Ran into Elizabeth Hoffman of West End Florist & Garden Center in Evanston at the Independent Garden Centers Show. So I can confirm that this garden center also accepts plastic pots from gardeners for recycling. Here's the list as it stands so far:
Where Chicago-area gardeners can take garden plastic to be recycled or reused
Know of more? Send me an e-mail at bethbotts1@gmail.com and I'll check them out and add them to the list.
Sid's Greenhouses in Bolingbrook and Palos Hills (they encourage customers to take pots for reuse)
Gethsemane Garden Center, 5739 N. Clark St., Chicago
Vern Goers Greenhouse, Hinsdale (only pots from plants that they sold)
Heinz Brothers Greenhouse Garden Center, St. Charles
Platt Hill Nursery, Bloomingdale and Carpentersville (only containers with recycling numbers 2, 5 and 6)
Grand Street Gardens, 2200 W. Grand Ave., Chicago
Christy Webber Landscapes, 2900 W. Ferdinand St., Chicago, and 11900 S. Division St., Blue Island
The Natural Garden, St. Charles
West End Florist & Garden Center, Evanston
Got a garden question? I recommend you call or e-mail the Plant Clinic of The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, the Master Gardeners of the University of Illinois Extension or the Plant Information Service of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe .
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