About
Tallgrass
Garden by
Christy
Webber
In 2012, our founder started a plant shop to share her passion for horticulture and urban agriculture with Chicago’s West Side.
Since then, we’ve grown into a highly curated urban garden center: houseplants, ornamentals, annuals, edibles, rare succulents, designer pottery, and garden supplies of all kinds. Committed to ecological solutions, each year we carry more than 200 species of local-ecotype native plants, grown from wild-origin seed without persistent insecticides.
Our suppliers and growers are vetted across every department, including regionally sourced landscape materials and a national network of growers for high-quality tropicals. As the season closes, we bring in natural Christmas trees and holiday gifts for the plant nerds in your life.
Why The
Name Changed
Over the past decade, we grew out of our urban agriculture-focused origins (ask us about our pet pig!) and our old name, “Christy Webber Farm & Garden”, stopped effectively describing us.
In 2026 we became Tallgrass Garden by Christy Webber, a name that honors the prairies of the Midwest and reflects what we’ve become: a garden center built for Chicagoland and the living world we all share.
ARE YOU A NEW COMPANY?
Nope — same team, same location, same plants.
WHY TALLGRASS GARDEN?
It’s rooted in what we do best: deep expertise, native plants, and a garden built around Chicago’s landscape and community.
IS CHRISTY WEBBER STILL INVOLVED?
Yes. We’re still “by Christy Webber”; that part isn’t going anywhere.
ARE YOU THE SAME AS CHRISTY WEBBER LANDSCAPES?
No. We’re a separate business. We’re the garden center and plant shop, not the landscaping company.
Meet the Team
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Marina Post
Store Manager
Urban AG & Trees/Shrubs -
Cooper Forsman
Native Plants & Perennials
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Rhonda Castillo
Tropicals, Pottery, & Gifts
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Alex Schoen
Annuals & Seasonal Buying
Visit Us
Whether you're planting a backyard prairie, a wildflower garden, filling a few containers or bringing more green indoors, you'll find thoughtful plants and the expert people who can help you choose them.
2833 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 829-8200