City Escape Garden Center and Design Studio

Great store. I love to walk around with my kid and get ideas for home. We stop here whenever we need gravel, specific dirt for planting or other gardening odds and ends. They keep a small stock of seeds as well for growing your own stuff. Nice staff and immaculately maintained. Not cheap by any stretch, but so well curated. You'll understand.

A huge HUGE place. Felt really overwhelming walking in there, so much stuff. Absolutely gorgeous decor and design. They have a ton of decorations, planters. Right now they have a ton of indoor plants, all sizes, some were massive plants. Prices are definitely on the higher end, but I would assume you get good quality. Picked up some pots. They didn't have a very big selection of seeds, which I initially was looking for. Employees were nice. They also have a cat, so that's immediately 5 stars right there.

Do not be fooled by the positive reviews of this place! It is indeed a nice place to walk around but the charm ends there. ALL OF THEIR PLANTS develop diseases and die within two weeks of purchase. I've tried multiple times thinking it must be me but I am a successful gardener and indoor plant dad and no matter what I buy from this place it dies within two weeks. I'm finally writing this review after trying once more and purchasing 2 separate honeysuckle vines worth $200. Within a few days I noticed spots and some leaf yellowing. I had not removed the plants from their pot, giving them time to acclimate to one thing at a time starting with their location. A few days later I found several massive spiders amongst the plants! I went back to speak with the folks at City Escape to see if they could diagnose the problem and or replace the plants. They convinced me it was just adjusting to a new environment and that i shouldn't worry about it, the plant would bounce back. By the following week the yellow spotting had turned black and the leaves were shriveling and dying! Nothing I did worked and within two weeks both plants were completely dead. This place is a total scam! My guess is they HEAVILY spray their plants with pesticides at the nursery and are diligent about rotating out anything that doesn't look healthy but everything is infected and you'll discover this as soon as you bring these overpriced plants home. Of course there is no return policy, no compensation for plants that are clearly diseased, if I could give this 0 stars I would. It's such a bummer cause you want to see a local place like this run a good business with quality products and service but they are just like any big company trying to make money and willing to swindle or cut corners on quality just so protect their margins. I highly discourage anyone from flushing their money down this local toilet. Head over to Christy Weber just up the street instead, at least they take returns on plants that clearly show problems.