Claiming diseased roses to be perfectly healthy… People buy roses because they enjoy the beauty of the nature and not because we want to get frustrated by bad customer service. I purchased a Claire Austin last year that they were helpful in giving me a refund after sending pictures through email right away. This year my order of Eustacia Vye was in the same condition as the Claire. First they claim they can’t open the attached files which they never had trouble with viewing even when they asked me to send 20 photos at a time before. Instead they asked to send pdf file which I did after taking a while. They still claim they can’t open the attachment. Then they direct me to a website. Then told me the rose is perfectly healthy and won’t replace it. If they can’t open attachment they should contact their IT and not keep directing their customers to do something else. And they shouldn’t sell people diseased roses and claim that to be perfectly healthy.

What a joy it is to receive roses from David Austin.. What a joy it is to receive roses from David Austin roses! I ordered a number last year and they have recovered beautifully from a very harsh Aberdeenshire winter and are going to very soon look glorious climbing and rambling over our house and garden. I have just received another order and they have arrived quickly, looking shiny and healthy...perfectly packaged in recyclable packaging... I feel like it is my birthday.... Thank you for giving us so much pleasure.

I have been a Customer of David Austin… I have been a Customer of David Austin Roses for at least twenty hears. I recently contacted their customer service department. I was treated very poorly. The agent was rude and unprofessional. When I realized the she was not going to assist me I asked to speak to a supervisor. I was told none were available but one would get back to me. No one ever contacted me. I contacted the office in the UK no response. I will never buy from a company who demonstrates such contempt for their customers

A lesson in manners is needed for this shop assistant First visit to David Austin Roses shop and plant centre in 12 months due to the virus. A nice place to spend a couple of hours.Pity the young female till operative needed a lesson in manners when addressing customers, I only asked if any garden layout plans were available and I got an extremely rude and abrupt “no we haven’t!” A bit of customer courtesy re- training wouldn’t go amiss if you want your old customers to come flocking back.

Bare Root is spindly and thin Bare Root is spindly, needs cutting back to two stems, would not buy a one again from this company, better to buy one in a pot, at least you know what you get After complaining and buying a replacement rose from the garden centre, I was sent another rose from David Austin which was a far superior specimen, shame they didn't send it in the first place At the end I was happy but £35 out of pocket at the garden centre