A New Leaf

I love A New Leaf for greens and flowers by the stem. My favorite part is that its totally affordable, and I can just grab what I want, lay it on the counter, and they’ll look at it and be like ohhhhhhhh, how about 10? DEAL.
The people who work there are all so nice, super cool, and really really helpful. They aren’t pretentious at all, unlike a lot of other florists I’ve come across. I don’t know if the $$$ is necessarily accurate, but I guess it depends what you’re buying. Stems are market price, and not any more expensive than any other florist.

I can not give enough praise to Lara who works at A New Leaf! She is absolutely amazingly! I currently am getting married in Mexico (next week!) and was having issues with the florist in Mexico because of the language barrier and difference in culture. Since I was in a beautiful wedding last summer at A New Leaf and remembered their gorgeous bouquets and center pieces, I decided to give them a call for advice. Lara picked up the phone, I was in tears and told her my situation. She calmly said to me «ok, let’s walk through this together». She asked me many questions and helped me design my bouquet, my bridesmaids bouquets, and my center pieces. I can not thank her enough. The amount of angst and tears I endured before I spoke with Lara completely disappeared after our call. Lara, you are amazing! You need a huge raise! I can not give you enough praise! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will bring in pictures when I get back from Mexico!
Melissa

New Leaf has always been my go to florist since moving downtown. The staff always encourages me to become an artist in selecting from a large array of flowers, and then they top it off and arrange it making me look like a rock star in the gift giving department. Where everyone on staff is helpful, I’m a big fan of Alex who is a pleasure to work with. Favorite new flower: Anthurium!

Such a beautiful flower shop! This is the time of shop you enter that makes you gasp as its beauty when you walk-​in. It is one of my favorite shops to just look around, and I take many of my friends who are visiting Chicago here. We’ve gotten a couple of items here – including our wedding unity candle, some ribbon for a friend’s dress, and a succulent for a friend. Make sure you check the outdoor garden out back as well as the candle and ribbon shop on the lower level!

I felt like I was transported to a magical garden upon entering this place. The event space is breathtaking. The shop is filled with unique pieces, candles, plants, flowers, antique-​inspired décor. I could spend hours here!

Flowers, flowers, everywhere! As soon as you enter A New Leaf it’s as if you are walking into a wonderland. A wonderland that is far from Chicago. I walked in and saw some of the most beautiful flowers that I have ever laid eyes on. I came for an event and almost forgot that this was a flower shop. As I walked to the back and saw the outdoor venue I couldn’t believe that I was in Chicago enjoying this amazing space on such a beautiful summer night. There was lush greenery everywhere! The interior is the perfect contrast featuring dark wood, dim lighting, and multiple levels to explore. This is my ideal event space!

I have stopped in a few times now and always greeted with great customer service. I’ve needed a few arrangements and Andy has been extremely helpful in making the perfect arrangements. With little details, Andy was able to use his creativity to create a personalized arrangement.
Great space and always a welcoming staff. Thank you for being helpful and always available.

A green sanctuary of small plants, flowers, colorful candles, Mexican tile and pots. There are two floors and an outside, back courtyard. I can spend a lot of time just browsing. Prices are moderate; it is a great place to find a reasonable gift. The downstairs has a very large assortment of candles and old twine, rocks and glass jars. Service is perfect. They leave you pretty much alone until you ask for help. They have a second store close-​by.

This space is breathtaking! We had our wedding there this past weekend, with the ceremony outside in the garden. It was unreal — looked like we stepped out of a catalog — that’s what everyone kept telling us all night. Rashelle, from A New Leaf, is fantastic to work with — she’s very responsive and took my ideas to the next level. I’ve never seen flowers like the ones we had for our wedding day. Everything was absolutely perfect and stunning.
We cannot thank her or A New Leaf enough! The evening was spectacular and this space is perfect for intimate weddings looking for an alternative feel!
Thanks again for everything, Rashelle!

Wonderful flower and gift shop! I came in just to explore but will be back soon to buy some things. The building itself is really historic and unique. You feel as if you’re being transported to a flower wonderland.

I popped in this morning to grab a quick bouquet for my sister in laws first Mother’s Day. I was there early. It wasn’t very busy yet. Only two other customers buying Mother’s Day bouquets. I realize it’s a busy day for florists but at the time I was in there we were definitely outnumbered by employees. That said, not one person acknowledged me, said «we will be with you in a minute», said just a «hello», or even noticed that a paying customer had just walked in. Worst, most stuck-​up customer service I have ever experienced. I waited 10 minutes and not a word, not a glance, nothing. I ended up leaving and went down the street where I was served immediately and with great customer service. I will never go back here even if they had the last flowers on earth nor will I ever recommend them. I’ll do the opposite. Bad reviews every chance I get.

Seriously this is the best flower shop in Chicago. It’s spacious with floral arrangements at the top and the basement is filled with beautiful candles. The east wing of the shop is an event space in which my cousin and I were able to view! It is gorgeous and I love it! The beautiful Nkem was so helpful and sweet. I would definitely take the drive to get flowers from there.

I ordered my wedding flowers here and they were amazing! I worked with Lori and she was able to deliver exactly what I wanted within my price range. I wanted Peonies in November– which everywhere else told me was impossible or extremely expensive. I agreed to go with garden roses as a substitute– when the bouquets and centerpieces arrived they had the most amazing peonies!!! Not sure how she was able to pull it off but they were beautiful. Lori was super helpful throughout the process and was able to create alter flowers that doubled as centerpieces on our parents’ tables. There was no minimum and no deposit necessary for the order. I also got the cake flowers from here and the cake turned out amazing as well.

Went to view the event space and fell in love with the store. The entire space had a wonderful energy that was serene, warm, and peaceful. My fiancée and I met with Rochelle, she gave us a tour of the space and was über accommodating. She, provided us with a list of vendors, an initial quote for flowers, and gave us a one week hold on our potential date, while flawlessly integrating great customer service to the individuals that were there. If this is a demonstration of their customer service I’m in… now I just have to convince my fiancée! :)

Today is a very sad day for me. I went into my favorite floral shop that I have been loyal to for TWO YEARS and was rudely told by the female owner and some other young lady that they do not give away soil nor do they help pot plants here. Now, this is my first encounter like this because as far as I’m concerned the manager Lori and Lauren have helped me numerous times with both. No, I do not expect anything to be free. I have paid for the pot. I have paid for the dirt. Quite frankly, I will pay for all of tools so long as I don’t have to have a huge bag of soil in my 400 sq foot studio.
I have referred several friends to this place. I even thought that someday I would have a wedding reception in this venue. Not. Any. More.
I’m very sad that I will no longer be spending any time nor money at this establishment and it’s all thanks to the owner who has no customer service skills and the lack of respect (minus Lori and Lauren) her staff shows. Must be the reason for the fast turn over.
I’m assuming based on the reviews that I am not the only one to complain about her or the other staff members.
See ya later New Leaf… Hello, Green. Inc!

A must stop for fun flowers. One of the few places you can buy them by the stem. Watch out for old flowers though– sometimes they’re selling things past their prime. If you don’t know your flowers well simply ask them how long it will last and they generally give you a truthful answer.
Staff can be hit and miss for how friendly they are.

Somebody I love very very deeply had a wedding here. A wedding upstairs in the rustic attic with the gorgeous long windows and wooden floor. She was absolutely, breath-​takingly beautiful as she stood there waiting for the only person whom had an invitation: her fiancé.
It was an evening, around 5pm, when he arrived to meet her upstairs. However, the receptionist somehow didn’t know there was a wedding going on (how in the — ), and assured him that he had the wrong address. He checked the address on the invitation that he had received by hand that day and it read: 1818 N Wells St. The woman was confident that he was confused, and turned him away.
The bride stood there. For hours.
She called him, but he wasn’t around his phone.
Soon, off came her dress and on went her regular clothes.
Out went the hundreds of plain white candles leading the way.
Without being too detailed and sacrificing this person’s privacy, I will tell you this. «A New Leaf» ruined everything. They were irresponsible, unorganized, and the reason this wedding fell through was because of their lack of attention to detail. Perhaps it wasn’t entered into their calendar, or it was just a blatant error in communication. That one lady downstairs had no idea there was a wedding being held that evening. How does that happen?
What is worse is that the bride confronted the owner of «A New Leaf» about what happened. She paid a great deal to rent the upstairs out, and guess what the owner did? Gave her the cold shoulder. Heartless. She didn’t care. Wasn’t her problem. Oh well. Too bad. Didn’t offer to give her money back, didn’t care to explain what happened… didn’t think to apologize.
I have nothing else to say.

I liked the reviews and wanted a special arrangement since I was in another state. What started as 1 dozen roses for $ 65 ended up with two white roses and assorted flowers. I send flowers regularly and was disappointed. When I called Drew, he pretty much said it was a nice arrangement.

A New Leaf is actually an awesome flower shop, which I somehow never realized in all the buzz for it as a wedding location. I wasn’t able to even get them to answer my questions about booking a wedding here over a year ago — maybe you’ll have more luck?
However, for purchasing flowers, they are a great option! Definitely not cheap but when you are showing up to your wealthy relatives house who are also wine connoisseurs, what do you bring other than a unique and cool bouquet? We came in and told them about how much we were willing to spend and pointed out some flowers we like and voila! Left with a bouquet more than fitting for the occasion. I loved the interesting selection of flowers, some of which I hadn’t even seen before. They also wrap them really beautifully in color coordinated ribbons and nice tissue, so its clear you didn’t just grab a bouquet at Jewel on your way over.

We had our wedding here on 9÷28÷2012 and the perfect fall weather made for an exceptional night. I’m not sure what all to mention except that Andy handled our flowers and was helpful and made things look great. The venue speaks for itself once you’ve been there… it’s relatively big and a unique space. We’re very happy that we had our wedding here.
I hear that they’re remodeling soon, so we’ll see what changes are coming for 2013.