Our story began in 2000 as Kevin, owner of Custom Creations Landscaping & Lawn, started mowing lawns as a side business in high school to support himself through college. Through the years Kevin realized his interest was rapidly growing to include plants, landscape design and construction, as well as plant and turf health. The business has continued to grow as has the passion inside of him. His love and talent for landscape design, teamed up with the many years of plant knowledge and skills learned in the landscaping industry fueled his dream to open a landscaping store. In 2003 he married Michelle, who has worked with him many seasons and has supported him in many ways throughout the years. Over the years working with Kevin, Michelle also developed a love for plants and continued to encourage Kevin’s dream to open the landscaping store he had envisioned. In the Spring of 2018 this dream came true as they opened, Grass Roots Garden Center & Gifts, in Marshfield, Mo. Together they plan to work as a team to provide high quality, cutting edge plants and professional landscaping supplies to homeowners and local landscape contractors. Kevin is excited to continue to design and build beautiful landscapes, give design tips, and educate customers on proper plant care and placement in the store and also as he continues to run Custom Creations Landscaping & Lawn. Likewise, Michelle is excited to bring unique home decor and plant related items to the customers who enjoy making their lives beautiful and love plants as much as they do.
Our Name
The “Grass” part is very simple, Kevin started his journey in the industry by mowing grass. The “Roots” part is a little deeper. We have learned through the years how important it is to “always remember your roots.” It’s life’s journey and experiences that make you the person you are today. By remembering our “roots”, we learn from our pasts and stay grounded in who we really are. It’s also important to take care of your “roots” literally in plants, but also physically and emotionally yourself.
Our Mission
Our primary mission is to provide homeowners with high quality plants and professional landscaping supplies while also giving professional landscapers a local all-in-one supplier. For the gift side of the store, we have unique home decor, one of a kind gifts, and plant related items that we wish to get into the hands of our customers who enjoy making their lives beautiful as much as we do. We take our tagline of "Always Remember your Roots" very seriously, and in doing so we want to create a store that you feel comfortable coming into, are inspired as you leave, and are encouraged to get outside and take care of all of your "roots" physically and emotionally!
