The Growing Place Garden Center

The Growing Place is a family-owned garden center (since 1936) with locations in Naperville and Aurora, IL, offering a broad selection of perennials, shrubs, trees, and annuals. Its plant catalog includes finished bonsai trees marketed seasonally as gifts, along with specific dwarf cultivars — such as Mariken Dwarf Ginkgo and Jacqueline Hillier Elm — noted as well-suited for bonsai training. The gift shop carries general pottery and garden accents, though the website does not list bonsai-specific workshops, tools, or soil.