Sloat Garden Center

Very friendly and helpful employees made my trip to the sloat garden center a lot easier. I'm new to indoor plants and was looking for something with beautiful foliage that's easy to care for. There were two specific employees there that were able to point me to a handful of options and were very knowledgeable. Sloat has so many lovely plants and so many options to choose from that I was in there for at least an hour because I couldn't decide which ones to take home. I wanted them all!! So happy this place is so close to my boyfriends apartment. I usually go to the Sloat garden center in San Francisco but this one has less traffic and is way more spacious.

Wonderful experience. Extremely helpful and knowledgeable young lady helped
me pick out some plants for my hummingbirds. Chippy the hummingbird gives a thumbs up

Fancy garden supply.
Fun store to explore.
Prices are higher than other garden supply. But the plants are hardier and better taken care of than at Home Depot. 6 pack of perennials will run you 5.99 here at Home Depot 4.98. So not crazy.
However the houseplants are way overpriced!
I really dug the air plant display. Still a bit over the top with prices but I got ideas from it.
Currently my daughter in law and I are working on her patio and we have different tastes in plants hence the trip here.
She bought a lambs ear and a carnation plant.
Definitely worth a trip if gardening makes you smile, even just to look.
Side note- I accidentally broke some pots while there. They didn't freak out or ask me to pay for them.
4 stars.

Super clean and well organized Garden Center / Nursery. Staff are friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful.

They have some nice varieties of plants, seeds and soil types to choose from - for all your gardening needs.

It's also almost pumpkin time and this place has lots of beautiful pumpkin and varieties to choose from, at decent prices. Great Store!

I think I'm in LOVE!!!

I finally visited the Sloat Garden Center and boy am I happy that I did!

They have a large variety of plant life, including ferns, mosses, shrubs, biennials, perennials, annuals and so much more!!

The next time you're in the area stop by and grab a new green friend for your home. Their ferns are absolutely beautiful!

#greenlife

The dude and I came to the Sloat Garden Center in Concord, CA on 05/29/22 as I am in love with everything garden and plants. I have always had a passion for nature which never went away but never had that special green thumb touch. But, during the pandemic which a lot time on my head I decided to get reconnected with my inner green thumb and have not looked back since!

Every chance I get. I try to add something to my "Princess Garden" whether it is seeds, garden decor plants or even gifts. The Sloat Center did not disappoint at all as this is probably the largest Nursery/Garden Center I've gone to EVER. Upon walking in it HITS you in the face of the cute garden items which if I was an impulsive person I would have bought everything. My goodness it was a pleasant time looking at the gifts, garden items and seeds inside. They even had a good selection of air plants which is cool. I have never been a fan of indoor plants only bamboo plants strange I know. I honestly prefer outdoor plants. So it was nice viewing the indoor plants.

My heart and soul is for the outdoor plants. We stumbled upon an employee who was arranging the perennial, heat tolerant and drought tolerant hummingbird plants. She was so lovely and sweet and answered all my questions as my ultimate goal is to fully create a drought tolerant and heat tolerant garden due to California's ever dry conditions making us more susceptible to droughts all the time so conservation of water is a MUST. I don't want to add to the problem but also for mental health purposes I need to garden.

Anywho, the worker gave me so much information and education about the plants that attract humming birds (the dude was 100% SOLD). I asked if the plants will attract ants and she shared that no it won't but if there is ants on plants or garden it could be due to something the ants like - maybe aphids or a kind of mite - something like that so I left pretty educated. Plus, learning how to address and prevent the problem. I think I bothered one lady too much :( who was in a different section as she let me know I can find the information on the bottom of the signs for the plants. Which some plants didn't have that information. Which was why I was asking and some were mixed in with annuals.

I am mostly interested in perennial plants only as I just cannot understand annuals. None of the annuals I had ever lasted a few weeks -___- its probably a ME problem but I've noticed that I find success with perennials for the most part unless it is something in the Sun Flower family. They had a lot of plants for me to choose from which is a GOOD problem to have but so difficult for me to choose what I want. My goal was is to only get between 3 to 4 plants. The dude helped me narrow it down but he was biased as he only wanted hummingbird plants.

We hung out for a bit and eventually left to check out the items we got. More awesome stuff inside which was so beautiful. They even sell a lot of different soils too which I was so tempted to buy but the dudes car is so small which I had to pass. Also, they sell lady bugs! Which I want to get some as pets which would be cool but mostly to eat my aphids. The cashier was so friendly and warm. He was pretty cool. I have no complaints about my experience here. I honestly want to come back and explore more as we didn't get to see everything.

When the dude and I arrived at his grandparents residence as they couldn't be left in the car. We put the hummingbird plants in their back yard lawn and immediately two hummingbirds flew by it. We were so overjoyed and couldn't wait to bring back home to Clovis, CA the plants permanent residence. Even in Clovis, CA the Hummingbirds found it pretty immediately just setting it down a few seconds which was really impressive.

I am thrilled about the Sloat Garden center and I cannot thank them enough for helping me, educating me and bringing beautiful life to my garden :) I cannot wait to come back and get more plants as it seriously was a magical moment each time the hummingbirds found it so quick! I would highly recommend this garden center. You won't leave empty handed plus they have kids gardening tools too!

Usually a good experience although incredibly expensive and hard to pin anyone down. I called ahead to exchange a dead plant in what should have been a simply transaction but led to a frustrating process of identifying the plant and potential cause for its failure. The manager came but I was still dealing with the same employee who was dismissive and even asked me to take responsibility for her poor customer service. I was asked if I was a member to make this process easier and when I requested to sign up after the exchange, they said there would be some paperwork involved and time consuming. Kinda of unbelievable really but I got something similar to what I previously purchased. $70 still seems very steep for a gardenia that didn't last and never bloomed. Hopefully this one works out.

The people who work at this place are so helpful! Tim, Sam, etc... they really know their stuff and I have seen my garden go from nothing to amazing with their information on nutrients. The xmas trees are the best in the area and they keep them watered!

Extremely rude older woman staff. My mom said "excuse me" as she wanted to ask a question about some fertilizer. She walked right by her and rolled her eyes.

I literally couldn't be happier. Why can't all life is easy as getting centerpieces done for a party at sloat. Big shout out to Sam who potted 24 succulents beautifully for me, and manager, Tim, who organize the project for me and made it an absolute home run.

Reason for my 2 star. I really wish I could make it 5 because Marilyn and Kylea are amazing. However.....

I called around 5pm and told them I was going there to exchange something. Due to feedback from a Roadie delivery and destroyed my Dracena. I loaded and lugged this huge plant in my car.

They were expecting me. I get there at 5:45pm. BECAUSE YELP SAID 6:30pm. Employees where leaving. I asked a younger gentlemen about about 5"5 ish with facial hair what time they close. He said 5:30pm. I told him Yelp said 6:30pm in hopes you change it..

His response.. "I don't know what to tell you!" Super dismissive and rude.

Wow! First time I have ever felt so invalidated and I've been to multiple locations.

SLOAT please correct this behavior. I'm pretty sure this is not the customer service you would like to portray.

I get you are off but when you are wearing the company uniform and still in front of the store. You are still a representation of the company.
than this incident.. I've never had any issues with anyone in this establishment.