I have a new build house with nothing in the yard apart from grass. My parents are visiting and are keen gardeners, but not in Texas, so though we knew we wanted native drought-resistant plants, we weren't sure what those would be. We started wandering around, and Ruth asked us what we were looking for. She spent a good 30 minutes talking to us about different options, according to the conditions, the greeness of our thumbs and our price sensitivity. She was very knowledgable, listened carefully, and gave us really good advice. The nursery will be delivering the plants tomorrow (3 days later), and we're looking forward to having a bit more interest in the yard, and hopefully some birds and butterflies. read more

I ordered several trees to be planted about 7 weeks ago. I pre-paid to have 4 trees planted. They came and planted half, the other two they said were diseased (which looked healthy when we picked them with the very experienced and friendly gardener attendant) and we were told that they would come back to plant them as they find healthier trees. They never did. I kindly attempted calling Rainbow Gardens over the course of one week. When you call the number, it goes to sales (press 1 only), but nobody ever picked up. I tried four times over the course of about 10 days. On about 5.26.23, I sent a contact over to their website explaining my situation along with my e-mail and phone contact. There was no response. At this point these are deceptive sales practices, they have hundreds of my dollars with no product delivered that I purchased. However, if someone can contact me, Jeff Kiel, at 210-852-5837 and remedy-resolve the situation, I will change my review to 5 stars. My next step is to go by in person. read more

Fantastic nursery. Pretty much anything you would like to plant is here. Helpful staff. We go all the time with our black lab.

In town for a wedding and needed to pick up some tabletop decor for the rehearsal dinner. Rainbow Gardens was one of the only places around that had great options for us. In and out in 15 minutes and for a great price. We got small bright orange flowering succulents in terra cotta pots to bring some life to the table. HUGE selection of plants here in a beautiful nursery. It made me want to move to San Antonio for the gardening potential alone. I loved walking around here as well. Great selection of trees and pottery too! Can't get a tree on the plane but I thought about it... read more

I love Rainbow Gardens, it's my favorite. I drive 85 miles to go this nursery. I have always had wonderful customer service but today was a different story. It started out great, but at closing I was trying to rush and get everything I needed. I had my 10 month old on my back and was running around carrying large crepe myrtles and azaleas, he never offered assistance, just stood there waiting to lock the gate. I was there to buy at least $700 in shrubs and plants. I guess I'll have to find a different nursery to go to now. Sad to see a great place have terrible customer service. read more

Large selection with very great prices! Love my succulents! The workers were very helpful in showing me what I was looking for and also similar options that I had not considered. This will definitely be my go to garden! Very calm environment and sweet workers read more

I'm new to gardening but everyone here was very helpful so I didn't feel out of place my first time here. The property is huge and full of all kinds of plants, trees and flowers their selection is awesome! We'll definitely be back! read more

Great place. Lots of plants to choose from and other items for your landscape caring. Prices are reasonable... even competitive with home improvement super stores. read more

Customer Service Well Beyond Expectations. I went to Rainbow Gardens on Thousand Oaks desperate to save my wife's wonderful orchid plant I knew was dying. I first met Jasmine; professional, wicked smart, and charming. I showed her my sad plant. Without hesitation she called for Joel and began gathering supplies. The two of them then spent more than a half an hour resurrecting a once beautiful orchid. Joel, incredibly smart, articulate, and professional, completely schooled me on how best to care for this "high maintenance" plant. His knowledge level was astounding. He really set me straight. They chose the perfect pot, specifically designed for Orchids (it drains). They mixed special orchid soil with lava rocks which I learned absorbed water (enabling the orchid's roots an appropriate place to cling). Joel then then trimmed off the plant's rotting roots and repotted it for me. He finished by giving it a thorough watering. Joel taught me exactly how to care for the plant: the right amount of sunlight, the right room temperature, frequency of watering, etc. I was really stunned. These two wonderful professionals completely made my day. My backyard has the potential to be wonderful, but right now it is nothing but an eyesore. I am now inspired to change that because I know Rainbow Gardens is there to guide me and supply me. Thank You Joel and Jasmine! read more

Love the variety here! More costly than your hardware store garden section, but such better selection of plants that are picked specifically for San Antonio. Nice pots and planters for sale too! I especially like the options of succulents, cacti, and drought tolerant plants. read more

The flowers look amazing!! So much variety! This will be my new go to for garden needs!

Really beautifully landscaped nursery. Huge variety of plants, trees, pots, and mulch. Didn't see too much staff but I'm anticipating the fall festivities coming up in October. read more

Variety was awesome! Really good information posted in front of plants to help with specific needs of each plant. I needed Deer resistant, perennial, partial shade to shade, Texas native and adapted to our area. With a combination of reading information and the employee who offered help twice. I found two plants I am really excited about. One I hadn't thought of but love it. And another that is new. They even had awesome information sheets. Highly recommended. read more

It's an absolutely beautiful place and I enjoyed looking around at all the different options. However, as a brand newbie, I was disappointed that the employees weren't more helpful than they were. I was really surprised that the two ladies I spoke with didn't seem to have many answers for me in terms of how to grow certain herbs and one seemed like she was bothered that I kept stopping her for questions (which I only did twice). Oh, well. I'll try their other location. Maybe I'll be able to get some tips/guidance on how to start my new indoor garden. read more

Lots of plants, flowers, succulents, anything for your yard but, the employees aren't very helpful or friendly. I asked one employee we're where I could find the fruit trees and he looked up and pointed. Two of them saw me carrying a fruit tree, no offer of help or hey we have carts up front, nothing. I will not be going back. read more

The place is nice but the customer service is trash. We asked the first lady to help us and she said she was too busy. The second lady just told us a direction to the flower we were looking for. You would expect the workers to actually walk you there when they are just standing around talking. read more

After reading all the great reviews I decided to give this place a chance. I walked in as a disgruntled employee was walking out, she stormed right by me and didn't say a word. The place is huge and the plant selection is endless with difference species however the prices are pretty high. Not one of the over 10 employees that I saw asked if I needed help finding anything or even smiled and asked if I had any questions. I will be continuing to go to the Plant Haus in New Braunfels for my plants. read more

Huge lot with plenty to offer, but not a lot of high quality plants -- and I think prices are way too high.

Excuse me... Yes, I'd like to find umm the way out! A jungle if awesomeness. If your thumb is green food color the other and all them fingers. On second thought just jump in some green die and you might think about being as green as these folks! You want it they got it if not you won't leave without something just as good or better. Helpful staff healthy plants and a maze you could make your landscaping dreams come true in! Wait need stone? Yep they ft that as well. Brick it, stone it grow it! One stop shop jussssss sayn. read more

Very helpful when I asked about plants and how to treat the soil and care for the plants. My knockout roses are doing well after planting them and following instructions received at Rainbow Gardens. read more

When I bought my house in Braun Station about 10 years ago, one of the big selling point was that I would be only 1.3 miles from Rainbow Gardens. If you go at just the right time in the Spring, ALL the roses will be bloomed out. What a sight. This is THE BEST garden center ever. read more

Lovely garden center. Place is huge! Great variety. A little pricier than other places, but not bad at all! And the staff is really nice too. Just a overall relaxing place to go. read more

My one and only place to go for all my gardening needs is RainBow nursery. Their plants are healthy and very reasonably priced. I love the atmosphere, the ease of finding what I want, the help that is provided and the friendliness and professionalism that is always available. They take care of their customers and treat them like family. Way to go Rainbow Gardens read more

Watch out! they charge you for the stuff that you did not buy! My mom and I both purchased plants and pots and went home and re-potted the plants and used the pots for other plants. Later that night when we reviewed the charges, we realized that together they charged us an extra 18 dollars by miscalculating the number of items. We called them and they said to bring the receipt back and they will refund us. The next time we went there we showed them the receipt and they refused to refund us because they said that we should bring everything back!!! first of all, how do you expect me to bring the re-potted plants? second, why do you need everything back to refund me for the things that I did not buy? read more

I really enjoyed visiting Rainbow Gardens. It is a smaller version of the botanical gardens, with the added benefit that you can buy plants there. The prices are reasonable and the choices are endless. I wish I had one in Houston. read more

Pretty solid garden center with pretty good variety. Fun for kids to walk around and explore too

I love this place! Ellen was super helpful. She spent at least 30 min with us on picking out lettuce and berries for our garden. She also helped us pick out the best soil. I will definitely be back! read more

Everytime I come here staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful I always find the right species of plants and a verity of other I didn't expect I recommend this place from the youngest to the most seasoned gardeners I see they have classes and generally want to educate people because knowing is half the battle. read more

Terrible service. Employees sat and talked to each other while I waited to ask a question. When she finally acknowledge me, I asked her what the price is on a a specific shrub and she responded with check the bottom of the pot. Not even a second later she went back to her conversation with other employee. I was there to buy 300 shrubs for a new project I'm working on. Guess I'll head to the nursery down the street. read more

This place has a huge selection of plants, trees, shrub, etc. We were here for over an hour looking at everything. However, we were not offered help at all. I picked out an entire landscape all by myself. We needed weed barrier and could not find any employees to cut it for us. I give this place 3 stars because of its great selection and sale going on. The customer service was horrible. read more

Place is awesome. Lots of plants and nice description boards to help you. Staff was kind of rude and several walked past me when I needed help but didn't give me the time of day. The selection makes up for the service shortcoming. read more

The garden looks great but the kids class they offered completely turned me off to the place. I went for a child's class and the lady running the program was so rude. I was planning on buying a good amount of plants after the class but after the way she treated me I just left the place and I will never go back. I was looking forward to attending the classes but I will never try it again. You can not be rude and treat people like they are less than. When a customer is asking a question, don't assume they are trying to attend the class that has already started. read more