Sloat Garden Center

Nice but more on the pricey side. I like how they offer fliers on different types of plants for different type of climates.

This place have a good selection of plants, the staff are very helpful and friendly. If you ask them a question they make sure you get your answer. they also has large beautiful selection of pots and planters. but they are all very expensive .I do come here to check out when they have sales going on.

I really love this place. The staff are helpful, parking is easy, and it is always fun to visit. I took off one star because their procedures for returns or voids or corrections are way, way, outdated and take forever.
Example: the store was participating in a school fund raiser; for every purchase a donation would be made to the school of choice. I made it a point to go in on the last day of the fund raiser. The first thing I said to the cashier was that I was a member and that I was participating in the fundraiser. I told her which school. Somehow, she got distracted and forgot to enter it. No problem, except I then had to step aside, wait for a manager, and then wait for the entire order to be refunded back on to my credit card and then rung up again so that my son’s school would get the (what then seemed tiny and totally not worth it) credit/​donation. It took over ten minutes to do this. These processes are 1980’s solutions and really should be revisited.
Many plastic pots do not come with pre-​drilled drainage holes. It would be nice if they offered a service, even for a fee, to drill them onsite. Instead, because I don’t have a big enough drill bit I actually have to hunt down my neighbor or contractor to do this simple task. I would love to be able to buy my pots and plant in them as soon as I get home. Sometimes they sit in the garage for weeks because of the inconvenience of not being able to get the holes drilled. A large drill bit is not what most people have in the standard homeowner’s toolbox. It needs to be at least a quarter to half inch.
Lastly, the prices are pretty steep. I’ve seen similar plants elsewhere for ½ the price but I do like to support «local» businesses, so I do.

A bit on the pricey side, but great selection, service, and variety. They seem to care and cultivate a community of knowledgable gardeners, or at least wannabe gardeners.

Yah our favorite garden lol always learn new stuff every time I talk to a staff. But the problem is everytime the staff tells me something different lol
If you ever buy any plants from this store, remember that you can return the plants if plants die within 30 days. You can exchange or get credits if 30 days have passed since you got your plants.

At my most recent visit to Sloat, I noticed that they had a decent assortment of conifers. Happy to see this!

I had to get a last minute birthday gift and sloat stayed open an extra 10 minutes for me.
Great customer service, they did free gift wrap for me, and they have extensive amount of plants to choose from.

My updated review is pretty much unchanged from my prior review. Great facility with very good selection of plants and materials. Customer service remains a mystery. I placed an order for some reasonably common plants that were not in stock the day I shopped – ones I’ve ordered and purchased previously. The plants were supposed to arrive in a few weeks and they’d call me. It’s been a couple months and no call. This has happened twice previously.

Came here looking for some plants, most of the stuff is what one can find at Home Depot or Rite Aide nowadays. It is their pots that make them different. Their fertilizer is even becoming nothing in comparison to all the hydroponics store quality.
The prices are just much higher. They had the Pink Jasmine at 3X the cost of Home Depot. They didn’t have the Chimoya or the Dragon Fruit Cactus like Lowes had.

I have been going to Sloat Garden Center for years. They have a great selection of plants provided you shop Tuesday-​Thursday after their weekly inventory comes in. A lot of it is gone by the weekend. I only buy plants here that I cannot find at Home Depot or Lowe’s. Their prices are about 50% higher. Some things are absolutely ridiculous. $ 30 for a small Hydrangea??? I don’t understand their rewards program. I have been shopping there for 20 years and have never seen a coupon or rebate. Come on! The plants that I do buy there are always in good shape and usually thrive. I give the very friendly staff a B for knowledge about plants.

Came here for succulents. 4″ succulents are $ 6.99 pretty expensive :(i didnt see anything smaller. They also don’t look that healthy so I passed. But they have air plants! Starting from $ 3.99. Not a bad price. A variety of pots — pretty cheap starting at 70 cents and the stone pots starting at $ 3.99 for the small ones. They also sell venus fly trap. Also stones, moss and charcoal for your terrarium. Restrooms!

Wow great place
Knowledgable staff and a lot of plants– and while not cheap I didn’t feel like I was totally getting taken to the cleaners like I do when I leave flora grubb

Sloat Garden Center is a wonderful business and I am happy to have it in the neighborhood. I’ve never gone there looking for a specific plant, so I can’t comment on the depth of their inventory. However, I visit frequently to browse the plants they have on hand. They are well stocked in drought tolerant and California native plants, so I never have trouble finding something new and interesting that will work in my garden.
The center is well stocked during the holidays. I’ve given the tiny Christmas trees they carry as gifts to friends. They have also carried garlands and wreaths in the past.

It’s so hard to find a good nursery with a nice variety of stuff. As is befitting a nursery in the city, they’re strong on house plants, and are moderately priced. The staff is super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. I love coming here, and always want to buy more than I have room for. I love how in touch they are with what types of plants and planters are currently in fashion. You could definitely pick up everything you need here to decorate your trendy hipster pad with all the airplants and and succulents your heart desires.

Great selection of plants! I love how varied this store is and how organized they are. We were able to grab a variety of seeds along with some ground cover. We’ll definitely be back since there’s so much that they have to offer here for gardening.

This place is great.
Plus:
* Great selection of plants
* Great service! I just enjoy talking to the cashiers or any of the other staff, they are very helpful and friendly. If you ask them a question they make sure you get your answer. You can also bring your sick plants to them and they tell you what can be wrong with them.
* Beautiful selection of pots and planters. I was looking for large outdoor pots for a while and thought Sloat Garden would be really expensive so I didn’t even look at them. I ended up buying some OK looking ones from Half Moon Bay, and then came to Sloat and to my surprise they were cheaper and a lot more beautiful here.
* Great selection of pest and rodent control. Gophers were absolutely destroying our gardens and I was searching all over the internet for a non-​harmful solution. Then I went to Sloat and they have so many gopher and mole control items.
Minus:
* The plants are pretty expensive, I usually don’t get any big order of live plants from here. Sloat is definitely cheaper than Flora Grub or any of the other nurseries in the mission :), but you can get better prices at the big buck stores. They do however have especial sales every month, and those prices are definitely comparable to more affordable places.

Went today to get about two dozen certain seedlings in 4″ pots (Begonias). They were so dry that they were drooping from thirst and these are plants that must be moist all the time. Other annuals were severely dying of thirst. I found one plant I wanted that seemed moist and healthy but now have to go elsewhere (Flowercraft) to get the rest.
Disappointing for a supposedly upscale nursery which is decidedly overly expensive.

Beautiful plants. I was in orchid heaven. I restrained myself and bought ONE of them. And then I bought a bunch of succulents, ornamental oregano, and hanging ivy.
The place is pretty organized.
Prices = moderate.
Service = okay. It was hard trying to locate a person but it might’ve been the time? IDK… Once we got a person though, he was super helpful.
Cashier = super friendly and knowledgeable. Why wasn’t she on the floor?!?

Gardening is my new challenge; I say challenge because most of the plants I’ve had in my lifetime have perished sooner or later. But I refuse to give up!
My latest endeavors included pots of herbs ($ 3.99−5.99) I purchased here as well as some overwintering seeds ($ 1.49−2.49). My herbs were super healthy when I bought them, but my black thumb didn’t fail in wreaking havoc after I planted them into balcony boxes. In addition, the seeds I bought sprouted very well in the starter tray, however, a week later, they all fell over, shriveled up and died despite watering correctly.
I know it’s my fault somehow but I’m a little scared of asking them for help. I’m sure it’s in my head, but of all the times I’ve visited, I’ve never been greeted by the staff or asked if I needed help. I feel like I’m bothering them if I ask too many questions…
I joined their gardening club to receive advanced notice of their sales and classes (which I have yet to try out).

Sloat is hit or miss for me. Needed a few plants and a terracotta planter for the front of my house. Plants were okay. They had one left of the planters… it was beat to hell and looked like crap… guy offered me 5% off… I said no way… than he went to 10%…I would rather have a new one rather than a ratty one.
Added bonus they have a good parking lot and help is generally pretty good.