My husband and I are beyond delighted with the high quality professional work A and R Landscaping did on our complicated property, The company owner and crew are completely reliable and arrived exactly when they said they would. Not only did they do beautiful work on our property but they also applied expert plant and structure knowledge to problem solve with us and help us develop short term and long term plans to maintain our yard and exterior structures. We highly recommend A and R Landscaping read more

I was taken by this Landscape company, A & R Landscaping in Worcester just like the reviewer from Auburn MA. I am 67 years old and he had a smooth way of adding things to a job quoted at 4,600.00 and adding things on without itemizing costs, taking my checks and cashing quickly. Before I could figure out I was being taken for a ride it was to late, he got the price of the work up to 9,200.00 dollars, a total of three checks. This is how he did it! After quoting me the 4,ooo for 12 shrubs and 600.00 for pruning some trees on the first meeting I agreed and I gave him a down payment check for 2,500.00. A few days latter he arrived to do the job. He pruned much less than what he originally described he was going to prune the day of the quote. After pruning he brought out the 12 shrubs to ware I wanted them and then told me he brought 3 extra shrubs and would I like to add them to the job along with the plants he described as being amazing! I agreed and instead of a 2100.00 balance check I give him 3200.00 for the additional shrubs and plants thinking that would be it. The next day he arrived with the plants and loam but he only brought enough plants for 12 shrubs. That's when he asked for an additional check for 3500.00 after saying he would be back with the other remaining plants for the three other shrubs that he said he forgot about. After looking at what I was spending this much money for, after giving him that last check. I was going to try to stop that last check but it was to late, he already very quickly cashed the last two checks. I should have known better but was under a lot of stress at that time like everyone else with the Pandemic, and a crazy neighbor cutting down trees on her own next to my yard, the main reason why I wanted this landscaping job done. When he arrived for the last time to plant the rest of the additional plants he forgot, with no extra loam, the reason why the plants root system were exposed, I asked him for an itemized account for the job, shrubs, plants, loam, labor etc. he would keep changing the subject to justify the cost for going to the plant nursery in his truck etc., I gave up and he never did give me what I was asking for, I would only be wasting my time to continue! He had a big smile on his face as he was getting back into his truck, that I hope I can hopefully someday soon forget! Stay away from this guy, whom I trusted at first, Ron owner of A & R Landscaping Worcester for sure. I hope this helps others. Please click and open all my pictures and you will see that a " A Picture really tells a thousand words "! Peter M read more

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Excellent patio build. Fine craftsman did the work in a timely manner and were very happy.

I wish I had done my homework before hiring this company. I was looking for a landscaper, I had always done my own yard work but now I am 70 and am unable to do it myself anymore. I hired this company thinking he was loyal and cared about his reputation. Ron is a smooth talker and knows just what he is doing. My property is 1/4 of an acre. I had a lot of overgrowth and weeds that I was unable to keep up with. I told him there were 3 areas in front and 1 at the top of my driveway that needed work. The 1st area had purple flowers and hostas in front, the flowers spread quite a bit and I love them but there were a lot of weeds & overgrowth along with 2 hydrenga's that were planted last year. The 2nd area had hostas, weeds & 2 azalea bushes, a Chinese Pink Blossom tree that was planted 2 years ago and had died. He said he would pull out the tree so I could plant something else there. The 3rd area was at the top of my driveway, it was quite overgrown and my neighbors forsythia bush was taking over that area, along with some trees that were overhanging. He had pointed out that I had some Lily of the Valley's, I told him I knew & liked to see them when they come up every year, along with some other purple flowers that I liked. I had a clematis on my stockade fence that he said was no longer there and was overtaken by some vines. He said he would get rid of it. He asked for 1/2 payment up front & the balance when the job was complete. The receipt had the company name, and various services that he check off that was going to be done. When I came home from work the next day I was pleased to see how good it looked, but also upset to see some of the things he had done. The purple flowers in front, he took out a large portion of them, laid weed control cover & mulch. The 2nd area was fine, he trimmed the azalea bushes and the ground cover. The Chinese Blossom Tree, still there, the clematis, still there. The 3rd area, he cut back the forsythia bushes, & overhanging trees, he laid weed ground cover & mulch over the whole area, Lillys, gone, purple flowers, gone. About 1/2 hour after I came home he pulled up in front of my house to get the balance of payment. I asked about the Chinese Tree, and clematis, said he would be back the next day to finish it. I then asked if he gave senior discounts or 1st time customers discounts. He was hesitant, than said he did a lot of work, I said I know & he was getting paid a hefty amount of money. He said he also mowed the lawn, which I did not ask him to do since my son-in-law just did it the week before and I had told him this, and he said he laid extra mulch and trimmed my Rose of Sharon bushes. I gave him the balance of payment, same kind of receipt, with check marks for what he did. I asked for a breakdown of what everything cost, said he doesn't do that. I told he when I hire a contractor, electrician, or plumber, they all itemized what they purchased & how much it cost. His comment, "a plumber only screws a couple of things together". Told him I still get an itemized list of how much those things cost. He did come back the next day. He cut the clematis and the tree, but left the trunk, not what he said he was going to do. During this whole process, he kept telling me how "amazing" it would look if I planted red & yellow flowers, and a tree where Lily use to be. He then continued to tell me I could hire him to sand down my back porch, put 3-4 gallons of stain on it & it would look "amazing", also if I power washed my house, yup, it would look "amazing". As he was leaving he put his hands together as if to pray and asked that I go online & write a review. He said he has only gotten 2, one good, one not so good. Well here you are Ron, After he had told me this I went on Google, there was 1 review with a 2.9 rating, and another with a 5.0 rating whom they addressed him as Remi. Must be a family member. He is not accredited with the BBB, does not have a facebook page. A couple of days later, I notice the mulch at the top of my driveway was sliding off the of weed cover. I called him & asked where he had laid the extra mulch because the area at the top of the driveway, the mulch was sliding off the cover. His solution, "rake it back" he said the rain may have caused that. Really. His web site says "reasonable" prices, my price for all of this $4,000.00. I must have sucker written on my forehead. I know I have noone to blame but myself, and I certainly did not put much thought into this, maybe if I had 5 acres of property this price may be "reasonable" but 1/4 of an acre. Seriously. He did cash the checks the same day I gave them to him, may have thought I would wake up to what was going on & didn't want me to put a stop payment on the check. I have hired plumbers & contractors, and it would be weeks before they would cash them. I hope I have convinced at least 1 person that may read this not to hire him. Lyn W. read more