Sloat Garden Center
- rating
- 4.5
- address
- 2000 Novato Blvd, Novato, CA 94947, USA
- website
- http://www.sloatgardens.com/
- place id
- ChIJFfdZTJq7hYARb7N2GF2flhI
- collection
- Marin public-source records
- observed at
- 2026-10-11T00:14:48.602Z
- review count
- 84
- google maps url
- https://maps.google.com/?cid=1339433161380508527&g_mp=Cidnb29nbGUubWFwcy5wbGFjZXMudjEuUGxhY2VzLlNlYXJjaFRleHQQAhgEIAA
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Recorded 2026-10-11
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Bought a fiddle leaf fig here and the soil was filled with a massive ant nest. Now my house is filled with thousands of ants, and I have to decontaminate all my other houseplants too. Really bad experience, do not buy plants from this nursery unless you too want a biblical plague in your home!
Rosemary Frederick · Sloat Garden Center · review of place
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Really impressed with this store and with an employee named Cameron, who was extremely knowledgeable and patient with an amateur gardener. He made my shopping experience educational and enjoyable. Thank you!
Marin Appliance Repair · Sloat Garden Center · review of place
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Its not often I come back to change a rating. My first experience was great. And then it all went downhill. I wanted this place to be good because its a local business. But I shouldn't have given them as much slack as I did or the chance to get better. Between the fact that I can purchase literally everything here somewhere else, the inappropriate comments regarding theft and scheduling, and the sexually inappropriate comments from a manager to a subordinate, please shop anywhere else.
Sad Faerie · Sloat Garden Center · review of place
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Peace, plants, and helpful service. Accessible ♿️ parking right by front door. Plant oriented gifts. Gardening supplies, tools, etc. CA native and drought resistant sections.
Cynthia E · Sloat Garden Center · review of place
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Terrible experience with customer service, was treated extremely poorly today when pointing out a flaw on an indoor plant I was trying to purchase. I shop here frequently, as Novato only has a few options to choose from when it comes to plants. Today was pretty busy, and there were two workers on cashier duty. I was going to purchase two carnivorous plants that had definitely seen better days. They obviously hadn't been watered in quite a while as they had completely dry, hydrophobic soil with dead leaves all around the base (with a sticker that said to keep somewhat moist), no pitchers or new growth, and were looking like they needed to be saved. After waiting in line for about 20 minutes, I asked the young man at the front if he would possibly cut me a small discount since the plants were in such poor condition. He ripped the plants from my hand and said he would not give me a discount. I said ok, I wasn't going to take the plants. He followed up with, "good", as I walked away. Then as I proceeded to leave I noticed my car was blocked by a delivery truck. I asked if I would be able to get put with him behind me, and he responded by chastistizing my driving skills. I called twice to speak with management and wasn't able to speak with a manager either time, as I suspect the person answering the phone was the kid at the register that was rude to me. Sloat management, I recommend training your employees how to treat customers with respect, especially when customers are respectful to them. Safe to say, I will only be shopping Summerwinds or elsewhere from here on out.
Tanya DeWilde · Sloat Garden Center · review of place
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