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Johnpatrick Ohc

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Plants not in good condition

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  • - 9 lavender plants ordered Aug 23, delivered Sep 2.
  • - Sep 3 unpacking showed plants damaged from tight packing and pots; moisture didn't reach them.

I Purchased 9 Lavender plants on 23rd August and these were delivered on 2nd September, On unpacking on 3rd September a lot of the plants were half dead, they had been packed so tightly with sticky tape that the pots were distorted and no moisture was getting to the plants the pots were distorted and I tried to form a round again and had to push the compost back in to the pots. My friend took a photograph a week later as I tried to revive them but to no avail I think that 4 of the Blue star will not survive and one of the Anouk also the white ones are very flimsy and one had the main shoot broken I have propped this up do not think that will survive either.

I am very disappointed in this delivery.

I believe that the problem lies atBeware when buying nu8merous plants the packaging stage. Yours sincerely Ann C Johnson

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Jay W Hvf

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Morgan’s crap at her job

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  • - I bought a rose tree and roses from Gardening Express; they died.
  • - I spent over £170 on defective plants; the guarantee was disputed; beware Bonnett.

avoid avoid - do not buy! at your risk!

posting my review about a rose tree and several rose bushes I was conned into buying from gardening express - this review is a warning to potential customers about christopher bonnett's dodgy company!

I'm appalled at how this company treats their customers, especially Morgan.

I bought rose bushes and this tree being one as I wanted to start a new garden project. This tree was meant to be the centerpiece. It didn't grow. I spent over £170 on plants with my orders and after a while noticing it was dead alongside two other rose bushes I had bought, I contacted GE on 21.05.2025. It is now 16th June. First they got it wrong that it wasn't covered by the guarantee, it is. Then they said sorry they got confused. Then asked for proof. All the while blaming a faulty internal customer service management platform that moves your communications to the last of the queue if you chase up your previous email.

Of course if you are being ignored by a company and incompetence of the staff is adding to the problem you will chase them, so they've created the perfect excuse to steal your money and give you defective plants.

They even had the cheek to ask me to write a letter by hand and post it should I wish to complain. It's 2025 and they think I will write an essay, walk to the post office, pay for a stamp and post the letter - as if you're worth any effort at all, the stamp price and my time!

This now seems like a scam. My aim is to now raise awareness of this disaster of a company and warn other customers about their dodgy practices. Their director christopher bonnett must be made aware of how his company is taking a nosedive otherwise it must be that he is complicit and it's his business model - take customers' money, provide defective dead products and then create a broken customer service platform with clowns as staff to steal and cause so much frustration that they go away fed up.

I'm no such customer. I won't be taken for a ride.

Loss:
$170
Pros:
  • Cowards
  • Thieves
  • No telephone number
Cons:
  • Cowards
  • Wankers
  • Thieves

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Avoid this company like the plague

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Deborah H Jql

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It’s concerning how I’ve been treated by an online gardening company called gardening express

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  • - Ordered plants and two outdoor trees; all arrived in poor condition and dead.
  • - Seeks a full refund; company replied with planting and watering tips.
Updated by user Jul 12, 2025

Report this company to trading standards as they still haven’t responded to my constant emails and have still not issued me with a refund and are completely ignoring me ! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY ! Totally irresponsible and unacceptable behaviour !

Original review Jun 27, 2025
Weeks and weeks ago I ordered some plants and two outdoor trees from this company and all that I ordered have arrived in such poor condition and were dead when they were delivered and the two trees I bought from them have died a week after I bought them ! Ive sent so many emails and pictures and they have not been responding to my emails for ages and Im housebound and disabled in a wheelchair so I cant go to garden centres !

Ive repeatedly asked for a refund from them and they havent responded until I told them I was going to report them to trading standards and you too! Today they responded and said that if I plant them and give them plenty of water that they will be fine but they arent they are completely dead ! Ive been gardening for years so I know what Im doing and all I want is a full refund from them !

I would be really grateful if you could contact them for me as they dont have a phone number and they take too long to reply ! Many thanks

User's recommendation: Don’t ever use this company called gardening express

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Alison B Eiu

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My expensive order for my garden project just disappeared !!

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Until now I have had no issues with this company, always happy with quality etc but then I decide to purchase olive trees and pay over £500 and nothing..it says they were shipped, maybe back to bloody Tuscany as I certainly dont have them!!! No phone number, 4 emails ignored. WTH am I supposed to do???

Narked of Norwich

User's recommendation: AVOID

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Anonymous

Where is my order

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Ordered a korean fir as a birthday present. So far it has not been delivered.

I cannot speak to anyone and to get any answers I have to request a special form and apply for answers. They do not make it easy for the customer.

User's recommendation: Long winded process to receive any queries you have

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Charlotte T Eol

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Dead rose, ignored emails, failed guarantee

Updated by user Aug 05, 2025

Don't buy bare rooted plants from this company. They do not have a phone number either so very hard to contact except for email which just got ignored.

Original review Jul 21, 2025

I ordered a bare-root rose from Gardening Express earlier this year, which completely failed to grow and is now clearly dead. It was supposed to be covered under their Bare Root Guarantee until the end of July.

I followed all the proper care steps and provided photo evidence, but after initially responding, they stopped replying to my emails altogether.

I've now contacted them multiple times with no resolution. The plant was only £20, but it's the principle; if they don't honour their guarantee or respond to customers, how can they be trusted?

User's recommendation: Stay away from this company!!!

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SMishra Jld

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| map-marker London, England

Delayed Delivery - Nearly a month and still not despatched

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I had placed my order on May 3. It has now been 17 working days and almost a month overall without any update on my order.

The online order status still indicates that it hasn't been shipped, and there are no tracking details available. I have contacted them via the online form and email several times, but they send a template response without providing a clear and honest answer regarding the shipment of my order. I have also asked them to please issue a full refund and offer compensation for this experience.

This would at least enable me to purchase plants from another store. I have already lost nearly a month of good weather and bank holiday weekends.

Pros:
  • Cheaper plants
Cons:
  • Unreliable delivery service and pathetic customer service

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: Good site but delivery unreliable. Zero customer service.

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Cobalt S

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| map-marker Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Very very poor service & dead plants

Really awful company - my order took forever to come - over 4 weeks , nobody replied to emails. The order came in dribs and drabs and essentially half dead, most of the plants are now completely dead despite careful treatment.

When I emailed them to complain I was completely ignored over three times , despite sending photos. I have wasted £120 & wound recommend avoiding this company at all costs, bunch of scammers.

Loss:
$120
Pros:
  • Havnt found any
Cons:
  • Terribe customer service
  • Dead plants

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Avoid at all costs

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Anonymous

Ordered 2 x trees, received 2 x dead twigs

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The two trees I ordered were not much more than two dead twigs, each with a ball root in a poly bag. Being disabled I paid a gardener £30 to plant them after receiving assurances that they would recover.

Two months later after making sure they were watered properly, still two dead twigs. Trying to get a reply from them is impossible, so it looks like I will have to make a chargeback.

User's recommendation: Avoid.

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Adom Dee

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Dissatisfaction

Updated by user Jul 31, 2025

Just don’t buy from them

Original review Jul 16, 2025

The worst company ever.

Please do not waste your time ordering plants from this company. There are so many more reputable centres for plants.

I received my order after one month. No information was given for the delay and no apologies.Plants were all packed together, pots and branches were broken and in bad condition.

Had I looked at some of their reviews I would not have ordered.

User's recommendation: DONT BUY

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Paul C Vbk

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Very happy with speed of delivery but the parcel was damaged and one of the rose bushes had the branches broken

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The parcel was all crushed when delivered and one of the rose bushes is damaged would like a replacement for the one that is damaged please

User's recommendation: Get them to use a company that can read the sign on the box HANDLE WITH CARE LIVE PLANTS

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Anonymous
map-marker Manchester, England

Just received 2 delphinium, white, they are just about dead, I have the pics

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They must have been distributed over a week ago from the state of them, it took an age to get them out if packaging, I had to rip boxes ti get them out so can't send them back. Now what do I do.

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Samhitha Rkt

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Lost in delivery

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Ordered 3 plants. One arrived, then I was told by Yodel they had delivered the second, sadly not to my house!

The third plant has still not arrived.

I have tried to contact Gardening Express and Yodel - absolute waste of time. Don't use them.

Loss:
$40

Preferred solution: Full refund

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Marty C Pgx

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Zero, their customer service is useless

Order is overdue, you report it and absolutely nothing in response. You can do that all day long; it's an automated service, and it is a complete waste of time. Gardening Express used to be reliable, but not now.

Loss:
$42

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: Don’t touch them

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Anonymous

Terrible

Don't deliver on time, plants are dead, won't refund your money and half the order is missing.

You cannot contact by the phone on their contact contact us section of the website state if you keep sending emails they will go to the back of the Q or into Spam.

All telephone numbers on the internet are defunct and the email for Chris Bonnet CEO is defunct.also. I would encourage everyone to put a negative rating on Trust Pilot too.

User's recommendation: Don't purchase anything

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