Bottle & Branch

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Back in 2011, when I first started Bottle & Branch, our first customers were Boka Restaurant Group and Graham Elliot. GE is no longer operating restaurants in Chicago, but thankfully, BRG most definitely is. We still cherish our partnership with many of the Boka Group projects, particularly Girl & The Goat, a soft spot for me personally having worked in the restaurant industry with Stephanie way back in 2000 (long live Vong!) and having written her first cookbook. It's been amazing watching our lives and companies evolve, and I'm grateful for a city that fosters creativity and owner-operated businesses. xo, Heather

Welp Chicagoans, it’s official! Patio season has arrived, evidenced here by our annual planting of beefy boxwoods and classic ivy for the RL sidewalk cafe at
Alas, you can now gobble up your lobster rolls alfresco and in peace, ensconced within the privacy of a greenery hedge as Ralph intended. Pinkies up, mes amies!

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A lush courtyard, killer cocktails and delicious food makes for the perfect rehearsal dinner. Much love to Taylor and John for trusting us with the tablescapes for their big event before the biggest event. Looking forward to another summer under the stars partnering with our loyal Lawless clan

No fear of flying for the kokedama at the new Fulton Market outpost of
Sneak peek of floating ginseng, money trees, Japanese bird’s nests and spiders, pro pics (plus glamour shots of bamboo palm and Rhapis palm lushness) to come.

Thanks for the tag-team

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This sunshiney day has us looking forward to patio season (and trying to look beyond next week’s dip in temps back to Chicago-late-winter reality). Our landscaping team is excitedly firming up plans and placing plant orders to bring the heat once it warms up. For custom design help with your rooftop, patio or garden just reach out via the Landscaping page on the site and we got you!

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Hey! You! Yeah, you standing there in line at Trader Joe’s next Wednesday with a dozen basic-beeyotch roses in your hand. Do the right thing and order up a Designer’s Choice bouquet that shows them they deserve flowers as unique as they are. Better hurry, order cutoff is THIS FRIDAY NOON!

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Recap of day one at the Tropical Plant International Expo in Ft Lauderdale. Warm weather and super-cool plant hybrids, helpful products and team-bonding time at this annual excursion. Our plant techs can’t wait to come back and share all of the tools and tips they’re soaking up…coming back to the cold is another thing 🫣

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Here’s hoping everyone’s first weekend of the year is restorative, rejuvenating and filled with all the best mojo to propel into 2024. ✌️🧘‍♀️💪💚

Heading into the new year looking for all the color we can find! During the months ahead before spring blooms bring signs of life, our interiorscape plant pros are putting color in all corners that can support it. If you have good to great light, do the same! Anthuriums, bromeliads and croton are super sturdy specimens that hold color well in medium to high light. Here’s hoping the new year brings you color, light and all the magic these things ignite. ✌️☀️

As visions of sugar plums dance in your heads, we stay awake at night thinking of all the poinsettia we have to keep alive this time of year! A few tips for keeping yours going strong from our resident Plant Pro

🌱 Don’t forget that poinsettia are plants, and like any plant they need good light to thrive! Don’t stick baby in a corner if you can help it. (Yes, we know looking at the pics above this is the opposite, but do as we say not as we do.)

🌱 The biggest poinsettia mistake is overwatering! You want to keep the soil only lightly damp, not soaking wet. Let the top inch dry before watering again and make sure the water either drains freely into a saucer or at least doesn’t collect in the cachepot below.

🌱 You’ll notice the plant usually grows from a two-inch rockwool pod surrounded by potting soil and it sits slightly above the soil surface usually visible. The growers intentionally let the pod heave out of the soil surface slightly to avoid stem rot, so it’s best to avoid watering the center of the plant directly and focus on only watering the soil surrounding it.

You got this! And if all else fails, setting a resolution to do better next year is only a week or so away!

Heyyyy Chicago, shake off your holiday-party hangover and head over to today for the return of their winter market! Sip on a little hair-of-the-dog-that-bit-ya while supporting small local businesses and scoring handmade holiday gifts for yourself or loved ones. Happy holidays! 💚✌️

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Hey there! We at Bottle & Branch figured it was time we properly introduced ourselves to all of our friends and followers, so we wanted to highlight our new Team page on our recently revamped website. Pop on over and get to know the gorgeous folks behind your flowers, plants, patios and holiday decorations. While you’re there, feel free to browse our department pages and drop us a line if you see something you might like for yourself. Thanks, as always, for supporting a small business and enabling our crew of creatives to make a living doing what they love.

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Our crew was at Soho today installing holiday decor and we were delighted to see that while the first-floor Čálli concept from is no más, the work we created for him lives on in various other incarnations. High tens to our Senior Designer for the work she put in on this project. 🙌

Thankful for loyal customers who reach out on special occasions to choose our creations for their gatherings. Receiving lovely photos of tables set for family and friends makes the craziness of the holidays worth it. From our B&B family to yours, thank you.

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Yep, it’s that time again. We’ll be running around town decking the halls to fill your favorite hotels and restaurants with festivus for the restovus. Be nice when you see our sleepy elves out and about and we’ll be sure you get better than a lump of coal. Happy holidays!

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If you ask us, we think plants make a space. Our interiorscapes team has a knack for pairing the perfect pots and plants, taking into account aesthetics, lighting, usage and a host of other site specifics. Once we’ve designed and delivered, we’ll even come back weekly to maintain. Let us know how we can help and we’ll bring the green thumbs to you!

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Cutest lil’ spread of joy for a bridal shower brunch

Thanks to for the last-of-the-season dahlias and for making purty things

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The last of the rudbeckia before we cut back, mulch in and wrap up our lil’ flower farm for the season. We still have heirloom mums that will bloom soon after cover from these cold nights but for the most part this 2023 local flower season has come to a close. Thanks to all of those who supported via weekly subscriptions, online orders and just old-school special requests. It’s been an honor and a privilege to grow flowers from seed to stem to vase for you. We hope to do it again soon. ✌️

The master of camouflage, the praying mantis, loves zinnia as much as we do.

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Last week BOKA celebrated 20 years in business and we were honored to continue our partnership with them by providing our own-grown farm flowers for the shindig. From the landscaping to the interior plants to the moss wall to the weekly flowers and even the garnish for many a famous dish from megatalented we have partnered with BOKA, and its parent in every one of our 12 years in business, and it’s no small coincidence that our success has been bolstered by their success. Chicago’s hospitality industry is the definition of the word, and loyal beyond belief, with integrity and grit and passion and an unparalleled freedom for creativity that you just can’t replicate. It’s been amazing figuring out how to contribute and be a part of that while also fueling our own passion all at the same time. I digress! Congrats, BOKA, and keep on doin’ what you’re doin’! We will do the same.

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Head over heels for all the fall flowers brought in for this lovely October wedding not to mention the magic our own did with them! Thanks to for growing GORGEOUS dahlias and reminding us why the world is so obsessed with them
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launched a smoothie bar in the lobby, so we brought some fruits and veg to liven things up! Go get your to power up for this warm weekend ahead! ✌️
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A mix of early fall farm flowers with a few flirty roses to round it out for a lovely wedding

Always a pleasure working with brides who trust us and let the season do it’s thing. Mantel and bouquet 🪄by our beloved

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Late-summer farm flowers inspiring a weekend of cold beers, hot grills and warm hearts. Happy Labor Day weekend, friends!

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Don’t tell these Valkyrie China aster that it’s August because they’re giving us ALL the fireworks at the flower farm. 💥

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Anthuriums pretty in pink for an Elske bride today. Handiwork by our lovely

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So in love with the China asters we are growing this season! 😍 Chose these whites and buttercreams for a special upcoming wedding and can’t wait to see them within the Scando serenity of
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Check out that lone chocolate rudbeckia bumping into the cosmos like “move over summer, here comes fall!”

Not mad about it at all here at the flower farm…stay tuned for fun late summer and fall weddings with alllll the toasty tones

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