Mother Earth Gardens Northeast

This was nice place — the plants were all very healthy looking and the staff very open to questions and helping me out. I would totally go back.

Based on other Unilocal reviews, we dropped in at this nursery today. So glad we did. It is smaller, friendlier with a nice selection of medium sized plants. None of the massive, force-​grown, over-​fertilized plants you find at other larger more commercial garden centers — thank goodness. Instead, the flowers, shrubs and trees are carefully selected and in excellent condition. Appreciate that this garden center is part of the residential community. There was ample accessible on-​street parking.
We purchased a gorgeous lilac PJM Rhododendron. Received expert advice when inquiring what amount of light it needs and the best type of soil (acidic not alkaline).
Did not have the opportunity to fully explore the inside shop — but what I did see will bring us back another day. HIGHLY recommend!

All their plants, trees, produce, and flowers are organic! The staff is super helpful and very pleasant. I love the unique pots there, too!

Love this time of the year… the time to plant gardens! Mother Earth’s is not your usual generic Bachman’s.it’s a cute semi plant/​floral nursery. They have everything from plants to outdoor décor. What I love about this place is just going to walk around and admire the sculpture decorations, fountains, and various flower specimens. All their items are of the highest quality and their staff are very knowledgeable in their plants. Ask them anything and they will know the answer. They’re practically botanists! They will give you tips on what type of soil to use, how much to use, if you need fertilizer or other things for your plant, how to maintain your plant properly, etc. Also the price isn’t as expensive as Bachman’s …it’s really reasonable and very good prices!

I went to MEG to pick up supplies to build a terrarium, and they have a designated terrarium/​fairy garden section (which was super helpful because I was only going off a picture I had seen). I ended up buying a few Christmas gifts while I was there – they have a lot of interesting stuff! My favorite find was the mushroom cultivation log.
Price is always an issue with small shops like these, but it’s worth it. I’m not a gardener, but I’m working on it, and I really need the expertise that MEG staff has to offer. You’re not going to find that at a big box store.
Their sustainable practice is a big plus, but that also means that they’re only slinging seasonal plants so bear that in mind.

I like this place and I will happily recommend it to anyone in the neighborhood! First, the staff is really friendly and very helpful, even offering to take some heavy plants to the car for me!
They have a nice selection of plants and décor but only when it is in season, so don’t go in early April looking for lots of plants.
They also are the pick up location for our csa which is great!

These ladies are so so helpful! They really know their stuff. And if they don’t know the info they promptly look it up for you.
A few highlights about MEG that beat out other nurseries and garden centers:
–Native plants and flowers!
–free pallets!
–the only place I’ve seen that sells hay/​straw bales
–bulk compost and soils
–bulk natural fertilizers and soil treatments
–beautiful lawn ornaments and rain barrels (most other places are junky and these rain barrels are pretty wooden ones!)
–no use of the big bad pesticides and harmful fertilizers
I picked up a couple of blueberry plants as well as some native plants to add to my landscaping. They provided so much information for me for my items. I need more reasons to go back!

I’m so glad MEG opened a second location. Come spring time the original location can be jammed and so far, at least not as many people know about their second store in NE.
Selection is the same between the two locations other than what one location may have sold out of during the day. Likewise staff are friendly and helpful. Parking is onstreet, so it is probably the worst feature in both locations.
I won’t buy any plants at any of the big box stores anymore because their growers use pesticides that are now being implicated in the collapse of the bee population. MEG won’t use them, so that is why you will find me shopping here.

Lovely, special garden shopping experience.
Here’s where you can buy a little piece of paradise and
bring it home to plant in your yard or pot.
My mom read about their organic herbs and seeds on-​line and had to visit.
The bag she walked out with was fragrant with mini perfect plants that stoked my appetite!
I love how their products are eco-​friendly. You can tell they carefully chose every item they sell. I might have to go back for the cool bag made from a recycled car tire tube… or the wooden hoop earrings… or that romance scented candle…

Love having this in the neighborhood. I’m not much of a gardener but I have stopped here to get some spray for my sad magnolia tree (the staff was very helpful), a pumpkin for Halloween, and now a Christmas tree. We chose a very reasonably priced Balsam fir that seems very fresh and is filling our living room with piney fragrance right now. Each time I’ve been there I’ve talked to a different staff person and they’ve always been friendly and ready to answer my questions.

i discovered Mother Earth Gardens a couple of years ago at their south site. I am a small organic landscaper here in the cities and like to use small local business for my plant suppliers whenever possible.
i visited MEG while choosing plants for a garden design and installation for a client literally just down the block from their store. I found variety and healthy plants and knowledgable staff. They have been flexible and open to ordering plants for my clients AND they carry many organic soil amendments that are sometimes difficult to find.
GREAT PLACE TO SHOP! Sam from Earthtones Organic Landscaping

Walking into Mother Earth Gardens is like entering a little sanctuary in the middle of Northeast. The staff is friendly and, just as importantly, knowledgeable about, well, everything. Whether you need some annuals for your spring garden, native perennials, shrubs, garden decorations, or food and feeders for those sweet garden critters, MEG is not going to disappoint you. They’re also open in the winter, with holiday trees and wreaths outside and pots, feeders, and other essentials inside.
Let’s just get this out there: you’ll pay more at MEG than you do at a big-​box retailer that also happens to sell gardening supplies and plants. The upside of Mother Earth is that the quality is better, the plants are grown in sustainable ways and, a lot of times, locally, your money is getting filtered right back into your community, and the staff seriously knows their stuff. I’m a novice at gardening and have yet to acquire my green thumb, but someone is always at MEG who is willing to spend time with me as I figure out what the best plants for my garden are and how exactly I am supposed to plant them so they stay, ya know, alive!
Mother Earth has saved my gardens from a life of being suffocated by clay soil and growing nothing but thistles, so I have all the love in the world for this beautiful shop!

They just opened at this location so it’s just a preliminary review. There is Patina and Home Depot in the area but this is a fantastic gardening and gift store that has some really neat options and I’m glad they moved to the neighborhood. The plants are pretty basic but they all look to be in really great shape and I did see some interesting varieties. The gift store has some really unique items (fairy homes, terrariums, plants, bird seed, plant stakes, fertalizer, books, cards) at a wide range of prices. The lighting in the gift shop is poor but I’m sure they’ll sort that out.