Joseph Breck founded Joseph Breck and Company in 1818 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the editor of several publications, which caused a rising interest in flowers and spring bulbs.
The business originally sold household garden supplies, but in the 1950s Luther Adams “Bo” Breck, the fifth-generation Breck, transformed the family business into a Dutch bulb importer and flower bulb catalog company.
In 2001, Breck’s was acquired by Gardens Alive! when then-parent company Foster & Gallagher went bankrupt.
Today, Breck’s is the largest importer of Dutch flower bulbs.
Bulbs and other garden items can still be ordered through Breck’s catalogs or from the company website.
Breck’s maintains a corporate office in Greendale, Indiana.
Joseph Breck founded Joseph Breck and Company in 1818 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the editor of several publications, which caused a rising interest in flowers and spring bulbs.
The business originally sold household garden supplies, but in the 1950s Luther Adams “Bo” Breck, the fifth-generation Breck, transformed the family business into a Dutch bulb importer and flower bulb catalog company.
In 2001, Breck’s was acquired by Gardens Alive! when then-parent company Foster & Gallagher went bankrupt.
History
Today, Breck’s is the largest importer of Dutch flower bulbs.
Bulbs and other garden items can still be ordered through Breck’s catalogs or from the company website.
Breck’s maintains a corporate office in Greendale, Indiana.
Shame on you!! My sister called you all and authorized a $50 payment from her checking account. You withdrew $500. She has been trying since November to get that money back. You still have it.
I would like to speak to you CEO. This is stealing. I will never order from you again.
This company has rot to the root ball. They used to be a good company. Imagine shipping bulbs to zone 3 on the shore of Lake Superior in November… after its snowed 2x already. No service, lies on shipping times and awful customer service. Buyer beware. They are TERRIBLE business people.
My husband bought an assortment of 10 Bee Balm for me as a gift (sale price 39.99). What I received was sub par tangles of dry roots (5 were planted…..with a wing and a prayer) and the rest were broken off pieces of roots. The ones I’ve planted have yet to come up and it looks like they will not. I tried customer service who allowed me a credit to use on my “next” purchase. When I tried re-ordering the same plants….I was now told I needed to pay shipping (which I did not before). All I wanted was the same plants as before….now through no fault of mine….I was being charged more. The site says free shipping over $50. I redid my order to go over the $50 even though I was skeptical regarding the quality of their plants. Customer Service STILL wanted to charge me $10 for shipping! This has been very aggravating and time consuming. Next time I will go to a local nursery.
Wish I read these reviews before purchasing 10 amaryllis bulbs in early October for Christmas gifts. Called to check on shipment last week, told it would arrive late November as on the way from Holland. Just received an email stating order cancelled, bulbs out of stock. No apology, no gift card , no offer of assistance to expedite shipping of in stock items.
A very disappointing experience with Brecks. My first time with these people too.
My order came, but it was only partially filled. I called. Reached the Philippines. Hard to understand. Slow to process through call. I was told there are no more bulbs to send to complete my order. I will get a customer credit – for next spring. I assume I can use it, and pay exorbitant shipping, to get more bulbs. I said I wanted a refund for the missing bulbs. I was told a call would be “escalated” back to me that day. That was two days ago.
Nothing.
This is not the way to begin a satisfactory relationship or even a transactional relationship. It would take quite a recovery from this experience by Brecks for me to want to do business with them again.
$630 in bulbs ordered. As of 29 October I’ve received 4 bulbs. (Less than 1% of the order) I live and garden in Wisconsin.
This company should not be in business. They are a pathetic joke.
Because the “Customer Service” could not correct a shipping price that was a teaser e-mail of $4.99 and they charged me $7.99. Rather than correct, the order cancelled and re-entered. Now they refuse to give me credit on my credit card for the cancelled order of $44.49…in effect paying close to $84 for my 1 order. GIVE ME MY CREDIT on my CREDIT CARD.
This company’s customer service is absolutely horrible. They have a call centre in the Philippines that does nothing but put you in circles
I ordered several dahlias last August, and they were shipped in Feb from Holland, arriving here in April. Long time in arriving, and all of them shriveled, ALL the necks were broken. Not enough padding material in the boxes, so the clumps rolled around for 6 weeks and all were broken badly. A total loss. I asked for a refund, and they will only issue merchandise credits. Frustrating, why would I order more, when the first 2 orders were bad? When I went to use the 2 credits, the order process only allows you to use one certificate at a time, you can’t combine the 2 certificates for my 2 orders. This is ridiculous! A manager was supposed to call me, no call in 10 days. No, I will NOT be using Breck’s in the future, and I will pass the word on what happened and about their poor customer service. If anyone even cares about their customer base, I would hope someone would contact me, but so far, NOTHING.
Want the ceo to call me. 678 708 XXXX . Robbie Brand