St Matthews Feed & Seed

OH my goodness, «stand-​offish»? Couldn’t be further from reality! This is a great store with very friendly, helpful people. Their selection of plants is not huge — it is a seasonal place to sell plants, not a greenhouse/​nursery.
My favorite thing they sell is their Christmas trees. They are cut and shipped the same week, and the trunk is re-​cut upon arrival and ALL trees are immediately put in water. I know of no other place selling Christmas trees that does this and it makes a BIG difference. They will also deliver ones tree and set it up in the house — there is a fee and it’s worth every single penny.
We lost Doll’s Mkt in our neighborhood. If we lose St Matthews Feed and Seed, I’m moving!

A good outlet for bulk seeds and seed packets for vegetable and perennial gardeners. Staff here can be a bit standoffish although they were always polite on my May 9, 2013 visit. It wasn’t from lack of effort on their part and I found everything here to my liking, and most importantly the single product that drew me here… Smart Pots, a natural container gardening bag that encourages good root growth and is ideal for potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables and even perennials and perennial vines that are hardy enough to winter over in a container.
My only asterisk about St. Matthews Feed & Seed is that there didn’t seem to be anyone here that shared my interest in Kentucky native perennials or even off-​the-​beaten path heirlooms. I will likely learn later it’s not the case but I was unable to penetrate the knowledge wall in a brief visit (my shortcoming to be sure).
So, first impression, the seed stock here is more run of the mill without as much equity towards the local that I would prefer and maybe even expect having stepped outside a Big Box store (I stopped at Home Depot on the way back to the Highlands). This may be a reflection of the affluent neighborhood in which the store lies or just a matter of economics. Or, it may be a matter of the ‘knowledge wall’ at the moment I walked in. I will give it a few more tries as I get a little more time with my new vegetable garden.
I can recommend St. Matthews Feed & Seed as an important part of the local gardening scene (the remnants of Bunton Seed So landed here when the downtown Bunton closed). based on their holdings and tradition.