Green Things

First off their selection of gifts and plants made my heart happy. Started my little plants at home and looking for good soil. The staff is what every local business should strive for. Helpful, knowledgeable, and simply looking to help you in your gardening experience wherever you may be. Bought seeds and starter plants and it didn't cost me a fortune. They have every plant, herb, seed you can think off. Cherry on top was the knowledge I gained in helping me grow my little plants. BTW I'm no green thumb but Im confident as I move foward. Thank you..thank you. Im sure I'll be back!! Their little gift store is just the cutestes especially if you are looking for gifts for folks who do not live in AZ.

Very poor service never contacted me nor did they want to make things better. I would not highly recommend this place. It's overpriced and it's not guaranteed.

In my city search for creosote plants in Tucson they are here in stock. Found by a phone call, they are setting aside 2 for me now. See the desk ast the main Casita.Ok they had two ready in the cart. No military discount here.

Love this plant nursery that includes several green houses and pottery options. Prices were reasonable and options galore. Everything from tropical plants, native plants and decent selection of yard supplies. Staff were friendly and helpful

Was SO excited to go to a local nursery being new to the area, and love supporting local. Went here for the first time the week before last, with the intention to purchase a water fountain and some native plants. Still "newer" to Tucson, I wanted to find a local nursery to help me mindfully select plants. As a nurse, full time student, and single mom, gardening is one way I nurture myself and find connection. I made time one afternoon to go to Green Things, proud that I had made time for myself that afternoon. After figuring out where to park, I immediately realized this place is HUGE! Immediately sought out an employee after realizing I had no way to orient myself to this enormous space. She was watering plants and appeared visibly nervous to step away and help direct me to the fountain area. I had to ask her twice if she could please help direct me- she asked someone permission to do this and said she couldn't leave her area for more than a moment. Walking me just far enough to point to another area, she gave me multi-step directions from that point. I found the fountain area towards the back, and unclear price markings, none set up or working, no employees in this area despite walking around 15 min out in the 110 degree heat hoping to see one. Another customer approached me during this time, hoping I was an employee and needing help too. SO many plants here, most very well-cared for! Some areas with clearly marked pricing, many areas not marked at all, some clearly marked as not for sale. Once out of the fountain and pottery area, finally began seeing many employees! Attempted to make eye contact with them to get their attention and ask for help, most were talking to other employees, quickly passing me by, no eye contact or greeting, and all appeared very focused and busy. As I kept looking at them, hoping to make eye contact and politely get their attention, more than an hour passed. Wondering if perhaps I had entered the twilight zone at this point, I pondered whether I still existed in the corporeal. Lost in existential musings, I was happy to wander through many areas with absolutely beautiful plants and an abundance of employees apparently lost in their own internal focus. Once I was too overheated, dripping sweat, no water in sight, my corporeal existence became firmly evident. Defeated, and a bit turned around, I began searching for my car, no easy task on this many acreage nursery. With disappointment and a heavy heart, I wondered why a local nursery would have so many employees who didn't notice my genuine smile and kind eyes, my attempts to make eye contact and connect with them. I had never felt so unseen and unvalued at a local nursery. As I was leaving, an older gentleman greeted me with kind eyes and a gentle soul, incredibly polite. After summarizing my experience, he apologized and directed me towards my car, walking me through a beautiful area with working water fountains. Truly wish this local nursery took care of customers as well as they do their beautiful plants. Uncertain if I'll make a second trip there after this experience.

22SEP2022: Fairly new to the area, patronaged Green Things seeking a dwarf Mexican Lime tree. Fortunately, we came across Jessica who took us straight to the section. While walking, I shared that we had an unfinished lot in Tucson and Jessica politely explained the layout of the nursery and resident expertise at Green Things to meet our future requirements. She then assisted us in selecting the perfect plant, citrus soil and navigated us through the checkout process quickly and efficiently. It was like having our own personal shopper, a true VIP experience. The nursery is well laid out, and while nurseries are a competitive industry in Tucson - Green Things clearly recognizes the value of that front end customer interface. Jessica / Green Things, as Arnold would say - "I will be back".

Green Things is one of my favorite places in Tucson! I have a giant garden of 4 large garden beds, 9 fruit trees, and a whole series of pots! You can usually find us at Green Things getting something at least once per week.In addition to all the veggies we grow, we also decorate with edible plants throughout our house - cherry tomatoes hanging in our front pots, edible hibiscus, and buzz button flowers in front. We even have strawberries in our mailbox planter for the neighborhood kiddos to pick and eat.Green Things has everything you need regardless of what you want to grow - soil or hydroponic, indoor and outdoor.The best time to get plant starts for your summer garden is in the early spring - that's when the starts are the smallest and when they have the best selection. As the season goes on, the plants get more expensive (they're bigger) and the selection goes down.This year I also talked with some of their staff and decided to try growing Chardonnay and Merlot grapes - they're doing really well! I'm planning to plant more of them along my entire back wall next season. Thanks for the tip, Green Things!Whether you want to nerd-out on your garden or just want to decorate with some pots and flowers, from fruit trees to flowers, Green Things is a super fun place to visit. Just be sure to wear a shade hat and drink plenty of water because it can get hot out there while you're shopping for your plants and pots.

Excellent selection of plants, and the pottery yard is a work of art. Paul patiently went above and beyond to help us select the right pots and even carried them to our car.

Looking for a job? This place is definitely NOT where you want to apply! Let me break down my visit to Green things and what i experienced as someone looking for a second job. I called ahead to ask if they were hiring and they said yes please apply with indeed. I told them indeed does not work for me as I've never received any reply's from business owners with that website. I was given an application to fill out and told by the manager that they needed to attend a meeting. As I filled out the application I was hit with loads of questions that sent out red flags for me. I asked an employee, and a few others about the questions and many were new hires, no more than 3 months at the job. There's clearly high turnover over here. Attached to this review are photos of the application and the questions they were asking on it. Based on these questions, green things wants is to pay workers minimum wage to be: experts in horticulture, be delivery drivers (possibly out of state even), movers, cashiers, secretaries, have irrigation expertise, participate in farmers markets, be a teacher and lecturer, along with many other "hats". Finally, I'd like to quote the stark red flag questions."Are you willing to participate in an agressive training program?"Implying they are willing to be abusive to their employees? "Can you take the blame for damaging or losing tools and equipment?"Implying they may just pick someone they don't like to blame for breaking a piece of equipment so they have cause for firing them. "Will you work outside winter and summer? Sun, heat, wind, dust, rain, cold, mud?"More like, are you willing to put yourself in danger of the elements to earn us money? "Can you be asked to work in more productive and efficient ways without feeling pressured and stressed"Soooo, are you asking if I'll be okay with being micromanaged? Are you asking if you can push me to my emotional limits so that you can profit from my burnout? "Why should I hire you?"you clearly are hemorrhaging employees due to your horrible behavior towards your employees. Don't act like your business can't go under, it absolutely will if you keep up this kind of self entitlement. Finally; treat the workers here good, they clearly have vampires for bosses who will only suck them dry for their own benefit

Went to the terrarium class - it was amazing! Highly recommended as the instructors were great and the materials and plants were high quality and worth the price of the class!