Arbor Day Foundation Reviews 

Trees are not healthy Very few needles on them were green most were yellow turning brow with roots tangled together. Received Pee Gee hydrangea's also in equally bad shape and roots all tangled together. They offered to send me more - UN NO NO thank you I do not need any more of your green house clean outs.
Have called Lincoln Nebraska several times and ask to stop ending me mail - save a tree NOPE been 2 years of unnecessary junk mail and it just keeps coming. I for one am sorry to have ever dealt with this company.

This used to be a good company. I would get baby trees from them and though only 75% survived, for the price of $1-3/tree, it was fine.

Today, this has turned into a large corporation. Their prices are ridiculous and they are carrying trademarked plants which makes it pretty clear they are no longer a charity. They are a for-profit organization.

They lie. They say certain tree species are restricted in Alaska but that it not true. This is information readily available from the State of Alaska Division of Forestry.

I finally received my trees. Not on time - they were late but I did receive them my trees. So don't give up if you don't receive them on time.

It is a scam, the ceo is a thief. It started out good, like unions, but greed has taken over. The law needs to get involved

Well this is the fifth year in a row that I have gotten there so called survey which is not changed it all in the five years that I have gotten it no mention of climate change yet on the survey. they seem to be more interested in asking if you have climbed a tree instead something that would actually help trees and forests survey is all marketing ploy and no real substance

If these people are as they say all for trees and education where is the education on their website? Where are the statements about clear-cut logging where are the statements about selling off our national forests for logging interests? Or the oil exploration in pristine national lands none of this is on their website "silence means consent".

Every single item I have purchased from this website organizations have arrived packed horribly and damaged, limbs broken dried out. and everything I have planted has died. following there instructions for planting to the letter and these trees I purchased where some of there most expensive trees in the fruit selection. get a replacement ?? good luck!

I will NOT call them a charity because they sure don't look like a charity to me. check there financial statements for their salaries and costs and their actual Arbor farm gets the least amount of money in their financial statements.

since they got their tax-free status after complaining to the IRS in 1971 and the president at the time was our corp owned and treasonous Richard Nixon want to bet they made donations to his candidacy? An actual charity should spend the majority of their income on their actual charitable works from what I can tell from their statement the majority of their money goes to board salaries absolutely more executives than they could possibly need for running a charity.

I think the IRS should give these guys another look

I made a merchandise order with Arbor Day Foundation almost 3 weeks ago and funds were withdrawn from my credit card immediately, yet despite my phone calls and their promises to send it out right away, it still has not shipped and they keep putting me off. I have no idea when I will actually receive the tree watering system but I should have been told it would be a month+ before that happened, and not been charged ahead.

Trees arrived over 2 weeks late, damaged, in ripped up shipping plastic. Called them and had a horrible experience with their receptionist Leroy. Would disconnect me, transfer me to his "receptionist mailbox" and in the end didnt do anything other than get us even angrier. Would not allow me to talk with a superior or anyone else who might be able to shed some light on our order. Seemed really helpful when I asked to be removed from all advertising and cancel our membership....only to once again transfer me to "receptionist mailbox".

Disappointing is an understatement. I have purchased trees and plants from over 20 different online nurseries over the years and I am rarely disappointed in the quality of plants. I would say I have had a greater than 90% success rate and anything that hasn't lived was most likely due to less than ideal growing conditions on my part.

This is not the case with Arbor Day Foundation. My first purchase from arborday.org was two years ago and not a single plant lived. Compared to my purchases from other nurseries, these plants arrived in horrible condition. I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt and try again so last year I ordered another round of plants. Same poor conditions on arrival and 2 out of the 10 have survived. This company needs to spend more time on their nursery instead sending loads and loads of paper crap in the mail asking for money. I will never order again and will advise those in my circle to make their purchases elsewhere.

The prices are low, however the "trees" they sell are basically twigs with a few roots on them, plus they sent them mid-winter, which is a terrible time to plant. Only two out of ten plants survived.

I wish I had read the reviews that are online about this outfit before I ordered. The word "scam" is frequently used.

I'm not sure what charity work they actually do, but their executives receive hefty paychecks.