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Deer Resistant Landscaping: Designed to Be Admired

If you’ve spent time and money investing in your landscape, only to find it chewed down overnight, you’re...

Fencing and Gates: Elevate Your Home Security

Your home is your fortress, defend it well. Home security covers many areas, and the endless options...

Fire Features: Creating Warmth in a Cold Landscape

Outdoor fire features have become a popular addition to residential landscapes, offering warmth, ambiance,...

Proper Mulching of Plant Material

WHY MULCH? Proper mulching around trees, shrubs, perennials and other areas in your yard or garden...

Using Specimen Plants to Transform a Landscape

As designers, we’re often asked how to make a space feel more intentional. Clients often expect the answer...

Rost, Inc. Maintenance Division: Personalized Care for Every Landscape

Keeping your landscape happy and healthy requires a hefty addition to your to-do list. Ensuring that...

Columnar Plants in Landscaping: A Guide for Homeowners

When designing residential landscapes, one of the most underutilized but incredibly impactful plant form...

Hydroseeding, Sod, or Seed – Which Method is the Best?

Establishing a new lawn or renovating an existing lawn comes down a choice between sod, seed and straw,...

4 Common Hydrangea Types

The world of Hydrangeas may seem overwhelming but really, there are just 4 common types of hydrangea....

LED Landscape Lighting

Over the past several years, landscape lighting systems have improved in regards to technology, durability,...

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Our Roots

Rost, Inc. began in 1985 with a vision of creating stunning and unique landscapes for central Missouri. Founders Tim and Toby Rost began landscaping while attending the University of Missouri.