South Jersey Landscape Supply

I came here once about a year and a half ago. I was looking for a truckload of mulch to be delivered to my house. I live about five miles away. They wanted $ 75 for delivery. Yeah, that isn’t going to happen.

I live out in the boonies, and my favorite garden centers are a long drive from my house. I was in a hurry last week, so I decided to give South Jersey Landscape Supply a shot because it was close. I would rather patronize a locally owned business than a national chain like Lowe’s or Home Depot, so that’s why I chose SJLS.
I worked for several years in the greenhouse/​landscape supply business, and I was immediately impressed by the large selection of pavers and edging. Theyve got a much bigger selection than most places in the area. After my experience there, I’d venture to say their stone and concrete products accounts for the greatest part of their business because they leave their annual and perennial section completely unstaffed.
When I arrived, I drove through the concrete section first and it was a hive of activity, lots of employees about. Once I drove over to the parking area, adjacent to the plant section, I only saw one employee. She finished up a transaction with the only other customer in the area, then vanished. She knew I was there and never acknowledged me. No problem; I don’t like being hovered over anyway.
Twenty minutes later, I had selected my plants and was ready to check out. I stood around for about 5 minutes and couldn’t find an employee. Finally, I saw a guy from the stone section coming my way, so I figured he see me there looking desperate for help and would radio the person who was supposed to be manning the nursery. 5 minutes later I was still standing there waiting for help, and not an employee in sight.
After wasting THIRTY minutes of my time, I put my plants back, got in the car and went to Lowe’s. For as ignored as the nursery area is, I probably could have filled my trunk with plants and left unnoticed. As I said, I used to work in the industry and I know it’s a backbreaking job and employees have a lot of ground to cover. But it is UNACCEPTIBLE to leave a sales area unmanned for a half hour. I will not be going back.