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Local Gardening Centers Provide Landscape Design, Landscaping Ideas, and Great Selection of Plants, Shrubs and Flowers - Rolla, MO

Where to Find Flowers, Plants, Landscaping Ideas, and Someone to Help You with Your Landscape Design in Rolla, MO

Laine Broxton, MBA-HRM
Every spring as the days get warmer, there's a chromosome somewhere in us that pings "Must... buy...stuff...!" This year, be sure to check out these local gardening centers and bring all your great landscaping ideas to life:

Suncliff Greenhouses & Nursery Inc 1611 East 10th Street, Rolla, MO 6540 Phone: (573) 364-7700 Open Monday - Saturday 8am - 5pm
Specialty: Landscape design & irrigation systems.
Products and Services: Shrubs, flowers, mulch, trees, and other landscaping items such as edging, timbers, dirt, potting soil, yard ornaments, hanging plants, and fountains. Locally owned and operated.

Suncliff is conveniently located off 10th street in Rolla, MO. They provide excellent landscape design and landscaping services to the Rolla area. Their prices are reasonable and in line with the big box stores. Their staff is friendly and helpful and their products are arranged so that it's fun and enjoyable to browse their selection of gardening items. The owner, Gary, is personable and fair.

Sands Farm & Home 107 East 6th Street, Rolla, MO 65401 Phone: (573) 364-5607 Open Monday - Friday 8am - 5:30pm, Saturday 8am - 2pm
Specialty: Landscape stone.
Products and services: Landscape design, landscaping, hanging plants, annuals, perinneals, vegetables, vegetable garden accessory items, yard ornaments, mulch, dirt, landscape edging and timbers. Locally owned and operated.

Sands Farm & Home is located near the railroad tracks and the High School in Rolla, MO. Their location is convenient, but small. They have a fantastic selection of landscape rock and their small selection of plants and flowers are typically in excellent condition.

Stanley's Garden Center 1045 North Jefferson Street, St James, MO ‎ 65559 Phone: (573) 265-3166 Open Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm, Sunday 1pm - 6pm
Specialty: Gardening vegetables
Products and Services: Full service garden center offering landscaping and landscape design, nursery stock, landscape stone, seed, annuals, vegetable plants, perennials, roses, decorative stone and wood mulch, water garden supplies, as well as Ferti-Lome chemicals and fertilizers. Locally owned and operated.

In business since 1974, Stanley's Garden Center is a favorite of many Mid-Missourians. Stanley and his team are known as the local gardening experts and Stanley hosts a weekly radio show entitled the "Green Thumber" on 1490 KTTR, where listeners call in with their perplexing gardening questions and Stanley is always friendly, helpful, and courteous.

Lowe's Home Improvement 2300 North Bishop Avenue, Rolla, MO 65401 Phone: (573) 364-4424
Hours: Monday - Saturday 7-9, Sun 8-8
Specialty: Wide variety of inexpensive products.
Products: Shrubs, trees, fencing, edging, flowers, plants, water features, hanging plants, annuals, perennials, roses, mulch, landscape stone, landscape timbers, yard ornaments, patio furniture and accessories, plant containers, gardening tools and supplies, vegetable plants, seed and fertilizer.

Lowes in Rolla, MO has an excellent staff of community citizens who know and love their area of expertise. In the gardening center, you will find a huge selection of all things outdoor - from practical to whimsical and just downright pretty. Lowe's prices are rarely beaten, but they don't offer the service that many of the locally owned garden centers do, so you'll be on your own for the design and installation. On the flip side, Lowe's offers many excellent books and magazines for the gardening "do it yourselfer" in all of us.

Wal-Mart 500 South Bishop Avenue, Rolla, MO 65401 Phone: (573) 341-9145
Hours: Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week except Christmas.
Specialty: Wide variety of inexpensive products.
Products: Flowers, plants, mulch, hanging plants, yard ornaments, yard furniture and accessories, fertilizer, vegetable plants, and plant containers.

For the occasional houseplant or small area, Wal-mart is the place to go. You can pick up a pretty hanging plant to celebrate the season or a nice flower for your desk at work all while grabbing a carton of milk and some new socks. The gardening center stocks all sorts of commonly needed items like hoses, sprinkler heads, potting soil, watering cans, and fertilizer. The Wal-mart garden center staff is typically knowledgeable and helpful, but not always easy to find.

Published by Laine Broxton, MBA-HRM

Author, weekly columnist,and business owner, Laine Broxton is an established expert in small business, with particular emphasis in human resources, marketing, and finance. Broxton has spent over a decade in...  View profile

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Did you know that no two gardening centers in the Rolla, MO are are just alike? They all have a specialty and it pays to know!

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  • Sandy James4/2/2010

    I always visit nurseries when I'm on vacation. I just love seeing the flowers. Nice report.

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