Home Services reviews in Chicago, Illinois

With winter coming it is great that we have LA Services as our snow removal and lawn care company. Excellent service, always on time and there is no better feeling than waking up on a cold morning and seeing all our snow has been removed.

LA Lawn services has been great. They are reliable and very reasonable. Our grass looks great and they do a great job with clean up. We will continue to use them for our landscaping.

Lewis and his team do a wonderful job on a weekly basis at my house. They recently redid the entire front/side of my house with new stones, plants and landscape lighting. Lewis is very knowledgeable about plants and materials and was able to answer all my questions. I am very pleased and happy with the work that has been done.

Lewis and his team came to lay sod and replant some plants in our yard. They did a great job, were personable and even came back to make sure the job was done to our satisfaction. They provided quotes to us and gave suggestions when we were unsure what to do. Lewis even trimmed around a tree because he remembered us "mentioning" we wanted to place flowers underneath. Great attention to detail. Thanks for the great work LA Lawn!

We had LA Services install our patio complete with a fire pit & they did an excellent job. Their quote was reasonable and the workmanship was done professionally. The work was completed in a timely manner. We've received dozens & dozens ( truly not exaggerating!) of compliments on how beautiful the patio and fire pit look. I would highly recommend them.

A very well stocked and excellent service garden center. We got 2 fountains and a tree from there. The installation of fountains (we had to prepare the ground ourselves) was excellent.

This place is a real treasure in the city. Worth every extra penny for the best plants and service from people who feel like family and friends. They are professionals who love gardening and gardeners. Stan gave me great advice.

Always an amazing experience, beautiful plants for home and garden and great tree delivery for x-mass. I will miss it a lot now that I have moved too far away ❤️

Love this place! I was looking for native plants and everyone was so friendly and knowledgeable.

Purchased a beautiful spread of plants at very fair prices! One of the staff members helped me pick out each one and provided excellent recommendations. This place is knowledgeable, friendly, and willing to go the extra mile for their customers. I can't recommend them enough.

This place has the best pot arrangements I’ve seen in a while! Lots of pumpkins and gourds to choose from too.

They are helpful with loading things into your car, but I am not convinced they are fully knowledgeable about the plants they sell. Last year I walked in with an accurate diagram of my raised planter boxes, and I was sold too many plants that would fit into them. The vegetables, specifically, suffered as a result. I bought arborvitaes that died within a month. This year I bought hydrangeas that have all died within a month as well. I’m being told by their staff they are thirsty plants and the watering I was doing was insufficient, but now it’s too much. Don’t go here for advice. I would love to support local businesses, but I’d rather buy from
Home Depot for less and have the same plants die.

Amazing selection of indoor and outdoor plants! Love the bonsai and pot selection. The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. Would recommend if you are looking for interesting house plants or gifts.

Very pleasant place. The staff are helpful and the place is big. There are so many choices for plants and gardening tools.

I love this place!! It spans a few blocks between the herb/veggie area, indoor shop (with decor, fancier pots etc), large tree/shrub area, annuals lot, and more. The staff are always helpful and the plants are always so healthy! They've helped me put together some really beautiful planters over the years.

The best part is - although some will say it's pricey (and it is for some things, like indoor plants) - I actually find the annuals and herbs/veggies to be reasonably priced. Maybe a buck or two more than the big box places like home depot. Totally worth it, because the selection is lightyears better and the staff are actually knowledgeable. Plus, they're dog friendly. My ideal morning is taking my dog on a walk to help me pick out a few flowers here, and she always gets lots of attention from the staff. Gethsemane will always be a 10/10 for me.

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Absolutely incredible staff!
They went above and beyond to help us when our cat accidentally fell out of our window — they found him, kept him safe, and treated him with such care and kindness. We are so grateful for their compassion and quick action. Truly a wonderful team and an amazing neighborhood business. Thank you, Gethsemane!

**Edit 02/28/22: I contacted a very kind manager and they explained that they have a 30 day plant health guarantee. They replaced the value of the plant and made it right. Thank you, and I will definately continue to come here in the future. It was very kind they reached out and made it right. I changed this one star review to 5 due to their kindness and the plant health guarantee. My original review is below.

This place has a great selection and similar prices to other places. Sadly, there are are numerous health issues with the plants. Sadly I bought a Alocasia "Hilo Beauty" and it has spider mites. No other plants in my collection have any problems and I am 100% it came from this location. I bypassed a higher end Phildenderon because it had evidence of spider mites. I thought the small amount of initial damge on the leaves was due to shipping etc. Also, both plants I bought at this time had fungus gnats present as well.

In the photos one can see the mite, mite damage and mite with eggs.

You get what you pay for. It’s an old adage, but absolutely true here. As an amateur but enthusiastic gardener this place has it all; friendly advice, great selection of well tended plants, excellent planting ideas, huge selection of pots and other gardening stuff. Turned our front yard from blah to beautiful in no time!

Great garden center, has everything you’re looking for, and the guy at the counter was really nice and helpful but MAN everybody else acts like you’re the scum of the earth for even trying to talking to them, did not have a great experience because of that 😭 does NOT make me want to come back 😵‍💫

“I truly love this garden center. I’ve visited several times and always find beautiful plants, pots, and soil. It’s a place I really enjoy, and I love coming back. Most of the staff have been wonderful: throughout my visits, more than 15 people have helped me with great kindness — from those who come up to ask if I have questions to the cashiers, who are always attentive and friendly.

However, on one occasion I asked 2–3 employees in the closed plant area, and their service was not cordial or friendly at all, which surprised me. Even with that small negative experience, I will definitely keep coming back, because this place has everything and I always find beautiful plants here.”

Best plant store ever. Great prices and even better people to be helpful!! Highly recommend.