Honk If You Love Landscaping, St. Louis!
Honk if you see QVL’s sweet little 2015 Chevy Sonic! Check it out, St. Louis–Rebecca, our landscape designer, has some brand new wheels.
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Six Fresh Ideas for Spring Planting
You are an artist and your plot of land is your canvas. What will you create this year? Something beautiful? Functional? Sustainable? The better you define your priorities at the start, the more you can tailor your landscape to meet your needs and desires. Here are a few fresh ideas for your garden this year. …
Spring Clean-Up and Mulching
St. Louis just got hit by another wave of snow, but believe it or not, spring is just around the corner! Whether your passion is outdoor cooking and entertaining, gardening, or just taking in the freshness and tranquility of your private paradise, spring has many pleasures to offer. Few things can compare with breathing in that …
“Project Clear” Offers Small Grants for St. Louis RainScaping
Great news—the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s initiative “Project Clear” offers small grants to help improve water quality through rainscaping! As MSD announces on their website, they “will invest billions of dollars over a generation in planning, designing, and building community rainscaping projects, system improvements, and an ambitious program of maintenance and repair.” Residents of …
Make Your Outdoors Awesome This Year
Now is the perfect time to brainstorm. What do you want your yard to be like this year? What did you love about it last year? What did you hate about it? Let your creativity blossom. Grab a pencil and paper and jot down some ideas. Feeling artistic? Sketch them out! Our team of innovative, …
Quiet Village Landscaping Receives Best of Houzz 2015 Service Award
QUIET VILLAGE LANDSCAPING CO. of ST. LOUIS, MO Receives Best Of Houzz 2015 Award ST. LOUIS, MO, January 19, 2015 – Quiet Village Landscaping Co. of St. Louis, MO has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Customer Satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. This thriving landscape business was chosen …
Flourishing Garden
We recently checked on one of our customers to see how their plant installation has filled out over this past year. Look what we found! Permeable Paver Patio, Rain Garden and Plant Installation October 2013 September 2014 Watch us install the patio by heading over to our “Watch Us Work” page at http://www.quietvillagelandscaping.com/portfolio/watch-us-work/ Find out more about the benefits …
Fall Tree and Shrub Planting: DOs and DON’Ts
When summer’s plant-stressing heat is over and cooler weather sets in, it’s a great time to install trees and shrubs so that they can get established at least 6-8 weeks before winter’s icy chill. Here are a few dos and don’ts to help your new plants get started successfully. 1. Location One of the most …
Project for Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Last month, Quiet Village Landscaping took advantage of a neat opportunity to help out the Habitat for Humanity ReStore location near the Sam’s Choice on Manchester. We donated materials and labor to add some charm to their store sign. We kept it green, using native plants in the design. If you aren’t familiar with Habitat …
Q&A with Rebecca
Rebecca, our landscape designer, responds to some commonly asked questions about landscaping. Q. What’s trending right now in the landscaping world? A. We’re seeing a lot of great trends right now: Sustainable, environmentally friendly landscaping Planting native plants for more sustainable gardens that require fewer resources and that provide sustenance for pollinators such as bees …