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Gardening Express Reviews

1.2 Rating 202 Reviews
4 %
of reviewers recommend Gardening Express
1.2
Based on 202 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 16%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 25%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
6 - 12 Hours

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Gardening Express 1 star review on 18th September 2025
Zoe Yarde
Gardening Express 1 star review on 18th September 2025
Zoe Yarde
Gardening Express 1 star review on 18th September 2025
Zoe Yarde
Gardening Express 1 star review on 23rd June 2025
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Gardening Express 1 star review on 23rd June 2025
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Gardening Express 1 star review on 4th May 2025
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Gardening Express 1 star review on 25th February 2025
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I ordered several Acer plants from Gardening Express and unfortunately my experience was disappointing. The order took almost a month to be dispatched. During that time, I had to contact customer services myself to request an update. Shortly after my enquiry, the order was finally dispatched, which made me question whether it would have been sent at all without my follow-up. When the plants arrived, the compost was completely dry, one Acer had exposed and dried roots, several leaves were dry or damaged, and two nursery pots were completely broken. While I understand that live plants can experience some degree of transit stress, this was beyond the normal wear and tear I have seen when ordering plants online. Customer service refunded a missing packet of Petunia seeds, which I appreciate. However, they maintained that the condition of the plants was consistent with normal transit damage and did not offer any compensation for the condition of the plants themselves. I was also previously sent a compensation link that did not work, which did not inspire confidence in the complaint process. The plants may ultimately recover, and I understand that nursery pots are intended to protect the root system during transit. However, in my view, pots arriving completely broken, together with exposed roots and bone-dry compost, does not reflect the level of quality I would expect. Overall, I was disappointed both with the condition of the order on arrival and with the way the complaint was handled.
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Posted 1 week ago
I ordered 8 plants to fill a gap in our hedge. No telephone number to ask questions, but had some email communication to give me an idea of spacing required. All OK so far. Then after ordering, two of my eight plants arrived. Confused, I called to see where the other 6 were? Assured they were coming soon... well four did, three days later. The other two got 'lost in transit' so I was offered a refund. No apology, and nothing done to make amends. The plants themselves were OK but you couldn't make it up!
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Posted 1 year ago
After waiting for the best part of 6 weeks for my order when it arrived the box was absolutely battered and 3 of the shrubs were very damaged one to the extent that the best place to plant it was in the compost bin. Despite sending photographs of the box and its damaged contents there has been no acknowledgement by the company other than their robotic statement that the 'email has been received'. Given the poor state of affairs I emailed them again (can't get hold of them by phone) and said I wished to cancel the next two orders (one of which was 6 weeks late and the other 4 weeks). Once again though no acknowledgement and eventually the two orders turned up. Thankfully our other garden orders were done through You Garden so the rest of our garden refurbishment will be done through them.
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Posted 6 years ago
Gardening Express is rated 1.2 based on 202 reviews