Godfrey, Illinois · about 30 minutes from the nursery
Godfrey gives a tree what it wants most: room to grow.
Spread-out lots along Godfrey Road have space for privacy screens, windbreaks, and whole rows of evergreens instead of a single tree by the porch. Sugarloaf grows those trees by the thousand on 40 acres in Edwardsville, about half an hour from your driveway.
Trees for sale near Godfrey
Where can you buy trees near Godfrey, Illinois?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows shade trees, evergreens, and ornamentals on 40 acres in Edwardsville, about 30 minutes from Godfrey. Because the 150,000-plus plants are grown on-site, buying ten trees is as normal here as buying one. Call (618) 692-0113 and tell us what your lot needs.
Godfrey is a village that spreads out. Lots along Godfrey Road and the lanes off it run to an acre and more, with open ground between neighbors instead of a shared fence line. That kind of room changes the shopping list. One ornamental by the front walk gets lost on three acres. A line of spruce along the west edge, a row of arborvitae between the house and the road, a few oaks with space to reach full size: that is planting at the scale the lot asks for.
Anyone who has walked the old Monticello campus at Lewis and Clark Community College knows what trees given a century turn into. That is the long game on a Godfrey lot, and it starts with picking healthy stock in person. Our fields are about 30 minutes southeast, past Alton and Bethalto, at the nursery where the trees are actually in the ground.
Room to grow
Screens, windbreaks, groves: planting at acreage scale.
Every tree here starts in our Edwardsville fields, so there is depth behind each variety. Walk the tree fields and compare sizes side by side before you commit to a whole row.
Privacy screens
Arborvitae planted in a line put a soft green wall between your yard and the road. With acreage you have room for a staggered double row, which fills in faster and stands up to wind better than a single rank.
Windbreaks
A row of spruce on the north and west sides cuts the winter wind before it reaches the house. On open Godfrey ground the wind gets a running start, and a mature windbreak takes the edge off it all winter.
Orchards and groves
Fruit trees out back, a grove of oaks for the far corner, a line of shade down the drive. When you buy where the trees are grown, planting by the dozen is normal business.
Shade trees in the open
Maples and oaks planted with nothing in their way get to be what they are supposed to be: no wires overhead, no foundation ten feet off, just a canopy that gets bigger every year.
Buying in quantity
How does buying a dozen trees at once work?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery sells trees at retail and wholesale from the same Edwardsville fields, so a Godfrey homeowner planting a whole windbreak buys at fair prices without needing a contractor’s account. Walk the rows, tag the trees you want, and ask about delivery and planting when you call (618) 692-0113.
The math of a big lot is different: fourteen matching arborvitae for a screen, six spruce for a windbreak, three maples for the open yard. Because we grow 150,000-plus plants on-site, the row you need is usually standing in the field in more than one size, so you can weigh size against budget and see exactly what you are getting before a single hole is dug.
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“Have purchased a number of trees here in the past and they all are growing strong.”Linda S. · 5★ · Google
That is the point of buying in quantity from a grower: when you put twenty trees in the ground, you want every one of them to take. If you would rather have the row planted for you, our landscape build crew digs and plants what we grow. Contractors and property managers buying serious volume can start with the commercial page.
Zone 6b timing
When should you plant an evergreen row near Godfrey?
Early September to mid-October is the strongest tree-planting window in Illinois, according to University of Illinois Extension, and Godfrey sits in USDA zone 6b/7a, where fall-planted evergreens can root in before winter. An evergreen row is a lot of digging, so plan it in summer and plant it in the fall window.
For a long row, call in late summer with your count and rough spacing and we will tell you what is coming out of the fields for September. Spring works too; it just asks for closer attention to watering through the first summer, especially on open ground where the wind dries things out fast.
Godfrey questions
What Godfrey callers ask us.
Straight answers, the same as you’d get on the phone.
Where can I buy evergreen trees near Godfrey?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows arborvitae, spruce, and other evergreens on 40 acres in Edwardsville, about 30 minutes southeast of Godfrey. You can walk the rows, compare trees side by side, and tag the exact ones for your screen or windbreak. Call (618) 692-0113 before you drive over and we will tell you what is standing in the fields.
Does Sugarloaf plant privacy screens or windbreaks?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows the evergreens and installs them too. The landscape build crew handles full rows, from marking the line and setting spacing to digging and planting, on lots around Godfrey and the rest of the Metro East. Prefer to plant your own? We will load your order and talk you through spacing. Ask about delivery and planting when you call.
Can I buy trees in quantity for a large lot?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery sells trees at both retail and wholesale, and with 150,000-plus plants growing on-site there is real depth behind each variety instead of three trees on a rack. Tell us how many you need for your screen, windbreak, or grove, and we will walk the fields and tag them together. Call (618) 692-0113 with your count and rough spacing.
Planting a whole row this year?
Call with your tree count and a rough picture of the line you want to plant, and we will tell you what is standing in the fields before you make the drive from Godfrey. Weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Saturdays by appointment · Sundays closed. Also serving Alton and Bethalto.