Landscaping in Cottleville, MO

Bed rebuilds, plantings, stone edging, and retaining walls for Cottleville Trails, Prairie Bluff, Ashford Knoll, and the rest of Cottleville. About fifteen minutes from our shop.

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Porter's Lawn Service landscaping crew on a large striped lawn in Cottleville, Missouri

Landscaping in Cottleville

Cottleville is about fifteen minutes from our shop at 2743 Hwy P in O'Fallon. The subdivisions off Highway N were built in the 1990s and 2000s, and their original foundation plantings are now twenty-plus years old: overgrown, leggy, and hiding the house. A good share of our Cottleville work is tearing those beds out and rebuilding them at the right scale with a clean stone edge and fresh mulch.

We also build retaining walls on the sloped lots common along the Dardenne Creek corridor, add plantings around patios and pools, install sod where drainage work or a pool project tore up the lawn, and keep shrubs trimmed on a seasonal schedule. Many Cottleville subdivisions are HOA-maintained on the common ground, and we design front yards to sit comfortably next to it.

Landscaping work we do

New planting beds with shrubs, perennials, grasses, and ornamental trees suited to Missouri

Bed cleanouts, reshaping, edging, and fresh mulch

Stone edging and paver borders that hold a clean bed line

Retaining walls for slopes, drop-offs, driveways, and terraced beds

Bush and shrub trimming to keep plantings in scale with the house

Sod installation and lawn repair after construction or drainage work

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How landscaping works in Cottleville

From the first call to a finished yard, here is what to expect.

Tell us about your yard

Call (636) 293-9306 or send the form with your Cottleville address and what you need. We reply the same business day.

Walk the property with us

We meet you at your Cottleville home, talk through what you want, and look at sun, drainage, and soil before suggesting anything.

Get a written plan and price

You get a clear scope with plant choices, materials, a timeline, and a fixed price. No surprise charges once the work starts.

We build it and keep it looking good

Our crew installs the project and cleans up, and we can put the beds on a maintenance schedule so they stay sharp.

Replacing twenty-year-old builder beds

The original plantings in Cottleville Trails and Prairie Bluff were chosen for price, and after two decades the yews and junipers are far too big for their spots. We replace them with a layered bed: low boxwood or spirea in front, hydrangea or viburnum behind, perennials for color, and a small ornamental tree at the corner of the house. The result is a front yard that looks finished and takes a few trims a year to keep.

What landscaping costs in Cottleville

Every Cottleville landscaping project is quoted after a walkthrough, and the estimate is free. The price comes down to:

Scope. Refreshing one front bed is a half-day job. Reworking the whole front yard with new beds and a wall is a multi-day project.

Plant sizes. Larger shrubs and trees cost more up front but fill in the first season.

Materials. Natural stone edging and block walls cost more than steel edging and mulch, and last far longer.

Site prep. Removing old plantings, fixing drainage, or hauling off soil adds labor before anything new goes in.

Access. Backyards reached through a narrow gate take longer to move material into than open front yards.

Stone-edged planting bed with arborvitae at a Cottleville, MO home

Landscaping questions from Cottleville homeowners

Boxwood, spirea, hydrangea, ornamental grasses, coneflower, and black-eyed Susan handle Cottleville summers and clay soil well, and we lean on them in most designs. Full-sun and shade beds get different lists, and we match plants to the spot.
Spring and fall. Fall planting in September and October gives roots a long cool stretch to settle in before summer heat, and it is usually easier to schedule.
Yes. Most messy beds have no defined edge and the wrong plants for the light. We reshape the edge, pull what is not working, replant for the conditions, and mulch, and the bed stays tidy with simple upkeep.
Yes. We build block and stone retaining walls for sloped Cottleville lots, including terraced beds and walls along driveways. Walls over four feet usually need an engineer, and we will tell you up front if yours does.
Yes. Many Cottleville customers put new beds on a seasonal program with spring cleanup, mulch, trimming, and fall cleanup so the project keeps looking the way it did on day one.

Start your Cottleville landscaping project

Call (636) 293-9306 or send the form to set up a free walkthrough at your Cottleville home. You will have a written plan and price within a few days.

Call (636) 293-9306
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