We have decades of experience in the nursery and landscape industries, and Chris and Marlee Harford are the fifth generation to own and operate the Harford Family Farm in Northern Illinois, raising corn & soybeans. In addition to growing up living and working on the family farm, Chris worked with his sister and brother-in-law, Becky and Jamie Thomas, who have also continued the family's agricultural tradition and legacy by starting one of the most well-respected local nurseries in the Chicagoland area, Spring Grove Nursery.

Our love for agriculture, trees, and entrepreneurship inspired us to start iTrees.com. We're passionate about making it easy for you to find beautiful, high-quality trees grown locally. We offer expert advice, professional tree planting, and a full replacement warranty to give you the best service possible.

As a small family business, we genuinely care about our customers and want everyone to have a great experience. iTrees.com is a true labor of love for us. The best part of our work is helping people discover the world of trees and reconnect with the agricultural community.

We realize buying trees online may not be the norm, but we assure you that we are a local business, and we only select trees from the highest quality, local nurseries. In addition to providing the best quality trees at the best possible prices, we are careful to focus our attention on customer service. We want you to spread the word, and we try to provide the absolute best service possible.

We train our crews to treat our customers’ property as if it were their own. Not only do we ensure their trees are planted correctly, but we also strive to leave your property looking better than it did before we arrived. We back up our trees with a full replacement warranty, and we stand behind our trees. Our crew is helpful, friendly, knowledgeable, and they are just great people.

Also, we stand behind our communities and are heavily involved with all sorts of local charities— from donating and planting trees with local schools and organizations to donating trees to our tornado-ravaged local communities. We just love trees— and our mission is to provide our customers with a product and experience that makes them love trees as much as we do— we hope that all our customers, and our communities, will join the TREEvolution 🌳 along with us & plant more trees!

Marlee started working at iTrees.com in 2013 when she decided to jump into the growing family business, and since that time, she has really run with it. Marlee is a true people person, and her passion for design has helped her catch on fast. In only a few short years, Marlee effectively took over running all the day-to-day operations at iTrees.com, including sales, scheduling, customer service, administration, and marketing!

Marlee truly cares about her customers and is very knowledgeable about all types of trees. She can help with tree layout, design, and selection, and has truly become an expert! Her favorite part of the job is meeting with customers and helping them beautify their yard. She loves trees— and is always excited when she is able to spread that love of trees to her customers!

Marlee loves working at iTrees.com and helping to make the earth gorgeous, and even more, she loves owning and working in a family business. In her spare time, Marlee enjoys time with her husband and three children, and loves spending time outdoors!

Kyle started with iTrees.com in 2013 and has since become the crew manager, overseeing all tree installations for customers. Kyle comes from a farm family and has a strong background in agriculture and hard work. Kyle is extremely personable and loves talking with customers— he always goes out of his way to make sure customers get exactly what they want and makes sure that he leaves their property looking better than it was when he arrived!

Kyle has a strong work ethic, as well as a strong desire to make his customers happy. We are constantly receiving praise from our customers for his positive attitude and friendliness. Kyle is very knowledgeable about trees and enjoys the satisfaction of seeing the job before and after, and seeing the impact that trees make on the landscape. In his spare time, Kyle enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, and son, working on his family farm, and working on trucks in his shop!