Welcome to Downtown Home & Garden - a century-old retailer located in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor. Since the Hertler family opened the store in 1906, it has evolved from a livery stable and feed mill into an urban emporium for garden supplies, plants for your home (and in season plants for your garden & home), classic housewares, durable outdoor clothing, quality dog gear, and unique kitchenware.

We love to showcase our rich history, but we survive by our willingness to adapt to change.  We strive to make ourselves ever more useful to you and our community by providing trustworthy information and full service. Our mission is to filter out poorly made or useless, trendy items. We choose products because we believe in their worth. We shop for you as though we were shopping for ourselves – always with an eye to longevity and value. Our business is long-lived, and the products we sell will endure as well.

Please enjoy our website – you will both discover some of the great products we carry and learn a bit about our history. For daily updates, Like our Facebook and Instagram – stay informed about the arrival of spring pansies, herbs, veggies, annuals and perennials, spring and fall bulbs, and Christmas trees!  Not to mention weekly Greenhouse arrivals – everything from succulents and cacti, to carnivorous plants, orchids, and ferns – big and small.  We have the plants to green up your life inside and out!

When stopping by our 210 and 208 storefronts (right next to each other!) come say “hi” to Wallace, the yellow Tabby that patrols 210, adopted from Humane Society of Huron Valley; and Watson, a gray that recently joined our staff in September 2022, adopted from House of Hounds in Clinton, MI.