Celebrate Change With Seasonal Color Design and Installation in Kansas City
Color is pretty powerful.
It has the power to soothe in its cool blues, soft emeralds, and delicate lavenders. It can rejuvenate and excite you in warm golds, bright oranges, and hot reds. The mix of greens — from celadon to lime to evergreen — that make up the bulk of the landscape nurture your soul and ease your stress.
As flowers bud and petals bloom, you get to watch nature unfold right in front of your eyes. And through each season, these changes highlight the angles of your home in different ways, keeping you enraptured, enjoying the changes from month to month. In fact, color may have more impact on the landscape than any other design element. Seasonal color can ensure you celebrate each season’s hues.
Get Big Impact After a Long Winter
Spring is an awakening of the landscape each year, and it’s magical to watch. Spring bulbs are like a gift your garden gives you as the rest of your landscape slowly unfolds. They pop up earlier than other plants and create a great feast of color in bulb-focused beds, mixed beds, window boxes, and containers.
The earliest bloomers are the single tulips, snowdrops, crocus, mini daffodils, and iris reticulata. These are all smaller blooms, but they pack a color punch — from the white of snowdrops to the yellow of daffodils and the purple of crocus.
The mid-spring bloomers are the full-sized daffodils, single or double tulips, tall blue hyacinths with lovely scents, and fritillaria for stand-out, showcase flowers.
Then in late spring, you have tall tulips like ‘Queen of the Night,’ Dutch iris, English bluebells with frilly blue blooms, and lilies.
If winter gets you down, spring blooms as part of your seasonal plant displays will turn those frowns upside down.
Summer Sizzles
Kansas City summers are hot, so we add color that can take the heat and not fall down on the job of boasting beaming blooms all season long.
This is where we get the most unique blossoms because we have more options for magazine-worthy displays.
Additionally, with our Brilliant Blossom program, our crews can feed and protect your summer sizzlers throughout the season so the heat never gets them down and so they continue to pack a powerful color punch all season long.
Beautiful & Edible Fall Gardens
Don’t despair when summer blooms begin to fade. We have good news: The growing season isn’t over. While flowers are certainly the show-stoppers of summer, fall brings color in the form of cole crop ornamental and edible veggies.
It starts with kale. Crane Series kale is tall and flowering almost like a rose. With outer edges and stems of deep green and inner leaves of white and pink, these leaves look like petals. The Peacock Series kale is a low, shrub-like kale with incredible color. The leaf centers are white and pink (depending on the variety), gleaming next to deep green and purple exteriors. The contrast is exciting and energizing.
Edible mustard comes in varieties that add great fall color, too. Red Brazen Brass mustard has dark red leaves with green undersides, while Golden Streak mustard offers sea-green leaves with golden streaks.
Swiss chard is another edible that offers leafy greens with intense, vibrant reds, oranges, pinks, and purples. Varieties like Bright Lights, Peppermint and Orange Fantasia bring some fun color options, and all the nutrients that go with them.
While beets stew below ground, their greenery above ground also offers great shades of deep red and purple. These plants together can be expertly designed to craft a garden or containers that brings unprecedented and unexpected autumn vibrance.
Winter Wonderland
Sure, the growing season is over once winter settles in, but that doesn’t mean your color has to fade away.
Our outdoor decor experts love using freshly cut evergreen branches mixed with sprigs of holly to keep containers full and bursting with fresh color and scent during the coldest months.
We offer simple and festive ways to continue seasonal plant displays during the coldest months so your spirit doesn’t fade beneath the snow.
Why Choose High Prairie for Landscape Maintenance? The Legacy Program
In 2019, High Prairie Outdoors & Pools became the first residential outdoor living and landscape maintenance company in Kansas City, Missouri, to win two national awards in the luxury design/build category. We didn't stop there. With a comprehensive approach to property care, proprietary construction methods, and timeless design choices, we make it a point to over-deliver on your expectations. This is how we do it:
The High Prairie Process
An Experience-Driven Process
Our processes create customized solutions to help you master the art of the experience-driven lifestyle. This is what to expect when you work with us on Design/Build projects or all-inclusive Maintenance:
Get In Touch
Fill out our online form to get started. We'll be in touch to discuss the details of your project to make sure we're a good fit for you. If so, we'll set up your Discovery Meeting and provide a pricing guide to help you know what to expect.
Discovery Meeting
This is a free meeting at our design studio, where you'll select a design package. You'll have an opportunity to meet your designer and share details about your unique design style. We'll learn about your priorities and preferences as we help you discover your many options and possibilities. At this time, we'll collect half of the design fee.
Site Analysis
The Site Analysis breaks down the three pillars of memory making: how you relax, play, and connect. It includes measurements, drainage and grading considerations, architectural and existing element analysis, soil analysis, and a review of design opportunities, all seen through the lens of your three pillars.
Concept Reveal Meeting
At our studio or remotely, this is where you'll review your detailed design and discuss material options with your designer. If there are budget considerations, we can discuss phasing the project as needed.
Final Design Reveal and Proposal Presentation
We'll finalize the materials and order your selections upon your approval. Your Prairie Power Team will create a project plan, complete with milestones and target tasks. As we work through planning and permitting, you'll receive weekly updates, and after you sign, we'll get you on the schedule.
Crafting Your Space
The team will work diligently and according to schedule. You can track our progress and watch your landscape unfold via our project web platform.
Final Walkthrough + Ongoing Maintenance
You'll do a final walkthrough with the designer, and we will accept the final payment. You’ll learn more about our worry-free maintenance program options and we can schedule your Lawncierge project check-ins for proactive attention and monitoring of your new space.
Year-Round Services for Comprehensive Property Care
All of our services are completed by highly skilled crews equipped with specialized tools and landscaping know-how. With stonemasons, pool builders, horticulturists, and more on our team, we can complete 95 percent of our projects completely in-house, which means you’ll enjoy a stress-free build! As certified General Contractors, we can bring in electricians and plumbers as required, eliminating the need for you to juggle multiple contractors. This is what we can do for you:
Pools & Spas
Custom pools, spas, and water features designed as part of a complete outdoor environment. Our team creates spaces for relaxation, recreation, and connection while integrating every element into a larger vision for your property. Through our Legacy Program, your aquatic environment is cared for and improved long after construction is complete. Visit our Pools page to learn more.
Landscape Design & Installation
Thoughtfully designed and expertly built outdoor environments tailored to the way you live. From landscape design and planting plans to outdoor living spaces and hardscapes, every element is created as part of a cohesive vision that grows more beautiful and functional over time. Visit our Landscape Design page to learn more.
Estate Stewardship
Our Estate Stewardship System is like property management for the outdoors. One dedicated team manages everything from fine gardening and irrigation to pool care and seasonal enhancements, helping your property improve year after year instead of gradually declining. Visit our Landscape Maintenance page to learn more.
Habitat by High Prairie
Complete your outdoor environment with premium furnishings, shade solutions, fire features, and accessories. Habitat by High Prairie helps transform beautiful outdoor spaces into comfortable, inviting places where family and friends gather and lasting memories are made.
Holiday Lighting
Extend the beauty of your outdoor environment into the holiday season with professionally designed lighting displays. Our team handles design, installation, and removal, creating a festive experience while protecting your property and saving you time. Visit our Holiday Lighting page to learn more.
Outdoor Systems & Enhancements
Support and enhance your outdoor environment with the systems and features that improve its beauty, functionality, and enjoyment. From irrigation, drainage, landscape lighting, outdoor audio, and custom decks to professionally designed holiday lighting displays, our team provides the details that help your property perform better and create memorable experiences throughout the year.
Providing Exceptional Landscape Maintenance in Kansas City, MO, and These Area Communities
We offer our comprehensive landscaping services to homeowners throughout the Kansas City area:
- Parkville, Missouri
- Belton, Missouri
- Lee's Summit, Missouri
- Liberty, Missouri
- Blue Springs, Missouri
- Westwood, Kansas
- Fairway, Kansas
- Olathe, Kansas
- Mission Woods, Kansas
Visit our Service Area page to get a closer look at where we work.
