OUTDOOR FURNITURE
From dining to lounging to making memories around a fire pit, Amini’s can help you make your vision a reality, offering a wide selection from the best brands, including Brown Jordan and Castelle, many of which are exclusive to the store.
Centro is known for its high-design modern furniture, lighting, and accessories for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Like a gallery’s curators, the store’s team takes great care in assembling a collection of world-class pieces, guiding clients toward what best matches their style and needs.
With a curated selection of high-end outdoor furniture, lighting, rugs and more, KDR prides itself on offering only the finest products. It sells furnishings and textiles from both iconic brands and small artisan-run companies.
With a focus on quality and variety, it’s no wonder this outdoor-focused furniture store has been around for 150 years. From dining and seating sets, to grills, fire pits and fireplaces, Forshaw’s selection of five-star products has something for every setting.
Hearthside Grill & Fireplace Ltd.
Specializing in everything flame-related, this Belleville shop is the source for fireplaces, fire pits, grills, and smokers. Check out the selection of patio furniture, which includes pieces designed to be both beautiful and functional.
Founded in Belleville by “Honest John” Mueller in 1927, this company is known for its top-notch service and its Amish-made furniture. If you’re looking for stylish, comfortable, and durable patio furniture made here in the United States, Mueller is the place.
With outdoor furniture of all colors, styles, and purposes, Suburban Leisure Center is all about variety. Its selection of products and brands—from Classic Rattan to Polywood to Winston—features something for every level of outdoor living.
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FLORISTS
Looking for fresh, simple floral arrangements inspired by the natural world? This shop offers an assortment of flowers selected for color, texture, and fragrance that’ll bring life to any space.
Florist Row
Just south of Chouteau, between South Compton and Jefferson on LaSalle, sits a group of florists—including Harold’s, Baisch & Skinner, and Floral Supply Syndicate—collectively referred to as Florist Row. They’re mostly wholesale suppliers, selling only to other florists, but one, Walter Knoll, keeps a storefront open to the general public.
Flamenco Exquisite Flower Design
Known for its bright, brilliant arrangements, this boutique flower shop takes a uniquely contemporary approach to its custom creations. Whether you prefer orchids, roses, dahlias, or peonies or some combination thereof, Flamenco can design what you’re looking to buy.
This shop touts its custom-made arrangements, often created with locally grown florals and foliage. Although small, this boutique has received big accolades since opening in 2011 and continues to be the shop of choice for customers near and far.
This business, located on a historic farmstead in Dutchtown dating back to the 1870s, produces flowers of the highest quality. Owners Karen “Mimo” Davis and Miranda Duschack transformed an abandoned, overgrown lot and property into a thriving and productive flower farm. More than 70 different types of flowers are grown here.
Do you have a passion for flowers that are safe, scented, and local? If so, this is your place. Family-owned, this cut flower farms offers design services, too. Pick-up times are scheduled at the Eureka-based company, plus at three local coffee shops. Daily delivery.
With 30 years in the floral business, Wildflowers is a premier St. Louis florist with a love for the environment. The shop composts its organic material and works with local flower gardens to create its truly artistic arrangements. Monthly subscriptions available.
GARDEN SUPPLIES AND NURSERIES
This city nursery supplies an assortment of perennials, annuals and herbs, which it delivers fresh weekly from its fourth-generation family farm in Clarksville to its Central West End storefront. But that’s not all: The shop also sells containers and garden supplies and even offers classes.
In business for more than 25 years, this garden center provides not only a vast array of outdoor plants but also inspiration and direction, with display gardens and onsite landscaping. The retail center offers pots and planters, succulents and air plants, and more.
Fendler Nursery and Garden Center
Since 1954, this family-owned South County business has offered an outstanding selection of trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses, and hard-to-find plants, as well as mulch, rock, soil, organic fertilizer, and indoor growing supplies.
This floral shop and garden center on Cherokee offers a seasonal outdoor nursery with annuals, perennials, and vegetable and fruit starts, as well as a greenhouse filled with cacti, succulents, mounted staghorn ferns, and planters made by local artisans.
More than a garden center and nursery, this 30-acre, family-owned and -operated shop in Defiance is an experience. Take advantage of all Frisella has to offer by exploring its grounds, using its residential landscaping services, and participating in an upcoming workshop.
Whether you want to plan a garden or grab some houseplants, this urban garden and retail center has the seeds, soil, pottery, advice, and more to get you started. For those who prefer a more hands-off approach, leave the potting and delivery/installation to Garden Heights’ experts.
A multigenerational family business, this full-service Ballwin nursery is filled with trees, shrubs, and plants of all varieties, including natives, edibles, annuals, perennials, tropical plants, houseplants, and a great selection of planters. Greenscape even offers custom container design and a delivery service.
With a diverse selection of plants, selected for how well they do in the St. Louis area, as well as knowledgeable and helpful staff, Kirkwood Gardens makes choosing plants for your outdoor spaces simple and enjoyable.
This Olivette nursery specializes in native plants, shrubs, and trees; pollinator support plants; perennials and biennials; water plants; and seasonal annuals, vegetables, and herbs. They also offer bulk and bagged mulches, composts, fill dirt and specialty soils.
Known for its combination greenhouse and coffee shop, this Webster Groves garden shop carries a selection of indoor and outdoor perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, and edible plants. Enjoy a latte while taking in the sights and scents.
Started downtown in 1950, Passiglia’s is a third-generation family business, now operating its 10-acre nursery and garden shop in Wildwood. In addition to the highest-quality trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, garden art, fountains, birdbaths, and statuary, Passiglia’s offers full landscape design services.
At its three locations—O’Fallon, Missouri; Oakville; Olivette—Planthaven offers 30 varieties of tomato plants and 20 varieties of peppers in addition to annuals, perennials, and beautiful mixed containers.
In business since 1959, Rolling Ridge offers everything from straw and compost to hard goods, trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials, all from the historic Henry Schulz Feed Co. Stable in Webster Groves. Free local delivery to the greater St. Louis area.
A full-service nursery and garden center in Ballwin, Sherwood’s Forest also offers landscape design services. They carry a complete range of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, tropicals, bulbs, seeds and garden supplies.
Located in the heart of Kirkwood since 1994, this nursery and garden center offers more than 2,500 varieties of plants, specializing in rare perennials and shrubs, plus Missouri natives. Online ordering for curbside pickup is available.
Open April–June, this seasonal pop-up garden center in St. Charles boasts a surprisingly large selection despite its limited calendar. Look for a variety of spring and summer seasonals, including hundreds of annual and perennial varieties, pollinator favorites, natives, edibles, grasses, and hanging baskets.
For a no-frills experience—just great prices, quality, and service—this Brentwood establishment is the place. Its convenient location near the intersection of Brentwood and Manchester make this garden center an easy place to drop in.
With a passion for tree care and preservation, owner William J. Spadley has offered his clients top-notch tree service since 1990. Arborists at the company are all ISA-certified and hold degrees in either horticulture, forestry, or arboriculture.
GARDEN-INSPIRED GIFTS
This South Grand shop features handmade items by regional artisans, custom terrariums of various shapes and sizes, plant-themed keychains, pins and stickers, solar garden lanterns and plants in containers.
OK Hatchery Feed & Garden Store
Located across the street from the Kirkwood Farmers’ Market, this old-fashioned garden shop started in 1927 as a chicken hatchery. It’s a gardener’s treasure trove: supplies, tools, planters, books, bird feeders, seeds, and plants.
The Garden Gate Shop at Missouri Botanical Garden
MoBot’s gift shop, located in the visitor center, is a gardener’s dream. You’ll find plants, gardening books, garden-inspired sustainable apparel, children’s toys and games, and more. Purchases support the Garden, one of St. Louis’ greatest treasures.
Located in Brentwood, on Manchester, this quaint shop offers a great variety of garden-inspired gifts, including garden statuary, throw pillows, birdhouses, wind chimes and spinners, and décor for every holiday.
With two locations—Cottleville and Main Street in historic St. Charles—The Potted Plant is a one-stop-shop gift shop, garden center, and florist, selling a large selection of plants, pottery, and botanically inspired décor and gifts.
Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop
Gardening and birdwatching go hand in hand. At its three locations—Warson Woods, Chesterfield, and South County—Wild Birds Unlimited offers a full range of birdhouses, bird feeders, bird food, and birdbaths, as well as wind chimes, garden art, and other items for nature and bird lovers.
POOL BUILDERS & SERVICE COMPANIES
Offering same-day pool services in the St. Louis area, AACE Pools does maintenance, repairs, liner installation and repair, pool painting, and opening and closings.
Collinsville-based Accurate Pool and Landscape has been providing pool maintenance, opening and closing assistance, equipment repair, and more since 2012. The company also builds vinyl in-ground pools, and landscaping services such as waterscapes, waterfalls, and ponds.
APS has provided pool and spa maintenance and repair to the St. Louis-area for more than 16 years. They specialize in leak detection and repair, pumps, motors, filters, heaters, lights, timers, and cleaning systems. In need of pool cleaning or chemistry service, opening and closing? They offer that as well in weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly schedules.
The Baker Pool family has been serving St. Louis since 1968, building more than 2,500 fully customized in-ground swimming pools. They also offer pool service and equipment repair, custom covers, and salt pool systems and care.
Serving St. Louis since 2002, Caribbean Clear offers pool opening and closing, as well as regular maintenance service and repairs. Acid wash, heater checkups and filter maintenance are also available.
With retail locations in St. Charles and Wentzville, Mo., Four Seasons provides spring cleaning, pool opening, weekly service, equipment and repair services including step replacement, leak detection, and underwater repairs.
Located in Arnold, Just Pools designs custom, in-ground pools, as well as pool and spa enclosures. They also offer full-service pool care and maintenance, including servicing pumps, filters, and heaters.
A second-generation, family-owned business with more than 50 years of combined experience, LaBarge specializes in all aspects of pool service, maintenance, refurbishing and repairs, including openings and closings, water testing, full renovations, vinyl liner replacements, painting, resurfacing and more.
Kirkwood-based Liquid Assets Pools is one of only two PebbleTec® elite pool builders in the St. Louis area. They build new custom pools as well as handle minor and major renovations, including repair and replacement of plaster, tile, coping or concrete in and around the pool area.
Headquartered in Swansea, Ill., Munie Leisure Center sells and installs in-ground vinyl liner and fiberglass pools, as well as in-ground and above-ground pools and spas. They also provide regular pool maintenance, openings and closing.
Based in Troy, Mo., The Pool Guys are a family-owned business that has installed pools for 40 years. They specialize in custom gunite in-ground pools with a range of options, including hot tubs, swim-up bars, infinity edges, jump rocks, water features and more.
Started by brothers Dave and Mike Harrison in 1989, The Pools Specialists are a leading St. Louis pool builder and service company. Their designers work with clients through every step of the design process, using CAD drawings and 3-D models to create their client’s dream pool.
Serving Eastern Missouri and Illinois, PoolTron designs custom in-ground concrete pools, and specializes in renovations. Their service department offers regular maintenance, pool inspections, openings and closings, vacation services and repairs.
Prestige has more than 35-years’ experience as one of the region’s premium vinyl pool dealers. They also install fiberglass pools and traditional custom gunite pools. Prestige’s service department offers pool openings and closings, maintenance, parts and repair services, saltwater filter conversions and more.
R&S, in Maryland Heights, sells a wide selection of parts and accessories for both pools and spas. The company’s service department also repairs, installs, and provides opening/closing services in the St. Louis area.
Savannah is a full-service maintenance and pool cleaning company serving the entire St. Louis region. Their certified technicians also do repair and renovation services, including leak detection.
An authorized PebbleTec® applicator, Schilli offers swimming pool plastering and remodeling with more than 60 years and three generations of plastering experience. They offer a range of exposed aggregate finishes as well as a traditional marcite plaster finish.
In business for more than 20 years, St. Louis Pool Installers offers a range of design, installation, and pricing options for in-ground concrete, vinyl liner and fiberglass pools to fit any yard or budget.
Suntan pools is a premier builder of affordable, custom, vinyl-lined, in-ground pools in the St. Louis area, offering a wide selection of liners in a variety of colors and patterns. They also handle maintenance service, renovations, and pool repairs.
