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| Company
HISTORY |
Our HISTORY
 Prestige
Landscape is a company developed by Jim Meiners in Florissant, Missouri in
1978. At sixteen years old, Jim started in business removing and replanting
trees. Jim built the business on referrals and continued to landscape larger
and nicer projects. The name 'Prestige' relates to the project quality Jim
wanted to target.
Being self-taught, Jim learned from his father about
work ethic and how to build. Jim's father and namesake had a beautiful yard and
gardens which he constantly improved along with little Jim's help.
Throughout the years, Jim's unique hobbies began to have an impact on
his business. Loving history and old houses, Jim donated time to Historic
Florissant restoring old houses and supplying labor. His new friends at
Historic Florissant taught him to respect and recognize the past.
Jim
started to collect and utilize construction materials from old houses and
streets. The wonderful patina and texture of a wall or waterfall built from old
material was far superior to that of new material. Today, manufacturers of
material tumble their products in an attempt to mimic antique products.
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| NEWS Articles |
Metro Post / 1992
Enthusiast 'Logs' Time on Old
Homes
North
County Journal / 1993
Council to Decide Landmark Bill
North
County Journal / 1994
Man Seeks Landmark District
Designation
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Prestige Landscape has a constant supply of street cobbles,
curbstones, foundation stones, architectural pieces, and carved stone steps
from 19th century homes that have been demolished. Prestige Landscape designed
and built the handicap access ramp to the St. Louis Old Cathedral, and repaired
stonework on the historic landmark.
As Jim's business grew, more and
more of the historic materials were needed. As he drove around the city looking
for material, Jim saw almost every demolition site. While walking these sites,
Jim started noticing 19th century pottery and bottles in dirt piles. He learned
that wells, privies, and cisterns were filled with refuse in the 19th century
and were uncovered by construction and grading. Before long, digging the long
buried trash pits was a passion and hobby. Because of the nature of
construction, many of these pits needed to be dug immediately or the next day's
work would destroy the buried artifacts. Many digs throughout the night ended
when the workmen showed up the next morning. Being outgoing has helped Jim
secure permission to dig.
In 1998, the City Museum's founder, Bob
Cassilly, asked Jim to display his collection of privy artifacts. The display
was moved to its own room in 2006 and continues to grow and improve. Go to the
'Jim' section of this website to see pictures of artifacts on display at the
museum, and learn more about this strange hobby.
In 1985, Jim contacted
Gary Zide at the St. Louis Home Builders Association about landscaping at the
Home and Garden Show. Before long, Prestige Landscape was creating displays at
the show that covered a fourth of an acre of the convention center. The Home
and Garden Show was Prestige Landscape's only advertisement and was very
effective. The show was an opportunity to build a display of the product he
wanted to sell and 100,000 homeowners to see it.
Prestige Landscape has
enjoyed a thirty year relationship with Pool Tron, St. Louis' premier pool
builder. Our landscape designs create the privacy and splendor that
construction alone doesn't achieve. Over the years Prestige Landscape has
become the top choice for estate landscape development. Premier custom builders
such as Rehnquist, Covert, Hufton, R. G. Apel and St. Albans Construction have
Prestige Landscape their homes.
Today, our customers enjoy having all
aspects of the landscape design managed by one company. Our Chesterfield
facility stocks all of the plants and construction material we use on our jobs.
Push the getting
started button to see our process for creating your dreamscape.
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TIMELINE |
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Prestige
Landscape was created by Jim Meiners in 1978. |
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First feature
garden for the St. Louis Home Builders Association in 1985. |
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Developed
first facility on Old Halls Ferry Road in Black Jack, Missouri in
1985. |
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Restored 1840
log cabin and barn on Old Halls Ferry Road in 1986. |
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Designed
landmark preservation district for Black Jack, Missouri in 1989. |
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Developed Old
Country Gardens in 1992 and received a Landmark Commercial Development
Award. |
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Purchased 16
acre farm on North Eatherton Road in Chesterfield in 1996. |
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Developed
Chesterfield facility for Prestige Landscape Nursery on North Eatherton Road in
1997. |
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Urban
archaeology display at City Museum by Jim Meiners in 1998. |
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Developed Old
Country Estates subdivision on Old Halls Ferry in 2000. |
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Urban
archaeology display enlarged into its own room in City Museum in
2006. |
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Purchased 53
acre farm on North Outer Road off Highway 70 in New Florence, Missouri in
2006. |
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Development
of tree growing facility in New Florence, Missouri in 2007. |
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Started
on-going maintenance division to improve customer service in 2008. |
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Harvested
first crop at New Florence Farm in 2010. |
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Purchased
Brownhurst Mansion Stone at Vianney High School, 2500 tons antique limestone in
2012. |
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Purchased
property on Highway 109 as potential new nursery site in 2015. |
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