Gardening Express Reviews

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

1.2 Rating 1,790 Reviews

3 %

of reviewers recommend Gardening Express

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1.2

Based on 1,790 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 16%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 30%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

Phone:

08448 044 253

Location:

Gardening Express, Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 4UA

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Gardening Express 1 star review on 2nd September 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Exochorda macrantha The Bride £15.95. So not a cheap plant but looking at a photo of this on the website I thought it would be well worth it. Oh dear - what I got was a bent stick. I did raise a complaint but all they said was that it was alive! Then closed the case. I am not happy at all. I will not be using Gardening Express again. First photo is from their website and the second photo is what I received. Goodbye from a long standing customer.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Ordered a pair of Tuscan Cypress trees. On unpacking one was damaged, in that the leader branch was broken. Immediately emailed Gardeningexpress with pictures, took a week for them to reply (after I chased them) to be told that there was no detrimental damage. Having stated that I was unhappy with this I was told to return them at my cost to get a refund, when all they had to do was send a replacement tree. Rest assured I will not use them again and would strongly advise against anyone else using them.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“If you want1/2 dead plants, very poorly packed, but full price - then buy from here. Once bitten twice shy!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I would give 0 stars if I could. Plants that I had ordered were an absolutely disgraceful size and condition. Contacted customer service numerous times who were so slow with their awful response. I would never order from this website again as the plants are terrible and their rude and slow customer service is even worse!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“They admitted they sent me something with no label, but their company confirm that what it is! When I asked for a price reduction to match the label lost tree, they simply tell me that they can't because I didn't order the label lost one.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“I would give this shambles of a company zero stars if possible. This company is a joke, I really don't know where to start. I am normally quite a savvy shopper and can't believe I fell for this scam. The owner Chris Bonnett should be ashamed of this outfit, I would gladly spend double for a quality product delivered with great customer service which is the exact opposite to what I received. Buyers beware!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“£48 Plant heavy infected with vine weevil. I cannot get a response from them at all. Shocking waste of money. They need shutting down. Customer service and plant quality = ZERO”

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Posted 6 years ago

“My guess is this company is buying up out of season/damaged/poor condition stock from wholesalers and or garden centres which would account for the very unhealthy condition of plants sold; very different to the website illustrations. Ordered multiple plants, jasmine x 3 cordyline x 4 nandina firepower x 6 clematis apple blossom x 2. The plants did not look healthy upon arrival, nothing to do with delivery as the boxes all in tact, these plants would have been in this condition prior to despatch. One clematis was broken lower stem. Had to send photo and the company replaced without issue. the other plants I was told to water cut back and they would revive. No point challenging as they will not concede. Plants that have subsequently died within a year of planting cordyline x 4 clematis x 1. Plants requiring a lot of nurturing jasmine x 3.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Delivered today battered from Yodel. Top eight inches of lemon cypress broken off , one hydrangea missing , the other in poor condition. You cannot ring customer service , fiddle about on website raising a ticket. Will not be buying from them again. They are DREADFUL. Our order was substantial 90.00. They carefully pick your plants they claim then pass them to Yodel to kill.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Worst company I have ever dealt with. Ordered 4 Cypress Pines which arrived in boxes that were too small, so in order to get them in the box they had bent the top 12 inches of each plant which was brown and dead by the time they arrived. Tried contacting customer support but 1 week on they have not responded. Would not recommend this company in any way. Slow delivery, plants dying or dead on arrival, no customer service and no phone number.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“I complained that one of two plants purchased from this company had died. I waited over 2 weeks for a response. I had sent 2 photos during this time, one of the plant on it's last legs and the other of the plant dead! They told me to water it. Eventually they said they would replace it but I had to send it back to them at my own cost and pay the postage of the replacement. I do not consider this to be at all fair play. I will not use them again..”

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Posted 6 years ago

“The worst online shopping experience I’ve ever had! Goods arrived in appalling condition. Gardening Express has NO CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER (a big red flag I missed!) and enquiries/complaints need to be made on their website through their ‘ticket’ system - which in my case just meant that my complaint ‘ticket’ was read, ignored and stamped RESOLVED. My email got a response that can only be described as sarcastic and passive aggressive (that’s you Sam!). No refunds. No returns. No clue.”

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Posted 6 years ago

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Posted 6 years ago

“This company is an absolute disgrace. They have no telephone number when something goes wrong. I ordered £79 worth of plants. They are not as described and arrived in poor condition. I raised two issues with their online ticket system 8 weeks ago and have heard nothing back. I posted a letter including photos of the plants 6 weeks ago and have still heard nothing. The £39.99 ‘giant’ cordyline is half dead. I would never ever use them again.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Plants arrived very bad damaged and can't exchanged or refund...”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Having recently made a purchase from this company I found that the products supplied were not as displayed or described on their website they were of a very poor quality and a lot of the bulbs/ tubers have not taken, also wrong plant supplied from what was ordered, when you try to contact customer services to try to resolve the issue they just ignore you so I would express extreme caution they are not what they seem and the pictures are very deceiving as the delivered plants bear no resemblance to the images portrayed. They indicate a 5 year guarantee on plants but can't even respond after 2 weeks what a joke!!!!!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Having recently made a purchase from this company I found that the products supplied were not as displayed or described on their website they were of a very poor quality and a lot of the bulbs/ tubers have not taken ,when you try to contact customer services to try to resolve the issue they just ignore you so I would express extreme caution they are not what they seem and the pictures are very deceiving as the delivered plants bear no resemblance to the images portrayed. They indicate a 5 year guarantee on plants but can't even respond after 2 weeks what a joke!!!!!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“I recently had a very sad experience with Gardening Express. Firstly, they should most definitely change their name - there is nothing express about this company! It took 6 days to get my plants (if you could call them that!), and on arrival it was obvious that the 'plants' had been wrapped poorly for transportation in air tight cardboard boxes and black plastic rubbish bags and sticky tape. I admit I got suckered in on the website - great pictures and descriptions led to high expectations - but boy oh boy, what a total disappointment. Every single 'plant' was in some way stunted, damaged, or just non-existent - in some cases there was just dirt! Go to your local garden centre or Homebase, B&Q or IKEA and you will get 100% plus better quality plants. Be aware that this company uses Yodel to do their deliveries and they are one of the rudest and most useless of couriers out there adding insult to injury.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Slow to dispatch, took over a week. Recieved email saying they had been dispatched, checked tracking but courier said hadn't been recieved from Gardening Express. Stayed like this for a couple of days, so clearly weren't dispatched when they said they were. Plants arrived broken in several places. Complained and got no response. Terrible service. Would not use again. Would and recommend.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Con merchants”

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Posted 6 years ago

Gardening Express is rated 1.2 based on 1,790 reviews