Swanson's Nursery

Swanson's has one of the greatest plant selections in the city and the folks that work there are quite knowledgeable and helpful. The information desk is fabulous for answering your gardening questions and guiding your purchases to fit your needs.

Posted 08/05/09 | Report Abuse

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I have dealt with Swanson's for more than 25 years. I've bought at other well-known nurseries but the plant quality and selection and the staff's service and knowledge come up short in comparison. They stand behind their product, with a smile. They are a nursery without rival. Now that I live in NW Washington, 2 1/2 hr.s away, I still call them first with questions and prefer to travel the distance rather than take 2nd best for my annual HUGE planting spree. There's nothing up here to compare (I've looked). They are definitely a destination.

Posted 02/19/07 | Report Abuse

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Swansons Nursery has a huge selection of plants, trees, potteries and garden supplies. It is not far from I-5 and 85th Street, which is close my work. They also have the weekly specials which I'd love to go. Their price is sometimes a little higher than the competitors, but I buy plants when they are on sale during the weekly specials and most of the time I get myself a good deal.

Posted 10/25/05 | Report Abuse

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This nursery is one of the largest ones in the Seattle area. They carry one of the largest selections of plants. We came here in search of the perfect house plants for our home, and after waiting quite awhile, got a sales person to help us with choosing an appropriate plant. He was very helpful, but the cashier was extremely rude which left a bad taste in my mouth about the whole experience. When I asked her a simple question about where to find an appropriate fertilizer for my bamboo plant, she rolled her eyes at me and then proceeded to stalk back to the aisle where the bamboo fertilizers were and came back to the counter and slid the bottle of fertilizer towards me. I was kind of taken aback at the attitude I was given but at this point just wanted to get out of the place and made my purchase. I felt rather annoyed that I was making quite a big purchase on plants, pots, etc., but was being treated the way I was. Swansons has a great selection but obviously not very good customer service and the plants are rather expensive.

Posted 09/27/05 | Report Abuse

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When I want to do gardening shopping, the first place I go is often Swansons. The nursery is not very big, nevertheless it carries a lot of high quality plants in vast varieties.

The September (fall) sale is an event I often look forward to, as shrubs and many plants are 40% off. I also like to take advantage of the bareroot sale in spring, because it is much easy to haul bareroot and dormant plants home.

A lot of the plants in my backyard are from Swanson and they are all very healthy and vigorous.

Posted 09/13/05 | Report Abuse

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When my gramps was a young man he worked at a plant nursery and he has always been interested in plants and trees. Up until about 2 years ago Gramps was still living at the family farm and it is unbelievable to see how many wonderful plants, bushes, flowers and trees that he planted during his many happy years there. Swanson's Nursery has been there for gramps and he wanted me to let anyone who needs to shop for these items to make Swanson's their first and probably only stop. Gramps says that he has never had better luck with plants and trees from anywhere else.

Posted 08/15/05 | Report Abuse

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Swanson's has been around Seattle for
a lot of years and it shows in their plants
and their service. They have a great
variety of garden goodies at a good
price.

Posted 04/19/05 | Report Abuse

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Swansons, just north of Ballard, and a bit off the beaten path, is a huge, fully stocked nursery. It is on par with Skye (might be a touch bigger), and actually a little classier than Skye.

You want plants, seeds, trees, bushes, this is the place to come. I feel that their prices are higher than Skye, by a little, but they have high quality stuff.

This is the kind of place, where if you are a gardener you could spend a couple of hours just browsing, walking around, getting ideas and enjoying yourself.

They have classes here too. Follow 15th Ave NW up from Ballard, but when it bears right and becomes Holman, keep going straight. It'll be a bit up on your left.

Posted 03/17/05 | Report Abuse

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