Verdant Tree Farm

Not a good experience for me ! I am a landscaper / tree service company . So I recommended this place ( bad mistake ) to a client that wanted to purchase a tree . So we went to find her a tree at VERDANT 👎🏽🤌🏾. We spoke with Jared and he was very professional and was very knowledgeable about trees . My client found a tree she liked and decided to buy a 45 gallon Live Oak. She walked out paying over $500 and Jared mentioned if we needed Top soil he could hook us up so we told Jared we would be back Saturday . We didn’t make it by on Saturday so I called and spoke to Jared and he told me it was fine see you Monday . I showed up with my trailer/ straps to pick up the Tree and no one seemed to know where the tree was located . Jared tagged it but wasn’t at the location so I told the guy I knew where it was located . So we loaded the tree on my trailer . I spoke to an employee who was walking around and told him Jared said I can have some top soil He responded saying Yes you can go to the back and get a bucket full that should be all you need. I drive to the back and spoke to another guy on forklift . He told me call the office . I called and asked the owner if I could get a bucket of dirt for the tree my client purchased . He responded by saying we sell dirt by the yard . So I told him my client just bought a tree from you and spend almost $500.00 . You can’t give her a bucket of top soil . He said all I can tell you is go down the street to Ace Hardware and buy it by the bag . So I told him don’t you think I know that I just assumed that if someone spent $500.00 you could at least give them a little dirt. Believe me it goes a long way when you treat people like you appreciate there business . I will not recommend anyone to your business ! Go spend your hard earned money at a place that deserves your MONEY ! Yes I went to buy 2 bags of top soil from a friendlier place ! lol

I have to say we really enjoyed dealing with Mike for the purchase of our 3 Florida sabals. Having just moved to Houston 6 months ago and with the freeze depleting the foliage off 3 tall Washingtonias on our newly purchased property, I really wanted to install the only palm tree that didn't flinch during the historic freeze: the Florida Sabal. They are also very pretty palm trees. :) I called Verdant for a quote and really enjoyed chatting with Mike the first time, not to mentioned getting quoted a very good price. We subsequently scheduled a visit to the tree farm and he advised he was getting a new truck with sabals from Florida a week later, and that he would give us first pick off the truck. A week later we contacted Mike and went to see the new palms. It was right after a couple of rainy days so it was extremely muddy where the trees were. Mike offered to drive us there in his truck so we don't get dirty and also helped us hose down our muddy shoes (we had to get off the truck to look at the trees, even though he was kind enough to offer doing all the work himself while being directed by us from the truck). We chose our 3 Sabals and scheduled an install of a couple of months later. He overdelivered on the install as he surprised us with an early install this week! He came over with his head installer to make sure the trees were getting installed where we wanted them and his crew finished the work in a couple of hours. They also added fertilizer to our Mediterranean palms that are starting to come back. Mike was incredibly pleasant to deal with - he has a great sense of humor, is very personable, shares a lot of advice upon request and I felt like I was always talking to an old friend whenever I dealt with him. For this reason, and for the beautiful palms we now have in our back yard oasis, I will come back to Verdant in the future. BUT! only if I can deal with Mike again. ;)

This is my second palm purchase in about two years from VTF and both times were positive. The staff is really hard working and the plants are good quality. My install proved difficult due to access, but they figured a way. It took them a little longer, but the plants were put in without injury and they worked diligently to protect my hardscape and pool. Even after I discovered a problem after the installation that was caused by them, they worked to get the issue fixed. I will buy from them again in the future when I need large plants, especially palms.