Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Your Trusted Montgomery Nursery & Gardening Center
Harwell's Green Thumb has been serving Montgomery, AL since 1972 with premium nursery and gardening solutions. Our family-owned business offers an extensive selection of trees, shrubs, and plants specifically suited for central Alabama's climate. From evergreens and flowering trees to specialty shrubs like azaleas and camellias, we provide both common and rare plant varieties. Our inventory includes seasonal annuals, bulbs, and vegetable seeds alongside premium soil blends like our proprietary Green Thumb Mix and Milorganite. We support gardeners with expert diagnostics, where customers can bring plant samples for personalized treatment recommendations. Our landscape design team offers free in-store consultations and paid on-site assessments for complete installation projects. The Green Team provides delivery services for bulk materials like pine straw and statuary, operating Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm. We maintain strict quality control over our inventory, regularly updating stock with new greenhouse plants and winter/spring annuals. Our staff receives ongoing training in horticultural best practices to ensure accurate customer guidance. With over 50 years of combined experience, our team prioritizes customer education through workshops and product demonstrations. We maintain partnerships with local gardening clubs to stay current with regional landscaping trends.
Services
Tree Sales
Shrub Selection
Soil Products
Landscape Design
Plant Diagnostics
Bulk Delivery
Gift Certificates
Lawn Care Club
Details
- Year established: 1972
Highlights and features
- We offer expert plant diagnostics with sample analysis
- Our team provides on-site landscape design consultations
- Green Team delivers bulk materials Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
- We maintain exclusive soil blends developed for local climate
- Family-owned since 1972 with 50+ years combined staff experience
Services
Landscape Design
Our certified designers offer in-store consultations and on-site assessments for complete landscape transformations. We create customized plans considering local climate conditions and soil composition. Clients receive detailed guidance on plant selection and installation timelines.
Tree Sales
We maintain extensive tree inventory suited for central Alabama's environment including evergreens, flowering varieties, and fruit trees. All stock receives regular pruning and health monitoring. Our selection includes specimen trees for immediate impact and young saplings for long-term growth.
Plant Diagnostics
Bring plant samples and photos to our nursery for expert analysis by trained horticulturists. We identify disease, pest infestations, and nutrient deficiencies. Customers receive specific treatment recommendations and product suggestions for plant recovery.
Bulk Delivery
Green Team delivers large quantities of mulch, soil, and hardscaping materials using specialized equipment. Service covers Montgomery area Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm. Delivery fees vary based on material type and distance.
Lawn Care Club
Our membership program provides scheduled fertilizer applications tailored to lawn size. Members receive product kits matching their 5,000-15,000 sq ft area. Includes free spreader rentals and seasonal application guidance for professional-quality results.
Questions
Do you offer landscape design services?
Yes, we provide free in-store design guidance and paid on-site consultations for complete landscape projects.
What tree varieties thrive in Alabama?
We stock evergreens, flowering trees, and fruit varieties specifically suited for central Alabama's climate conditions.
Can you help diagnose plant problems?
Bring plant samples to our nursery for expert analysis and treatment recommendations from our horticulturists.
Do you deliver bulk gardening materials?
Yes, our Green Team delivers mulch, soil, and hardscaping materials Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm in Montgomery.
What lawn care options exist?
Our Lawn Care Club provides scheduled fertilizer applications for 5,000-15,000 sq ft lawns with free spreader rentals.
Reviews (14)
Shrawan Singh
Oct 16, 2024
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I have took their service they are very professional and highly skilled team. I highly recommended.
Jackie Altman Raborn
May 14, 2024
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The employees here are outstanding. they are kind and have patience with all customers.
they have a wide selection of plants at reasonable prices.
they have a wide selection of plants at reasonable prices.
Bill Furr
Jun 18, 2022
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Don't go anywhere else for all your indoor and outdoor plant needs. This place is the real deal. They have a great selection, good prices, and super helpful employes. Ask for Connie; she is a hoot and knows her plants!
Cody Flynt
Jan 11, 2022
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The place was awesome. They got about anything you could need. I'll definitely be going back. They were really friendly as well.
Jeff Baker
Jun 10, 2021
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The best in the city. Rob literally walked me over 40 percent of the grounds to help me find everything I went in there to get. Shop with them. They're local. They're professional. They're real good at what they do too.
Madison Anderson
Mar 11, 2021
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Asked for advice on what to plant and they recommended dogwoods. Once we got them, they ended up dying fast. We went back to replace them with the warranty and they said they looked fine. Once we were out of warranty we went back and they thought we were crazy for buying dogwoods. Apparently they don't do well here. even though they recommended it. We bought other various plants and they were sick with a virus. They told us again that they would be okay. Once we were out of warranty, they said they were actually sick but couldn't help us since we were out of warranty. Poor customer service and sick plants.
William
Feb 04, 2021
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An older plant nursery that's been around a long time. But they have a wide variety of everything you need for your yard or acreage. Many types of plants, trees, fertilizer, yard scaping decorations and supplies, fertilizer, weed killer, and soooo much more. Their staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and eager to help.
Tiffany Trainer
Dec 10, 2020
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We bought all our plants to landscape our front yard. I was glad we pick this place. The staff was super friendly and helpful. They had everything we wanted. We went with a list and we left with a completely different list of plants that we love, from our Taylor's perfections, azaleas, lemon drift roses, saucer magnolia and our two Cleveland flowering trees.
Kelly Hudson Hellums
Jul 13, 2020
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Thank you Will for your expertise and answering my questions regarding a tree for our backyard! Great service!
Lisa Williams
Jun 26, 2019
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I had a total of 6 employees answer questions for me, get prices, show where my items were, carry things to the front, load my car, share knowledge on specific plants, how to care for what I purchased, reserved insecticide over the phone for pick up, and gave me a good discount on an item with minor damage. The selection is great. You will find things here you won't see other places like the unusual orchids that bloom in Hawaiians or the white butterfly ginger plants. Here is one of my purchase below. I will definitely go back. They are the best.
J. J.
Jan 10, 2018
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We have gotten at least 30 plants here, as well as their planting and potting mix, and a few pots. Everything has been excellent! Plants we purchased included 3 citrus trees, hybrid tea roses, mums, violas, green mountain boxwoods, and azaleas. We did lose one citrus tree after about 3 months, but it was a small, weaker plant and sometimes these things just happen. Our mums from the fall were planted and are starting to reamerge.
Our 2 remaining citrus trees did fine out in weather as low as 40 degrees. We put them on a board with wheels to wheel them in and out of the garage and they did great this winter. Such a sweet nursery! Check them out! Pics are of hybrid tea roses we planted in Feb 2018 and of a lemon tree we got in July 2017. Given minimum care and they still thrive.
Our 2 remaining citrus trees did fine out in weather as low as 40 degrees. We put them on a board with wheels to wheel them in and out of the garage and they did great this winter. Such a sweet nursery! Check them out! Pics are of hybrid tea roses we planted in Feb 2018 and of a lemon tree we got in July 2017. Given minimum care and they still thrive.
James Oscar Yeaman
Jun 04, 2016
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Always a pleasure to do business with the excellent team at Harwell's Green Thumb Nursery. They just installed a wonderful Zoysia sod in my lower garden area...looks great! Thanks so much.
Al Crosby
These folks have it going on!!! Helpful. Knowledgeable. Great stock on many items. Great place to buy plants and get help caring for them!
Carolyn Fields
I love this place. I've been to the "big box stores" for plants, of course. But here I have found the plants to be healthier and more vigorous.. hands down. The folks who work out in the greenhouse are both knowledgeable and happy to share that information. Highly rated!!