You’re proud of your home, and we don’t blame you. You want a space you can enjoy and embrace in Kansas City. We want that, too.
High Prairie Outdoors & Pools: The Nations Only Class-1 Certified Outdoor Living Contractors
At High Prairie Outdoors & Pools, we create complete outdoor environments for families who want more than a beautiful backyard. Your outdoor space should be the place where your family gathers, relaxes, celebrates, plays, and makes memories year after year.
As the nation’s only Class-1 certified outdoor living contractor, High Prairie designs, builds, and cares for outdoor environments through one proven system. Our Legacy Program brings design, construction, and long-term Estate Stewardship together, so your property is planned with purpose, built with precision, and cared for as it matures.
With 95–98% of our work completed in-house by year-round, trained High Prairie Pros, your experience is guided by one team that understands the full vision for your property. From pools and patios to outdoor kitchens, gardens, masonry, lighting, irrigation, and continued care, each detail is created as part of one complete outdoor environment.
What Makes the High Prairie Experience Different?
- The Legacy Program, One Vision for the Life of Your Property
Our Legacy Program is the system behind every High Prairie outdoor environment. We design with precision, build with European-level methods, and steward your property long-term, so your outdoor space continues to improve year after year. - Class-1 Craftsmanship, Built for Decades of Enjoyment
High Prairie is the nation’s only Class-1 certified outdoor living contractor. This distinction reflects the depth of our process, the quality of our construction, and the long-term care built into the way we serve Kansas City homeowners. - High Prairie Pros Who Know Your Property
Our team is made up of trained, year-round professionals who bring design, construction, horticulture, pool, masonry, and stewardship expertise together under one roof. Because most of our work is completed in-house, your project benefits from consistent communication, stronger craftsmanship, and a team that understands your property beyond one phase of the project. - Estate Stewardship That Helps Your Property Improve With Time
Our Estate Stewardship System is like property management for the outdoors. We care for the living, built, and technical parts of your property, including fine gardening, pools, irrigation, lighting, seasonal color, and ongoing improvements, so your outdoor environment stays beautiful, functional, and ready to enjoy.
The Art of Alfresco Living
The High Prairie system serves a deeper purpose: helping families live better outside.
At High Prairie, we believe outdoor spaces should be experiential. They should invite you into the fresh air, help you slow down, bring your family together, and create new reasons to enjoy your home through every season.
With thoughtful design and continued care, your outdoor environment can offer something meaningful all year long: spring color, summer shade, poolside connection, autumn firelight, quiet winter structure, and the everyday beauty of a property that feels cared for.
We do not simply create outdoor features. We create complete outdoor environments shaped around how you relax, play, and connect.
The High Prairie Promise
For homeowners who value craftsmanship, long-term care, and a more meaningful outdoor lifestyle, High Prairie Outdoors & Pools offers a different kind of experience.
Your property is not treated as a one-time project. It is treated as a living environment with the potential to grow more beautiful, more functional, and more enjoyable over time.
This is more than outdoor living.
This is your High Prairie Legacy.
This is High Prairie Outdoors & Pools.
Our Story: From One Old Jeep to Kansas City’s Only Class-1 Certified Outdoor Living Contractor
What if a company set out to challenge the status quo of corner cutting and mediocracy within the landscaping and outdoor living industries? What if we believed that you deserve more. You deserve peace-of-mind with life-improving service and design.
At High Prairie Outdoors & Pools, we believe Kansas City homeowners deserve an outdoor living experience rooted in craftsmanship, trust, and long-term care. Our journey began in 2010 when Robyn Schmitz started High Prairie with an old Jeep and a clear purpose: to create a company that served homeowners well, cared for its team, and raised the standard for outdoor living.
From the beginning, High Prairie was built around people, relationships, and higher standards. Robyn wanted to create more than beautiful landscapes. She wanted to build a team capable of designing, constructing, and caring for complete outdoor environments that help families relax, play, connect, and make memories at home.
That vision has grown into the High Prairie Legacy Program, our proven system for planning, building, and stewarding outdoor environments over time. Today, High Prairie serves Kansas City homeowners with custom pools, outdoor kitchens, gardens, masonry, lighting, irrigation, Estate Stewardship, and complete outdoor living spaces.
We are still personal enough to care deeply about every detail, and experienced enough to manage complex properties with one trained, year-round team. With 95–98% of our work completed in-house by High Prairie Pros, your property is guided by professionals who understand the full vision, not just one piece of the project.
We believe great outdoor living starts with great people. Our team is trained, trustworthy, and committed to helping your property become more beautiful, functional, and enjoyable year after year.
That is the High Prairie Outdoors & Pools difference.
Our Values, The High Prairie ETHOS
Our Mission: We Change Lives
High Prairie exists to change lives by helping people live better outside.
For our clients, that means outdoor environments where everyday moments feel richer, family connections happen more naturally, and the property becomes more meaningful over time.
For our team, that means rewarding careers built on training, professionalism, and pride in the work.
For our community, that means raising the standard for what outdoor living can be.
We change lives by helping people live better outside.
The High Prairie Process for
Lasting Outdoor Living
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.
Providing Kansas City, MO Homeowners an Exceptional Landscape Maintenance Turn Into a Lasting Legacy
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.
