![]() I've been coming here for years (I live about an hour away, but stumbled upon this place due to work travel years ago.been making the yearly trek ever since!). It is so great to look our windows and see these dense, beautiful pines and can’t wait for the resident cardinals to select one next year for their home. I must say that the quality and size and the trees and the smooth installation process, we feel we have quality trees that are set to take root and grow and well worth the cost. One tree even had a bird nest in it, which we kept in place as it is good luck! The trees are settling in great and took off on their normal Spring growth. Even with adjustments that had to be made once the digging started, moving the position a foot or so this way or that. They planted quickly and were great to work with. They had to take the very long way around the house for that one so they would not break off low branches of a birch tree that was in the short path. They took as best care as they possibly do to get these huge trees into my very crowded yard, into place and planted, with as little damage as possible to the gardens, no easy task! One was installed on a slope by an existing, new fence in a narrow side yard! They really had to carfully lift and adjust the tree to get it into the ground. person and not in the Lurvey’s large yard. The trees looked even bigger on the truck, seeing them in. He really understood the whole tree planting process! We determined the exact place for the trees. The arrangements for delivery and installation were handled by an outside landscape firm who arrived at the appointment time for the position marking and discussion. The trunks were really surprising huge!! As was the root ball, which really helps a tree to handle the stress of planting. Very full all the way to the ground and very healthy. The selection and ordering with Tom was so easy! They were able to move the trees from their Volo location to Des Plaines for me to examine and approve! They arrived and they looked fantastic. We purchased 2 9’ White Pine trees from Lurvey’s. Finding an especially nice specimen is a matter of looking around at different places and checking back often as they get new plant material every week, all season long. ![]() I do recommend you check out Lurvey's if you are in the market for plants and trees and compare to other nurserys you like. case of our Japanese maple above, purchasing retail and having Lurvey's deliver and plant the tree would have cost over 3 times as much as my landscaper charged me to purchase at his price, pick up, deliver and plant the tree. In my experience, if you use a landscaper they can save you some money on the purchase price if they wish, and will deliver and plant for much less money Lurvey's. Lurvey's wants 150% of the retail purchase price of a tree to deliver and plant a tree, WAY out of line, but delivery price alone isn't unreasonable. Retail prices are high but not out of line for our area and landscapers get a good discount. We just purchased a very pretty specimen B&B 7' Empire 1 Japanese Red Maple tree from them at a fair price. It is often lightly staffed for the traffic, which is frustrating if you are trying to get help with purchase of a tree, but my wife and I have found nice plant material there. Lurvey's is a nice nursery with a large selection of plants, trees, other garden items and more.
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