Hacker's Glenbard Gardens

Full-service retail garden center. Top products: annuals and perennials, vegetable and fruit plants, Christmas trees, hand-crafted wreaths, houseplants. Hacker's Glenbard Gardens is a family-owned and operated retail garden center located in Lombard, Illinois, established in 1976. The business operates year-round, serving home gardeners with a comprehensive inventory that includes annuals, perennials, vegetable starts, fruit plants, herbs, rose bushes, and houseplants. Beyond plant material, they supply essential gardening amendments such as mulch, soil, fertilizers, and containers. The nursery distinguishes itself by growing its own plant stock and hand-crafting Christmas wreaths on-site. Their operations are highly seasonal, providing specific inventory such as pumpkins, hardy mums, and corn stalks in the autumn, and Easter lilies, poinsettias, and fresh-cut Christmas trees during the winter holidays. Catering primarily to local residential gardeners, the nursery also offers institutional support, providing special discounts on holiday plants to churches. The business emphasizes its longevity and hands-on production methods within the local horticultural community.