Reviews of Farmgate Gardens (Gardener)

Stephanie Pignoli

Staff is always very friendly. Their plant selection is great and always very healthy.

Mark Algar

Early season stop for some weed-free soil for a new garden bed. Covid process was straightforward and attention to the order was swift.

Brad

Awesome place for garden stuff and great selections of plants and trees. Everyone is very helpful too. ☺

m s

Good stock - good, helpful people.

James Kirby

The people here let my family have our family photos taken here. They have an amazing property! Beautiful views.

Ingo Weise

Helpful staff. Large variety of trees and shrubs.

Jocelyn Brant

Grounds are beautiful, and a wonderful variety of shrubbery, flowers, trees and garden decorations make shopping at this location an absolute delight.

Susan Booth

Beautiful, lots of variety

Jacob Hall

Very friendly family business

Mark Oatman

This nursery has the absolute best selection in the Quinte region.

Slug Alien

the place is absolutely beautiful. if you are looking for a plant, i can almost guarantee that if they dont have it, youve got it and if you havent got it, they can get it.

Brenda Barringer

Excellent & knowledgeable staff. Lots of variety. Easy access and well laid out.

Andy Tesluk

Good selection, fair prices and friendly staff!

Dustin Liebau

Beautiful place! The owners and the staff are super friendly and helpful.

Shirley Runnalls

Friendly service good assortment of plants. Not much in vegetables today.

Paul Dean

The staff don't seem to like children.

Wisman Halim

Not reliable

Marg Hill

one fruit tree is not doing well NO guarantee they state 30 days but don't honor it hopefully the tree will bounce back in the spring and not out $85

Joanne Tucker

Great place to get flowers for your gardens. John Gibson and his staff can answer all your questiond

Jeff Wood

Went looking for perrinials. Great selection and very healthy plants. Staff very helpful. Definitely will go back

Linda Piscione

What a great place. Just went there for the first time yesterday at the very end of the day and still the staff were so friendly and accommodating. Even though it is so early in the season, they still had lots of stuff. I will be returning.

Peter Reichen

Excellent nursery and service!

David Shoniker

Very friendly and helpful.

Mark Mcquiston

Excellent selection and very helpful staff.

Catriona Byk

I visited this place today was lovely and got what I wanted .....but did notice a couple going around without a mask on... I know its difficult to force this rule but I did feel very uncomfortable especially as we are trying to stay safe from this terrible virus ...it does say at entry wear a mask too bad some people think they are invincible!!!!!!!!

Mary Lynch-Ficioris

This is a great place to come for all your gardening dreams. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. There is a huge selection of various kinds and colours of plants to delight everyone. Can't wait till spring when I can spend time searching thru all the plants, trees, seeds, and bulbs available. Definitely a place to go.

sheila blanchard

Exceptional. Excellent service, answered our questions. This is a must go to business.

Colleen Fleury

Lots of selections..friendly and knowledgeable staff..say Hi to John and visit dad's chair

Joanne Munro

Fabulous selection, extremely knowledgeable and helpful staff, competitive prices. My go to place every year.

Michael

Where to begin with describing our experience with Farmgate... abysmal would be an effective start. A family member purchased 5 plants from them for us; 3 cedars and 2 rose of sharons. The staff sold these and facilitated their planting in the fall (late-October), without any caution about the suitability of the planting season. Come spring, one of the three cedars was browning and looking in rough shape. Some research led us to fertilizer (30-10-10) to help young cedars recover and establish. Thrashers Garden Centre agreed that this was an appropriate measure and that we should follow the directions on the container. Unfortunately, the one cedar didn't respond well to the treatment and we followed up with Farmgate. At first, Catherine was positive and endorsed our regime of fertilizing, suggesting that we give it some more time to see if the cedar recovers, as they had prematurely replaced trees in the past. Further, she said that they shouldn't have been planted in the fall, despite this not being mentioned at the time of purchase and planting. After more time passed without success, we sent photos and John responded tersely, saying that they only offer a 30-day warranty and that we could purchase another tree from them, but that they wouldn't do anything else. Their customer service is abysmal. Catherine was dismissive when our family member tried contacting her, talking over them, as well and also outright lying that she had told us what to do and that we were unwilling to follow her directions. Our neighbour had also purchased a tree from Farmgate and is meticulous with his garden. Similarly, when this spring rolled around, the tree was struggling and he approached it with fertilizer and attempts to save it. He went through the same terrible process with Farmgate, where he was told that he maybe didn't water it enough and when he revealed the watering was adequate, they said maybe he over-watered. He was told to bring in photos only for Farmgate to refuse to replace his tree. Neither one of us will ever go back or recommend Farmgate. It's a miracle that they're still in business with how terrible their service is and their stubborn refusal to stand behind their products. Dealing with Farmgate has been a horrible experience. In the future, we'll be trying Connon Nurseries, who offer a reasonable warranty on "most of the plants [they] grow and sell".