We review grade, drainage, access, existing structures, soil conditions, and how you want to use the finished space.
Excel Landscaping builds paver patios, retaining walls, drainage solutions, and complete landscapes throughout the St. Louis area. Joe and our local crew bring more than 25 years of combined hands-on experience across hardscaping, grading, drainage, retaining walls, and landscape installation, backed by 5-star customer reviews, completed local projects, and professional contractor credentials.
Our reputation has been built one project at a time, by showing up, communicating clearly, understanding the property before we build, and delivering work homeowners can see and trust. Every finished project represents the work of people who genuinely care about doing things right.
Joe Hirst
Joe brings more than eight years of landscaping experience and works with homeowners from the initial site visit through project planning and final walkthrough. He helps evaluate the property, understand the homeowner’s goals, and coordinate the work needed to bring the project together.
Design & Planning Team
Our planning team helps coordinate layouts, material selections, planting, drainage considerations, and how new improvements connect with the home and existing property. The goal is to make sure the finished project works as one complete outdoor space rather than a collection of separate upgrades.
Installation Team
Our installation crew handles the hands-on work behind patios, retaining walls, drainage systems, grading, planting, and landscape installations. Their experience includes excavation, base preparation, compaction, drainage, hardscape installation, site protection, and cleanup.
Excel Landscaping was founded in 2018 around a simple idea: do the work the right way. That commitment has helped us earn the trust of homeowners throughout St. Louis through thoughtful planning, clear communication, and quality workmanship.
Founder Joe Hirst brings hands-on expertise in landscape installations, paver patios, retaining walls, drainage, and outdoor living projects, helping ensure each project is planned and built with long-term performance in mind
From historic neighborhoods to newer suburban communities, we have completed a wide range of landscaping and hardscaping projects throughout St. Louis County. Our experience with sloped yards, drainage concerns, limited access, mature properties, and changing soil conditions helps us plan each project around the needs of the property.
Explore some of the St. Louis County communities we proudly serve below.
Our process keeps homeowners informed from the first conversation through the final walkthrough.
We review grade, drainage, access, existing structures, soil conditions, and how you want to use the finished space.
We develop the layout, recommend materials, and coordinate patios, retaining walls, drainage, planting, and related improvements as one plan.
Our crew excavates, grades, compacts, installs required drainage, and builds the project according to the approved scope.
We review the finished work with you, explain relevant care or maintenance, and leave the property ready to use.
A lasting outdoor project starts with careful planning. Before construction begins, we account for drainage, grading, excavation, compaction, base preparation, reinforcement, material selection, and how each part of the project connects with the rest of your property.
You don’t need to know exactly what your property needs before reaching out. Show us the space, tell us what you’d like to change, and we’ll walk the property with you, answer your questions, and recommend a clear next step.