Barristers Nursery & Garden Center

I think this placed closed and I can see why. The owner is a total grouchy b. I tried to ask her for help, since she ignored my friend and I for 10 mins, by saying, «excuse me, do you work here?» And her response was, «what does it look like?» In a very rude tone. No thank you. Lady needs a lesson on customer service.

this place is divinity found in a pretty «Humdrum world»… !..
explore~!
see the lovely british mercantile in the conservatory at both
ends of the property~
the lassie who runs it is lovely as well…
enjoy~

Stella is fantastic and very willing to give tips, info, etc. She helped me find some great garden herbs and even searched through her collection of tomato plants in the scorching heat to find me her last heirloom plant. She was honest, trustworthy, and even talked me out of buying something because she didn’t think it was a good fit. It’s very refreshing to go to a business where the owner is more concerned with her patrons’ results than making a quick profit. Thank you, Stella! I’ll be back again.

Plants look like they need to be saved by Sunset Nursery. No selection and the really old Euro hag that runs the place needs to do some yoga or something. I would rather punch myself in the face than to step foot back on that sorry excuse for a nursery.

I agree with the first review — that Barrister’s is a beautiful place to enjoy even if you’re not in the market for plants. It IS like a private garden or small park. Nothing is cheap like what you find at the big box stores, but the wide variety of plants and gift items makes it well worth the money. And, the sales are excellent. I just wonder why the nursery seems to have been closed every time I’ve driven by the past couple of months. No signs on either gate. I hope it’ll open back up soon.

I love this nursery.
It is inspiring to just walk through it. I really enjoy plants and to me, the experience at this nursery is similar to walking through a beautifull garden. This nursery is not just a business but a work of art in itself. I got a bit sick last year around this time, and had to take some time off work. It was also around this time that I decided to make some changes which included creating a grey and silver garden behind my apartment. My little garden was created one step at a time with small purchases I have made over time.
I used cuttings of grey succulents that I picked here and there, bought some artemisia, different types of helichrysums, a purple heliotrope from Barrister’s and started to watch things grow and change.
My little silver/​grey garden has grown and looks so pretty right now. When I look at it I think of Barrister’s and its luminescence. This is a beautiful place, and I highly recommend it.

I’ve only recently returned to town so I haven’t yet had to do much nursery shopping, however Barristers impressed me as the best nursery local to the south of South Pasadena and possibly parts further away. Its emphasis is English style gardens — they’ll even landscape yours. They carry a good mix of ornamentals and edibles. So you can get your Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (ornamental hazel) but you can also get your ‘Anna’ apple tree (a low-​chill apple).
This nursery is also something that I find more often in NorCal but find missing in my hometown digs in SoCal: it’s beautiful to walk in. It’s like its own garden. It’s not dry rows of merchandise. Everything is arranged in a way that is visually pleasing and calming. It’s tucked away in a slightly odd place so even during the South Pasadena Farmers Market a lot of people don’t know it’s there. I look forward to seeing what they do if they ever land more square footage for nursery plants.
They carry a smattering of gloves, tools, soil and even worm composters. They don’t have a deep selection of those but what they have is higher quality than you’d find at many of the chain garden centers around here. This is exactly the kind of independently-​owned nursery I like to support.