Exfolia Botanical Chicago

03/13/2025

Dina gave me a giant croissant today and I felt inclined to honor the moment. Bouquet with croissant prepared á la minute 🥐✨

03/11/2025

Cat Friendly 🐈✨

02/21/2025

The sun is out and sweet peas exist.

02/08/2025

01/17/2025

We had soo much fun coming up with this year’s Valentine’s Day theme! ❤️❤️🍒🍒❤️❤️❤️🍒🍒🍒❤️❤️❤️❤️🍒🍒

There will be lots of cute surprises along the way..all the bells and whistles for your deserving companions! Seriously they deserve it.

It’s gonna be a hell of a year (or 4 😵‍💫) so let’s make this campy holiday really memorable!! 🥰

Also free treats while you shop all Valentine’s week! Think, beer 😉🍻

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12/21/2024

Banksia on the first day of winter ❄️❄️❄️ I hope you’ve taken some time to relax, reflect and watch the sun move today. 🌞

12/20/2024

The veggie rose has captured my carnivorous heart 🥦🥗🥒🥬🫛🫑

12/19/2024

We’ve planned special hours for your gift and floral needs :)

12/15/2024

✨🖤Winter Solstice Protection Offering 🖤✨
Adorn your space with a handmade bundle featuring symbolic natural elements to keep you safe and offer comfort this winter. The garlic is 100% safe for consumption and can be included as a protective (and delicious) base in your winter meals!

California-Grown Organic Garlic Braid: Health, Protection from evil

Black Obsidian Stones: Clarity and Protection

Fresh Spanish Moss: Rest, Care, Comfort

Queen Anne’s Lace dyed Ribbon: Sanctuary, Safety

Carolina Sapphire Cypress: Transformation, Elevation

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Limited availability!

PICK-UP WED 12/18-MON 12/23

11/25/2024

As a collective of small businesses, we unite to share an important message: shop small this holiday season. While we’ve highlighted this cause multiple times throughout the year, Black Friday presents a unique challenge as we compete against multi-million dollar corporations offering deals and discounts that are impossible for us to match. We encourage you to prioritize your local shops not just during the holidays, but year-round. Let’s make this week a celebration of our community. Let’s make sure that WE ALL SHOP SMALL!

10/06/2024

Inspired by the season’s golden glow and warm spices, I’m excited to share this piece for a photo shoot collab with for a lovebirds shoot! 💞 It features stunning cornel bronze dahlias, grown locally by , with lush autumn eucalyptus. I blended elements from different seasons to create a whimsical vibe and I’m pleased to see it harmonizing so nicely with this sunny day! 😎

08/20/2024

Late summer harvests are wild! I love when everything’s overgrown and textural and the stems go a little rogue. Some varieties at the end of their season back to seed, some reaching their fullest form. Oh and peep that carnivore!

08/17/2024

Vinnie is here for all of your floral needs! His shop favorite today is this sultry rose and he’s requested we listen to Sadé radio. He’s got a real loverboi vibe going. ❤️🐾

08/01/2024

Here with all of the summer treats aka locally sourced flowers galore and picnic enhancements 😋 Sooo much new and cute stuff going on, come by this weekend! 🌸🌸🌸

07/01/2024

Behind the scenes at Exfolia. A lot of our neighbors know from passin’ by, sometimes we work laaaate. and I are nocturnal beings from working in the restaurant industry for most of our adult lives; I started in fine dining at 17, Emily in her 20’s so we tend to feel most creative and can push later vs waking up super early to get crackin’ (but we also do that).

The work we put out is mostly planned but I leave room for the process to unfold organically. Not to mention if you have any experience in floral (or food for that matter) working with natural/perishable ingredients has its challenges and often times is a huge wild card. The flowers call the shots, they’re our boss and sometimes they’re unpredictable. While I always have a plan in place, the designs unfold a little differently than my intention and it’s nice to allow some breathing room for the magic.

More often than not an installation takes place on site, we get one chance to make it right before an event most people dream about their whole lives. I will forever be my harshest critic and often times have tweaks and couldas after seeing a piece in its final state. But I have that experience to work on the next large piece with greater confidence and insight. I love challenging myself with ambitious projects and then not sleeping for 2 days to get it done. Only to make a similar piece a year later and see it come together in a couple hours.

We love the work, we’re getting better and better with practice.

AND WE’RE TAKING A LITTLE TIME OFF!

Exfolia will be CLOSED JULY 3-9
SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY JULY 10!!
We’ve got some cool shop stuff coming your way and are so excited to share with you!!

06/14/2024

Minimalist, retro, summer sunshine for the sparkling energy of M+M. 💖💖💖

05/28/2024

Hello!

Phone troubles made for a little vacay from IG but we’ve been busy over here 🤓

First wedding of the season! Did someone use Prince as a prompt for their moodboard to celebrate this thing we call life? Yes, yes they did.

💜Congratulations R+D!!💜

05/11/2024

Here today til 5 for flowers and gifts!
Sunday 10-5

Come see all the floral dreaminess!!
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