Creekside Gardens

What Creekside Gardens does

Creekside Gardens Inc is an independent, privately held destination garden center and nursery operating from a single retail location at 721 Johnson Hill Rd, Collinsville, Illinois. Founded in 1991 initially as a Christmas tree lot with three small greenhouses, the company expanded over approximately 30 years into a regional retail operation with nearly 20 on-site greenhouses, where it cultivates the majority of its own plants from cuttings to finished products. The company serves individual home gardeners in the St. Louis Metro East catchment through an in-person retail model, with no e-commerce or delivery services documented.

The product surface centers on a broad plant assortment (annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, roses, houseplants, tropicals, and large hanging baskets), supplemented by branded hardgoods (potting soils, mulches, composts, and soil amendments from Miracle-Gro, Espoma, Fox Farm, and Ball Professional), and a gift shop carrying fountains, statuary, decorative pots, fairy garden items, candles, and regional sports merchandise. As an authorized Proven Winners Destination with staff certified through the Proven Winners certification program, the retailer carries patented branded varieties across annuals, perennials, shrubs, and roses.

The revenue model is straightforward retail: one-time transactions at the physical point of sale, with revenue streams from plant sales, hardgoods, and gift shop categories. Marketing is conducted through the company website and an active Instagram presence (@creeksidegardensil). The business has no app, no disclosed online ordering, no external funding rounds, no parent company or institutional ownership, and operates with 11-50 employees in a seasonal selling pattern concentrated in the spring and early summer.

Name

Creekside Gardens

Legal name

Creekside Gardens Inc

Website

https://creeksidegardensinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Creekside Gardens is an independent, privately held destination garden center and nursery in Collinsville, Illinois, serving individual home gardeners in the St. Louis Metro East region with on-site grown annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, roses, houseplants, hardgoods, and garden decor from a single retail location.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Garden Center & Nursery

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (44424), Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production (1114)

SIC

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAIAIAB

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers)

Consumer Products & Retail/Home & Furniture Retail/Gardening & Outdoor Living Retail (Patio, Grills, Lawn & Garden)

Keywords

• Garden center
• Plant nursery
• Greenhouse plants
• Proven Winners
• Garden supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Collinsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Plant Sales: Retail sales of annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, hanging baskets, and other plants grown on-site in company greenhouses.
2. Hardgoods: Sales of soil amendments, potting soils, mulches, composts, and other garden hardgoods products.
3. Gift Shop: Sales of garden decor including fountains, statuary, decorative pots, iron items, fairy garden items, candles, and sports merchandise.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Creekside Gardens is a Collinsville, Illinois garden center and nursery that grows and sells a broad selection of plants — including annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, roses, and houseplants — in nearly 20 on-site greenhouses. The store also carries hanging baskets, hardgoods (plant care and garden supplies), and a gift shop with seasonal/home decor, operating as a Proven Winners Destination focused on home gardeners in the St. Louis Metro East region.

Product overview

Creekside Gardens is a destination garden center and nursery offering a comprehensive selection of plants and garden supplies. The core offerings include: (1) an extensive plant collection of annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, roses, and houseplants—nearly all grown on site in nearly 20 greenhouses since 1991; (2) specialty large hanging baskets considered a major draw; (3) certified Proven Winners plants with trained staff; (4) hardgoods including potting soils, mulches, composts, and soil amendments from major brands; and (5) a gift shop featuring fountains, statuary, decorative pots, and regional sports merchandise. The company operates from a single retail location in Collinsville, IL, and is a Proven Winners Destination retailer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annuals and Perennials Seasonal flowering and foliage plants — annuals that complete their lifecycle in one season and perennials that return year after year — sold to home gardeners for residential landscape use.
• Vegetables and Herbs Edible plants — vegetable starts and culinary herbs — sold to home gardeners for kitchen gardens and backyard food growing.
• Shrubs and Roses Woody landscape plants — flowering and evergreen shrubs plus rose varieties — sold to home gardeners for landscape planting and ornamental use.
• Houseplants Indoor foliage and potted houseplants sold to consumers for indoor decor and indoor gardening.
• Hanging Baskets Pre-planted mixed hanging baskets grown on-site for consumer purchase, typically seasonal and used for porches, patios, and outdoor decor.
• Proven Winners Plants Branded, trialed plant varieties from Proven Winners sold through the certified Proven Winners Destination program for home gardeners seeking branded and regionally suited selections.
• Hardgoods (Garden Supplies) Garden-care and planting supplies — soils, fertilizers, mulches, tools, and related accessories — sold to home gardeners alongside plants.
• Gift Shop In-store gift section offering seasonal and garden-themed home decor, candles, flags, and gifts targeting holiday and gift-giving shoppers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Proven WinnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCreekside Gardens is an authorized Proven Winners Destination in the St. Louis Metro East. Employees are certified through the Proven Winners certification program. They offer numerous varieties of Proven Winners annuals, perennials, shrubs, and roses. This partnership provides access to patented plant varieties and certified expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Menards: Midwest-focused home improvement big-box retailer with seasonal garden centers serving the same regional market as Creekside. Significant competitive overlap on commodity plants and hardgoods.
• Lowe's Garden Center: Major U.S. home improvement chain with extensive lawn and garden departments offering plants, soil, mulch, and garden tools. Overlaps with Creekside on commodity categories but does not match the destination nursery experience.
• Home Depot Garden Center: Largest home improvement retailer in the U.S. with broad garden center offerings including plants, hardgoods, and decor. Competes with Creekside on convenience and price, but lacks specialty plant expertise and Proven Winners Destination status.

Direct peers

• Ted Lare Design+Build Garden Center: Iowa-based independent garden center combining on-site growing, a wide plant assortment, and landscape design services. Comparable as a destination grower-retailer serving a regional Midwest market.
• Chalet: Chicago-area destination garden center and nursery offering a broad selection of plants, garden decor, and landscaping services. Highly comparable to Creekside as a premium, experience-led independent garden retailer with on-site expertise.
• Stein Gardens & Gifts: Wisconsin-based multi-location independent garden center chain with on-site greenhouse production, plants, hardgoods, and a sizable gift shop. Comparable destination garden center model, larger scale than Creekside.
• Siebenthaler's Nursery: Long-standing independent garden center and nursery in the Dayton, OH region with on-site growing operations and a wide plant selection. Operates a similar destination retail model with greenhouse production.
• Wannemaker's Home & Garden: Family-owned destination garden center in Downers Grove, IL, with on-site greenhouses and a similar mix of plants, hardgoods, and gift/home decor. Comparable regional Midwest independent garden center model.
• Baumann's Greenhouse & Garden Center: Cincinnati-area garden center and grower specializing in on-site produced annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets. Directly comparable independent destination garden retailer with vertical growing operations.

Others

• Proven Winners: Plant brand and licensing organization that supplies certified plant genetics to a network of Destination retailers, including Creekside. Not a direct competitor, but a key channel partner whose branding strategy directly shapes Creekside's value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/creeksidegardensil

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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