You will recognize their red and yellow umbrella logo from their various locations around town. However, just like fast food restaurants, each location might not be on the exact level. The one here by Southwest Freeway by the Fort Bend Toyota Dealership is the one we visit, if we go. First, the place is big and have a large varieties there, there are also occasional coupons like $5 (or was it $10) off when you purchase $50 or more, and the number climbs as you spend more. They would gradually try to get rid of their inventory by having sales, like 50% around July, and 70% off by October/November. Sometimes they have built-in volume discounts like buying 10 for the price of 9. One thing about this location is that you really, have to know what you want and know a bit about your plants to be able to shop and get out in a timely manner. Reason being, unless you are looking for perennials (they are in the front of the store) or common shrub/bush like roses, azaleas, gardenias, etc. that are relatively easy to recognize, the workers you see there tending to the plants are probably not going to be of much help because they don't speak much English, and if you have something special/uncommon and specific you are looking for, they usually point you somewhere hoping you'd leave them alone, or just shake their heads. You would have much better luck asking your question to the ones wearing blue shirts (believe they are either team leaders or managers), they can better tell you where to find what you are looking for or if they have them in stock. We usually come to HGC if we have something that had died in our yard and we needed to replace it(them) really quick and we know exactly where to look for the replacement plants. read more

They had a bag of fertilizer that was advertised for $19.99, but at the cash register the price was $24.99. When we pointed out the discrepancy, they refused to honor their sign, and were very rude about it. Very poor customer relations. read more

Just bought 12 knockout roses only to find when I got home that most of them are infected with ROSE ROSETTE disease which is not controlled by any chemica. The only way to get rid is to pull up the plants and immediately discard. They won't return my money so STAY AWAY FROM KNOCKOUTS read more

I will not go back. I was going to buy tomatoe cages. The sign read3.99 and 6.99. I got to the register and charged 9.99. When I questioned it , I was told the cages by the sign were not those prices. False advertising. read more

Completely useless location. Unless you know for a fact they have what you need and you just need to ring it up and go, don't waste your time here. They can't be bothered to look off their phones to help you with anything. You'll be wasting your time. Selection also sucked. read more

Incredibly rude, and don't care at all about customer service; specifically the manager. Spend your money elsewhere. Spent around $100 on a Saturday evening. Went home and realized when the cashier took out one of our $3 plants to scan, she never put it back in our cart. Went the next morning to retrieve the forgotten plant, and we were told "tough luck, you left, and once you leave there's no refunds or exchanges." Except we don't have a plant to return; we wanted to bring home the plant we paid for. It was shocking how rude they were, and blamed us for not noticing. read more

Went back todsy unfortunately. No service st sll Eorkers standing around talking. No help This place sucks the big one read more

Giving two stars because of the variety they have to choose from, but horrible customer service. I asked what I'm assuming the manager where they had Merigold's were and he looked at me and said "over there" and just pointed in the direction. So I asked again exactly were and he said go 4-6 rows down and they're on the table. So, he couldn't stop taping up a box just to walk me to what I was going to buy. Shame because I was redoing my whole front yard bedding which would've been a good sale for them. read more

One of my favorite places but the prices this year are outrageous! Are you serious? $39 $49 for one small shrub? I see a lot of people walking around but next to nobody leaving with plants! Who can afford this? OK I get it about the freeze but I didn't know Florida was affected and that's where all this dirt comes from i thought. Seems like price gouging. Not gonna buy nada until you make it more affordable. And when I come back hopefully the staff will help a little. I'm 67 years old and struggle every time I go there to load up all while the guys stand around. Seems like all the Houston Home and gardens have that in common. Just a few ideas to maybe encourage them for a little customer service ,,,,it's what we're paying for too. thank you read more

This place does not deserve not 1 star. PLEASE RED: me and my husband got to the location at 9:03pm to get a Christmas tree knowing which one we wanting all we had to do is pay for it. At 9:03 pm we were told we can't pay for the tree when they close at 10pm!!!! The lady there claiming to be a ""supervisor"" was really rude and her face says it all, she hates her job or whatever the case may be so unprofessional and rude. DO NOT COME HERE FOR THEIR BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE. read more

If you could ever get them to answer the phone you are one fokeen lucky person. I even video taped them as I called from a few ft away and they won't even fudge. I walked away. Should have said something . Am going to confront them soon and ask why they don't answer. Any excuses will be faced with the video and I wanna hear what they have to say when they see it read more

Great staff and lots of healthy plants. Every time I go there, the staff are so helpful and will help you find things! I'm on the way to yard of the month! read more

All the staff were wearing their masks and working hard. If you are moving stuff all day you might not be in your best mood but yet they are helpful and nice. But it is not a restaurant or a high-end store, don't expect them to babysit you. They have plenty of parking, have good variety of plants and ferts. The prices are fair and the operation hours are good too. read more

We went to this location to buy a Christmas tree We paid 60$ of a blue spruce. The moment we got it home it started shedding needles like the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. On closer inspection, this tree has been painted (or dyed) somehow to make it appear new. Check out the green trunk in the picture. It is as crumbly as a tree in January but it is only three days old to me. I tried calling the number for this location but there was no answer and no way to leave a message. Kids are sad..... Scrooge award for the Christmas tree scam. read more

Houston Garden Centers - Nurseries & Gardening Near Me - Richmond, Texas

I went today to ask about the pallets I needed for a project. The guys stared at me and said no I use them.in a voice like he was annoyed and irritated. Horrible service now. I never had this happen. read more

Owner doesn't honor military discounts, employees are mistreated, manager and district manger are very rude, talks very disrespectful to employees in front of customers read more

Unless you are a plant expert and know exactly what you want, avoid this place like the plague. Right now the prices are all half off so it's a perfect time to get plants cheap. However, good luck finding anyone that speaks English. We are in The United States and I should not have to spend 30 minutes trying to find someone who can speak English. I asked one guy if this particular item was a bush or a tree and he said yes. What? Yes to what and he said something in Spanish and ran off. He brings back a lady who knows 9 words of English. Anyhow, it is my fault for shopping here because I complain every time I go but half off is half off. Next time, I think paying a little extra money to support our own citizens and those who take the initiative to learn English and hire those who speak English will take priority. I think ICE needs to pay this place a visit.. read more

I am not a fan of writing 1-star reviews. It makes me feel like a jerk and I am going out of my way to let other Yelpers know that a place is horrible. But I guess all of Yelp can't be rainbows and unicorns. To branch off of Brian B.'s review made in 2010, nothing has improved. The workers aren't willing to help you out, so if you're not a plant person...don't even bother asking for help and look around on your own. I asked for help to look for plant start kits for newbies and simple things like mint leaves, thyme, etc. The worker looked at me with a blank stare, and just said - "it's toward the front" - then continued to pretend to be working. I wanted to inform the manager, but I thought it would be useless and a waste of time waiting for him/her. The products seem okay. Like I said, I am not a gardener and I am not sure what I was looking at, but a lot of the plants seemed to be withering. Maybe it was the lighting? None the less...I am sure this review wouldn't get read or that it would simply be ignored since it's a huge place to obtain garden tools and plants for the green thumb lovers, it just needed to be said. (Too bad Yelp! doesn't have a zero star option). read more

I drove up there cause no one was answering and I saw 2 girls not doing anything. So I called from my cell and they didn't even care about any incoming calls. Horrible!!!!! read more

Horrible customer service. Employees just don't seem to care anymore. Rather deal with Home Depot or Lowe's.

Never shop here -- they put out 3 pallets of grass sod and I tried to buy a few pieces of sod of a pallet and the manager Eduardo said no He sells from a pallet that had less quality sod And will not sell from the rest .... What a Poor Way to Sell ... Gives poor quality stuff !!! DONT SHOP THERE !!!! ATTITUDE toward People is Bad read more

They have many varieties of flowers and plants over here. Price is good. 70% off by October. Please understand that staff is NOT gardener. Do not expect they can give you any advice. They work hard. Overwork and under pay. Some of them do not know English, so they run away if you keep try to ask them question. They will be happy to carry out and load up my purchase each time i shop there. I myself love this place. I feel relax just wandering around and seeing beautiful flowers, after work on the way home. read more

Every year I purchase my Christmas tree from HGC. I have always been pleased on how long the tree stays fresh and looks full until the first week of the new year, when I take it down. This year was a different story. I paid $59.99 for what I thought was the most beautiful tree on the lot. Unfortunately this year the tree began to lose needles on its own, causing my ornaments to fall off the tree. By the time Christmas day came around my tree looked sick and had a lot of dead spots, where the needles had fallen. I am very disappointed and will never purchase anything from HGC. Elizabeth B. read more

I'm disabled, not wanting any sympathy! There was 2 ladies standing at there registers doing nothing. I politely asked where the carts were knowing they were quite a distance for a lady with a cane to walk. They stated over there not offering to get me one. so I go to back of store and see what I want but unable to reach it. Meanwhile this customer was observing everything that was going on and she says she will go get someone to help, bless her heart. The lady comes back there and gets it down for me. I asked them if they had any Kimberly ferns, they looked at each other like what's that. REALLY....you work at a plant establishment and don't know anything about plants!!!!!!!!! I will never go back to this store again. Very bad customer service. Purchase was made on Aug.4th. Thankyou, Kimberly read more

Check out girls are rude. You say hi how r u thank u any of that and they do not reciprocate. I go there only BC I need plants and it's close to my house. read more

Houston Garden Center is a scam. We took photos of our dead tree to the houston garden center in Sugar Land (99), and the told us to call corporate. We did, and the person was exceptionally rude, telling us, "Now that it's after christmas, all sales final". Fraud. Scam. Never ever ever buy anything from them again. read more

You can have two people and a manager standing around doing NOTHING at the registers yet no one can answer the phone for 3 hours ??? I drove there (35min) with baby in tow, they don't sell Bermuda grass only St Augustine (which is why I tried to call first to ask). Then the manager makes up some ___ excuse that the phone is only allowed to be in the office and no one is in there and he can't move the phone to where they are all standing around at the cash register. These kinds of people make robots/machine replacements worth the investment. read more

Yellow & purple mums on sale for 50 cents per small pot. My wife and I went to buy a bag of fertilizer for the lawn and saw the mums on sale. She brought 6 pots for her garden. Houston Garden Centers has a good varieties of plants, flowers, shubs, and trees. Prices are very reasonable. There is always somthing on sale that is not advertised in the newspaper. On a nice day, it is worth it to go check out the sale inventories. read more

Houston Garden Centers - Well folks - last week we took a chance to buy 8 of the 1/2 price hanging baskets for $5- each ~ the baskets looked like they needed help ~ so we asked the cashier if they did not make it if we could exchange them for new plants if they did not make it ~ if not, we were not going to buy them ~ she said of course you can exchange them ~ but no returns. A week later I returned home and 6 of the 8 baskets did not make it ~ so I went back to Houston Garden Center store #29 in Richmond, TX. and the cashier called the manager over and he said that "all sales are final - no matter what dies" - he was kind enough to give me a number to call their management - and the lady who I spoke with said she would check with the cashier who told us we could exchange the baskets - but before we got off the phone - she changed her mind and said the same as the store manager "all sales are final - no matter what dies". I am posting this because there are 2500+ new homes going up in the Veranda and as words of caution - all plants and shrubs do not take too well in this soil and environment in our area - so make sure you work with a Garden Center who will take exchanges & returns and guarantee what they sell. Several of our neighbors and friends have had GREAT experiences with: Enchanted Gardens, Franks Nursery and Big Tex Tree Nurseries. read more

Don't bother calling this Houston Garden Centers to see if they have what you want. You will only get a recording and then the phone call ends. It's a waste of time trying to contact then. I guess that's all you can expect from a cheap operation. read more