Earl May Nursery & Garden Center

I’ve been in several times for various gardening needs, and each time the staff has been friendly, to the point of actually asking me if I need any help (rather than me having to seek them out). There is one young woman in particular (whose name I’ve unfortunately forgotten, but I will update the next time I’m in there) who seems to always be there and really know her stuff. My daughter loves the popcorn, too!

This is a really nice garden center. The best thing about Earl May is the employees. They are very knowledgeable in their products and can recommend the right fix for any situation. They were very helpful in telling us how to overseed our yard and grow a vegetable garden — we harvested hundreds of tomatoes this summer thanks to Earl’s advice.
They also host weekly seminars in everything from grass growing to gardening to tree planting. The seminars are helpful and well presented.
Prices here are a little higher than Lowe’s or Home Depot, but for the most part the product quality is better. Plus they have free popcorn.

Nice place. has everything you need to houseplants and minor landscaping.

I’d barely discovered Earl May on 87^th Street before they moved further west on Shawnee Mission Parkway. But when you see the nursery, the larger location makes sense. Inside, you’ll find everything from yard art to bird houses and feeders, plus all the ingredients for a perfect lawn. Earl May sells implements to dig, rake and weed; fertilizers and feed; herbicides and pest control; even furniture to sit in and admire your lawn. The bulbs and seeds inside are complemented outside with rows and rows of seasonally available annuals and perennials, as well as trees of every shape and size. Needless to say, you have plenty of choices for adding color and shade to your outdoor environment.
With locations in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, Earl May isn’t as local as some nurseries around town, but they’re also not a discount store that periodically sell plants. Green things are their year-​round business, and if you have a question you’ll usually get an informed answer from the employee you ask.