Best Garden Centers In Chicago
1057 N. California Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 235-0991
www.adamsandsongardens.com
Inhale nature even in the depths of winter at Adams & Son Garden, a family-owned garden center serving the neighborhood for more than 20 years year-round. Bamboo, bonsai, cactus and succulents transport you far from a monotone Midwestern landscape. The garden features exotic vegetation, tropical flowers, fragrant herbs, interesting trees, water plants and heirloom veg. Spring brings everything for planting: seeds, soil, fertilizer, vegetable plants, annuals and perennials, tons of trees, shrubs and bushes plus pottery and hanging plants to adorn your domicile. Visit in autumn for its bounty — hay, scarecrows, pumpkins — and winter sees Christmas trees, garlands and wreaths for sale at the Humboldt Park shop.
2200 W. Grand Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 829-8200
www.christywebberfarmandgarden.com
It has been at least 150 years since this slice of West Town has resembled anything close to farmland, however, you'll believe staff at Christy Webber Farm & Garden Center are descendants of Old MacDonald himself. Ask 'em anything about house plants, landscaping, what to water and fertilize and when, growing ornamental and edible plants and everything else green and colorful from small spaces to homes with acreage. The store is smack dab in the city, so urban gardeners can count on high-quality product, expert advice, remarkable customer service, gardening classes, design consultations and custom potting services. They will even install plants in your home or office and are known as sharp floral designers for events.
4110 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 539-1200
www.gardenchicago.com
If you're disappointed year after year at the looks and output of plants and flowers purchased at big box home centers and grocers, give Farmers Market Garden Center a try for gorgeous healthy annuals and perennials, vegetable plants, trees and shrubs. Staff can recommend the kinds of plants and trees that will thrive in your particular place in terms of sun, soil, shade, etc. Service is good, prices are reasonable. The Irving Park shop is keen on the planting of native trees, shrubs and perennials, offering rebates to homeowners who purchase and plant native species through the Chicago Sustainable Backyard Program.
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3022 W. Lake St.
Chicago, IL 60612
(773) 638-2000
www.cityescape.biz
The name is perfect because this business on the west side offers the goods to help you create a natural Shangri-La, whether you live in a tiny apartment with a rooftop garden or a multi-acre property in need of green TLC. Staff in the garden center will tell you the ideal time to plant ornamental grasses, deciduous trees like Sugar Maples that will provide a scarlet show in autumn, coniferous trees like evergreens, various shrubs and specific vegetables. If your thumbs are anything but green, the design staff at City Escape can help you decide the kind of escape that will satisfy your senses. An array of trellises, bird feeders, pottery, fountains and urns will spark creativity.
5739 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60660
773-878-5915
www.gethsemanegardens.com
Try as one might, it's not easy finding a gardening center as alluring as Gethsemane. Family owned and operating on the north side for nearly 40 years, the business was way ahead of the curve in terms of supporting local concerns — in this case, family farms and greenhouses. In addition to supporting its neighborhoods, Edgewater and Andersonville, in a variety of ways, the garden center offers the best of each of the four seasons: poinsettias, pines and firewood in winter; spring seeds, Easter lilies and bulbs that will bloom in summer; tropical plants in the hot months; and pumpkins, straw, corn stalks and winter bulbs in the fall.
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