Gardening Express Reviews

Name: Gardening Express
Address: Gardening Express, Chelmsford, Essex
Rating: 1.16

1.2 Rating 1,812 Reviews

3 %

of reviewers recommend Gardening Express

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Delivery Methods	Courier, Postal Service
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Communication Channels	Email

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08448 044 253

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Gardening Express, Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 4UA

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Gardening Express 1 star review on 7th December 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I'm giving two stars rather than one as I did eventually get a refund as the terms when ordered were 3-5 days then after I paid they changed it to 4 weeks and it actually took 7 but I refused the plants by then as I;d bought elsewhere. Had a fight for a refund, and was pretty much ignored on their ticket system and phones and chat are switched off so you can't communicate with them, but I kept fighting, got the bank involved, and today I got £97 back plus £6 interest. Not sure if it was GE or the bank who refunded, but I have got it back so I got there in the end. So you may get lucky, some people seem to get good plants, but if you don't it's the customer services that lets them down i.e. it's next to non existent.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very very slow delivery; badly packed; poor quality. Worst of all, there is no working customer service and you won’t get a refund for dead plants. Avoid at all costs - total rip off”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dead plants. There refusal to even acknowledge this is unacceptable”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 21st September 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“Plants in poor condition, no identification supplied on them so unsure if correct variety has been supplied.3 have since died. 2 items were missing and never supplied. Raised a ticket via their online system, waste of time as no response. Now in the hands of the credit card company.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Customer service a complete wast of time, complained with photos of the state some of my Begonias arrived in. Kept getting palmed off about covid 19 which I understood and was prepared to be patient that was 28th June. I asked for an update twice and got same reply back so its obvious covid 19 is not really an excuse now its 20th September and they just have very poor customer service. I will not be buying from them again since they are unable to sort an amicable solution when you receive damaged goods on arrival.”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 20th September 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dreadful packaging and clematis plant that is so tiny I’m not sure it will survive. Will never use this company again”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Plant was not as described, was too small. Contacted them by email on day of delivery, to ask for a replacement. Got a reply saying the matter has been passed to the Horticultural Manager. Over two weeks, and despite several emails, they still have not replied. I don't want a refund, I want them to honour the contract and deliver a plant that is 'as described' and 'fit for purpose'.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Truly terrible. My plants arrived 1 month late, basically dead and I've been waiting 5 months for a refund. Don’t use!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Never received order contacted so many times about refund but never receive any replies”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Ordered an acer which shows a bright red healthy plant in a pot and what was delivered bears no resemblance to the photo. Have emailed them but have not had a response. What’s my next step. Has anyone taken action against them”

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Posted 5 years ago

“plants ordered early may never arrived emailed raised tickets since, still waiting for the plants or a refund that i have continually asked for. cannot believe this company is allowed to treat people like this and there is nothing i can do about it .”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Well to be honest I have slagged off this company - but they have finally given me a fully refund (5 months on from the arrival of the dead plants) - 100 emails sent So they have come good at the end but I won't use them again”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dead tree - a complete rip-off and no customer service whatsoever - should be prosecuted”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Received my final order from Gardening Express and the plants were an absolute disgrace and nothing like the photo they show on their website. Many of the leaves had dropped (due to being over watered), I guess because they 'hope' they survive the cheap deliver company they use as they know it will take at least a week to arrive. I am fed up with trying to get an answer from them and the tickets I have submitted are being deleted, one by one. After each order has been delivered, I've received a request to give them a review on their website. I have no doubt that these reviews are deleted too. My advice to you is don't be suckered by their website showing beautiful pictures of healthy plants. This is NOT what arrives. I will be reporting them to the trading standards.”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 15th September 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“The most shocking customer services I have ever experienced. Beware of this company. I am out of pocket for a failed delivery that will not accept responsibility for. Avoid at all costs.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Have ordered twice during lockdown ,both arriving far quicker than expected in the present situation. Obviously with plants,only time will tell,but after a few weeks,I now have 12 very healthy looking varied hostas from the "plugs" which arrived and the latest order all looks pretty healthy to me. I think the website very user friendly and the prices good. Shall continue to use. arriving”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The plants were excellently packaged. Hence 1 star. First order wonderful service wonderful plants. Wrote 5 star review I was so impressed. Not so second delivery. Took three months to deliver partial order, rubbish plants, only after brought in credit card company. Failed to reply with focussed response. Cannot ring!! Absolutely appalling. Got credit card refund in end and some dead and dying plants.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I have ordered two plants at different times. The second plant, a tri-coloured buddleia is fine but the bare-root tulip magnolia was dead onarrival and despite me planting and waiting 6 was, no growth or signs of life. I sent pictures as requested but have never received an apology or a refund despite several requests. The tickets just keep being closed without a satisfactory conclusion.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I placed several orders in August with Gardening Express. One of them was duplicated and I tried contacting them to let them know and to have one of them cancelled but there is no telephone number and no email address. You have to raise a ticket and then wait and wait and wait. After several 'conversations' with several GE employees over a period of 10 days (plenty time to cancel the duplicated order) I was told that the window for cancelling orders was 24 hours and so I received a duplicate order. I now have 16 waterlogged hebes with a fungal spot disease (8 of which I don't need nor have the space for) and 18 Vinca minors (again, 9 I don't have room for). I spent over £500 with this company during August. Some of the plants were healthy, however many were in a disgraceful condition. I currently have 5 complaint tickets in with GE and they are generally being ignored. I was promised a refund for some plants but that was a month ago. One ticket was even closed without giving any reason why. I have included one or two photos to show the condition of these plants so that others won't make the same mistake that I made.”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 10th September 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“I waited weekend to receive an order and when it arrived I received the wrong tree. This was a very bare tree and no the £60 tree I ordered, it was a different tree altogether. They told me they would send me the correct tree in 2-3 days but they have not sent me the order and this is 3 months on now. I asked for a refund multiple times and still not heard anything.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Gardening Express is rated 1.2 based on 1,812 reviews