KRD Newsletter -Winter 2001 () Client Profile: The Tecza Companies Francis Bacon, the English philosopher, once said, God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. The Tecza family has been bringing pleasure to people through gardening for more than seven decades. The history of the Tecza companies actually began in Europe where founder Adam Tecza began his horticultural training. In 1930, at the age of 18, Adam left Europe and returned to his birthplace of Chicago. His big career break came in 1933 when he was appointed head landscape foreman for the World's Fair. In 1937, his reputation as a hard worker who was committed to the horticulture industry resulted in a position with a well‑known landscape architectural firm. It wasn't long before he was promoted and put in charge of planting trees for the city of Chicago. In 1939, Adam started his own company, Greenleaf Tree Surgeon. The growth of the home building industry and the increased demand for flowers and decorative items led to the renaming of the business in 1949 to Adam's Landscape Garden Center. Adam's Nursery and Landscape Company was born in 1953 and in 1969, twenty acres of land were purchased on the outskirts of Elgin. At that time, Tecza and Sons Nurseries, Inc. was formed. Expansion came again during the fall of 1979 with the acquis...
