David Fairley Gardens Ltd Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I ordered two 10litre shrubs early this year and waited several weeks for delivery. After some delays following dispatch the plants finally arrived, and were well packaged. A month later one shrub is... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We bought four Quercus Ilex (Holly Oak) pleached trees. Sam & Ed delivered and planted the trees together with robust support stakes in one day. They were thorough, hard working, with a pleasant demea... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5* well deserved on price, shrubs, delivery and customer service. Ordered 6 clear stem photinia trees/shrubs to brighten up a small new build house back garden. Customer service was extremely helpful... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Made an online purchase, spoke to David to ask some advice. Very helpful chap indeed explained all I needed to know. Delivery was quick our Monkey Puzzle arrived in good condition. Wouldn’t hesita... See more

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  1. Nursery
  2. Garden centre
  3. Gardener
  4. Tree service

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Supplying and planting architectural plants, mature evergreen trees, topiary, instant hedges shrubs and perennials.


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First rate service

First rate service - would highly recommend.

From the pre-sales service, to the delivery/installation team, then the product itself and the finally the after sales care advice - I literally couldn't fault any of it. Extremely impressive. Thank you.

9 September 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer care

Excellent customer care. The plant I ordered had been pruned back so they offered me various options including money back. I chose to take the plant which is just great. Well packed and good condition.

25 August 2021
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Rubbish plants, but I did get a refund.

I will start by saying that I eventually got a refund, but it was a real faff to get it.

I ordered a number of plants including some larger hydrangeas. The hydrangeas were in very poor condition when they arrived and I made note on the delivery manifesto, took photos and immediately contacted David Fairley ((by email)). I received no reply so I phoned - I was told I would receive a reply. I didn't receive a reply so I followed this up with another email.

My reply was astonishing. Firstly, I was told that they were 'over' because they had already flowered in Italy. Secondly I was told that DFG sell wholesale standard plants, not garden nursery plants. Can you imagine that kind of BS. Anyway, I explained that I buy thousands of plants a year through our business and that was rubbish.

I eventually got my refund, but what a load of old cobblers in their excuses.

16 August 2021
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Reply from David Fairley Gardens Ltd

If you are not happy with our email response in regards to plants dispatched, please do call the office number to talk about damaged plants or plants that do not meet your expectations. Are first response will be an email. We are here to help. Replacements will be organised or a refund if they are clearly not in good shape.

Hopefully you will see in most of out reviews, mainly 5 stars that we provide quality plants. Some reviews also explain a similar situation as with this customers problem, but state we organised replacement plants.

We do import a lot of our plants form Italy, similar to our competitors. They are excellent quality. The growing season is much longer there, hotter weather that lasts longer than in the Uk. This means a lot of flowering shrubs begin flowering earlier and go over earlier than plants grown here in the UK.

Please call us to discuss your plants if your anything but delighted! 01858469861

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service from start to finish

We have just bought 6 trees (3 Photinias and 3 Camellias) from David Fairley Gardens and received an excellent service from start to finish. Got lots of help with selecting the right trees and had an excellent planting service from their team who were both timely, efficient and cleared up all the turf and soil afterwards. Excellent service that we would highly recommend.

5 August 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My order arrived several weeks after…

My order arrived several weeks after the expected delivery time. Moreover, the plants were in a bad shape: a number of twigs were broken and some leaves had died out. Also the packing was not properly marked and the order was delivered to me UPSIDE DOWN! I contacted the supplier about the issues I encountered, but the communication was very bad and there was no resolution proposed. I cannot recommend this supplier.

3 August 2021
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Reply from David Fairley Gardens Ltd

the planet 🌏 is dying. we need to plant so many more trees. to save the planet 🌏

This customer has not notified us of a problem. We send out 3, 5 and 10 litre plants with Parcel Force. Well packaged in cardboard boxes. More than 95% of the time the boxes are respected in transit, and the plants arrive in good order.

Sometimes they do not. If this happens to yourself call the nursery on 01858469861. We will organise a replacement for you.

We send out about 50 -100 boxes per month. And we do have to re send plants once or twice each month. We are here to help, call us.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Very poor quality, sickly, expensive bush?

I have to admit that I am a little more than disappointed with the straggly 5 leaved “bush” I paid nearly £40 for. It was spindly and although I had picked the largest size available and it came in a large pot it was not worthy of the price at all. It arrived well packaged though and although took a while to be sent- which was fine, I had no problems having it sent to a different address as it was a present for someone.
But I won’t buy again from them as it’s obvious they had no pride in the standard of livestock they send out. I was embarrassed to see how poor it was when it arrived at their house. I wouldn’t buy again if you can’t get an actual picture of the plant they are sending. It’s a sort of thanks for nothing situation?

24 July 2021

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