DESIGN TOUR

2026 Design Tour A Full-Day North Shore Estate Tour | Thursday, July 9, 2026
Organized by the Landscape Illinois Design Committee

Join us for an immersive day on Chicago’s North Shore — one of the region’s most celebrated landscapes for residential design. The Landscape Illinois Design Tour is a curated, all-day bus tour of six privately owned estates, each chosen to illuminate exceptional work in landscape design, engineering, construction, and long-term maintenance.

At each stop, the designers and landscape professionals behind the project will be on hand to walk attendees through their process — the design decisions, site challenges, and solutions that make each estate distinctive. These sites have been handpicked to offer a rare, behind-the-scenes perspective that no conference room can replicate.

Tour Itinerary
7:45 – 8:00 AM
Departure — TBD North Shore meeting point

8:30 – 9:15 AM
Culliton Quinn — Private Residence, Winnetka

9:45 – 10:30 AM
Mariani — Private Residence, Highland Park

11:00 – 11:45 AM
Reflections — Private Residence, Highland Park

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Reflections — Private Residence, Mettawa

1:30 – 2:30 PM
JMR — Private Residence, Mettawa

3:00 PM
Return — TBD North Shore departure point

The Design Tour is developed by the Landscape Illinois Design Committee. The tour offers 5.5 Continuing Education credits for licensed Landscape Architects. Previous tours have sold out — early registration is encouraged.

Registration Fee: $175 members, $200 nonmembers (includes lunch and refreshments) 
Limited to 100 people, so register early!