Carroll Brothers Nursery

I love this place! It looks like someone’s garage, and that’s the beauty: these guys are working and creating. It’s like raiding your garden-​savvy neighbor’s yard. They are experts at herbs, and I won’t go anywhere else for them now. I like Dolins, but I wish I’d found this place first, because I’ve found much more for MUCH less. They’re not trying to mark everything up; they’re trying to grow plants and give valuable advice.
This will be my first stop from now on, when going on garden adventures.

Looking for gardenias? This is the place!
Looking for butterfly plants? How about trees? Yep, those too!
I first heard about this nursery from an article in the newspaper stating this business supplies most of the gardenias in Florida. I also had an occasion to ask them a question one time about an Earth Box and was met with science based answers. Filed that in the back of my mind that these guys know what they are doing.
I have been looking for a bunch of trees and have visited many places in the St. Pete area getting quotes and talking about what I could do with my front yard. The more people I spoke to, the more I realized that plant and tree experts were as rare as an exotic plant.
I drove by Carroll’s on my way to work one morning and rang them up on the phone. Immediately Richard answered and demonstrated his expert knowledge on plants and trees. I stopped in after work, and by the time I left, I had 7 new trees and a gardenia. I asked him if they could plant the trees for me as well, and he was agreeable to just about everything I needed and didn’t rip apart my budget doing so.
I think I have ten green thumbs and thought I knew a thing or two about plants, until I started talking to Richard. I don’t know, maybe I picked up at least ten tips from him in the short time we spoke.
If you are looking to stay local, meaning independent, family-​owned business, this is the place to go. I am now scouting out additional areas in my yard to add more gardenias since they carry a so many different hybrids. They are also working with me to develop a landscape plan that suits my budget and environmental requirements. What a pleasure to work with these guys. They made a customer for life.