This Is Jerry Sims, I'm giving "Maldonados landscaping" 5 stars because of their quick response to…read morea job I needed done quickly. The quality of work was professional. All debris was removed and cleanup was very neat. Mr. Antonio was polite, responsive and experienced with the work needed to be done. Maricela, was quick to respond to our yelp request for help and alerted Mr. Antonio to meet with us within an hour. We received an excellent price. We would highly recommend Maldonados Landscaping.

I hired this guy based on 5 stars. Maybe the good reviews are real, maybe they're not…read more Well, here's a real review, and the the deal on a $1000.00 ONE day cleanup job. THE SHORT: Juan Cardona does his job, but not as agreed, and the value gets lost in his unprofessional mismanagement. He doesn't write quotes, and does not report at agreed times, with the crew he promises. He charges based on the number of men he brings, and doesn't bring them. He seems cool, but is not gracious, and speaks to customers like he's doing them favors. In the end, I felt I hired the wrong guy. THE LONG: This job was for a property my 80 year old mother lives in. I flew from NY to meet with Juan, the owner. Despite our walk-through and agreement on scope of work, Juan did not follow through on his promise to report with his team, at the agreed time. Day one, he arrived 6 hours late with half the team he outlined in his promise. He worked 2.5 hours. He reported the next day to work more. He chose to not show up to work on two appointments occasions. The worse part of all of this was hearing from him that he "worked too hard" on my job. He said "the money wasn't good enough"... he hassled me about getting paid. The job was to be completed 9/11/23. It was mostly done on 9/12/23 The job was completed 9/27/23 As much as I resented all of this, I still tried to work with him on a schedule, but he wanted to work year round, including winter months for $400 a month, after a $50 discount. This property has no lawn, just hedges & ground cover, so this just seemed like a retainer, since there's no growth in the winter months. I sincerely hope Juan gets better in his time management, and admin; but that comes with humility, time, and experience. Would I hire Juan again, maybe. Would I recommend him, not at this time.

Hired for regular monthly maintenance of small yard (11 ft x 15 ft approx). Great price,…read morecommunicative and service oriented. Friendly too! I usually text him for scheduling and other questions and he responds quickly.

A gentleman I met at Toyo Sushi told me Mario Sanchez was terrific and he couldn't have done…read morebetter. My back yard suffered from previous owners who had no clue regarding how to maintain a house. They'd had a dog chained in the back yard, so not only had it dug up all the grass, it peed on the AC coils and rotted them out. The back yard was more like a vacant lot and there were exposed chunks of pvc pipe and sprinkler heads just laying on the ground. So I called Mario, who came from further out of his normal area, and we appreciated it. Because of the distance, we gave him some leeway for travel time. It's just hard to get over the mountains sometimes and it's just the polite thing to do. He gave us a quote that was higher than the last guy, but we'd paid half down with the other guy and he bailed on us, after he'd pretty much tilled and trenched our back yard, never finishing the work. But Mario did the work as promised. He fixed some major design flaws in the sprinkler system and split it off into multiple zones. He worked with me to setup the Rachio 3 sprinkler timer, which I also recommend with 5 stars, as it not only works with my smart phone, it also talks to the weather service and adjusts itself to the upcoming conditions. I highly recommend Mario and am in love with my new back yard. I like to lay on my back and smell the green!

Mario and his crew did an AMAZING job landscaping our front yard. They installed sprinklers, sod,…read moremulch, plants, trees and a paver patio and pathway. They were very professional, clean, trustworthy and maintained great communication through out the entire project. They followed our design perfectly and did everything to our satisfaction. I got a couple bids for this project and Mario had the best price. I am so glad we selected them for our project and would highly recommend them to anyone in need of landscaping work. We are so pleased with the finished product and are going to work on saving up for them to do our backyard next!

After three years of living with a backyard full of weeds and gopher holes, we finally decided to…read moregive up the hope of running into the "Yard Crashers" crew at our local home improvement store. We interviewed nearly ten potential landscape contractors for our backyard project. Segundo Collazos, the owner of Amazon's Landscaping, was recommended by a good friend who had hired Segundo and his crew to install irrigation and a flagstone pathway. When Segundo came out to discuss our project, he demonstrated that he has the benefit of many years of construction experience, doing both small and large projects. Our project was a moderately large residential project which involved extensive re-grading of the yard, installation of a French drain alongside the back of the house, construction of a retaining wall along a steep slope, installation and compaction of patio surfaces made of a mix of decomposed granite mixed with mortar, construction of a pergola, extensive irrigation installation, and replacement of a dead patch of lawn. Segundo showed us pictures of work he has done for private homes and for public areas such as some schools in Berkeley. The pictures showed a good attention to detail and his prices were competitive, plus we both had a good feeling about his level of professionalism, so we hired him. We have been very pleased with our decision to hire him for the following reasons... 1) He and his crew take pride in their work. Throughout the duration of the work, they did not take shortcuts. They included all materials and finishes that were agreed upon when we negotiated the work to be done. The quality of their work is very good. 2) When there was a need to make modifications, Segundo showed an ability to think creatively given our budget. For example, we have very high winds and the decomposed granite (DG) he put down as a patio surface was not staying in place initially. As a relatively loose material, it was also attaching to our shoes and tracking into the house, which would have been an annoying issue to deal with over the long term. For a minimal amount of additional expense, Segundo resolved the problem by digging up the patio again, mixing the DG with mortar, and re-compacting it. 3) It is often true that things take somewhat longer than expected with construction projects. In this case, there were two things that required some additional work. The first was the problem with the decomposed granite (DG) being too loose given the strong winds where we live. The second was the presence of large tree roots that were uncovered as he was re-grading the backyard. (We had paid a lot of money to two different tree and root removal companies in the past to remove all the roots from a big tree that used to be in the yard, and clearly in both cases, despite assurances that they had each removed all the roots within one foot of the surface, they did not do the job right). Segundo never complained about having to put in additional work - he showed professionalism and commitment to working on both issues until the problems were resolved. He removed the tree roots that needed to come out to get the surfaces level and he made the patio surface much stronger by mixing the DG with mortar. 4) Segundo has an extensive understanding of various plants and he actually cultivates many beautiful plants such as queen palms, sago palms, a variety of aromatic shrubs, and Japanese maples in his own backyard. He made good recommendations about plants that could work well for our space. He was flexible and took into account our preferences and needs in doing the initial planting of parts of the yard and generously included a gift of three of his own plants that we liked. He installed drip lines to each and every plant and tree that he put in the ground so that they will grow well when set to be watered by an automatic sprinkler timer. 5) Despite some additional challenges that came up during the course of the project, in the end, Segundo came in reasonably close to the budget we agreed to in advance and he guarantees the quality of his work. We do not expect problems in the future given his commitment to doing things the right way the first time, but we know that if there are problems, he will address them. This is the longest review I've submitted to Yelp and in the spirit of letting others know about the best companies to hire, I was inspired to relay information about this consistently positive experience with Segundo Collazos of Amazon's Landscaping. We are also attaching some pictures of the work he did because a picture is worth a thousand words. During a time when many contractors take shortcuts or fail to honor one's budget, he is a real find.

I called Amazon Landscaping to come out to check on an issue I was having with my sprinkler…read moresystem.Segundo came out within 3 hours the same day and fixed the problem right away. Price amazing, Service amazing. Will use them for all my landscaping needs

I have used Greene Tom landscaping a few times and once to fix a Rockwall and they did a great…read morejob. Work been were so nice and Tom the owner was so helpful design wise and expertise. I could not have chosen a better landscape service and I'm really happy. I found them.. How found them was my neighbor referred them to me and I'm grateful! So I'm passing on my recommendation to the public because I was very happy with them.

We had what looked like a river running along the side yard of our property after the heavy winter…read morerains. I spoke to some other landscapers who didn't quite get what the problem was and wanted to devise ways to shuttle the water into the street. Shannon Leach was the only one who figured out that it was actually a winter spring that was the source of the water. He and his partner, Tyler, installed new effective drains and built beautiful water retention basins out of stone in order to contain the water. This was just what was needed. I can't wait to see how it does next winter.

We have engaged Shannon Leach of Gemini Landscaping Services for two different projects at our…read morehome, and have been delighted both times. In light of California's increasing drought, we decided to take advantage of the company's "Lawn Gone" service and had them remove our back lawn and replace it with an extended brick patio. Shannon had creative ideas on how to design the project, and handled all the labor. The area looks great, and instead of a water-thirsty lawn, we now have a courtyard with a fountain and a garden area. Shannon also created a rock sculpture which we didn't request or pay for, but which has given my wife endless delight to see how those rocks are balanced on each other. Now he has built professional-looking garden beds in our front yard so we can begin growing vegetables there. Our next project is to have Shannon remove our entire front turf and replace it with drought-tolerant plantscaping and mulch. Shannon is honest, creative, hardworking and reasonably priced. What more could you ask? We highly recommend him!

I was sceptical at first with all the people I contacted if I would find a solid Landscaping…read morecompany here in Oakland. Nir and The Giving Gardens came to the rescue. I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but he really me breakdown the components, understand, develop and execute a solid plan. We have transformed the backyard from a scary place you wouldn't want to walk by, to a very inviting space. Nir is straight forward and simple to communicate with, he inspires confidence in knowing that will get done and get done right. I actually looking forward to our next project to make the yard even better.

Hands down hiring Nir was the best decision I made to irrigate my front and back garden's. Nir's…read moreKnowledge, expertise and love of plants and water is unmatchable!! Nir did an Amazing job with both his work quality and his communication. I have established gardens and We had to dig under concert to get from one location to the other to get everything irrigated. He took extra care when digging out plants and then replanted them, they all survived:) He know about all my plants and how much water they should be getting right off the back. He also encouraged me to get a rain sensor to save on time and water, best idea ever... He is thoughtful and checked in with me along the way about placements of control box, water line location etc. which I truly appreciate! He even came back twice after job was done to help me navigate the electrical timer. If your looking for any sort of irrigation or gray water system I highly recommend Nir. You will be happy you did.

I've gone through so many gardeners its not even funny. There are so many reasons I've had to…read moreswitch gardeners ranging from the company moved out of my area to having to fire a gardener because they worked too slow. Hiring a good gardener is important because this is the person or persons who are caring for your land. Your grass, bushes, and garden add to your home's beauty so why not take good care of them. Its always hard to get a reliable gardener who works ethically and does quality work. I was in between gardeners and I looked out the window to see my neighbor across the street was getting work done on her front yard. I observed for a while and quickly noticed how fast the people working her yard were moving. I was impressed. I walked over to my neighbors house, and spoke with Lorenzo himself. I told him I was looking for a gardener to maintain the plants on my property. After he finished my neighbors house, he came over and took a look at my property and gave me a quote. I thought it was very reasonable and asked him to start the following week. He showed up on time with another crew member and worked diligtently to get my front and back yard cleaned up (it had been 2 months at that point from the last time I had any work done). That was 6 months ago and I get my landscaping maintained about every 3 weeks from Lorenzo and I couldn't be more happy with this work. He has done other things for me including pressure washing my patio and stone wall fence, planting exterior trees and indoor plants, pulling out overgrown weeds, and even fixing a water fountain that got clogged. Lorenzo is an honest and hard working guy and I highly recommend him for regular maintenance jobs and landscaping.

Can I please give a lower rating??? This man not only canceled three times with the lamest of…read moreexcuses ex: "I have another job", there's "high winds" (we live nowhere near any mountains or hills) and "my kid has a dental appointment". The bottom line is he's unreliable unless you have a large job that makes you worth his time. He's also a poor communicator so you'll find out at his leisure or actually when you contact him. Do business with him at your own risk, you've been warned. Too bad, though, I wanted to try him out and give him more business, but his loss not mine.