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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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“they took my order and money from my account knowing full well they did not have the stock in AVOID AVOID”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Ordered on 19 April for a birthday gift in May. To date no plants no refund and just emails which tell me its being processed. I asked a refund but they cant seem to process this?”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Honestly, I want to be forgiving in these current times but this company does themselves no favours. I have ordered from 4 other gardening companies in the 10 week period since i ordered from Gardening Express. All have arrived since. I have emailed them asking them to cancel my order, after no replies to any support tickets I submitted. Hey presto, I got a response saying my item was marked for dispatch and ignoring the request for my order to be cancelled. I have since had an email telling me it's been despatched via DX next day delivery. DX have no record of the order and it didnt arrive the next day. They have ignored subsequent emails from me asking to cancel the order. I'm currently getting my bank to force the refund. If their comms were better, I might, might, just accept the fact that the order is 10 weeks overdue. But it's a total mess.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“My dreadful experience echoes everyones. Order costing £125.89 placed on the 6th May. When garden centres reopened I attempted to cancel, thinking transport of large plants might be difficult. I was completely ignored. Have contacted credit card for refund under section 75, BBC radio 4 you and yours, BBC watchdog and trading standards. And now magically my plants have been dispatched against my wishes as per numerous emails. I will not be accepting delivery. Please Avoid if you are considering ordering & if you are caught be in this please highlight your experience. They cannot continue to treat us with contempt.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Don't order from this company!! Waited nearly 3 months for delivery, which I have cancelled 3 times via email, which they ignored. No telephone number on website for contact. Had to receive goods as with covid delivery person just leaves on doorstep. Plants in terrible condition, looks like, 1 diseased, 1 extremely squashed and misformed and other dead! And not grateful for the free gift bulbs which aren't labelled, no idea what they are! I've used many mail order companies for plants before definitely the worst by a long way! Total rip off!”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 9th June 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“No customer service whatsever, waiting a month for replies to ticket enquiries as there is no other way of contacting them.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“ORDER 600442433 After a month emailed requesting a refund quoting Consumer Right Act 2015, advised plants were on the way. Advised they were now not needed and I would not accept delivery which I didn't. Returned plants showed on courir's tracking system.. No refund. Impossible to contact no chat, no phone ane generic resposes to emails. Contact BBC Radio 4 You and Yours, a consumer rights show Phone: 0161 836 1346 Twitter: @BBCRadio4 google for email address”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Absolutely awful company. Don't buy from them. And if you've already ordered but not seen your goods or received dead plants contact your bank and ask them to do a dispute resolution on the account you paid from. It's quite easy and you might get your money back.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“After waiting 8 weeks, the plants have arrived in an appauling condition .The company say their chat lines are not operational at this time and they do not answer e mails.Even raising a support ticket with them is a difficult process. They are not charging bargain basement prices and I only ordered online because garden centres were closed in the current crisis.I am really shocked at this level of operation.There are lovely colourful photos and some glowing reviews on their website but there appears to be many , many people having the same problems as myself.This needs to stop.”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 8th June 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“After several weeks( ordered 17th April, received June 7th), these plants arrived in a terrible state, cramped, well past their best , most of them broken and generally in a terrible state.Ive never received anything in this condition in my history of online ordering.I am very, very upset and have no idea what this company are thinking of ....completely immoral....”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I paid almost £60 to Gardening Express on 24th April , it is now June 8th and I have not received any communication or my plants, it is a shocking way to conduct a business, never again will I purchase from them and if my plants have not arrived by 11/06/20 which will be 7 weeks wait, I am going to contact my bank for a chargeback, it is such a waste of time having to deal with a bad company who took my money promptly.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Just appalling. I ordered on 12th April and have spent the last six weeks trying to cancel and receiving no response. Plants arrived today (8th June) - 9 weeks after ordering. Will be reporting to Essex Trading Standards. DO NOT TOUCH THEM!!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Ordered 23/03/20 still no sign of plants or refund DISGUSTING”

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Posted 5 years ago

“absolutely shocking, completely disgraceful company. Money taken immediately on order, no products and no returned communications in 8 weeks. THIS COMPANY IS A SCAM.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Disgusting customer services...in fact NO customer services. WHEN I EVENTUALLY received the plants one was dead. One was almost dead. Absolutely awful. And no matter how much you complain they never offer a replacement or refund. Yet hear them squirm when they see bad reviews.. Absolutely disgusting company”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Eight weeks since our order on 14th April and still waiting. Money taken the day after. No way to contact them, they don't reply to their on-line tickets. No phone or e-mail. Appalling. Mr Chris Bonnett, MD, you should hang your head in shame.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I like many others have been shocked that a retailer can get away with this fraud, taking my money £251.00 on 23 April and still no plants, no contact information, only 2 emails stating they were beginning to work on the orders placed in April.... even though these plants will have finished flowering now. I have tried to ask for a refund but to no avail. Avoid buying from this company at all cost, they really don’t care.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Like all the other reviewers, I am adding my experience. Dreadful from start to finish. Three blueberry plants are not as described nor do they even look like each other. Six weeks later they are struggling to survive and have neither blossomed nor grown in size. Given the price and the special offer, these plants should be alot bigger than this and look nothing like the plant I purchased last year from a garden centre. Another plant was damaged before packaging as the flower head was partially snapped and growing in a strange direction. The packaging was dreadful, all pots squashed and wrapped in tape and the damage to the box was not caused by Hermes. We checked. No answer to two tickets opened. A reply to a third was meant for someone else called Hayley. We've had enough now and want a refund for these dreadful plants. Please see pics.”

Gardening Express 1 star review on 7th June 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“Like everyone else I placed an order on the 6thMay and yes guess what I’m still waiting?!! I have emailed and yes guess what no reply?!! I’m not even getting the usual weekly update with the drivel about delays blah blah blah. It’s a joke don’t know how this company is getting away with still taking orders. Everyone is experiencing difficulties at the moment but orders are being fulfilled so I cannot understand why this company is using the current situation as an excuse not to deliver. I only gave one star as it wasn’t possible to write a review with no stars.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Still waiting now 6 weeks .”

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Posted 5 years ago

Gardening Express is rated 1.2 based on 1,790 reviews