Exquisite floral treats will await visitors to the Lake Bluff Farmer’s Market every Friday morning from 7 a.m. to noon beginning June 8 and running through October. As usual, flowers and plants will be offered for sale by Lake Bluff resident Kathryn Leider whose husband Mark is president and general manager of the family owned Leider Greenhouses and Garden Center in Buffalo Grove.
Mark, with his sisters Mary Barss, who manages the Garden Center, and Meg, are the fourth generation of Leiders actively operating this major wholesale and retail plant business located at 1625 Leider Lane just south of Aptakisic Road. Leider Lane is just one stoplight west of Barclay Road and is not available on GPS.
The 18 acres of greenhouses have been in Buffalo Grove since 1963 when the family recognized the area’s rapid population growth. For the past 14 years, the Leider Garden Center has been open to the public from mid April to Halloween; the wholesale business operates the year around.
In addition to the state-of-technological-art greenhouses in Buffalo Grove, Leiders Greenhouses operates specialized farms in Galesburg, Ill., (impatiens) and in Florida (tropical plants and grasses).
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