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
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Experience-Driven
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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
Redefine your summers with a custom concrete or stainless steel pool installed by our in-house pool builders. Your design may include pool decking and landscaping as part of a comprehensive outdoor living space. Visit our Pools page to learn more.
Landscape Design
With a deep understanding of the five distinctive historical garden styles, we create timeless designs that age with grace and beauty. Our experience-driven approach means we take everything into consideration: your lifestyle, existing architecture, personal preferences, practical requirements, and future goals for outdoor living. Visit our Landscape Design page to learn more.
Landscape Installation
The lushest landscapes begin with the healthiest soils. As part of our “Legacy Program”, we’ll lab test your soils and provide a comprehensive plan for building your soil health. Then, our horticulturalists will plant each plant with the care and nurturing even a Master Gardener would appreciate. (Seriously, Master Gardeners love us!) Visit our Landscape Installation page to learn more.
Outdoor Living
The experience-driven lifestyle starts outside! Your outdoor living space should be uniquely yours, with the colors, plants, and features—like built-in grills, outdoor kitchens, privacy panels, fireplaces, paver patios, pergolas, landscape lighting, sound systems and more—that meet your lifestyle goals. Visit our Outdoor Living page to learn more.
Landscape Maintenance
Customize an effortless landscape maintenance program with services like water feature maintenance, plant health care, tree pruning, fungus treatment, lawn mowing, weed control, and so much more. We show up on time, work with precision, and keep you updated on the condition of your property. Visit our Landscape Maintenance page to learn more.
Decks
As a full-service landscaping company, we have our own deck builders. Collaborate with us, and we will match your deck to your needs and home aesthetic. Visit our Decks page to learn more.
Holiday Lighting
Get in the festive spirit without climbing on any ladders! We have the tools and experience required to design exceptional holiday lighting displays that uplift the entire neighborhood—and we'll take those decorations down for you at the end of the season, too. Visit our Holiday Lighting page to learn more.
Spas
Nothing says relaxation like a backyard spa. We can design your spa to fit beautifully on your patio or amidst your garden, and you'll enjoy it for years to come. Visit our Pools & Spas page to learn more.
Sprinklers / Irrigation
Practical, responsible watering solutions give your lawn and plants the support they need without waste. Easy-to-use digital systems offer incredible water and cost savings and require minimal maintenance. Visit our Sprinklers page to learn more.
Drainage
Proper drainage is an investment in the longevity of your home and landscape. We address it as part of your landscape design and installation—or you can work with us to fix any drainage issues in your existing landscape.
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.