About Leelee (Leann Dameron)
Ten years ago Leelee had a crazy idea, a flash in her mind of a beautiful garden restaurant called Leelee’s Garden. Twinkly lights, plants and flowers everywhere, incredible food, craft botanical cocktails, and hands-on workshops and design services on site. So far removed from her day-to-day at as an operations manager at an industrial distribution company, Leelee, who couldn’t shake the dream, started taking night school in food and horticulture, and interning weekends as a Master Gardener at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
After a couple years of learning all things food, plants and flowers, Leelee left her corporate role, started designing gardens and teaching botanical workshops in her now business, Leelee’s Garden. Since 2015, she’s taught workshops and demonstrations all over the country, for anywhere from 1-350 students. From floral design basics to air plant vertical gardens and gemstone terrariums, Leelee creates custom botanical art experiences for her students to create living works of art. Leelee also does event floral design and botanical installations.
These days, Leelee hosts in person events throughout Chicagoland, along with virtual events worldwide, with kits shipped nationally.
When she’s not teaching or doing floral and botanical design, Leelee loves exploring Chicago, getting inspired at gardens, new restaurants, bars with a good cocktail menu, nights out dancing, and seeing live music.
After a couple years of learning all things food, plants and flowers, Leelee left her corporate role, started designing gardens and teaching botanical workshops in her now business, Leelee’s Garden. Since 2015, she’s taught workshops and demonstrations all over the country, for anywhere from 1-350 students. From floral design basics to air plant vertical gardens and gemstone terrariums, Leelee creates custom botanical art experiences for her students to create living works of art. Leelee also does event floral design and botanical installations.
These days, Leelee hosts in person events throughout Chicagoland, along with virtual events worldwide, with kits shipped nationally.
When she’s not teaching or doing floral and botanical design, Leelee loves exploring Chicago, getting inspired at gardens, new restaurants, bars with a good cocktail menu, nights out dancing, and seeing live music.
what we do
We teach hands-on craft workshops, featuring plants and flowers in person throughout Chicagoland, and online for virtual events. We host public events and also partner with businesses and individuals to plan private events for groups from 10-350+, both in person and virtual events! We specialize in botanical crafts and floral design. Learn more about our offerings here.