Founded in 1994, Marilyn’s Dreamscapes offers a full range of professional landscape design services. For the past 20 years we have served as one of Chicago’s premier landscape firms on the North Shore. With an expertise in landscape architecture skills such as Full Service Design, Excavation & Grading, Stonework, Night Lighting and Sprinkler Systems, Marilyn’s Dreamscapes can design and build your dream landscape.

Note from the owner:

My landscape architecture began with photography in a darkroom. Art as a second major in college exposed me to drawing, painting, graphics, molding, color theory, color analysis, interior design, botany and architecture. Continuing my education, I completed the Ornamental Plant Materials Certification at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, IL while also exploring the skills of drafting at The College of Lake County.

The art of design composition, details, history and design practices were covered during classes with Robin Williams (England) and Greg Purcell (Purdue University). I completed my masters degree at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL, exposing me to a new outlook of combining the multidisciplinary skills of an Architect, Engineer and Landscape Architect into the full project lifecycle.