Planters Seed & Spice

I love and frequent this shop often. They have so many things! They are primarily a hardware/garden shop. But they have spices, coffee, tea, and candy too. I don't visit the hardware section often but I use pretty much everything else they offer. They have a huge seed selection and lots of flowers, bulbs, and even grass seed. Basically anything you need to start or maintain a garden and even your yard. In the spring and summer they have little starter plants if you don't want to mess with seeds. I exclusively buy my garden supplies from them. Coffee. They have a ton of bulk coffee and tea. You can get it ground and even whole. And they have seasonal specials too. They are competitive in price. I've gifted the tea but haven't tried it myself. Spices. So many spices. They have several mixes that I love and use-taco, garlic salt, Greek, even garam Marsala. You can probably find almost anything you need. When soup bases and dip mixes. They also have various candies, nuts, beans, and garden supplies throughout the store. The service has always been friendly and I love the old building it's housed in. Definitely check them out if you're in the City Market area.

We love this place for all our seed and spices needs. My mom needed to buy some seeds so she asked me to take her here. They have a ton of spices and extracts. I bought some loose leaf chamomile tea and some spices.

A must stop when we are in KC. WHY? That is the question, doesn't have food, and is basically a hardware store/Gardening ...BUT Spices, not terribly exotic although might find some interesting things to try.Worchester powder was the most recent 'let's try it'.First usage on a steak gave it a little bit of Worchester flavor but not real strong.An example also are spices that can be bought cheaper than in grocery. Cream of Tarter cost me over $3 for a very small amount in the grocery an aside on this is only 1 of 2 groceries I buy from had it. At Planters I bought at least 3 times the amount for about same price.Coffee and Tea, we don't usually buy too much tea here because of the other tea store inside the City MarketBut, I do enjoy the different flavors of coffee....One of my favorites is the Highlanders grog. Just a different blend.They are a gardening store so the seed selection is extensive, with numerous tools available. OH, don't forget the birdhouses and seed.We always find things here, so beware.

This is one of my favorite places in Kansas City. Bulk spices, (unique ones at that!), flower seeds, feed for animals, gift sets for everyone in the family, and gorgeous flowers in the spring, summer and fall! They have fun trinkets and things you can actually use for your yard or farm and it's all located in a delightful old building with wood floors that still creak and the architecture is absolutely marvelous to look at while shopping! Please pick up some of their dip mixes- they are awesome for chips/ veggies or even just to marinate with! Have fun!

This place is simply amazing. If the spice or seed exists, Planters will have it. Even better, the sales team knows what they're talking about and can provide all kinds of planting advice. If you're looking for a specific type of tomato or pepper, they'll have it. If you think the spice rack T your food market is impressive, you ain't seen nothing yet. Now, after the shock $ awe of the seed depot, go visit the other sections. Neat yard art, wind chimes, planters and every kind of garden fertilizer, fungicide, bug killer you can imagine. Then move on to the hardware section, with all kings of parts for drip systems and sprinkler systems. I could spend two hours just browsing. If you've got a green thumb, or need help becoming one, this is your Nirvana.

Regarding the comment of Genevive, from Los Angeles: I don't believe what she said: she is a damned fool or a liar. I have shopped there for 48 years and I do not believe that what she said could ever happen there. No one employed there ever makes a comment about a customer, even the trying ones. Many of the counter customers are time-consuming, sometimes asking gardening questions from clerks who are backed up with waiting customers.Makes no difference: always polite; always helpful.Ross W. MurphyThe Sage of Shawnee

I was very mistaken walking in - I thought it was only a small, one-room seed shop. But it was five rooms and not small and seeds are only the half of it.Gardening supplies are provided in bulk, in every size and style, color, and design - the possibilities are endless in this endlessly LARGE store in the River Market (uncomfortably close to other small garden supply stores - I have to wonder if these garden businesses proliferating in this corner of downtown are knowingly or unknowingly cannibalizing eachother's profits - I suspect so - I counted three other stores within a three-minute walk!)But either way, Planters is the king of all garden supply stores and seeds and anything that has to do with soil and sun and nature and food. The smell is incredible because they sell their own seasonings and salt mixes, coffee grinds and jams (it smelled like a very busy and worldly kitchen - but no one was cooking a thing.) I remember a yelper talking about how much she loved fake cheese - well, she's NOT ALONE because Planters had a fresh supply of homemade cheese powder and somehow, coming from a place this natural, it made fake cheese look like a food group. But that's not all: wasabi powder, tequila lime seasoning, spaghetti, taco, southern, vegetable, shrimp seasonings, nuts, teas, anything edible, potent and fine or coarsely ground and stored was all here (and I wish I could bottle the smell.)Bulbs were on sale for 50% off and anyplace that sells anything that cheap is a store worth visiting at least once - you never know what you might need in the future that they'll sell you almost nothing (that's how I justify buying two bulbs at least when I've never grown a successful garden in my life, ha).They also had kitchen supplies, kettles and aprons and quirky knickknack-type things that would keep you busy to poke through for hours if you had the time. If for nothing other than this, I have to love a place that made me feel like I wanted to grow some flowers nearing the coldest of the winter months. OH and not to forget, Planters had those creaky wood floors I love so much (I'm talking Dime Store creaky wood - I hope you know what I mean - but if you don't you can check out my Dime Store review if you get a chance.)

Always have Top Notch spices and seeds of all type. Always helpful and kind. They have yard decor, and even things for the home.

I've been to this shop twice and both times my husband and I have had a positive experience not just with their plants/products but the friendliness of the employees. We are new to gardening, and they've been willing to offer advice, as well as answer any of our questions. There is free parking for this store just across the street if you come on a busy weekend, too.

I will never shop here again. New to visiting Kansas City from California, noticed this building off the freeway and decided to check it out. We walked in as another person was paying. The customer was a black man and from the area, I could tell by his accent. He was trying to make sure the cashier did not give him to much change back. The cashier treated him horribly, was rude and even talked about him when he left the store. By this time, I had a basket full of items that I was going to purchase, and I decided to not purchase anything from this establishment because of what I heard and saw. I will never return and I recommend you don't either