There is nothing not to like about 'gardens4you.ie'. The plants were so fresh looking. The service was fast. The packing really impressed me as they not only had such a strong box, but it was divided so as to protect the more fragile plants.On top of this the prices were great, but something that I really, really appreciated (because I am a bit of a novice on plants & don't know one from another ) was the fact that for each plant that I had purchased, they enclosed a sheet explaining exactly how to plant each item along with a photo so that I knew which was which.Before I got my parcel I was thinking that I would have to go back on the website to see which plant was which and what to do with it, but this page saved me all of that bother, so I was delighted to find this sheet enclosed.I definitely give this company full marks all round and am saving up to buy some more plants.
In a nutshell: two out of four plants I received were diseased (the other two are in quarantine waiting to see if they are also diseased) and customer service was rude and argumentive when I tried to ask for my money back (which I did after I had to threaten legal action and lateral flow tests to prove the diseased status of the plants, why is it always a battle?). The customer service in question replied from the UK, the plants came from the Netherlands, I ordered from gardens4you (dot) ie.
To get a response from The UK was bizarre as it's through an IE website and I will certainly be reporting gardens4you for using an IE website to "weare" (dot) ie and the relevant authorities for abusing Irish internet infrastructure and cyberspace.
I am also calling out the nursery (ies?) in the Netherlands for their obvious poor care of plants and the many holes in gardens4you in general's Standard Operating Procedures and Policies I can immediately digress from my experience.
I tried to bring this to their attention and resolve the dispute quietly but after the experience with the UK customer service and no response from Melvin Jansen who I tried to contact I am now bringing this to the public's attention.
Save your money DO NOT buy with Gardens4you, buy local or nationally (most local/national stores are happy to order more exotic plants for you), and support the Irish economy. We as an Irish customer base deserve better than the poor service from the Netherlands and rude customer service from The UK.
I ordered some plants .
They arrived yesterday
I ordered buddleia I thought I would receive more plants that what was in the box
I received a very small pot with dried out plant in it
I hope this will grow.
I ordered lavender plant as well received 5 of those when I thought I was getting one
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
5 days ago
Thank you for your feedback. Don't worry buddleia in winter (we have -2ºC at night) are often less attractive visually once planted it will grow normally we offer 2 months of growth guaranthy on our products
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Mar 2, 2023
Ordered 2 items and when they arrived they were tiny, they would get lost in the garden. The stake was even taller than both. No where close to items advertised online. Delivery charge I thought was excessive. Disappointed in general, I would look elsewhere next time.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Mar 3, 2023
The photos on our site are for illustrative purposes only and always show you the products photographed in summer.
We are in winter it is -4ºC in Northern Europe we have 4 seasons you seem to forget. Our plants are cultivated outside all year round,The photos on our site are for illustrative purposes only and always show you the products photographed in summer.
We are in winter it is -4ºC in Northern Europe we have 4 seasons you seem to forget. Our plants are cultivated outside all year round, you will not find plants cultivated in heated greenhouses or imported like you find in supermarkets. The items are in perfect condition and are identical to the measurements and sizes advertised on our site for these products. The wooden rods are not the stake of the plants, we put them in the boxes to avoid that the plants do not move.
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Mar 3, 2023
Begonia tubers arrived Begonia Pendula. I have seen bigger marbles and some as soft as butter. I would suggest tighter quality control. and a photo of not only the plaint in bloom but a photo of the tubers.
Not impressed at all.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Mar 7, 2023
Thank you for the feedback. Our roots and bulbs are controlled for more than 30 years by experts and official organizations. Take pictures of what you received our customer service will be happy to offer you assistance and advise for this order.
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Feb 26, 2023
My delivery was dumped over the wall and the pot was smashed.
The delivery person should have rang the doorbell and delivered it to the front door instead of throwing it over the wall.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Feb 27, 2023
This incident from an unscrupulous delivery person is regrettable and we called the dpd depot in Ireland immediately. We would have preferred to stay on the positive side and have you talk about the replacement that we have arranged as our orders are 100% guaranteed. The star you left will not lower dpd's rating on Trusted Shop but ours which we regret. You could have at least waited for our feedback and responsiveness before leaving a comment of this nature.
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Mar 5, 2023
10 days later and I’m still waiting
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Mar 7, 2023
Your order was placed before the weekend 24/02/2023 and shipped normally the 28/03/2023 as we mentioned on our website. After shipping delivery is about 4-5 working days weekend and bank holidays not included, the order was delivered on time with dpd with delivery evidence.
06.03.2023 10:09 Dublin Hill, Cor ...
Delivered.
Evidence
06.03.2023 07:49 Dublin Hill, Cor ...
Out for delivery.
01.03.2023 01:54 Veenendaal (NL)
In transit.
27.02.2023 08:16 DPD data centre
Order information has been transmitted to DPD.
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Feb 27, 2023
Awful condition.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Mar 2, 2023
We are sorry to read your disappointment via your comment we cannot find any mail from you in our system. You had ordered a Euonymus alatus Burning Bush which is a plant still dormant in winter and some Saponaria ocymoides Soapwort roots. We are surprised to read that a problem has occurred on these products, especially the roots which are like our plants well packed. Please take some photos of these products and contact our customer service we will be happy to solve the problem.
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12 days ago
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11 days ago
Such a low score must have some explanation. We can't find any mail from you in our system. If you were disappointed with your order, which we regret, please take some pictures and contact our customer service department. We will be happy to help you, especially since the products purchased are 100% guaranteed Such a low score must have some explanation. We can't find any mail from you in our system. If you were disappointed with your order, which we regret, please take some pictures and contact our customer service department. We will be happy to help you, especially since the products purchased are 100% guaranteed for a period of 2 months.
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Feb 23, 2023
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Feb 24, 2023
Such a low score must have some explanation. We can't find any mail from you in our system. If you were disappointed with your order, which we regret, please take some pictures and contact our customer service department. We will be happy to help you, especially since the products purchased are 100% guaranteed until May 1, 2023.
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Feb 7, 2023
My 9 Erica carneas should have been multicolored but I received almost all of them white which is not what I ordered. In addition they are in very bad condition and extremely small. I could have booth a much better quality elsewhere. Extremely disappointed and will probably not use again.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Feb 7, 2023
We are sorry to hear that the Erica carnea received are not what you expected. Please send photos to our customer service of the 9 plants received we will be happy to come back to you with an appropriate answer and solution.
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Jan 25, 2023
Items arrived damaged.
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Jan 26, 2023
We are sorry to hear via Trusted shops that some items arrived damaged.
Please take some photos and contact ASAP our customer service we will be happy to solve the problem, the ordered plants are 100% guaranteed.
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Jan 10, 2023
The plants came completely messed with reduced compost. The trees were smaller than measures and photos and one of them was only 3 twigs. Pots were good quality.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Jan 10, 2023
We are sincerely sorry to hear that you are disappointed with the items received. Please send photos evidence to our customer service we will be happy to come back to you with some appropriate solution in accordance with our guarantee. Do not worry all orders placed on our website are 100% guaranteed.
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Jan 15, 2023
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Jan 16, 2023
Such a low score must have some explanation. We can't find any mail from you in our system. If you were disappointed with your order, which we regret, please take some pictures and contact our customer service department. We will be happy to help you, especially since the products purchased are 100% guaranteed until May 1, 2023.
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Dec 8, 2022
The plants took along time to come. When they arrived they were dried out and all over the boxes. Some of them were broken beyond repair due to poor transportation
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Dec 9, 2022
According to the photos received the 2 small plants have been damaged in transit what we sincerely regret but these 2 plants can still be saved. A full refund have been made €16.90 for those 2 plantes. We also gave you a refund of €2.84 for the Areca palm (in order to buy some new potting soil, what we think is honest and fair) the plant lost a little bit of soil but which does not show any damage on your pictures despite your insistence to get a full refund, which we regret because as we have informed you our indoor plants are always guaranteed for 2 months and you can always come back to our customer service in case of a problem with an article.
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Nov 26, 2022
One of the plants looks very poorly
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Nov 29, 2022
After your email from this weekend we came back to you this morning Monday. As we saw it the plant has obviously suffered from the cold and the 4ºC we had here in Holland. Alocacia polly are beautiful plants but sensitive to the cold the large leaves are made of 80% water and plant fiber, since it was not possible to replace the plant due the cold we have arranged the refund €11.95.
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Aug 25, 2022
In a nutshell: two out of four plants I received were diseased (the other two are in quarantine waiting to see if they are also diseased) and customer service was rude and argumentive when I tried to ask for my money back (which I did after I had to threaten legal action and lateral flow tests to prove the diseased status of the plants, why is it always a battle?). The customer service in question replied from the UK, the plants came from the Netherlands, I ordered from gardens4you (dot) ie.
To get a response from The UK was bizarre as it's through an IE website and I will certainly be reporting gardens4you for using an IE website to "weare" (dot) ie and the relevant authorities for abusing Irish internet infrastructure and cyberspace.
I am also calling out the nursery (ies?) in the Netherlands for their obvious poor care of plants and the many holes in gardens4you in general's Standard Operating Procedures and Policies I can immediately digress from my experience.
I tried to bring this to their attention and resolve the dispute quietly but after the experience with the UK customer service and no response from Melvin Jansen who I tried to contact I am now bringing this to the public's attention.
Save your money DO NOT buy with Gardens4you, buy local or nationally (most local/national stores are happy to order more exotic plants for you), and support the Irish economy. We as an Irish customer base deserve better than the poor service from the Netherlands and rude customer service from The UK.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Aug 26, 2022
We have never disrespected our customers, never. We explained and informed you why the foliage of these 2 Lonicera caerulea Morena was like this with the heat wave we have been experiencing for more than 8 weeks and the drought in Europe. You immediately refuted, refused and openly denigrated our explanations in an implausible way by taking completely irrelevant examples that had nothing to do with your initial complaint. In the end you received a refund of €15 for these 2 plants.
Our company is based in the Netherlands and the fact that we manage several sites in Europe is no secret to anyone. Our VAT number and our physical address are visible and published everywhere on the site.
We will report your review to Trusted Shop and provide our email conversation, to show that we were never rude and that your comment is simply a free and incomprehensible attack.
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Apr 25, 2022
Two of the bare-root plants I ordered were dead and rotten on arrival, and, by the look of them, I'm sure they were long dead before dispatch. The other plants were very small, feeble and GREATLY overpriced for the quality. Customer service took a long time to respond and were very cynical and no help to me whatsoever. I will never shop with Gardens4you again, and I would actively discourage other enthusiasts from doing so as well. A complete waste of money.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Jul 8, 2022
Nobody can judge whether a healthy root will develop or not, it is not the size of the product that will give the final size of the plant. Your knowledge of plants was clearly limited, we gave you a clear and honest opinion, too bad you took it that way, especially since these roots were guaranteed until October 1, 2022 as we informed you.
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Apr 10, 2022
I ordered 150 lavender plants. About half look damaged and not in great health. Parts of the plant look dead. About 12 look completely dead and I don't expect them to survive.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Jul 8, 2022
All orders placed on our website are guaranteed. Just take contact with our customer service we will be happy to arrange something under our guarantee.
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Aug 25, 2022
Plants arrived in very poor condition.Have waited three days to see will they come back to life. Very disappointed. Didn't survive seven days in transit.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Aug 26, 2022
We are sorry to see that the plants has suffered from the heat during the transit. Please contact our customer service we will be happy to arrange the refund for the damaged good.
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Nov 5, 2022
The most unprofessional experience I've ever had. Received plants in spring that were supposed to be plug plants, young specimen but were obviously very old and had bern kept in the pots a year too long and had gotten woody. They were nothing like the sane type of plabt i had previously recieved from them. I couldn't plant them so I asked to return for a refund and they were not forthcoming eventually they agreed. I told they they could puck up the plants as I needed to buy new ones. They said they couldn't afford to pick them up. I placed an order this week, they cancelled it twice without any correspondence and when I enquired I got a nasty letter from them telling me they wouldn't sell to me because I forced the guarantee, demanded a refunding and kept the products. I used the guarantee this offer and now they have blacklisted me. The email and all the transactions have been poorly eroded and very unprofessional
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Nov 7, 2022
Your last complaint about the lavender was unfounded. We asked you to wait at least 2 months in order to see the growth of these plants which for a scorching summer with more than 30ºC were not in the catastrophic state that you described. You refused to wait and refused to return the merchandise and therefore openly contested our guarantee as well as the terms and conditions of our site that you had accepted (strange when the plants were guaranteed for 1 year, i.e. until 08/06/2023). You forced a refund of €28.50 not to mention the threats of leaving negative reviews all over the net and on your blog that talks about plants.
We assume 100% our choice and wish you good luck for your purchases on the net but especially to the competition that will welcome you.
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May 3, 2022
I purchased some plants on this site believing their 'Growth Guarantee
Many of the plans were damaged on arrival. I planted them anyway, as per instuctions. After a few weeks, I reported their non-growth to Gardens4You, along with photos.
They disputed the fact they were clearly dead and refused to refund me for several more weeks in the hope they would magically come back to life.
I was asked to leave the dead plants in situ for another few weeks or return them at my expense and they would refund me (minus the original shipping and return shipping costs)
This is also against their policy or returns.
I've followed up a few times but now they don't reply because I asked for a refund.
Avoid this lying, thieving company at all costs.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
Jul 8, 2022
We offer 1 year growth guarantee on all orders placed on our website. None of the plants in the photos we received were as you described in your email. Keeping the goods and refusing to pay for them is similar to what you tried to do so we asked you in order to get full refund to return the goods in accordance with the terms and conditions you agreed to when ordering.
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