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Posting on July 18, 2023. One Love Farms recently acquired the formerly illustrious Chamblee's Rose Nursery, a wonderful, honorable nursery under the original Chamblee family since 1953. About 6 years ago, Chamblees sold to a second owner, and it carried on quite well, although I would say less successfully than with the founders. Now, One Love Farms has taken ownership of this nursery brand. In a few short months, they have run this company into the ground. They take online orders for roses, with payment, and then do not ship the plants, with no emails, phone calls, explanations, etc. The phone does not answer, it goes into an anonymous voice mail. They do not respond to emails. They simply take people's money. The consumer review website Yelp.com is filling up with bewildered people who have ordered from Chamblees (aka the One Love Farms ownership), who have all been scammed by this company. I have been 'taken' for $168 this past May for 5 roses that were paid for, but never shipped. I have subsequently filed claims with the BBB (Better Business Bureau), the Texas Attorney General's Office, and the Federal Trade Commission consumer affairs fraud department, as well my credit union -- still waiting for a resolution. All that to say, that 'One Love Farms' is a NO LOVE operation, whether they be operating as Chamblee's, or as this other online nursery. Please STAY AWAY from these people, they are BAD NEWS. PS: HMF Admin, you should REMOVE this company from the database!
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Thank you for taking the time to bring this to our attention as well as the HMF rose community
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19 JUL 23 by
 jedmar
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Any other members who have had issues in dealing with One Love Farms? They have the same address as Chamblees in Dallas, TX. On Google maps there are no significant facilities at that address,
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I purchased two 1-gallon roses from One Love Farms in August 2023. I am very happy with my order. They sent healthy, well branched plants that are still thriving in my garden. Both arrived with flower buds, which I pinched off immediately. I normally do this on young plants so the rose plant will focus more on growth than flowers. Both roses are still doing great. These plants are not as big as the 1 gallon roses from Heirloom Roses, but these were also half the cost of Heirloom's roses. Some places sell small bands for what I paid for these 1 gallons. Great branching, pristinely healthy plants, and great price. I will buy from them again.
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If One Love Farms is NOT the same ownership as Chemblee's, they need to come out of the woodwork and explain why they have identical addresses. If they ARE the same ownership as Chamblee's, I understand why they are hiding out. The latest review re: Chamblee's on Yelp is from today, 9/11/23: No products are shipped after payment. See the BBB website for others reporting this company as scammers. An 8/18/23 review on BBB reads as follows: Buyer beware! Cole and Raul scam buyers thousands of dollars by taking deposits and never deliver. Lies after lies. They know how to play these games well. If you click on the profile for One Love Farms here, Cole and Raul Campbell are listed as owners. How did these two names end up in a Chamblee's review on BBB?
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They bought Chamblees. Looks like that turned into a hot mess for them.I
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17 AUG 23
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We have updated the Notes section on the Nursery tab suggesting guests review the Review & Comments tab.
Guests should be aware this nursery currently has a very poor BBB rating.
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I still don't think these people should be given a platform here AT ALL. Not everyone thinks to click on the Member Comments/Reviews section, nor do most people consult the BBB or other consumer website prior to ordering roses.
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I still don't think these people should be given a platform here AT ALL. Not everyone thinks to click on the Member Comments/Reviews section, nor do most people consult the BBB or other consumer website prior to ordering roses. In addition, these criminals (yes, they ARE criminals) have the largest number of damning reviews under the Chamblee's Rose Nursery section of Yelp (read the most recent ones, from 2023). Folks are not going to know that they operate two businesses, unless they do a bunch of research and then put two and two together. I'm pretty sure they are defrauding people under One Love Farms, AS WELL AS Chamblee's, it doesn't make sense that they would be honorable with one business, and fraudulent with another.
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A HMF listing can be used to highlight the positive attributes of a nursery or to warn people of its shortcomings - both are equally useful.
The resent changes to their listings makes it quite clear HMF guests would be wise to review the guest comments.
The HMF rating system is also useful here but does fall short in situations, like this, where there has been an ownership change. At the very least, HMF needs a rating system enhancement to display (anonymously) guest comments including the posting date to alert guests of a change in service.
Further enhancement suggestions, as always, are welcome from the community.
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I have not purchased from Chamblee's, so I cannot comment on that. But one advantage of One Love Farms is they do custom propagation for out-of-patent roses. I bought from One Love Farms before I saw this. I came across this while looking up a hard to find out-of-patent David Austin rose and One Love Farms is listed under "Buy From". They did not have the rose in stock, so I contacted them directly. They will custom propagate one for me along with one more hard to find rose that I asked about. I was and still am really happy with the branching of the 1-gallon roses I bought so I expect the custom propagated ones to be just as good. They won't be ready until next year sometime or the following Spring, but since it is a custom propagation order that's to be expected. I have placed a custom propagation order with another reputable nursery that took almost 2 years to be ready. No, I am not affiliated with and do not work for them.
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Please see posting below dated 9/11/23. I'm glad you had a recent satisfactory experience, however you might not be so lucky the next time. Until this situation is cleared up, I personally would consider any dealings with One Love Farms to be high risk. For example, you may not receive your custom propagated roses next year, and I'm assuming you have paid up front for this.
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