attendant took the tree and told me he would trim the bottom branches and make a fresh cut while I went inside to pay.

After I got the tree home, I immediately got the tree in water within 60 minutes. The tree drank some water within the first day and then stopped drinking water entirely. The tree had rapidly dried, and the branches all started to droop well before Christmas. I've been desperately trying to keep the tree hydrated and presentable just enough to make it to Christmas. Added preservatives, drilled desperation holes, lightened up ornament weight, pulled out the ribbon, etc.

All of the trees I've had in years past drank plenty of water, had to fill every 3 days or so, and made it to Christmas and well past New Years perfectly fine. This is the first tree I've had that has given up on life almost immediately and will barely make it to Christmas. Not sure if maybe the cut wasn't made or not well enough. Or maybe the tree wasn't fresh? (I don't know that much about trees).

Also notable that this tree seems to be absent of sap. Again, would be worth the cost and would be a 5 star rating if the tree hadn't died prematurely. Maybe I just got a lemon tree.

We had an issue early on getting them to come out and communicate. But David and Danny at Gallows made it up and sent out the best crew to take care of our entire yard. We are very happy with the workmanship and professionalism of the specific crew that did our yard. Kudos to Dan as well at Gainesville for stepping up. THANK YOU AGAIN!

The people are always super friendly and the plants are super healthy. I love this location, I've never been let down with the plants or the experience in general!

It was my first time visiting this place, but I have worked with center in the past for my condo building. Both have been great experiences! Plenty of staff to help customers with random gardening questions and a lot of cashiers available to get you in and out quickly. Seems like a wide variety of flowers, shrubs, trees, soil pots, and gardening tools.

It was cold spring day when I stopped by so most of the flowers were in the green houses to protect them from frost. I was able to find the quality potting soil which is what I was looking for in my trip today. I'll be back for sure to get some flowers when it's a bit warmer outside. Parking- plenty of spots to park. Definitely recommend checking them out for your gardening needs!

Sooo expensive. but the selection and quality can't be beat. Also, the people that work there are very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. If money isn't an object, this is the place to go. I typically go there to ask questions and get information, which is a way better option than researching on the internet. I recently went there to buy seeds.

They have a better variety of seeds than home depot down the street and all their seeds are certified organic. I also wanted to buy blueberry bushes, but, while they do have great variety, their bushes are very expensive - think $40-$50 avg for 1 gal. Ended up going to Lowes in Chantilly, which had Legacy blueberries at $27 for 3.25 gal (and could have bought 1 gal for $13). In terms of blueberries, I'd probably do Lowes -> online -> marryfield (based on selection/ price)