Pesche’s Garden Center

After driving 1 hour with my disabled mother seeking to spend a $ 50 gift card on a rainy Saturday afternoon we get to the register and told Pesche’s not accepting their own Pesche gift card because the cash register was out of order and not accepting gift cards – broke since Thursday? Really, I asked clerk to the call card issuer to get a verbal approval and it couldn’t be done. Manager with attitude just said, «No, can’t accept.» This seems like a scam-​unable to use their store brand gift card but can accept my credit card. It seems as if they are just wanting folks to use their cash and then make consumer to come back and use gift card later. If you own a Pesche gift card be sure to call ‘em first to see if they are accepting it. 2 Stars because the flowers are lovely.

Wow, this place is impressive with a huge selection, huge retail space, and very reasonable prices from our perusals. The entrance on River Road doesn’t visually impress and maybe that’s why we’ve passed over this place numerous times over 3 years. Business has only been there for 92 years, so don’t pass it up if you’re looking for anything for your garden.

I will NEVER shop at Pesche’s again and will tell everyone about their non existent guarantee. We had our front yard landscaped by this nursery with the understanding that a one year guarantee was provided. Two of our evergreens died over the winter so I called to have them replaced. After several weeks of no response, Chris Pesche sent me a letter saying I was harassing his office and he would not be replacing anything. Bottom line, we paid over $ 10,000.00 to be told too bad your schrubs died.

Nice sized garden décor section and greenhouse with a refreshing variety of plants (tropical, succulents, ferns, mosses, vines, small and big) but prices are a little steeper compared to other stores with plants like Home Depot and IKEA. Large selection of pots and accessories too. They often have 20% off sales on pots and deals like if you buy a plant, you get 15% off any pot. Knowledgable staff. Went in with a picture of a fern I was looking for and they knew exactly what type it was by a glance and offered helpful advice on how to get rid of tiny nats I noticed coming from my plant.

As far as flowers go. I love this place. However, I was there on the off season because they sell ‘fairy homes’. My daughter really wanted one. There was a beautiful fairy home on display that was slightly damaged. All fairy homes and accessories were 50% off. The fairy home in question was not marked with a price. I approached an unfriendly employee about the fairy home. She immediately took the fairy home away from me, said she could not sell a damaged house. And refused to talk with me further. I. Was. Pissed. I went and found another sales lady. Spoke with her about my previous encounter. She said if it were up to her, she would be more than happy to sell me the house, but it was not in her section. Last I checked, everything is for sale. I wanted to buy this fairy house. Broken or not. I will never again enter the indoor store for anything but to purchase my annuals. So disappointed.

Pesches has a great selection of flowers and plants at good prices. I’ve also had great service every time ive gone there.

Their customer service is poor. I was in their shop over the weekend because they had sent me a customer appreciation sale email — great! So, I go in and find out that the advertisement for an additional 20% on sale items is misleading at best. In the checkout, I tried speaking to Lynnet about the true cost of some items that I had picked out, and really received poor customer service from her. She was at another register, couldn’t be bothered with walking over to where I was checking out, even though there wasn’t anyone else checking out ANYWHERE, and was haphazardly yelling /​explaining to me how the sale works. She had a really poor attitude as well. Really?! I drove 40 minutes to specifically go to this store. Go somewhere else for your plant needs!
Speaking with one of the manager afterwards on the telephone for 15min, she stopped short of apologizing for my experience, and said that she hates doing sales, as they always have problems with them, and don’t normally do them. Save yourself the time and go to Lurvey’s for a more professional experience.

Sorry I have to give it a star at all. Last week called and had flowers sent to a wake. Six days later they called and said there was a problem– they were never sent!
Absolutely unreal.
Every excuse in the book. «Problems with that computer». Really???
Doesn’t count, too late.

Stopped by here to get some flowers and indoor plants.
This place is super overpriced. Flowers that cost $ 6 in Jewell cost $ 18 here for a small bouquet. Disappointing. Not a big selection either.
Indoor plant selection is not bad but definitely not as many unique or modern options although it depends on the season.
On the weekend this place is pure insanity. No parking, police coordinates traffic. They have a. If outdoor setup but the parking lot cannot accommodate the traffic. Just not a good layout. The store itself is relatively small and doesn’t have as many products.
The décor items like fake plants are extremely overpriced. 1 glitter stem is $ 18 WHAT???
Try to come during sale days so you can get 50% off on select items

This just happened right now. So I was walking to the metra station. In Des Plaines as I always do going home from work and I walk by this garden center. I just moved into a new place 4 days ago and wanted to buy some plants for my Sun room. I decided to stop by to see what types of plAnts they have. They were closed. So I looked around to the plants they had outside. Out of no where a lady in a white SUV starts yelling at me to get off the property or she will call the cops on me! This was the manager or owner of this store yelling at me. I wasn’t doing anything wrong! I was planning on spending several hundred dollars there but not anymore! I mean, who does that?! You need customers to keep your business alive yet this crazy lady is threatening people who are merely looking at the merchandise!

Nice selection of flowers and shrubs BUT horrible service. Much of their staff knows nothing about plants. They also do not accept returns on their plants nor do they offer a warranty on the plant for the first year. My advice go to Knupper’s nursery in Palatine they know their plants.

Pesche’s has an excellent selection of the best flowers available in the Chicagoland. I come here every spring (mid May) to get the best choices of hard to find flowers for the garden/​landscaping. The prices are very commensurable to the quality, meaning what you get is what you pay for and that is quality plants/​flower. I have ordered many bouquets for birthdays and special occasions and I was NEVER disappointed. No where else in Chicago or the Suburbs have I see the precise quality of these flowers. I’ve never had them deliver anything, because I usually don’t trust any delivery types. Overall great place to get high-​quality flowers for an occasion. Another favorite nursery of mine is Platt Nursery in Bloomingdale on Lake Street if you’re in the western suburbs.

DO NOT order from this place. They failed to deliver flowers to my mom on MOTHER’S DAY of all days. When I called, the individual who said she is the supervisor placed me on hold for 10 mins, hung up on me when I announced to her my disappointment and when I called back she had no sympathy or remorse whatsoever. Plain rude and unapologetic. Jaw dropped. Cannot believe them. Continued to say…“what do you want me to do? If you want i can send flowers with an apology note” in a snobby way. Any good and professional establishment would do that regardless without being disrespectful. Giving you all fair warning.

I ordered a gift card online and couldn’t believe there was a «delivery charge» of $ 14.95. Has the cost of stamps gone up that high! That’s just crazy.

I had a special request for funeral flowers: I wanted them to include Birds of Paradise. Pesche’s Flowers was the only shop that I called that had them available.
I was so happy to work with Maria after contacting many other flower shops. She was very responsive, clear, and consice, and she was able to answer all of my questions. I called other local flower places as well as FTD (abosolutely aweful customer service). It was just so nice to work with someone like Maria!
The flowers for the funeral were unique and absolutely beautiful. They had tiger lillies, maroon gerber daisies, and other flowers. I was so happy to see that they could provide this beautiful creation for the grieving.
However, when I noticed typos on the note, I was somwhat upset. There were misspellings as well as bad grammer. I contacted Maria again and showed her the photo of the note. She apologized and gave me some credit back. What excellent customer service!
A tip for future orders: keep your notes short and simple. I think some of the folks who work at Pesche’s may not be the most profficient in English.
I would recomend Pesche’s, and I look forward to getting flowers from them again.

This place is pure garbage. Plants die, flowers die, deliveries are late and to top it all off they have absolutely horrendous customer service. I don’t know how they stay in business.

This is an update to the 1 doz. purple & yellow roses my husband bought for my 30^th… they didn’t even last a week!
Save your money and DEFINITELY go elsewhere. Jewell, Walmart, Walgreens and even Aldi has prettier/​healthier flowers for less than half the cost of Pesche’s flowers. Boo.

I usually go here in early to mid June. I also go here for their Martha Washington geraniums, because they offer a great selection of colors. These bloom all summer long and look fantastic as a stand-​alone in a large container or large urn. Their prices are not «cheap» so expect to drop some serious $$$ at this place. Also, you can find unique plants that you will NOT find at your local Home DePot garden center. I am passionate about gardening, creating unique and beautiful containers myself, and doing my own hanging baskets. I get this passion from my Dad who is an award-​winning gardener (in the area of roses).
I love their variety of perennials and annuals, which provide a pop of color when nothing else is blooming. The lines can get long at the end of May and even the day before Mother’s Day, but they move quickly and they have plenty of young college students helping out at the registers. I do not know of any professional nursery that will «Guarantee» their trees or any other species and provide a money-​back guarantee. They have beautiful, lush, healthy hanging baskets and sell lots of «Proven Winners» (these are annuals). I love the variety of Coleus plants too. Last year, I combined the dark maroon with lime green coleus plants for a pop of color in a small area of our backyard garden. These do very well in early morning sun and need shade in the afternoon. These are lush and grow to 12 inches in height. They look fantastic in our garden. If you pinch off the flowers they will bloom again throughout the summer months.
I purchased a white fragrant Japanese crab apple tree from here about 10 years ago. My father helped me plant it and it is the centerpiece of our front yard. We have several mature trees on the side of our house (we have a corner lot that is huge in Chicago). This crab apple tree blooms beautifully every Spring. It is now a mature tree. Every time someone walks by our house I notice people standing there admiring it and taking in a deep breath to get a whiff of the light, sweet fragrance that it produces. The flowers are white with a deep pink center. Every time that tree blooms I think of my Dad. I also purchased a deep purple Peony Tree (which is now 5 ft tall and 4 ft wide) about the same time. The flowers are about 10 inches wide (they look like giant pom-​poms). Both have thrived in our front yard, and have provided years of beautiful blooms.
I know Spring has officially arrived when our crab apple tree and peony tree burst open with beautiful blooms. I have never experienced any issues with anything that I have purchased at Pesche’s Garden Center. This is a family-​owned business that is now in their fourth generation. It was started over 50 years ago, and it is still going strong today. If you have never been here, and are seeking high quality unique items for your yard and/​or containers or «hard to find» items, check it out. Christopher Pesche now runs the business along with his brother. He also has a son that works here. The Fifth Generation is already being trained for the future.

They literally have any type of plant, flower, tree, shrub, lawn decoration, etc. you may be looking for. It is extremely large with multiple green houses. Employees are very friendly and helpful. It is very organized. In my opinion, they are a little pricey with some of their plants and flowers, but they are all wonderful quality and you will find things here that you won’t find somewhere like Home Depot. It’s definitely worth a visit. We choose to buy all of our vegetable plants here.

Stumbled on this place while looking for a different garden center, and am glad I stopped. I had a pretty weird list of plants that i’ve had bad luck finding at my regular places. But Pesche’s had much of what I wanted, and a few things that i didn’t know about but were better than my initial ideas. So yea, HUGE selection.
Only minus is there’s no shade perennial section. They had a few stretches of them, but the were spread out among sun-​lovers.