Forest Hill Nurseries

Doug young nursery is where I went. They had everything I needed.

There are two across the street from each other . They are close to I-49 . They sell to the public . Forgot the names .

Bobby Young Nursery, which is part of the Doug Young Nursery (DYN), will have 15 and 30 gallon trees. Its about 5 minutes away from the main DYN complex, if you are coming from I-49 you’ll pass by the Bobby Young nursery before you get the DYN. This is their product and price list LINK.

A heads up - the second weekend of March is when they have their nursery festival and it’s very crowded - that might not be a good weekend try to go pick up a tree if you are hauling a trailer, but many, not all, of the nurseries are open to the public then and you might be able to buy one then and pick up later - depending on your planting schedule.

ETA: Also Young-Hollaway Nusery, again about 5 min away from DYN in another direction sells 15 and 30 gallon trees, to the public. LINK

How much (estimate) saving would one have going buy all landscape plants from one of these personally vs getting from a landscape company?

Suppose I want to purchase all landscape plants/shrubs everything and pick them up myself and hire someone to do the work vs just hiring a landscape company to do everything. How much of a saving would one est?

Not sure where you live , hope you have a big truck. I fill up the bed in my Tacoma every time my wife and I go . If plants are in a trailer they need to be covered . If your buying bulk probably save around 40 % . Great quality .

Prices are all the same or close?

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Suppose I want to purchase all landscape plants/shrubs everything and pick them up myself and hire someone to do the work vs just hiring a landscape company to do everything. How much of a saving would one est?

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I really don’t know. Certainly the landscapers will have a markup on the plant material they would be providing you, which I would assume would similar to the cost of the plant if you purchased it at a local retail plant nursery.

Whether they would up-charge you for labor to install landscaping material that you provided vs plant material + labor they provided I can’t say. I suspect if the landscapers warrant their work, they would insist on providing the plant material.

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Save your gas, time and money. Shop your local nurseries, plant shows, and retailers. We went a couple of years ago and nothing we saw was unavailable in BR. Between Cleggs and LA Nursery all was covered

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I’m a big fan of the local retail plant nurseries you’ve mentioned and shop at them often, but when I needed to purchase about a dozen 15 gallon and 30 gallon trees, it was worth the trip to Forest Hills to pay $50 vs $150 for a 15 gal tree, and $100 vs $300 for a 30 gal tree that I would have had to pay at the retail nurseries. Plus, I had a choice between dozens of trees of specific variety I was looking to buy at the wholesale nursery vs maybe 2 or 3 plants of the same variety at the retail nurseries.

Even after renting a 6 x 14 open trailer for a day ($45), purchasing a large tarp from Harbor Height ($30 or 40 as I recall) to wrap the trees (not needed if the trees are deciduous and not leafed out yet vs evergreens) and 3/4 of a tank of gas for my Tundra (say another $40) I saved beaucoup $ (well over $1K), but I spent the savings on buying more plants.

I’ve mentioned in other posts, that I hunt about 15 min from Forest Hills so I’m frequently in the area to pick up plants if I need them. But if I need just few shrubs of a certain type, I’m going to buy them at the local retail nurseries, plus I purchase all my garden/landscape prep supplies at local retail nurseries.

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Prices are all the same or close?

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Yes and even better when I factored in the drive from BR. When I was looking for a swamp red maple I called a grower on the north shore who only sold to retailers. He said he sold to Cleggs in BR and that’s where I got my swamp red maple.