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Hole's
Categories: Shopping Flowers & Gifts Florists Home Services Gardeners Florists, Gardeners [Edit]
101 Riel DrSt Albert, AB T8N 3X4
(780) 419-6800
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Hole's
5 reviews in English
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Review from Mike W.
2/18/2011
Excellent place for purchasing your garden flowers whether annuals or perennials. They have an awesome selection of everything plus many you many not see in other green houses. The prices are competitive to other places.
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Review from Keith D.
Edmonton, AB
6/2/2011
Ignore every review of Hole's Greenhouse prior to May 1, 2011. Also ignore the address that Yelp gives. Prior to that date, Hole's operated out of a cramped but user-friendly greenhouse on Bellerose Drive. Yes, you had to put up with someone's cart running over your toes but that was a good way to meet fellow gardeners. The stock was well-marked and easy-to-find. Furthermore, the old Hole's was easy to locate and get to from Edmonton or any place in St. Albert.
Everything is wrong with the new Hole's, beginning with a name only a salesman in a lime green suit can relate to, Enjoy Centre. The reason for the meaningless title is that the new Hole's consists of a greenhouse, a restaurant (more below) and a spa (currently unfinished). One reviewer compares the new Hole's to IKEA. This is a fitting analogy. The place is humongous (4.5 hectares) but without the charm of Swedish names with o's with slashes through them.
The new Hole's is located in a hard-to-get-to industrial park at 101 Riel Drive in St. Albert. My GPS took me out the Yellowhead, up 178 St through half-finished overpasses and residential areas before finding 101 Riel Drive. There's a much more direct route via 170 St. Parking is ample, possibly the only charm of the new Hole's.
The entrance showcases the restaurant and the unfinished spa. To get to the plants, a disadvantage for elderly gardeners. I didn't see any wheelchairs for seniors with mobility problems. The plants seem to be arranged randomly under designations so meaningless that I had to ask another customer where she found the tomato plants. Don't bother the people at the information desk because they seem to have important business on the telephone. The staff on the floor try to help but they can't seem to find anything either. The only solution is to walk around and keep looking.
Two weeks after we went for our plants, my wife's girlfriend took my wife to try the restaurant. My wife reports that the food is pricey and not worth the price. She reports that the dumplings with the pork and apples ($15) were hard and colud be used as decorative rock in the greenhouse. Her girlfriend had an omlette with vegetables ($13 and on the menu with some fancy forgettable name) and reports that it was satisfactory.
I wish Yelp would update their listing for Hole's to the new address and add a separate listing for the restaurand and Spa. Overall, not worth the gas to drive there.Comment from Bruce K. of Hole's 12/2/2011
Well as we approach the end of our first season in the new… More » -
Review from Maria F.
12/4/2009
My mom drags me to Hole's quite often, and although I do not have a particularly green thumb, I enjoy coming to this enormous garden centre. During spring and summer, Hole's sells an amazing selection of live plants ready to be planted in pots or in the garden. When winter comes, Hole's stocks up on Christmas trees, Poinsettias and holiday ornaments. Any time of year there are beautiful flower arrangements available for sale.
Hole's consists of several greenhouses each of which houses a certain type of plants. For example, there are indoor plants section and bedding plants retail area. Whatever you plan to plant in our garden be it flowers, shrubs or trees, you will find it here. Apparently, many Edmonton and St Albert dwellers think so too as Hole's is consistently busy. -
Review from Holly M.
Burnaby, BC
5/23/2011
At the end of May, 2011, I took my mom to the new Holes Enjoy Centre. "Enjoy" is the not the word I would use for this monstronsity of an industrial building. They moved from the homey greenhouse on Bellerose Drive to an industrial section of St. Albert.
My first impression as I walked in was "Ikea". Big, impersonal and so busy, but with many people walking out empty-handed. The prices were absurdly high - $22 for a six pack of annuals - are you kidding me? I overhead a lady telling her other half while looking at a bag of dirt "We can't afford that". I guess they have to pay for the multi-million dollar complex they are in.
There is a very large area full of plants and hanging baskets, but the baskets are on a trolley system (something like you see at the drycleaners). This room had ropes across the entrance saying it was for employees only - so I witnessed ladies standing at the entrance watching these plants slowly moving - wasn't sure if one was supposed to grab one as they floated by or not.....and the baskets were not that big - they were quite small in growth. I didn't see a good selection of baskets in the main shopping area.
What happened to the personal shopping experience of wandering admist the hanging baskets and having the pleasure of picking one. This industrial trolley system certainly takes that away. Lois must be turning in her grave.
Also, what is up with a huge cafeteria/food area - definitely Ikea'ish.
My mom and I walked out - there was not one thing in there we wanted to buy - instead we drove down the highway 15 minutes to Morniville Greenhouses and ended buying several beautiful baskets and fillers for half the price of Holes. (Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Morinville Greenhouses - I live out of Province and was just taking my mom greenhouse shopping for the day.)
Holes is expensive, massive and very industrial.
Jim Hole and family certainly did their mother no favour by expanding to this extent and only time will tell if they bit off more than they can chew. Holes may have the name in greenhouses, but such an expensive place will not be sustainable, even with Alberta's economy.Comment from Bruce K. of Hole's 12/2/2011
We appreciate your comments. With the timing of the move it… More » -
Review from Jennifer P.
Edmonton, AB
10/9/2008 1 photo
This is the biggest garden center I have ever seen. An aerial shot of it looks like it's a farm. I discovered this place when I was shopping for a garden Inukshuk to give my parents for Christmas. I'd looked around a lot and found nothing I liked, and this place had several beautiful options to choose from in their garden accessories mega-section. Seriously, this place is loads of fun, even if you're not the green thumb type. Though you can imagine, if you are a herbaphile, you will find everything you could possibly want or need for your garden sanctuary here. I highly recommend coming here at Christmas time. It is so festive, and you can get a fresh-cut tree, fragrant wreaths, miles of beautiful ribbon, home decor, poinsettias, pots, and so much more. There are four or five giant greenhouses attached to this place, so take some time to come roam. This isn't the kind of place to rush through. You'll want to stop and smell the flowers.
