We review grade, drainage, access, existing structures, soil conditions, and how you want to use the finished space.
Hands-on planning, clear communication, and a commitment to lasting results.
Excel Landscaping is a locally owned landscaping and hardscaping company
serving St. Louis County, St. Charles County, and surrounding Missouri
communities.
Designed around your home, drainage, grade, and how you use your outdoor space.
Proper grading, drainage, and construction methods that last.
Attention to detail from excavation through final cleanup.
Serving homeowners throughout the Greater St. Louis area.
Every finished project represents the work of people who genuinely care about doing things right.
Joe Hirst
Founder & Project Consultant
Joe is the person you’ll meet first. He walks the property with you, and helps create a plan that fits your home, goals, and budget. From the first visit to the final walkthrough, he stays involved to make sure everything comes together as planned.
Installation Team
Hardscape • Landscape • Drainage Specialists
They carefully install every landscape, patio, retaining wall, and drainage system while keeping the job site organized, protecting your property, and cleaning up before they leave each day.
Design & Planning
Site-specific layouts, material guidance, and project coordination
The planning team coordinates layout, materials, planting, drainage, and how the finished project connects to the home and existing property, so the finished landscape looks natural and performs for years to come.
Years improving outdoor spaces
Excel Landscaping was built around the simple idea that homeowners deserve outdoor spaces that are carefully planned, professionally built, and backed by clear communication from beginning to end.
That starts long before construction begins.
We evaluate drainage, grading, soil conditions, sun exposure, mature trees, existing structures, and how your family wants to use the space. Those details shape every recommendation we make because a landscape should work with the property, not against it.
That commitment has helped us earn the trust of homeowners throughout St. Louis who continue to recommend us for quality workmanship, honest communication, and projects completed the right way.
Hands-on planning, clear communication, and a commitment to lasting results.
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 team coordinates the structural, drainage, hardscape, and landscape parts of a project so the finished space looks complete and performs correctly.
Stabilize slopes, manage grade changes, reduce erosion, and create usable outdoor areas.
Create durable outdoor living spaces with proper excavation, drainage, and base preparation.
Redirect standing water, roof runoff, and surface flow away from vulnerable areas.
Coordinate plants, beds, materials, grading, and maintenance goals around the home.
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.
Whether you’re planning a new patio, replacing outdated landscaping, solving drainage problems, or building a complete outdoor living space, we’re ready to help.