Davenport Garden Centre

I’m at that age where friends keep getting homes. Not apartments, not necessarily houses they own, just really grown up nice places to live with outdoor spaces and empty corners of big beautiful rooms.
Enter Davenport Garden Centre. A plant and a bottle of adult grape juice, both with bows. This are my go-​to gifts for my lucky buds, and DGC is where I buy half of this bundle.
Lovely selection of flowers, priced appropriately for The Big Smoke, and rows and rows of herbs to boot. Just lovely.

Davenport Garden Centre is overflowing with beautiful flowers, herbs, and hanging baskets for your yard or patio.
While prices are a bit higher than the average place, they are not bad.
Customer service is good here. They know their stuff and are generally helpful with advice. (It is advisable to ask before you leave if you don’t know much about caring for plants.)

I went here a few weeks ago with my mother to put together some flower arrangements for the planters on my balcony. I was blown away by the friendly and exceptional customer service that received at Davenport Garden Centre. The owners were patient while I spent over an hour deciding what to take home. They went back and forth in the pouring rain with me as I tried several different arrangements, and continued to offer honest advice, despite my indecisiveness. I ended up with gorgeous flowers and I love my self-​watering planters.
After spending time in other garden centre’s prior to this one, I was so pleasantly delighted at this positive experience. What a warm, enjoyable place to shop for something that should, in fact, be just that, joyful.
I will never go anywhere else for my plants or flowers. Aside from the service, there is excellent selection here and great quality gardening supplies, as well.
–Alexandra

I just started giving gardening a try. It’s been a very interesting experience so far.
I went to Davenport Garden Centre last Saturday to get a few seedlings. The lady who helped me was friendly but it didn’t seem to me that the plants were in good conditions. She knew it too so she suggested that she gives me a 50% discount on everything purchased.
I called her later to ask for advice on how much I should water the plants. I don’t think she was very pleased with my call. She sounded a bit rude over the phone and then before I could get a chance to speak, she said she had to let me go because she was with a client. I wouldn’t go back to her as neither her plants are any good nor she is willing to give some advice to people that are just starting up.

Toronto is a very difficult city to shop for anything in the plant and garden category when you don’t have a car.
Fortunately Davenport Garden Centre is accessible to bus and subway users. On top of that, the service is stellar and the selection is top notch.
Of course, you get what you pay for, and all that good stuff doesn’t come cheap. But then again, neither does a car! So there’s your trade-​off.
We went today for a wreath and some holiday garland. Ended up with mistetoe too. Ooh-​la-​la! Not cheap, but the stuff is in great shape and they took care of us lickety-​split and with ease. In a town where runners spit on me on the sidewalk*, there’s definitely something to be said for service!
*yea, for reals. Toronto is getting just as bad as NY for crazy rude people. I was walking up Yonge Street last week and some deranged runner passed me and (Maybe I didn’t move out of his way fast enough?) turned and spit in my general direction. Don’t worry! I’m from New York so I of course yelled after him and called him a loser. Which he was. He then proceeded to get into a fight with a cab driver at the next traffic light. So now you see why I am becoming more and more appreciative of polite and kind service. Have a nice day!