Armstrong Garden Centers

Cool place to pick up a few things.
The staff, no fault of their own, needs more training. It would be great if Armstrongs did events here that were informative to help out their staff as well as the community. Bring in some experts to talk about soil, soil nutrition, soil biology, growing plants. Take an example from Laguna Nursery. I study a lot about agriculture and like employees you see at places like home depot, the employees often give not so great help or misinformation. The workers here are nice, kind people, it would be great to allow them opportunities to grow and learn. Most people like to learn and it would really benefit the customers who come here.

I just left this garden center, with the intention of purchasin a number of larger plants to update my landscaping. A woman on the phone held a 30 minute conversation, not even acknowledging my presence. Another woman came to the counter and finally asked me if I needed help. I asked her a question about a Fushia plant. She pointed in the direction to walk and exclaimed to me, -I have to help tbese others, hehind you first. " I went to find the plant, walked around and stayed there a total of 50 minutes. I began to think about a transaction a few years ago of about $800, that I didn't know I could sign up for a membership. I only found out about it the following time when someone else was encouraged to join. Clearly the total lack of good customer service for all people is only provided to those whom they deem important and deserving of those courtesies.

I'm heading there after work today....I'm giving a great score in advance because I have been there before. They also have great customer service.

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