Far West Nursery

Dave Anderson

Awesome place, people and experience. Thanks.

Michelle D

We have loved Far West for many years. Definitely check them out! Helpful employees, healthy plants. Since the pandemic they have a much reduced stock of plants. Not sure if that is the reason, or just slow business. They have rented part of their property for trailer storage. Sort of sad to see. But they must have a reason.

Garcia R (ARea)

I was very impressed with the quality of the plants, inventory, value, and tidiness of this nursery! Late Fall and Winter is the end of the season which means less variety and limited inventory. I feel they still had a great variety of plants throughout the nursery. I am looking forward to visiting this nursery in the Spring and Summer during the peak of grow season. It was easy to find and parking was ok since it was empty. The nursery itself was clean, organized, and almost all plants & products were labeled with common and botanical names! I will definitely be coming here again. It shot up to one of my favorite local nurseries. With all that said...why rate it a 3?! Unfortunately, and especially during these difficult pandemic times, I expect customer service to be excellent at small businesses. We can easily go buy somewhere else. Customer service fell short when I first arrived and continued that way while I shopped around for nearly an hour. I got a greeting about 5 minutes after arriving and it was only a hello from a stranger after I said hello (ended up being an employee...or the owner for all I know). I didn't know if he was an employee or a customer leaving, just saying hi. There was no interaction afterward asking if I needed help to find anything. Not by a single person and there were apparently 3 employees present when I arrived. That was disappointing to get any help until I was ready to leave. After that, the interactions were cordial and pleasant. For that alone, I deducted 2 stars. I would be glad to update this review in the future. It would have taken 5 seconds to ask me with if I needed help. That would have been all I needed for a 5 star rating. I am not too local but local enough that I would be willing to make the 45 minute drive more often to spend my hard earned money here.

Annie C Klein

This is a wonderful hidden gem! Hands down the friendliest team of plant experts and the most welcoming and reasonably priced nursery in Santa Cruz. Traci is a well of horticultural knowledge and really knows her plants! She gave me some excellent advice and went above and beyond to make sure I felt fully educated to care for my plants. Edgar was also very sweet and helped me to the car with my new ceramic pots! There is no hard sell happening here, just really wonderful friendly people who care a lot about plants and customer satisfaction! All plants looked healthy and happy and very well looked after too! Glad I found my new favourite nursery, I will be back!