Edwardsville, Illinois · Family-owned since 1981 · Open to the public
Forty acres of nursery plants, grown right where you buy them.
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery is a working nursery and landscape design-build company serving the St. Louis Metro since 1981. Walk the rows, ask the owner your questions, and take home healthy plants at reasonable prices.
Call ahead and we’ll tell you what’s in stock this week.
From the fields
grown here, not trucked in.
These are our rows: red maples going gold in October, four hundred yards from the checkout. Every tree, shrub, and perennial we sell spent its whole life in Metro East soil. What you see in the field is what goes in your yard.
Walk the rows yourself →Start here
Two ways to put Sugarloaf to work.
Some folks come for a trunkful of perennials. Others come to redo the whole yard. Both start the same way: with a person who knows the plants because they grew them.
Here for plants today?
Visit the nursery
Walk 40 acres of trees, shrubs, hostas, and perennials, all grown on this property. See the actual plant before you buy it.
- Open to the public, weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturdays by appointment. Call ahead to confirm.
- 150,000+ plants across the growing fields
- Straight answers on varieties, bloom time, and care
Planning a project?
Design & build with us
Custom landscape design and installation for homes and businesses: a consistently beautiful yard without the weekend work, planted by the crew that grew your plants.
- Design drawn around plants that thrive in Metro East soil
- One team from plan through planting and hardscape
- Small jobs welcome: even a few trees
What we do
Design it, build it, and grow every plant that goes in the ground.
Most landscape companies buy their plants from someone else. Ours come from our own fields, so we know what is healthy, what is in stock, and what will still be thriving in your yard years from now.
- Residential & commercial
- Drawn around plants we grow
- Starts with a walk-through
Landscape Design
Custom plans for residential and commercial properties, drawn around plants we actually grow and the way you use your space.
See the design process →
- Prep, planting, hardscape
- One crew, start to finish
- Small jobs welcome
Landscape Build
Site prep through planting and hardscape. The crew that installs your landscape is the team that raised your plants from cuttings.
See how builds work →
- 40 acres
- Open to the public
- Weekdays 9 to 4
The Nursery
A 40-acre working nursery, open to the public. Walk the rows and pick from stock the box stores can’t match.
Plan your visit →
- Shade, ornamental, evergreen
- Field-grown, zone 6
- Pick yours in person
Trees
Shade, ornamental, and evergreen trees, field-grown in Metro East soil and ready to pick out in person.
Browse the tree fields →
- Deep hosta stock
- Fall planting stock
- Varieties big-box skips
Perennials & Hostas
Deep stock of the varieties big-box racks never carry, at prices that don’t sting. Fall planting stock included.
Shop perennials →Not sure where to start?
Call and ask. A five-minute conversation with someone who walked the rows this morning beats an hour of browsing.
Call (618) 692-0113 →The Sugarloaf difference
Why buy from a nursery that grows its own plants?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows more than 150,000 trees, shrubs, and perennials on 40 acres in Edwardsville, Illinois, so every plant is already acclimated to Metro East soil and weather before it reaches your yard. Growing on-site keeps prices reasonable and puts the person who raised each plant within asking distance.
Empty racks by June
Seasonal displays that sell out fast, trucked-in stock, and nobody on the floor who can tell a hosta from a head of lettuce.
Sticker shock in town
A fair supply nearby, but prices that made one of our customers put a simple hosta back on the shelf and keep driving.
Grown here. Priced fair.
Deep stock we grew ourselves on 40 acres, honest prices with no middleman markup, and an owner who will walk the rows with you.
Straight off the camera roll
Real fields, real crews, real work.
No stock photos here. These came off the crew’s phones: deliveries leaving the farm, installs in progress, and a client’s place after dark.
See the full gallery →
In their words
What neighbors say after the drive out.
★★★★★
“Have purchased a number of trees here in the past and they all are growing strong.”Linda S. · 5★ · Google
★★★★★
“All the big box stores had nothing and the other independent nursery in town had a fair supply but the prices were ridiculously high. Checked out Sugarloaf and was glad I did. The prices were very reasonable for these healthy plants. The owner was very helpful too.”Susan M. · 5★ · Google
★★★★★
“I bought a Hibiscus tree over the summer that stayed in full bloom until fall. They also let me look around the property at all the plants and processes. I love that Sugarloaf Landscape Nursery is located where the plants are actually grown, and not just a store front in town.”Patrick S. · 5★ · Google
4.1★ across 21 Google reviews · Family-owned since 1981 · BBB file since 1996
Plan a visit
Come walk the property. See how your plants are grown.
Customers tell us their favorite part is looking around the 40 acres: the rows of perennials, the trees ready for delivery, the whole growing operation. Bring your questions. We’re happy to answer them. And yes, there are goats.
- Weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays by appointment. Sundays closed.
- Call ahead: we’ll tell you what’s in stock and where to find it
- Wholesale and contractor buyers welcome by arrangement
Where we work
Serving Edwardsville and the Metro East since 1981.
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery serves homeowners, businesses, and contractors across Madison County and the wider St. Louis Metro from its 40-acre nursery in Edwardsville, Illinois. Landscape design and build crews travel throughout the Metro East corridor, and the nursery welcomes retail visitors from both sides of the river.
Good questions
Things people ask before the first visit.
Straight answers, the same ones you’d get on the phone.
Are plants more expensive at a nursery than at Home Depot or Lowe’s?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows its own trees, shrubs, and perennials on 40 acres in Edwardsville, Illinois, which keeps prices reasonable and stock deep. Big-box stores often beat nurseries on commodity annuals, but their tree and perennial racks empty out fast. When they run out mid-season, the fields here are still full.
Is Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery open to the public?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery in Edwardsville, Illinois is open to the public, not wholesale-only. Retail customers are welcome to walk the 40-acre property on weekdays, and Saturday visits are available by appointment. Call (618) 692-0113 before the drive and the team will tell you what is in stock that week.
When is the best time to plant trees in Illinois?
Early September through mid-October is the strongest window for planting trees in Illinois, according to University of Illinois Extension: warm soil grows roots while cooler air lowers stress on the tree. Spring, from thaw through early June, is a close second. Container-grown stock from Sugarloaf’s fields can be planted most of the year with deep watering.
Can I have a few trees planted without a full landscape redesign?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery takes on small planting jobs as well as full design-and-build projects. Pick out trees or shrubs at the Edwardsville nursery, and the crew that grew them can handle the planting. Ask about delivery and installation when you call (618) 692-0113.
Does Sugarloaf sell to landscapers and contractors?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery supplies trees, shrubs, and perennials in volume to landscape contractors and commercial buyers across the Metro East. With 150,000+ plants growing on 40 acres in Edwardsville, the nursery can quote a whole plant list from its own fields. Call (618) 692-0113 to talk through availability and volume pricing.
Healthy plants, fair prices, and people who know what they grew.
That’s been the whole idea since 1981. Call, and let’s talk about your yard or your next project.
Weekdays 9 to 4 · Saturdays by appointment · Edwardsville, IL