This past summer, hundreds of species of plants bloomed in over 50 garden beds on North Michigan Avenue.  See below for plant descriptions that were at each of the properties.

Currently the gardens along The Magnificent Mile are decked out for the fall season!  N. Michigan Avenue is lined with beautiful fall arrangements boasting scarecrows, pumpkins, and autumn colored flowers.  Be sure to check out The Magnificent Mile and enjoy the fall festivites!

Lush Streetscape

Seneca Park/Eli M. Schulman Playground
Lush plant material included English ivy, Party White begonias, and cyclamen softened the grounds of the Park Hyatt. An emphasis on larger plant material separated pedestrians from the street. 

Erupting Stars

Tribune Tower
The VooDoo impatiens provided the colorful bright lava cover with the tropicals shooting out at varying heights.  Extra color was provided by the Black Dragon and Festive Dance coleus plants with the lava like flow of the lime sweet potato. 

Urban Variety Garden

Zeller Realty Group
An urban variety garden that contained a diverse array of trees, perennials, shrubs, grasses and annual flowers among a large water fountain. 

Hot Summer Tropical Garden

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
The Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile welcomed visitors with a delightful summer garden.  The garden was filled with tropical plants and flowers in hot summer colors.  Guests and shoppers were able to gaze upon hot pink New Guinea impatiens, Rubrum grass, lime potato vine, variegated ficus bushes and dramatic Carex grass.  Also incorporated into the display were coleus plants in vivid pinks and greens.  These were a new alternative to the traditional flowering plants. 

The Burnham Plan Anniversary Garden

Mid-American Asset Management, Inc.
This garden highlighted the Michigan Avenue piece of the Chicago Plan by symbolizing the streets through the plantings of Wizard Velvet red and the Bada Bing rose.  The Magnificent Mile is stylized with tree lined pathways, the Michigan Avenue Bridge and vibrant blocks of color representing the activity of the street. 

Burberry Plaid

Burberry
A plaid was represented in this garden with clipped boxwood hedges which created the prominent lines and were filled with bronze leaved begonias and white flowers. 

Tropic River

Golub & Co.
This garden was embraced with a mix of hot pink, light pink and white impatiens with a tropical river running through it. The river was comprised of a staggering line of cordylines with an interspersed tropical mix of coleus, croton, alocasia, and philodendron

A Geisha Garden

Woman’s Athletic Club
The Asian theme of this garden was created by the oriental willow screens, Flowering Dogwood, and bamboo planted in the red glazed urns.  The plantings of reds, pinks and whites inspired the look of a kimono gown you would see on a geisha. 

Starry Night Garden

U.S. Equities Realty
A palette of Ruby Rubber plant, Blazin’ Rose blood leaf and Lime Zinger elephant ear, coupled with the strong architecture of black river rock and bamboo poles, created an Asian inspired dry streambed. 

Floral Showstopper

The Feil Organization
A bright combination of Lime Green and Red coleus was surrounded by a thick border of White impatiens. 

Field of Dreams

Allerton Hotel Chicago
“Field of Dreams” we used colors of red, white and blue coleus.  The Allerton Hotel is quintessentially Chicago and honored our historic American roots. 

Formal Garden

Neiman Marcus
Lush evergreens were highlighted with impatiens, coleus and maracas accented the perennials.

Maggie’s Freedom Day Garden

A Grosvenor Property
The patriotic garden was made up of predominately red, white, and blue colored plantings like Rudbeckia indian summer, Cooler Red vinca, Margarita sweet potato vine, Victoria Blue salvia and Verbena Santos symbolized our nation’s freedom.

Formal Garden

The Bernadin managed by McCaffrey Interests
Colorful arrangements of pink hydrangeas, white impatiens, junipers, sumacs and yews filled the formal garden.

The Parkway Paradise

The Chicagoan/Draper & Kramer, Inc.
Layers of Red Star cordyline, Kingswood Torch coleus and Prelude Rose begonia filled the parkway, accented with spikes of cordyline.

Elegant Tapestry

U.S. Equities Realty
This garden consisted of an understated, yet elegant mix of spider plant, coleus and begonia in purples, whites and greens, utilizing various textures for added interest. 

Tropical Color Garden

Water Tower Place
The garden’s objectives were to invite and leave pedestrians with lasting impressions of Water Tower Place through the lush plant material and bold color scheme. 

Put on Your Brakes!

John Hancock Center
A floral combination of bright reds, yellows and greens using spider plant, Dragonwing Red begonia and Tropical Yellow hibiscus, created our own stop-light display, guaranteed to make you pause and check it out!

Container Gardens

The 900 Shops
These gardens featured a mix of broadleaf evergreens, ornamental standards and shrubs, perennials and seasonal annuals.

Bamboo Imagination

The Westin Michigan Avenue
The design refleced the Westin core values of instinct, personality and renewal with an eye towards sustainable resources such as bamboo and purple flowers to boost the imagination and creativity. 

Driehaus Management Garden

Driehaus Capital Management LLC
This was a classic and formal garden with French influences and detailing.  The plant species and design were chosen for four season enjoyment and display in an urban setting.  Boxwood hedges added clean and crisp detailing while organizing seasonal plantings of annuals and winter decoration.  Sculpture, architecture and art influenced the garden space and were the primary focal points that were viewed and enjoyed, with the landscape taking a secondary role in anchoring and framing the primary features.