Best of Boston

2000 Best Garden Supplies

Masse Hardware Company

With its hardwood floors and terrestrial aromas of peat and pine, this Cambridge company feels more like an old-time Vermont general store than a busy urban garden and hardware center. It should: Masse has been delving out seeds, hoes, and sage gardening advice since 1888.

249 Walden Street, Cambridge, 800-439-4755, interiorpainter.com/masse