OUTDOOR IDEAS & TRENDS FOR SPRING & SUMMER 2018
Spring is in the air and everyone wants to be outside. Outdoor ideas trending for 2018 include privacy arbors, small personal and edible gardens, fire and water features, manageable lawns with little maintenance; experiential landscape design, comfortable convertible lounging spaces, and plants in playful colors to compliment the ambiance! Here is our list of 7 Spectacular Outdoor Landscaping Stops to Love....
1. The Growing Place, Aurora/Naperville The Growing Place has created Learning Gardens demonstrating common situations such as sunny borders, dense shade and wet tolerant areas; as well as gardens designed to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, showcase long-blooming plants, cutting flowers and incorporating natives. They also offer ongoing classes and a shop full of perennials, natives, annuals, herbs, fruits, vegetables, groundcovers, trees, shrubs, and accents.
2. Wannemaker’s, Downers Grove After you shop their custom containers, pond and water gardens, roses, trees, and shrubs, Wannemaker’s will make your outdoor retreat a reality with patio furniture, cushions, umbrellas, grills, firepits, hammocks, and more. Your lawn and garden will flourish with their fertilizers, sod, and planters and can be accented with a variety of birdbaths and benches.
3. Spring Bluff Nursery, Sugar Grove Spring Bluff Nursery offers a complete CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) vegetable program as well as u-pick garden, allowing area residents to have direct access to high quality, fresh produce grown locally by regional farmers. They also carry a wonderful selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals, including many dwarf varieties in their garden center.
4. Magical Garden, Oswego Magical Garden in Oswego offers a wide range of different styles of pottery, from cast iron to marble and even glazed and terra cotta. They even carry talavaras (Mexican style pottery) straight from Mexico. Beyond offering all the traditional full-service landscaping options, you can also find organic compost, soils, fertilizers, pesticides, grub control, and soil amendments.
5. Wasco Nursery, St. Charles Gain inspiration for your outdoor landscaping by visiting Wasco Nursery’s “A Gallery of Nature” located in the newly remodeled Education Center featuring artists whom interpret nature using a variety of media. Once motivated, shop their expansive nursery of plants, trees, pottery, statues, and fountains, or let their design team create a dream landscape plan for you.
6. The Planters Palette, Winfield
Perhaps you love the outdoors but don’t have the outdoors space to create the garden of your dreams. Look no further than The Planter’s Palette for a great place to throw a unique party for someone special or yourself! They also carry everything you need to complete a fantastic fairy garden, perennials, annuals, trees, and shrubs for any season.
7. Wheaton Nurseries, Wheaton Wheaton area’s oldest landscaping company offers the finest hand-crafted Amish patio furniture in colorful and unique designs to enjoy your outdoor space and relax while taking in the aromas of your plants and flowers. The nursery also offers a wide range of ornamentals, planters, containers, mulch, and so much more to add to your creative landscape design.
Watch for a new, uniquely themed 7 Spectacular List inside each issue of Glancer Magazine.
