Pasquesi Home & Gardens

What Pasquesi Home & Gardens does

Pasquesi Home & Gardens is a privately held specialty retailer founded in 1975 and headquartered at 975 North Shore Dr., Lake Bluff, Illinois. The company operates a single brick-and-mortar garden center and home goods store serving the North Shore Chicago / Lake County, Illinois market, with a Shopify-powered online shop (shop.pasquesi.com) extending reach to online customers.

The business sells a broad assortment across five core categories: plants (indoor plants, annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, vegetables/fruits/herbs); lawn and garden supplies (fertilizers, mulch, soil, pest and weed control, firewood, outdoor living); home accents (candles and fragrances, apparel and accessories, specialty foods, entertaining supplies, kids' toys); wild bird supplies; and pet supplies. Product sourcing emphasizes premium and specialty third-party brands (Stonewall Kitchen, Kim Seybert, Chilewich, NEST, GLASSHOUSE, LAFCO, Wallaroo, Peepers) alongside its own plant inventory. The company maintains no proprietary technology platform beyond standard Shopify and WordPress deployments, and discloses no patents, AI capabilities, or differentiated software assets.

Pasquesi generates revenue through direct retail merchandise sales, both in-store and online, with no subscription or recurring contract layer. Its go-to-market is direct-to-consumer, supported by a content marketing engine built around gardening expert Melinda Myers (30+ years of horticulture experience) via the 'Melinda's Corner' blog (85+ articles), a YouTube channel, and a monthly e-newsletter. A tiered gift card program ($25 to $1,000 denominations) provides additional gifting revenue. The company employs between 11 and 50 people and has no disclosed institutional ownership, parent company, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

Pasquesi Home & Gardens

Legal name

Pasquesi Home and Gardens

Website

https://pasquesi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pasquesi Home & Gardens is a privately held, single-location specialty garden center and home goods retailer founded in 1975 in Lake Bluff, Illinois, serving individual consumers with plants, lawn and garden supplies, home accents, wild bird, and pet products across in-store and Shopify e-commerce channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Garden Center & Home Goods Retail

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers (444), Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Retailers (4442)

SIC

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200), Retail-Home Furniture, Furnishings & Equipment Stores (5700)

akta.pro primary industry

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Indoor Plants, Faux Florals & Botanical Décor Retail (CRAIACAG), Candles, Home Fragrance & Diffusers Retail (CRAIACAC), Lawn & Garden Equipment Retail (Mowers, Trimmers, Blowers) (CRAIAIAA)

Keywords

• Retail garden center
• Plant nursery
• Home accents
• Lawn and garden supplies
• Specialty foods

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Bluff, Illinois

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail merchandise sales: Pasquesi Home & Gardens generates revenue through direct retail sales of plants (annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, indoor plants, vegetables, fruits, herbs), lawn and garden supplies (fertilizers, mulch, pest control), home accents (candles, fragrances, apparel, accessories, specialty foods, entertaining items), wild bird supplies, and pet supplies. Sales occur both in-store at the Lake Bluff location and through the online shop at shop.pasquesi.com.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pasquesi Home & Gardens operates a brick-and-mortar garden center and home goods store in Lake Bluff, Illinois, complemented by an e-commerce shop. The company retails plants (indoor, annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, herbs), lawn and garden supplies, home accents (candles, fragrances, apparel, specialty foods, entertaining supplies), wild bird supplies, and pet supplies to individual consumers.

Product overview

Pasquesi Home & Gardens is a retail garden center and nursery located in Lake Bluff, Illinois, operating as a physical retail store with an e-commerce presence. The company offers a diverse portfolio of products organized into several core categories: Plants (including indoor plants, annuals, perennials, trees & shrubs, and vegetables/fruits/herbs), Lawn & Garden Supplies (fertilizers, mulch, pest control), Home Accents (candles & fragrances, apparel & accessories, specialty foods, entertaining supplies), Wild Bird Supplies, and Pet Supplies. The business also provides a Gift Card service and operates an online Shopify-powered shop for e-commerce. Educational content and expert gardening advice is delivered through a blog featuring Melinda Myers. The product portfolio represents a traditional brick-and-mortar retail model rather than a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plants Retail nursery offering indoor plants (orchids, cacti, succulents, topiaries), annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, and vegetable/fruit/herb plants for home gardeners and homeowners.
• Lawn & Garden Supplies Garden center supplies including lawn fertilizer, mulch, soil, compost, weed control, disease control, insect control, animal control, firewood, and outdoor living products.
• Home Accents Home decor and lifestyle products including candles and fragrances, women's clothing and loungewear, specialty foods, entertaining supplies, and kids' toys, sourced from premium and specialty brands.
• Candles & Fragrances Premium scented candles and diffusers from brands including GLASSHOUSE, LAFCO, NEST, THYMES, Capri Blue, and Michel Design Works, plus hand soaps, body lotions, and men's skincare products.
• Apparel & Accessories Women's clothing, loungewear, handbags, purses, sun hats (Wallaroo), novelty socks (Blue Q), and Peepers Eyewear reading glasses and sunglasses.
• Specialty Foods Gourmet foods including baking mixes (Stonewall Kitchen, Maison Zoe Ford, Frontier Soups), chocolates (Louis Sherry, Lake Champlain, Hammond's), BBQ sauces, jams and jellies, nuts, snacks, and drink mixers.
• Entertaining Supplies Table linens, placemats (Kim Seybert, Chilewich, Le-Jacquard-Francais, Hester & Cook), paper goods (Caspari, PPD), serving pieces, and melamine dinnerware.
• Wild Bird Supplies Bird food, bird feeders, bird houses and shelters, bird accessories, and wildlife feed products.
• Pet Supplies Pet food, pet treats, pet toys, pet beds, and pet accessories for household pets.
• Gift Cards Pasquesi gift cards available in denominations from $25 to $1,000, purchasable online or in-store with 7-10 day mailing to recipients.
• Online Shop E-commerce platform powered by Shopify allowing customers to purchase products online for delivery or in-store pickup.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Platt Hill Nursery: Multi-location garden center in the Chicago western suburbs offering plants, garden supplies, and home décor. Comparable independent garden-center format with similar product breadth.
• Chalet Garden Center: Independent garden center and nursery based in Wilmette, Illinois, serving Chicago's North Shore with plants, landscaping services, and home accents. Highly comparable to Pasquesi in geography, customer demographic, and product breadth.
• Lurvey Garden Center: Independent garden center in Des Plaines, IL serving the Chicago metro with a full nursery, landscaping services, and seasonal home accents. Directly comparable independent garden-center model in the same regional market.
• The Growing Place: Family-owned garden center with two locations in the Chicago western suburbs (Naperville and Aurora), offering plants, garden supplies, and home décor. Comparable in Midwest independent garden-center positioning and mixed plant/home-goods model.
• Wasco Nursery & Garden Center: Family-owned garden center and nursery in St. Charles, IL serving the Chicago far-west suburbs with plants, landscaping, and seasonal décor. Comparable Midwest independent garden-center operations and customer mix.

Regional players

• Armstrong Garden Centers: Multi-unit independent garden center chain based in California with 30+ stores. Comparable in garden-center format and product breadth, but operates exclusively on the West Coast.
• Pike Nurseries: Multi-location independent garden center chain in the Atlanta metro area offering plants, garden supplies, and home accents. Comparable independent garden-center model, but geographically distinct from Pasquesi's Midwest base.

Broad incumbents

• Lowe's: National big-box home improvement retailer with extensive lawn & garden departments. Overlaps Pasquesi on plants, fertilizers, mulch, and outdoor supplies but with far broader assortment and pricing power.
• Home Depot: National big-box home improvement retailer with a substantial garden center department offering plants, lawn care, and outdoor living products. Competes with Pasquesi on price and convenience across the Chicago market.

Emerging players

• White Flower Farm: Mail-order nursery and garden retailer based in Connecticut specializing in perennials, bulbs, and plants shipped nationally. Comparable plant-focused assortment but operates via direct-to-consumer shipping rather than a destination garden center.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDvBCAdht7X7RlQ0a_Bx3bQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pasquesi-home-&-gardens

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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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