Houston’s Premiere Garden Center & Plant Nursery
The Gate (as it’s fondly called) is your entry to our symphony of color, fragrance, form, and function that can infuse your indoor and outdoor living spaces with personal warmth and beauty.
Plants are our passion – regardless of your primary aim when you visit us, you’ll find yourself surrounded by magnificent display gardens that can’t help but inspire your creativity. And because the Arbor Gate family includes so many experienced and dedicated gardeners and plant experts, your questions will be answered with an unusual depth of knowledge and know-how.
We look forward to helping you achieve your own vision, whether you come to The Arbor Gate for information, inspiration, or both.
Join us and our dragonflies — take an ordinary journey to an extraordinary place!
The Gate (as it’s fondly called) is your entry to our symphony of color, fragrance, form, and function that can infuse your indoor and outdoor living spaces with personal warmth and beauty.
Plants are our passion – regardless of your primary aim when you visit us, you’ll find yourself surrounded by magnificent display gardens that can’t help but inspire your creativity. And because the Arbor Gate family includes so many experienced and dedicated gardeners and plant experts, your questions will be answered with an unusual depth of knowledge and know-how.
We look forward to helping you achieve your own vision, whether you come to The Arbor Gate for information, inspiration, or both.
Join us and our dragonflies — take an ordinary journey to an extraordinary place!
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Announcing the 1-2-3 Completely Easy System!
A system so easy, you can’t mess it up.
- One FOOD that feeds anything with roots.
- One SOIL for any application.
- One COMPOST that improves any and all soil.
- Completely organic, completely easy.
Announcing the 1-2-3 Completely Easy System!
A system so easy, you can’t mess it up.
- One FOOD that feeds anything with roots.
- One SOIL for any application.
- One COMPOST that improves any and all soil.
- Completely organic, completely easy.
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Plant Nursery
You’ll find the plant selection here at The Arbor Gate to be incredibly diverse!
One of our specialties is roses. The year we offer will over 100 varieties of antique, old and own root roses. The roses have been around for generations, and for good reason! Disease and pest resistant, these varieties require little care and will be highlights in your garden for years to come. In addition, we carry all the Earthkind varieties, which have been extensively tested by Texas A&M University for hardiness, long bloom time, and easy care.
Our display gardens showcase our plants in natural settings. Wondering what herbs grow in Texas? Looking for that cottage garden look? Think you have too much shade to get color?
Gift Shops
Our original shop, entered as soon as you pass through our signature arbor, carries anything and everything for the discerning gardener. Here you’ll find fertilizers, soil amendments, lawn products, garden hats, gloves, and gardening books.
A short stroll through our gardens brings you to The Arbor Gate too!, a treasure trove of amenities for enhancing the hospitable home. This delightful 1930’s frame house, discovered in the Houston Heights and moved to The Arbor Gate in the late 1990’s, is surrounded on all sides by stunning display gardens. The house, beautifully renovated, provides a unique environment that’s sure to stimulate your creativity and imagination.
Plant Nursery
You’ll find the plant selection here at The Arbor Gate to be incredibly diverse!
One of our specialties is roses. The year we offer will over 100 varieties of antique, old and own root roses. The roses have been around for generations, and for good reason! Disease and pest resistant, these varieties require little care and will be highlights in your garden for years to come. In addition, we carry all the Earthkind varieties, which have been extensively tested by Texas A&M University for hardiness, long bloom time, and easy care.
Our display gardens showcase our plants in natural settings. Wondering what herbs grow in Texas? Looking for that cottage garden look? Think you have too much shade to get color?
Gift Shops
Our original shop, entered as soon as you pass through our signature arbor, carries anything and everything for the discerning gardener. Here you’ll find fertilizers, soil amendments, lawn products, garden hats, gloves, and gardening books.
A short stroll through our gardens brings you to The Arbor Gate too!, a treasure trove of amenities for enhancing the hospitable home. This delightful 1930’s frame house, discovered in the Houston Heights and moved to The Arbor Gate in the late 1990’s, is surrounded on all sides by stunning display gardens. The house, beautifully renovated, provides a unique environment that’s sure to stimulate your creativity and imagination.
From the Blog
Meals for Migrating Monarchs
Each fall, one of nature's great migrations passes through Texas. Monarch butterflies that spent the summer across much of the United States and southern Canada begin moving south toward their wintering grounds in the mountains of central Mexico. For many of them,...
Times are Changing
September is a game changer in Texas. It may not look or feel like fall when the month begins, but gardeners know better. The days are getting shorter, the nights are gradually getting longer, and sooner or later the first cool front will come rolling through. After...
Post Oak Presentation
If there were an official tree for stubbornness, the post oak would certainly be in the running. Post oak, Quercus stellata, is one of the toughest and most characteristic native trees of East Texas. It grows where many other trees would rather not, often occupying...
From the Blog
Meals for Migrating Monarchs
Each fall, one of nature's great migrations passes through Texas. Monarch butterflies that spent the summer across much of the United States and southern Canada begin moving south toward their wintering grounds in the mountains of central Mexico. For many of them,...
Times are Changing
September is a game changer in Texas. It may not look or feel like fall when the month begins, but gardeners know better. The days are getting shorter, the nights are gradually getting longer, and sooner or later the first cool front will come rolling through. After...
Post Oak Presentation
If there were an official tree for stubbornness, the post oak would certainly be in the running. Post oak, Quercus stellata, is one of the toughest and most characteristic native trees of East Texas. It grows where many other trees would rather not, often occupying...
