Customer reviews of the “Gardens of Russia” will help orient potential customers of this company, to understand what quality of goods they can count on if they turn to the scientific and production association for products. In this article, we will talk in detail about this store, which has long been interested in gardeners in different parts of the country.
About company
Customer reviews of the "Gardens of Russia" are different. To begin with, it is worth noting that this is a scientific and production association that for about three decades has been introducing the latest achievements in the selection of berry, fruit and decorative crops to the masses of gardening enthusiasts.
It is noteworthy that this large and well-known company grew out of a small family cooperative, originally owned by the Stepanov family. They were engaged in the sale of seeds, sending them by mail. For almost thirty years, the head of the family, Vladimir Stepanov, remained the unchanged leader of the enterprise. Now his small company has grown in the NGO Gardens of Russia, becoming the largest supplier and producer of seedlings and seeds of fruit and vegetable crops, ornamental shrubs, flowers, all the while continuing to remain a family business.
Currently, the head of the company is the daughter of Vladimir Daria Voronkova. She is an economist by profession, she graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, worked for several years in China, gaining invaluable experience.
Now the main tasks of the NGO "Gardens of Russia" are to provide the latest varieties, planting material and new products from the world selection of amateur gardeners throughout the country. This is a unique enterprise that works exclusively for amateur gardening. About one and a half million people in Russia and Kazakhstan have already become customers of the store.
Over the past time, the online store "Gardens of Russia" has sent consumers more than ten million parcels, taking first place in the country in the number of mailings per year. At the moment, the company is considered one of the largest partners of Russian Post, even ahead of well-known multinational corporations. This NGO owns a store for gardeners, about a thousand hectares of land, a hostel for workers, its own truck fleet, parcels for processing and picking parcels, a dining room, housing for professionals and a hotel.
Only the most modern and advanced technologies are used in the work, there is a laboratory for microclonal propagation of plants, unique for our country, there are 16 greenhouses for growing grafted seedlings. Gardens of Russia online store operates in the Chelyabinsk Region. Support is provided by local authorities, in particular, the Ministry of Agriculture, helping to turn this family business into the flagship of horticulture in the country.
Delivery terms
There are certain rules by which amateur gardeners across the country collaborate with this company. To get seeds from the NGO Gardens of Russia (Chelyabinsk), you must make an order for at least seven hundred rubles.
Distribution of seeds is made all year round. However, there are certain package offers. For example, in the spring, onions, potatoes, tubers, bulbs, indoor plants, herbaceous perennials and siderates are collected in separate packages, and in the second package, fruit plants, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, roses, shrubs, ornamental trees and vines. Sending in bulk is carried out in April and May. Parcels with grouse and perennials are sent out in September, and in October with repair raspberries and seedlings.
At the same time, books are delivered in separate parcels. The minimum order must contain three books. The store for gardeners draws the attention of consumers to the fact that all books and planting materials are sent both cash on delivery and prepaid. Therefore, they are urged to weigh in advance all their financial capabilities before placing an order. Calculate that you have money with you when you need to buy back planting material that comes to you in the mail. You should not send orders that you can’t redeem then, this will negatively affect cooperation with this company.
For anyone who places an order for seeds in the amount of three thousand rubles, free delivery will be provided as a gift. There is also a promotion for regular customers. If you order seeds for at least the second year in a row, you will receive a discount of ten percent. It should be noted that free delivery when ordering from three thousand rubles and a discount are available only when ordering seeds, but not books.
Application Form
Applications should be sent by e-mail or regular mail, through an online store, left in the branded seed stores "Gardens of Russia" or by a multi-channel toll-free phone number. In this case, special attention should be paid to the correct zip code, otherwise the parcel can be delivered very late. At the same time, the costs of packaging and picking planting material are not charged. The cost of sending seeds from the "Gardens of Russia" by mail is set in accordance with the existing tariffs of the delivery service. Moreover, it can be calculated individually depending on distance, weight, declared value. Parcel is paid by cash on delivery upon receipt. It is worth noting that to ensure reliable preservation of seedlings during shipment are packed in such a way as to ensure the maximum degree of moisture of the root system. Thanks to this, the seedlings arrive in excellent condition even when shipped over long distances. Each seedling is provided with an individual label, so you will not get confused.
When receiving seedlings from the "Gardens of Russia", the company strongly recommends that the post office in the presence of an employee of the "Russian Post" carefully check the integrity of the package, weigh it and make sure that the indicated weight corresponds exactly to the real one. Also right there, open the package, examine its contents, check if everything matches the attached inventory. If any product ordered by you is missing, or any defect is found, it is required to draw up an inspection certificate together with the mail officer.
All claims for delivery from the "Gardens of Russia" are accepted only in writing, within a week from the receipt of the parcel. In this case, you must have the original or a copy of the inventory of the attachment to the received parcel, as well as an act from the post office drawn up on the day it is paid. This application is sent to the address of the company.
How to get there
The nursery "Gardens of Russia" is located in the Chelyabinsk region. It is located in the Krasnoarmeysky district, in the village of Shibanovo (Tsentralnaya street, 92).
At the same time, residents of some cities have the opportunity to buy seedlings from the "Gardens of Russia" in company stores. They are in Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Tyumen and Yekaterinburg.
In the Chelyabinsk region the most points of sale - as many as eight. At the same time, six of them are located directly in the capital of the region. You will find Seed stores of the Gardens of Russia on 11 Gagarina Street, 9 Sverdlovsky Prospekt, 112 Komarov Street, 112, Metallurgov Highway 70/1, Komsomolsky Prospekt 93, Troitsky Trakt 21 (Chelsea Shopping Center). There is also a company store in Zlatoust on the street 40 years of Victory, 17 and in Miass on Avtozavodtsev Avenue, 65a.
Two stores are open in Kurgan - on Alekseeva street, 4a and Nevezhina, 1. Another works in the city of Shadrinsk, Kurgan region, on February street, 60.
In Tyumen, the only outlet is located on 101 Yamskaya Street. At the same time, as many as three stores operate in Yekaterinburg. They can be found at the addresses of Sulimova street, 36, academician Bardin, 40, March 8, 123.
Bulk orders
Some may be interested in wholesale orders at Gardens of Russia. It is no secret that high-quality planting material is one of the main concerns for the owners of any large land plot. It is with his help that he manages to ennoble his personal plots, gardens and flower beds. The growth rate of cottage construction and gardening has recently been such that the sale of planting material turns into a profitable business, in which there is a shortage of truly reliable and responsible entrepreneurs.
When purchasing planting material, the end user pays special attention to the brand and reputation, trying to buy goods from a trusted and reliable manufacturer in order to minimize the likelihood of receiving a fake.
Seeds from the "Gardens of Russia" for many years been tested by a large number of beginners and experienced gardeners, the company has long established itself in the market, having acquired a large number of regular customers. Currently, about seven thousand names of seeds, seedlings of fruit, flower berry crops, and ornamental plants that are specially adapted for the climate and conditions of our country are sold and produced in nurseries.
With a bulk order, it is necessary to place goods worth at least twenty thousand rubles. Reservation is possible with a prepayment of 30 percent. At the same time, there is a system of discounts, which depends on the amount of your order. It starts when ordering from 30 to 50 thousand rubles. In this case, you will receive a 3 percent discount, the maximum discount of 10 percent is provided when ordering in excess of 150 thousand rubles.
Catalogs
Many gardeners note that it is especially beneficial and convenient to work with this company due to the fact that they constantly release electronic catalogs that contain comprehensive information about the positions that you can order. Catalogs are issued regularly for the new season. They have the opportunity to find a large amount of already loved and new seed.
For lovers of vegetable growing and gardening, the company has prepared several hundred kinds of seeds. Among them are berry and vegetable crops, medicinal plants and spice-flavoring herbs, rare cultures and real treasures of the Far East. Moreover, each of the species is guaranteed to delight you with an excellent harvest.
For example, in 2019 an interesting vegetable novelty is provided. This is a set of seeds for children. It includes peas, pumpkin, purse, corn, chamomile, mint, sunflower, strawberries. These cultures will help your children learn a lot of new, interesting and fascinating about the world of plants, and attention-grabbing packaging and detailed instructions will not let you leave the business halfway.
There are new items for adult gardeners. They replenished a variety of sections. For example, there were varieties of cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers that were not previously cultivated in the nurseries of the "Gardens of Russia". Beauty lovers will be attracted by the assortment of perennial and annual plants. Among them, it is worth highlighting verbena, begonia, petunias, cloves, poppies, sunflowers, chrysanthemums.
The company guarantees that you can be sure of a good, plentiful crop, no matter what crops and positions from the catalog you choose.
Online store
Orders in this company are especially convenient to do in the online store. Everything is convenient and affordable here. All products available are divided into several categories. These are seeds, fruit crops, strawberries, ornamental crops, onions, potatoes and miscellaneous.
For example, in the last section you can buy wonderful aprons that are useful for work on a personal plot. This is a wonderful thing that will become your favorite work clothes, it is convenient to store any garden tools that you might need. In numerous pockets of different types and sizes there is a place for a scoop, pruner, scissors, ripper, bags for seeds and even a notebook for recordings. There are compartments for storing glasses and a mobile phone. With such an apron, you will always be fully equipped, you will not lose anything until the next time.
There is also the opportunity to purchase the books Strawberries on a personal plot, Blackberry in Russia, Your Family Garden, Sweet Honeysuckle is the Pride of Russia, Raspberry, Shallot, Ornamental Garden, Black Currant , "How to overcome weeds", "Landscaping", "ABC of the gardener and gardener".
Popular Sections
The "Potato" section is very popular. In it you can find the seeds of the most popular and common varieties for reasonable money. The section "Ornamental plants" presents tuberous and bulbous crops, shrubs, trees, herbaceous and perennial crops, hydrangeas, creepers, conifers and indoor plants, roses.
Among fruit crops, gardeners have the opportunity to purchase seedlings of actinidia, apricot, chokeberry, lingonberry, barberry, cherry, grape, pear, blueberry, blackberry, dereza, iraghi, honeysuckle, dogwood, yoshta, princess, cranberry, lemongrass, gooseberry, ordinary and Japanese raspberries, currants, plums, blueberries, cherries, apple trees, as well as mulberries.
Positive reviews
Many homeowners are satisfied with the cooperation with this company. Buyers in reviews of "Gardens of Russia" note that the germination rate of seeds sent ranges from 90 to 100 percent. Moreover, even those crops that gardeners themselves first encountered were successfully able to grow.
Many customers say that they have been cooperating with the company for several years. For many, the entire garden is grown exclusively from seedlings purchased here. Moreover, gardeners, as soon as they begin to cooperate with this company, completely forget about poor crops and the need to look for and buy seeds on the market. At the same time, beginner gardeners are advised to place orders on websites, since only experienced gardeners are able to figure out catalogs.
Highly celebrate the successful idea of composing sets of different seeds, thus forming peculiar package offers. So guaranteed nothing will be forgotten.
Negative opinions
At the same time, it is worth recognizing that there are also negative customer reviews about the “Gardens of Russia”. For example, some note that the parcels send seeds with an expired shelf life, and the number of such "flawed" bags is quite high - up to 30 percent. In other companies, such goods are sent for sale, warning in advance that the expiration date of these seeds has expired, so the yield may be lower than the one you were counting on. In the same company, stale seeds are sent along with fresh ones, and buyers write that there remains an unpleasant residue, a feeling that they were simply deceived.
Also, some customers are scared away by the large amount of extra money that they have to pay for postal order and cash on delivery. This is especially significant when placing small orders. In this case, the additional costs can be up to half of the amount of the order itself.
Some buyers also report that they can put in a parcel a certain amount of seeds that were not produced by the company itself. Together, varietal irises can be sent by ordinary ones, which no one has ever needed. At the same time, one has to deal with the poor quality of planting material. It is especially disappointing when completely dry cuttings arrive, although the company itself promises that they pay increased attention to such goods, taking care of their packaging and packaging.
Individual customers also complain about high prices, noting that all seeds are on average twice as expensive as in ordinary stores. They also write that the seeds come quickly enough, but there are very few in sachets. As a result, after this, many cancel their subsequent orders. The color of the plants may not correspond to the order.
However, it is worth recognizing that there are still many more positive reviews than negative ones, and the products of NPO Sady Rossii have been very popular for many years.