Excellent small family owned and operated. Permanently…read moreclosed after 59 years. You will be missed.

Wow, really? This is considered Gary? I've been coming here my whole life and had no idea I lived…read morethat close to Gary. Cool. I guess I'll be prepared when I move to "the most dangerous city in America", St. Louis. But I digress... Jelenek's is a very cool place and has been around at least as long as I've been alive. My mom used to take us here to stock up on our annuals, vegetables and seeds for the garden. Once I was a little older and wiser, I figured out how to buy flower flats myself and gave Mom a Mother's Day treat of planting the front yard for her. Not quite a surprise the next 15 years that I did it, but every year she was thrilled with the flowers and how nicely they held up all summer. Jelenek's is family-owned if my memory serves me and I love the long-haired Crystal Gayle-esque woman who works there. She's a sweetheart in her big-brimmed gardening hat, full of knowledge and happy to help. They've got a nice selection of seeds, plenty of soil, mulch and tools and I'm pretty sure they have perennials as well. I always enjoy pushing my unwieldy cart through the gravel paths and admiring all the colorful annuals. The greenhouse vegetables at Jelenek's have never failed me and always yield hefty harvests (at least in my experience). The only trouble I've ever encountered was the time I thought I bought sweet banana peppers, but they turned out spicy as hell. When that's your biggest beef with a down-home, country gardening store, you're in good hands.

A cute, new plant and gift shop just off the square in Crown Point. Owners were very friendly and…read morehelpful. They even offer different classes including cake decorating classes. Very cute options!

A Socially Responsible Company…read more This employee of Hubinger yelled "Fuck gay people" at me as he drove past me (apparently in response to a "love is love" bumper sticker on my car). I contacted Hubinger in the hope he would be educated and warned by Hubinger that this is unacceptable and in the hope that they did not tolerate or condone hateful, homophobic behavior in their employees. I was contacted by Hubinger who apologized for their employee's behavior and promised to address this situation. I was glad to see a company taking this seriously. It may seem a small thing, but this kind of behavior, multiplied over and over again, creates an unsafe community for LGBT people and contributes to an epidemic of depression and suicide.

Hubinger can supply all of your year round gardening and landscaping needs. There is a huge…read moreselection of plants, bushes, trees, rock, stone, sheds and more! There are even resident rabbits

Came here after visiting county line Orchard and wanted to check out some of the fall products that…read morewere being promoted. Staff was absolutely friendly. Great mums on display too. You can get a bat house too which is unheard of at locations by me. Great pest control products too! Solid location.

Sapper's is a nice little plant store. I bought a few succulents recently and they were 60% off…read more I got three medium size succulents for about $4.00. I stopped in again and bought another succulent (still 60% off) and a few small pumpkins (I think 3 for $1.25). The staff is very nice and helpful. I will be back in the spring to buy some plants for the patio.

I wish I had known about Gardens on the Prairie and Wayne years ago. I love that I can go here and…read moresee how the plants will look in an actual garden. The employees and Wayne were amazing and extremely helpful. When I left I felt like I had made several new friends that I can trust to give me honest and insightful information.

I buy all of my spring flowers from them every year. I spend $200 to $300 there and they have a…read morelarge selection of plants. Prices are high but everything is high now pretty much everywhere.

Had an amazing time at Johnson's Farm with the family! Perfect for both kids and adults, and even…read morethe $15 admission includes tons of fun. We loved it so much we're already planning to come back next week!

They have a large variety of plants and trees and theirs customer service is excellent.read more

First time coming here just to casually browse around and get some ideas on what to envision my new…read moreplant area to replace some giant shrubs that died years prior. This place was absolutely great, staff here was really knowledgeable about their products and knowing what would be ideal. Great variety of perennials that I bought. You can explore their whole well landscaped area and they do Profesional installations for major projects. Prices are very fair too. It's a definite must as your first destination

We come here for the huge selection of plants every May. They grow a lot of their own & they are…read moreall beautiful. The prices are comparable to other greenhouse/farmstands around. Not cheap, but nice quality. We got a huge planter full of annual flowers for $80. This year they didn't have a large selection of herbs. No basil at all. Lines moved quickly to checkout. Friendly service too.

Alsip Nursery is a fun place to visit--so much to see--such a variety. The variety is why I ended…read moreup here, knowing the prices would be a bit steep. It's not Wally World. However, after surfing the internet several times, the only place I could find locally to shop water plant containers was Alsip. I don't have a pond and a beginner with containers, but discovered it's next to impossible to find a container with appropriate width and depth for water plants. I finally found an employee I thought might help, but he was obviously disinterested and waved his hand to one aisle and swept across another for pots and tubs. When I tried to get information on the container I hoped might work, he just explained it was plastic (made to look like concrete). No information on the label--lucky to find the size. For the price, I hope it'll get through more than one season!

Absolutely beautiful store. I'm a luxury interior designer based in Chicago and Los Angeles,…read moresourcing for clients. I was in your store today asking questions about product and trade program. The associate was extremely passive and completely disinterested in offering a satisfactory customer service experience. No greetings at the door, she turned her back to me, responded in one word exchanges. It's truly a shame because I was going to develop a relationship with your store to source product from a small local business in the future, but I will no longer be shopping here.

I had no idea this place existed! I just happened to be walking around downtown CP and saw some…read moreChristmas decorations outside. All of the decorations for sale were decently priced and if I wasn't careful, I'd probably end up going overboard!