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Patch Picks: Top Gardening Centers

This year April AND May showers bring flowers, which means it's time to dig in the dirt and create your beautiful outdoor sanctuary. Check out Patch's Picks for the top gardening centers to buy supplies and make your garden bloom.

Here are the Patch Picks for the top gardening centers in the Trenton and Downriver area.

  • Lowe’s
    The Scene: Masterfully chosen and meticulously tested for optimal performance, Lowe’s Garden Club Select plants are ready for those with or without a green thumb. And even better, all plants come with a one-year guarantee. Lowe’s promises to replace any tree, shrub, or perennial that doesn’t survive a year. Awesome guarantee aside, their gardening center is massive and contains all your gardening needs, including a vast variety of plants, landscaping materials, fountains and ponds, outdoor décor, and more. With Lowe’s, you can “Discover. Plant. Grow.”
  • Ray Hunter Florist & Garden 
    The Scene: Family-owned and operated since 1919, Ray Hunter prides itself on being the leading garden center in the Downriver area. Its expert garden advice in areas such as perennial and annual gardening, going green with gardening, and annual tomato seminar will help you grown the garden of your dreams. Best known for their heirlooms, Mr. Hunter personally grows 100 different varieties of tomato plants that have horticulturists energized to begin their vegetable garden. For gardening novices, Ray Hunter’s “We Plan, You Plant” service offers customers a professional landscape design for a do-it-yourself project. 
  • Schwartz’s Greenhouse
    The Scene: “Where Nature’s Splendor Awaits” ... Four generations later, this family business has grown to more than two acres of shopping space. Maintaining that it has a plant for any decorative taste, Schwartz’s welcomes the spring season with flats to specialty hanging baskets, and everything in between for your spring project. Surrounded by 58 kinds of perennials, 47 types of herb and vegetable plants, and 20 varieties of hanging baskets, this plant paradise is perfect for both expert and budding planters.
  • Block’s Stand and Greenhouse
    The Scene: The best-kept secret in southeastern Michigan, Block’s dedicated customers come back year after year, many from all around the state. Immense varieties of hanging baskets, flats, and perennials are of exceptional quality and sold at great prices. While they crowds may be too much for some, they are most definitely testament to the superiority of their greenery, as well as the helpful and friendly staff. So brave the masses and see what the buzz is all about.
  • D & L Garden Center 
    The Scene: This locally-owned, family-run business is a complete garden center, selling a full line of premium lawn and garden products. Carrying merchandise to meet all of your landscaping needs, their shrubs, trees, fertilizers, fertilizers, and bulk landscape materials will transform your yard into a lush oasis. Black Michigan peat topsoil will enhance the look and moisture retention of your garden, while unique products such as Japanese maples will offer unrivaled beauty.
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