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From plant care tips to seasonal inspiration, our blog is packed with expert advice, creative ideas, and practical solutions to help your garden thrive year-round.

Seasons

Spring in Hampton Roads – Gardening To Do List

Is spring really spring without your favorite garden center? We have been serving Hampton Roads’ needs for over 75 years with our expertise, gardening advice, and unique plant material....

Plants

Springs Best Frond – Ferns!

One of the most fabulous aspects of spring is the wide variety of blooms and foliage that we see coming into the garden center everyday....

Gardening Care

5 Best Mulching Practices for Spring

One of the most important aspects of spring that is often overlooked is mulch! Keeping your garden beds mulched not only looks good but helps your plants and trees from...

Plants

The Markets that Make Spring Great – An Interview with Our Owner

Spring is coming into bloom and that means that our beloved McDonald Garden Markets will be starting up in a neighborhood near you!...

Seasons

Expert Tips You Need to Know to Get Your Garden Spring Ready

Spring is on the horizon and we are gearing up for our favorite season of the year here at the garden center. As these ths warm up, it is important...

Plants

Love is in the Air – Garden Gifts for Your Sweetheart

Finding the perfect gift for your valentine is a deceivingly difficult task. Amongst the chocolates and carnations, how are you supposed to find something unique for your sweetheart?...

Plants

Winter’s Most Captivating Blooms

Hellebores are truly winter's most captivating blooms. They are evergreen perennials, meaning they will keep their leaves year round. But, it's their beautiful, showy flowers during winter that really steal...

Plants

Top Tips on Pansy Planting

If plants were people, pansies would be the Julia Roberts of flowers. end to everyone, loved by all, with a colorful personality and infectious laugh that brightens whatever room they’re...

Plants

Go Ahead, Make Dad’s Day.

Japanese Maples Prized for its beauty, the Japanese maple is amazingly hearty and versatile and is one tree every dad should have in his landscape....

Plants

Eight Trends Influencing the Gardening World in 2016

Easy to love new plants, accessible technology, a flirt with romance, the sharing economy, a cleaner, simpler color palette, and crisp geometric design all add up to a fresh take...

Plants

Gardening Made Easier

Think you don’t have time to garden? Our experts have gathered their favorite timesaving garden tips to share with you. Our experts have gathered their favorite timesaving garden tips to...

Plants

The Quintessential Climber

Boulevard Clematis No garden is complete without the brilliant blooms and vining habit of clematis! This 'queen of the climbers' creates a vertical element in the garden and is often...

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Laxmi Jayaraj (Lux)

Jul 2025

McDonald Garden Center feels like a second home. Plants are always healthy and well cared for. Staff are warm, patient, and generous with their wisdom.

K. F.

Feb 2025

Had a great time at Plantopia HousePlant Adoption Day. Plants are top notch, great selection. Staff are awesome, friendly and knowledgeable, and give great tips.

John Vaquerano

Jan 2023

Marissa and Erin treated us like long lost nursery mates. I got great advice, and will definitely be back. I highly recommend this place.

Elizabeth Cannon

Jun 2025

Associate helped me pick the right planter, fertilized him, and topped with decorative rocks. All for an incredibly reasonable price and caring smiles.

Sebastian Mot

Jan 2020

This place is MASSIVE and has anything you could ever want. The succulent selection is huge, and the staff is very helpful.

Joyce Drakeford

Jan 2019

So knowledgeable. Friendly service each and every time. Find the perfect plant for every spot in your yard. Been a customer for years.