Business Details
23 Years
experience
Your Trusted Landscaping & Garden Center in Chicago
Since 2003, City Escape has been a leader in transforming outdoor and indoor spaces into personalized sanctuaries. Our commitment to excellence is rooted in founder Connie Rivera's childhood on a Michigan flower farm and her engineering expertise, blending creativity with technical precision. We offer a curated selection of premium plants, garden decor, and interior design elements sourced globally, ensuring freshness and uniqueness. Our team of horticulturalists, landscape architects, and designers provides tailored solutions for residential, commercial, and municipal properties across Chicagoland. We prioritize community engagement through educational outreach and cultural celebration, reflecting our dedication to both aesthetic beauty and social responsibility.With a boutique-style approach and large-scale capabilities, we deliver comprehensive landscaping services from initial consultation to ongoing maintenance. Our retail space in Chicago's East Garfield Park features nearly three acres of inspiration, including exclusive furniture, artwork, and botanicals. Customer satisfaction drives our personalized service, evidenced by long-term client relationships and industry recognition. We maintain accountability through competitive pricing and a guarantee of service excellence, supported by partnerships with specialized consultants in irrigation, lighting, and arboriculture. This philosophy has established us as one of Chicagoland's most progressive green industry businesses.
Services
Landscape Design
Plant Sales
Garden Maintenance
Outdoor Decor
Interior Plantscapes
Details
- Year established: 2003
Highlights and features
- We offer 20+ years of combined experience in horticulture and landscape design
- Our team includes certified arborists and landscape architects
- We maintain community partnerships for educational outreach programs
- We provide exclusive, globally sourced plant selections unavailable at big-box stores
- Our design studio offers complete project management from concept to completion
What people say
Best plants in Chicago
Exquisite decor selection
Professional staff
Transformed outdoor space
Unique products
Services
Landscape Design
Our professional landscape design service creates customized outdoor environments that reflect your personal vision and property characteristics. Our team of certified landscape architects develops detailed plans incorporating horticultural elements, hardscaping features, and seasonal plantings. We specialize in transforming residential, commercial, and municipal properties into functional, aesthetically pleasing green spaces that enhance property value and usability.
Plant Sales
We offer an extensive selection of premium plants including rare specimens, seasonal flowers, and mature trees sourced from premier growers worldwide. Our inventory features both common and unique varieties of perennials, shrubs, and tropical plants suited to Chicago's climate. Each plant is carefully inspected to ensure optimal health and quality before reaching our customers.
Garden Maintenance
Our comprehensive garden maintenance program ensures year-round beauty through expert pruning, seasonal cleanups, and plant health monitoring. Our certified horticulturalists implement customized care plans that include fertilization, pest management, and irrigation optimization. We maintain both residential and commercial properties using sustainable practices that promote long-term plant vitality.
Outdoor Decor
We curate an exclusive collection of outdoor decor items including designer furniture, statuary, and water features unavailable at typical garden centers. Our selection features premium materials like cast stone, wrought iron, and sustainably sourced wood. Each piece is chosen to complement both traditional and contemporary outdoor spaces while maintaining durability in Chicago's weather conditions.
Interior Plantscapes
Our interior plantscaping service brings natural beauty into homes and businesses with carefully selected tropical plants and permanent botanical installations. We offer hypoallergenic and pet-friendly options along with custom-designed living walls. Our team provides ongoing maintenance to ensure optimal plant health in indoor environments with varying light conditions.
People
Connie Rivera
Founder
Connie Rivera combines her engineering background with lifelong horticultural expertise to lead CityEscape. A former corporate CEO, she transitioned her passion for plants into creating Chicago's premier garden destination. Her vision merges technical precision with artistic design to transform urban spaces.
Questions
What services does CityEscape offer?
We provide comprehensive landscaping services including design, installation, and maintenance, plus retail sales of plants, garden decor, and interior design elements.
How long has CityEscape been in business?
We've served Chicago since 2003, combining over two decades of experience with founder Connie Rivera's lifelong horticultural expertise.
What makes CityEscape different from other garden centers?
Our unique combination of design expertise, exclusive plant selections, and personalized service sets us apart, along with our commitment to community engagement.
Do you offer commercial landscaping services?
Yes, we provide customized landscaping solutions for commercial and municipal properties throughout Chicagoland with dedicated maintenance programs.
Are your plants and products unique to Chicago?
We source rare and exclusive plants globally and feature designer decor items unavailable at typical garden centers across the Midwest.
