Landscaping in St. Peters, MO

Bed makeovers, plantings, stone edging, and retaining walls for St. Peters homes, from 1970s ranches to newer subdivisions. About fifteen minutes from our shop.

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Landscaping in St. Peters

St. Peters is about fifteen minutes from our shop at 2743 Hwy P in O'Fallon, and a lot of our landscaping work there is in the older neighborhoods. Country Hill and Spencer Creek homes often still have the original 1970s foundation plantings, overgrown yews and junipers that hide the windows. We take them out and rebuild the bed, then replant at a scale that fits the house.

In the newer subdivisions toward Highway 364 the work is usually finishing what the builder left: a bare front bed, a sloped backyard that needs a wall, or a side yard that holds water. We handle plantings, mulch, stone and paver edging, retaining walls, sod, and shrub trimming, and we follow the city's approved tree list when a project includes trees near the street.

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 St. Peters

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 St. Peters address and what you need. We reply the same business day.

Walk the property with us

We meet you at your St. Peters 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.

Working with St. Peters' shade and slopes

Mature trees in the older parts of St. Peters mean many beds are in shade, and the plants that thrive there are different from the full-sun list: hosta, hydrangea, boxwood, and ferns instead of spirea and grasses. Lots near Spencer Creek and the river bluffs often have a grade change in the backyard, and a low block wall with a planting bed on top turns a slope you cannot use into a space you can.

What landscaping costs in St. Peters

Every St. Peters 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 St. Peters, MO home

Landscaping questions from St. Peters homeowners

Boxwood, spirea, hydrangea, ornamental grasses, coneflower, and black-eyed Susan handle St. Peters 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 St. Peters 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 St. Peters 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 St. Peters landscaping project

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

Call (636) 293-9306
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