I had really high hopes for the Urban Gardener after they assured me that they could be reliable…read more But of course a couple of weeks in, they just started not showing up when expected. I think they don't really prioritise regular customers and just move people around? This wasn't what they told me when I signed up. I had email them multiple times to have them send their invoices to the correct email address. I asked them multiple times to clean up the front yard, but they just never did. Everything was always my fault and never theirs. Their tone of communication was really abrasive and patronising. Wouldn't recommend unfortunately.

I sent a message via their website asking for help installing an irrigation system in my garden…read more They never responded. Ordinarily I'd just chalk it up to yet another flaky business but this happens so often that I'm going to call them out when they do this. It's disrespectful and rude and a business that makes a practice of this doesn't deserve anyone's business.

Kasorn is amazing! She is honest, listens carefully, and delivers the results requested. Kasorn…read moresent two seasoned professionals, who arrived promptly. They diagnosed two houseplants over four feet tall, repotted, and neatly cleaned up a huge mess. Ground Cover delivers a level of client care and respect that I have rarely ever experienced. If you care about your plants or desire a landscaping project, Kasorn and her team are focused on what you want to create.

Kasorn and her team did an amazing job redoing the backyard patio of our duplex. They were able to…read morework effectively with 2 households to transform a neglected backyard into a wonderful, beautiful space in which we love to spend time. Her team managed the project time very adeptly, juggling multiple projects, and prioritized our project such that it was 90% done when the shelter in place order went into effect. We were still able to enjoy the space during that time and Kasorn and her team didn't miss a beat when their business was eventually permitted to pick up where they left off. We and our neighbors love the design, the plants selected, the new fence, irrigation, lighting, etc. We are so glad we had picked Ground Cover, even more so now during the pandemic.

THE BEST LANDSCAPING COMPANY WE COULD EVER HOPE FOR…read more A few years ago we were looking for an exceptional landscaping company to transform our yard from water guzzling grass to drought tolerant plants. We got several recommendations but one stood out from the other - Green Habitats. The owner, Awie Smit, is not only an expert at drought tolerant landscapes but he's an artist and knows how to uplevel your property. Awie and crew always show up on time, work extremely fast and efficiently and don't overcharge - the quotes are fair and the work is upscale and long-lasting. We were so thrilled with the outcome of our landscape that we hired Green Habitats to do our backyard and scores of people from around the neighborhood have asked which company we used and gotten in touch with Awie. Green Habitats transformed our house and the surrounding neighborhood and we couldn't be happier with the entire end-to-end process and professionalism that came along with it. Don't hesitate, you will be thrilled you did.

Last fall we decided it was time to address our tired backyard. The raised planter beds needed…read morerebuilding along with a total relandscape and irrigation system. We called Awie for an estimate. We were immediately impressed by his knowledge and enthusiasm and knew we had found the right person for our job. Awie removed the old, rotting planters and custom built new ones. He brought in fresh soil and amendments, planted new plant material and installed an irrigation system. Every project has a few loose ends and Awie promptly took care of them. We were 100% satisfied with what he did and he was a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend Awie!

Excellent work at a fair price. Very creative - they gave me great ideas on how to design my front…read moreyard to make it pretty but low maintenance. They are very friendly, professional, timely, and all around good guys. I highly recommend them!

Had gopher wire and brick work and cement work done last year. Awhile ago I noticed gophers …read more.. frustrating critters. I called to discuss what the problem might be in the installation or what ?? NO RESPONSE AT ALL. I get the feeling that when the charges are paid the response is non existent. On our own we dug around the perimeter and found gaps in the gopher wire that should not have been there. We fixed them ourselves. I didn't need to spend a day of my time on this, nor did we need to lose plants to gophers as we did. Cannot recommend this company.

Thumbellina takes care of the gardening at my outer Sunset home. I've written several reviews…read moresince they started doing maintenance here in 2017 because they continue to be a great service that I value deeply. I've gotten older. Dependable services that help me keep my home looking good matter more than ever now. The Thumbellina crew keeps things looking good month after month. They are warm and friendly, interested and intentional about keeping the plants healthy. Michelle Bond, who is the owner, has an impressive breadth of knowledge about plants, their needs and the bugs that assail them. The maintenance fee is reasonable. I'm grateful for their help.

Poor customer service. I left the a few phone messages and they didn't even respond…read more I was highly recommend this business but will have to look somewhere else.

Juan/Giant Landscaping helped transform our yard! Our front and back yards had become overgrown…read morewith weeds and dead plants. Juan helped us decide on native, drought resistant plants that would be easy for us to maintain. He provided expert guidance and was easy to communicate with. After just the first day we were thrilled to be able to actually see our yard with the weed removal! Juan and his crew were always professional and kind. It seemed like there was nothing they couldn't do! In addition to plants, they paved the front curb area of our sidewalk, installed a gate at the top of our basement stairs, and painted our concrete in the backyard. Each request was met with options and a professional opinion which made the whole experience seamless. We would recommend Juan/Giant Landscaping again and again!

Without question, the best contractor experience ever. Juan and his crew are not only masters at…read morelandscape design, they are craftsmen, and frankly, artisans too. Their attention to detail on the joinery of our new redwood retaining wall and deck railing replacement far exceeded my highest expectations. I recognize woodworking is not NASA, but with these guys, it might as well have been. Precision, craft, kindness, dependability, and fair pricing = 10/10. My only regret is that Juan and his crew aren't general contractors, bc we'd have them do everything! Included Photos: After/Before Side note: I also appreciate that Juan's crew were consistently the same guys day after day for our large (to us) project. That tells me his guys are treated well and have chosen to stick with him as employees rather than one-off contractors. A++

Jaime is a good, honest person and his work is excellent…read more He's done work for me for many years: Transplanted an heirloom apple tree that is thriving, built terraced garden beds in the front yard that have held up well for 4 years and will continue to look good well into the future. We have planted tomatoes, peppers, shrubs and flowers and the drip system he installed with the terraces keeps everything healthy! He's been working on the north peninsula for many years and I recommend him to anyone who asks!

Jamie Munoz gardening did a terrible job maintaining a yard that had little upkeep, if they…read morewould've pruned the bushes & 1 tree appropriately. This was a rental property, and I couldn't check on his work. He didn't prune the branches to a tree, that one side of the tree must've been heavy to split one of the main branches. They do not know how to pruned a tree or bushes. Every branch went in every direction. Some branches were just broken off & not clean cuts. The bushes were overgrown & not pruned very good. You have to train bushes & tree, so that they have a good shape. Poor value when you trust that someone knows how to pruned. No grass to take care of. Now we will need to saw some of the branches. I feel they took advantage of the rental property. They should Google or You Tube how to garden.

Whenever I hire a professional to work on my house, I'm filled with trepidation. We've all heard…read morethe horror stories about jobs that, after they're started, are extended so much that they go weeks or even months past the agreed-upon deadline; about workers who are disrespectful; about corners being cut; about shoddy workmanship; and about owners not understanding the vision the customer has in mind, and/or the end product not resembling that vision. Sacred Space Gardens allayed all those fears, and proved to be one of the best companies we've ever worked with. We have a standard-size Inner Parkside backyard that, until a few months ago, was a "yard" in name only. It contained only a completely overgrown mass of weeds and a small wooden gazebo-like frame that was too short for anyone to stand beneath. After many years of hemming and hawing, and based on recommendations from neighbors on Nextdoor, we finally hired Chris at Sacred Space Gardens to help us. We had a vision but no details. We knew that we wanted the weeds and a diseased tree removed and replaced with low-maintenance plants; we wanted a full patio; we needed the wooden structure taken down; we envisioned a small side patio in a warm spot of the yard for reading; and we hoped for a tiny area in which our small dog could do his business. Chris - who is always on time - met with us a few times to hear about our ideas and commit them to paper. He suggested a flagstone patio, a surrounding stone seating wall, a wooden pergola-like frame to replace the one being torn down, a flagstone reading area, artificial turf for our dog, multiple varieties of plants, a number of pathways, a drip/sprinkler system, and a nighttime lighting system. We took virtually all of his suggestions and hired him without even talking to anyone else. The two workers from Sacred Space Gardens (Lobsang [the construction manager] and Mr. Salvador), fixtures in our yard for many weeks, were a dream. I sort of miss them. They were friendly and professional, got along with each other famously, were always on time, worked incredibly hard, and cut no corners. Everything they did was artistic and rock-solid. We've rarely seen such knowledgeable attention to detail. They were also, by the way, very strong. Because there is no long, straight way to transport things from the garage into the backyard, they had to hand-carry everything, including dozens and dozens of heavy cement bags, one at a time through our downstairs hallway and laundry room. The schedule did run a couple of weeks long, but it was in no way anyone's fault. We had some unforeseen problems, including rain delays, and our soil turned out to be so riddled with rock that Lobsang and Mr. Salvador had to drill away at the rock for days in order to prepare the soil for planting. In the end, our yard turned out to be much more beautiful than we ever imagined. The patios, the stonework, the plants, and even our dog's area are stunning. We feel like we're in Paradise out there. So I am giving Sacred Space Gardens 5 stars, although I wish I could give them 6 for exceeding expectations. Two notes: We have not yet used the garden maintenance services offered by Sacred Space Gardens because the plants are so young that we don't need monthly maintenance yet. That may happen down the road, in which case I will update this review. My photos, then, are not doing justice to what the yard will eventually look like because the trees and plants will get much bigger and the ground cover will be much more spread out. Secondly, the whole process was not cheap. If you are looking for inexpensive "quick-and-dirty" work in your yard, you may want to go elsewhere. Chris is all about quality, and that's what we wanted. Quality, reliability, respect, and an artistic touch, and we got all of that. Now I need to go stare at the yard for an hour, because that's what I continue to do on a regular basis.

Our experience with Sacred Space was awful from start to finish. First, it took them as long as a…read moremonth to respond to our emails or calls. Last fall after our initial contact, we couldn't get in touch with anyone for weeks to at least sign a contract, get a drawing, and be informed of a start date. When we finally got communications, they were impersonal form letters addressed "To clients," not our names. I don't think they ever learned our names. As for the landscaping, the plants were badly chosen, the work was sloppy and amateurish, and the irrigation left plants dry and yellowing. The mulch that was laid was thin and dirty and allowed weeds to quickly spout. Many plants turned out to be not deer resistant and were quickly eaten. Others were too puny to survive. The "ground-cover," we later learned, would take five years to fill out, if it even survived because the spouts were so tiny. And the end result: A "landscaping" that was mostly dirt with a few green things sticking up here and there and a lot of weeds. But this was not the worst of it. When the pandemic hit, it is understandable that the maintenance we had ordered did not happen. Then, a month or two after the restriction on outdoor services was lifted, three of the young women showed up for a few hours to "weed." Mostly, they chatted and laughed with each other. We could hear them from the house. The three did not bother to weed the back area, which was the most weedy. That slope was too steep, they complained. The trio also did not address the dryness of some areas. Even so, we received a bill for this maintenance of $945. Broken down, this amount paid each of the three workers $90 an hour for a couple of hours of socializing. To be fair, I don't think they were intentionally slacking off but just are not knowledgeable and are unaware of their ignorance. After that, we discontinued our relationship with Sacred Space and looked for a landscaper or gardener who could fix the mess. During the interview process, candidates politely shook their heads at the faulty irrigation, deer-friendly plants, and expanses of dirt. Fortunately, we were able to find a wonderful, very knowledgeable gardener who is methodically fixing each problem. What a difference!