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The Great Outdoors
Austin's premier destination for native plants, garden treasures, and expert horticultural advice.
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Retail Store
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Austin's premier destination for native plants, garden treasures, and expert horticultural advice.
The Great Outdoors is a beloved garden center in Austin, Texas, offering a vast selection of healthy plants, including Texas natives, succulents, cacti, and rare finds. Known for its dog-friendly atmosphere and knowledgeable staff, it provides personalized service, from plant selection to holiday tree delivery. Customers enjoy a botanical garden-like experience with well-cared-for greenery, making it a top choice for gardeners and plant enthusiasts seeking quality and expertise.
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Wide variety of Texas native plants, succulents, cacti, and rare species, all well-cared for and reasonably priced.
Expert advice from knowledgeable staff to help design gardens, select plants, and create sustainable outdoor spaces like butterfly gardens.
Personalized service for selecting and delivering Christmas trees, with same-day options and setup assistance.
Welcoming environment where customers can bring their dogs while shopping for plants and garden items.
Regular new plant arrivals, including rare and variegated varieties, ensuring fresh and diverse inventory.
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Overall rating
Shanna-Lee Lussier
My first experience here was great! I came in looking for a few specific plants. I found some but I decided to pass when I saw a beautiful Tricolor, and a few other beautiful plants. I will absolutely come back. This is a great place to visit. Plus its not too hot right now. I forgot to take pictures plants while I was there but this is the beautiful Tricolor when I got home.
Sasha V
During a tough stretch for our family, as we have been contending with some health related issues, we reached out to The Great Outdoors with the hope that we might find some Christmas elves who could help us with a Christmas tree. Most years, we like to source and cut down our own tree but we were not leaving the house and didn't have the bandwidth to follow through on that tradition this year. Madison took our call, found us the perfect tree (meeting our few specifications to a T) and arranged for a delivery on the same day we called. Our delivery team was jovial, upbeat and so helpful, making sure the tree was secure in our stand and in a solid place out of doors in case we were able to bring it inside when the time was right. In the end, it has been the most lovely of Christmas trees and we think of our friends at The Great Outdoors who did their part to make sure we were able to enjoy a cozy Christmas even in the middle of our hiccups in health. Thank you, to all, for the holiday cheer, support and grace throughout this mission and happy new year! We hope to be in soon to thank you in person.
Carina Jahn
This is a really nice garden center. I've visited here a lot with my mom over the years. She's the gardener in the family. They always have a wide variety of plants and garden items. The plants are well cared for and the employees are very knowledgeable and helpful. I also love that they are dog friendly. I've brought my dog many times as well.
janna k
The Great Outdoors is like visiting the botanical gardens for free and you go home with some treasures for your plant family. They just had a new shipment of plants (August 16, 2025). The health and selection of greenery is unbelievable. We had to come back the next day to see what else they added and make some purchases for our green family. I found the rare Sansevieria Whale Fin and the Hoya Kerrii Variegated to add to my collection. We will definitely be back in a couple of days.
Margie Marquez
If you are looking for Texas native plants, this is the place to go. They staff are really knowledgeable and friendly. If you are looking for an specific, plant, they can tell you right away if they have in on stock. I created a butterfly garden based on their suggestion and boy the butterflies love it, all natives and non-invasive species from The Great Outdoors! They also carry succulents and cacti to great prices. You can easily find big thick San Pedro Cactus for a very reasonable price.
