Gardenforwildlife Avis 

Order placed August 1. Two months and no shipping info, plants will be too late for Monarch arrival. Website and order confirmation said package would go out late August, early September. It’s now 9/30. I want a refund.

Company's product and packaging system they use is good. Their ability to deliver on time is very poor. My shipment was lost at Fedex and instead of next day from the last Fedex stop it was delivered partially in five days. Obviously plants are very sensitive to the lack of air and moisture and cannot stay in the box for extra five days. The second part of my shipment was never delivered. When I contacted Gardenfor wild life, they were not able to have leverage on Fedex and identify the exact issue. Fedex reported that my address was not fond while they delivered two other shipments to this address before. Original vendor has to take responsibilities for any issues with shipment in my opinion and be able to replace missing product if it was never delivered.

So disappointing to deal with this company. I ordered plants for my wife for Mother’s Day. Didn’t get them until the Friday before Father’s Day. The plants were in terrible condition so they ruined both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. It took nearly two months to ship from my order date and offered no shipping updates along the way other than that a grower had some issues and there was a delay. The milkweed had apparently been just re-potted into the small shipping containers so that the roots could in no way hold the potting medium in place during shipping. The individual pots were not wrapped so the soil was in the bottom of the box and not around the seedlings. The seedlings, they were just floating around the box as well. Tiny 2 inch seedlings in mid-June that even if they live, which is doubtful, will not be large enough to help any Monarchs this season. I spent over $100 and only got aggravation and a terrible Mother’s Day gift for my wife. Never know when, or if, they will ship and you never know whether you will receive viable plants.

If you are willing to wait for an unspecified period of time before receiving your plants, then go ahead. Maybe their association with the National Wildlife Federation appeals to some, but I've dealt with other plant-by-mail enterprises and the lack of accountability here makes this my first and last time with Garden For Wildlife.