The Growing Place Garden Center

The Growing Place Garden Center We are a destination committed to providing an exceptional experience, quality plants, gardening expertise & inspiration.

Family-owned garden center filled with inspirational gardens, a wide selection of plants, knowledgeable staff, garden & home accents, containers, & landscape design services. Find organically grown vegetables and herbs, fruits, and berries. Perennials, annuals, natives, trees, shrubs, and much more!

06/26/2026

The Gardener’s Art Fest
JULY 11, 2026 // 10AM TO 5PM // NAPERVILLE

Where art blooms and creativity grows! Join us at the Gardener’s Art Fest, where for 23 years we’ve opened our gardens for a day of botanically inspired art and live music.
• 40+ Local Artists creating original works, from floral watercolors and botanical jewelry to garden ceramics and woodworking.
• Live Music from local musicians all day. Aaron Kelly 10AM-2PM. Danny Rose 2-5PM.
• Food Trucks for a sweet or savory snack.
The Gardener’s Art Fest takes place at our Naperville location, 25w471 Plank Road.
Free admission!

The Flame Thrower Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Flame Thrower’) is a striking, fast-growing ornamental tree famous ...
06/26/2026

The Flame Thrower Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Flame Thrower’) is a striking, fast-growing ornamental tree famous for its vibrant, multi-colored foliage. New heart-shaped leaves emerge bright burgundy and transition to orange, yellow, and chartreuse as they age. Because the tree continuously produces new growth, it displays up to six colors simultaneously. Pretty cool!! Come see it for yourself in our Trees & Shrubs department.

06/24/2026

The Aurora classroom is getting new glass doors!! An improvement we hope our workshop participants will enjoy.

06/23/2026

Garden After Hours: Garden To Glass Mocktails
June 25 @ 5-7PM // AURORA

Unwind in the evening garden with herb mocktails, live music and friends!

Mocktail Mix-and-Match Bar: Customize your base mocktail with fresh-cut, aromatic herbs and flavors. Clip, bruise, or muddle your selection to release the flavors, or sweeten your drink with handcrafted herb simple syrups.

Shop the Flavors: Love your concoction? All featured herbs are available for purchase so you can recreate the recipes at home.

Bring a friend, bring a date! Herb mocktails not your thing? Our gift shop and all departments will be open for shopping and strolling.

- Live Music: Enjoy sweet acoustic tunes from Mitch Alvarez. Mitch is a singer-songwriter blending rock, soul, and folk with powerful vocals on original music and crowd favorites.

06/22/2026

Garden After Hours: Garden To Glass Mocktails
June 25 @ 517PM

Unwind in the evening garden with a zero-proof herb mocktail experience. It all happens on Thursday, June 25 at our Aurora location, 2000 Montgomery Road. Adults only, free entry.

Herb Garnish Bar: Customize your base mocktail with fresh-cut, aromatic herbs. Clip, bruise, or muddle your selection to release the flavors, or sweeten your drink with handcrafted herb simple syrups.

Name Your Creation: Design a custom recipe card and give your signature drink a name.

Shop the Flavors: Love your concoction? All featured herbs are available for purchase so you can recreate the recipes at home.

Bring a friend, bring a date! Herb mocktails not your thing? Our gift shop and all departments will be open for shopping and strolling.

06/20/2026

Tricolor beech tree. An excellent focal, specimen tree. It has striking, colorful foliage. The pink coloration is most vivid on new, spring growth. In our area, this tree performs well if given adequate moisture and some protection from the harsh afternoon sun. This beauty is at our Aurora location. Come say “hello” to it!!

06/18/2026

These two characters were spotted up high, getting a bird’s eye view of our staff and customers. Up to no good, for sure!!

Address

2000 Montgomery Road
Aurora, IL
60504

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+16308208088

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