We have been very satisfied customers of Alternative Earthcare for several years now. The team comes like clockwork, on time and on schedule! They always do a great job and are always very pleasant to work with. Highly recommend! Simply the best! A+++ read more

ZERO STARS IF POSSIBLE! DISAPPOINTED IN EVERY WAY WITH AEC! I SHOULD HAVE RUN AWAY AT FIRST CONTACT! My lawn has a WILD VIOLET weed problem, every year more and more are growing and seem to be spreading to different areas of the lawn. My gardener does not have the know how to control and stop this weed from growing. I went online to see what the experts have to say about WILD VIOLETS and how to get rid of them. They all seem to agree that this weed is very hard to get rid of! It seems only certain chemicals will work, and two applications must be put down in the fall and again in the springtime for it to be successful, they also stated that you made need to do this for as long as five years to completely rid the lawn of this stubborn weed. It was near the end of August 2024, fall was coming soon. I read the great reviews about AEC and read all the information on their website on how they come to your home, analyze and customize a program just for your lawn needs. Wow! This company sounds great, just what I need..... or so I thought, how WRONG I WAS! I called AEC and spoke to Howie, I told him my problems with my lawn and asked if he could send someone to take a look? Howie told me there is no need to send anyone, he can see my lawn using Google Satellite, and that all home owners get the same exact lawn applications. To start now and finish this season it would be $700.+ and a full 6 step program for the year is$1000.+ So what happened to what I read on their website? I said no thanks and hung up! Later I called another phone number to speak with the owner Greg Regan, he apologized for what Howie told me and said he would speak to him. I then get a call from another person at AEC, named Rob, he asked if he can come to see my lawn, I said okay. The next day when Rob came to my home he looked over my lawn. I told him my first priority was to rid my lawn of the WILD VIOLET WEEDS, next to have a full grass green lawn, I also told him what I read online . as to how to rid a lawn of WILD VIOLET WEEDS, Rob said not to worry, they have been in business for a long time, and will get rid of them and how he will do it, first he would put down a weed killer application in early September, next a week or so later they would aerate, over seed and fertilize and so on for the remainder of this year. "if I pay cash" I could save money, $272. for the rest of the lawn treatments for this year, $603 for the full season"if I pay cash" Rob also told me I needed Lantern Fly treatments, $275. "if I pay cash" Hmm? Seems this business likes to business in cash, I wonder why? Anyways, I said okay to both treatments and I paid them cash as they wished. Well the weed treatment NEVER happened, Rob calls me and says his boss makes up the schedules and I will get the aeration and over seed first, because of this we CANNOT put down weed treatments for at least 4 weeks, if they did it sooner it would kill the seeds. Then when the 4 weeks past, instead of weed killer, I get more fertilizer, spot seeding and lime. When I ask Rob what about the weed killer for the WILD VIOLET WEEDS, he said he never told me I would get a weed treatment in the fall, it's in the spring when it's put down and blames my gardener for the weed problem. So now Rob is saying I am hearing things or he is calling me a liar. If he told me he would put down weed killer only in the spring, I would NEVER have hired AEC to begin with! When they treated for Lantern Flies, the whole property was supposed to be sprayed, trees, bushes and grass, when they came they did not spray the grass at all so I complained, when they came back the next week to do it all over, this time they sprayed the grass too. These kinds of problems I've had with AEC, I do not need. I am a senior citizen with many handIcaps, I have enough problems. I told Rob, this is it, no more! He tells me to show good faith, they will come out and give me a FREE weed killer treatment. Free? From what Rob told me from the start,, I was paying to have the WILD VIOLET WEED destroyed! I said no thank you, I will find another company that I can trust to do the job I need. Maybe Howie was correct, everyone who uses AEC gets the SAME treatments, regardless of what lawn problems one may have! No, I would not recommend this "CASH" greedy company to anyone, I cannot trust a word they tell me. read more

I have been using Alternative Earthcare for my lawn and tree care for over ten years. And quiet frankly, I would never even think of using anyone else. They are thorough, professional and kind. My lawn has never looked as good as it does now. And the folks that I deal with are nice, patient and professional. They come and root feed my trees and shrubs and I am so pleased with how quickly they grew. I love these people. In what seems to be a time when businesses just want your money, they provide a service I am delighted to pay for. I wouldn't trust my shrubs, lawn and trees to anyone else. read more

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I've been using Earthcare tree and lawn service now for about sixteen years. I'm very pleased with the service that's been provide. Not only the service but the customer contact provide by there rep. Andy. Andy,has always been available to answer or discuss and issue pertaining to our property care. Thus one of the reason I renew our contract daily. Thank You Bob read more

We've tried many different companies and nothing seemed to work. Someone recommended Alternative Earthcare so we decided to give them a try after the recommendation and seeing their incredible reviews on google. They showed up with a huge truck with powerful sprayer. What a difference from those companies with the little backpack spritzers. They sprayed all the trees and bushes and the powerful sprayer reached super high! Whatever product they use is truly incredible. We haven't had any problems since they started. Literally no mosquitoes or ticks. Love their products are safe for children and pets. read more

These people are thieves!! They offer you a "free estimate" tell you your entire system needs to be replaced for only 6,000$! And will send you a bill in the mail for your non functioning sprinklers for "turn on service" WHAT DID YOU TURN ON??? Stay away from this company by all means necessary! Wish I would have read Yelp reviews before calling them for a quote. I will be reporting them to the better business bureau read more

BEWARE: SCUMMY TACTICS We recently purchased a new home and saw postcards from Alternative Earthcare about their scheduled treatments and winterization of sprinklers for the following week. Giving them a call, we were told the previous owners used their company and were almost tricked into signing up for their services. Talking to their representative, they even promised to send us a list of all the services the previous owner had signed up for. From speaking directly with the previous home owners, we were told they never used Alternative Earthcare and had went with another company. TL;DR: They will lie about servicing your home to get you to sign up with them. Don't trust them! read more

My lawn looks horrible after using this company.... they have zero countability and poor customer service.... steer clear ... read more

Alternative Earthcare - This is what my lawn looks like after using them last year.... horrible!!!! - Tree Services Near Me - Bay Shore, New York

This company is a sham and the man there is insanely rude and unprofessional. I was calling to inquire as I had ordered 1 month of treatment and then saw in my email that they had been coming every month. I had intended on paying EVEN THOUGH I DIDNT ORDER THE SERVICE but the man was so rude, accused me of lying, literally said he didn't care what I had to say and hung up the phone on me. I am reporting them to BBB. read more

We love Alternative Earthcare! Ticks are a big concern for us on the North Fork. Our kids like to play in the yard a bunch and we haven't had one tick thanks to Alternative Earthcare. They priced us better than anyone out by us. Three years tick free organic outdoor fun for the dog and kids:) read more

SCUMMY MARKETING they send you a postcard saying they'll be in next week to perform your next service to try to trick you into calling and signing up. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE LIKE THIS!! read more

UNRELIABLE and UNPROFESSIONAL I contracted this company to spray a property for bugs prior to an event I was having , obviously I explained the date of service was critical for the job. They did not show up until the following week at which point I obviously no longer needed the service . I never saw or heard from them other than an invoice. When I called they offered to split the bill with me as the "best they could do". Said if I didn't pay I would likely just go into collections . read more

WORST Company to hire. This company is so shady and a bunch of SCAMMING people that they should be out of business. They SCAM you buy mailing you a letter telling you that they used to do your home before when your house was owned by the previous owners but in actuality they NEVER EVER did anything at your house. They found out the house was sold from there real estate company they work with. So when you call up and tell them you are the new owners of the house they try to sell you all there services that most of the time you don't want. After you deny all the services they still call you and try to sell you on some of the other services they provide. Most of the guys are rude and annoying even when you tell the NO they still call. After all the annoying calls and letters they really don't let up. I got a call from one of the girls there (I forgot there name) saying that they will be out spraying my house tomorrow and I NEVER AUTHORIZED THEM TO COME OUT. But they insisted I did and said they will be out the next day and I told them I did not want them to come and she said she will take my house off. The next morning I wake up to an Alternative Earthcare Truck in front of my house and some guy spraying my trees and I yelled at him to tell him I didn't want there service and he said he had the contract for it. I told him well I did not want the service and I am not paying for it. He then went about his business spraying the rest of my property and letting my pitbulls out of there pen in my backyard. I found out afterwards from a friend of mine that they just had to fire them cause their guy that was spraying there yard wasn't spraying the yard with the right stuff and he was pissing in my friends yard which he had on his surveillance camera. This company is disgusting. I WILL NEVER EVER HIRE THIS COMPANY AT ALL! STAY AWAY! read more

I used Alternative Earthcare for my Christmas lights. The product and quality of the lights was perfect. However, the company has still not taken my lights down and it is 3 days until February. My husband has actually started to take the lights from the ground down as we are expecting snow so i am not sure the purpose of paying a professional to do this. While the product was nice, my plan was not to have my Christmas lights up for Valentine's Day. read more

for years we have used Alternative Earth, they have saved more then one of our valuable trees and kept our landscaping impeccable ...Always there if we need them ... I give them a very high recommendation! read more

I highly recommended this company. I live on the water and had a ton of issues with mosquitoes. They treated my backyard with their environmentally friendly process and now we are able to sit outside without being bitten up by bugs. They went above and beyond for us. We are so happy! read more

I've been using this company for 8 years now. I love that they offer an alternative approach to harsh toxic chemicals. I love that it's also pet and kid friendly as well as safe and gentle on our planet. I highly recommend them. Their customer service is also amazing. read more

We had our property sprayed a few weeks ago, no more mosquitos when we sit out back thank goodness, because they are horrible this year! We had great customer service and I would recommend their services. I love that they offer natural sprays! read more

I love using alternative earth care for my backyard needs. They are the best company to use for mosquito and tic prevention. As a mom of two little kids I have researched many companies that have all natural products for my yard. Alternative Earthcare had great options and are very dependable and easy to work with. I highly recommend!! read more

No customer service skills. Called in a panic on a Saturday morning. Left a message with the gentleman who answered and I didn't get a call back until Monday afternoon. By that time I already had the termite issue handled. read more

Extremely disappointed. Our lawn has had issues for a few years and we signed up with Alternative Earth Care last year to finally get it resolved by an expert. They guaranteed satisfaction, but they did not fix our issues. We have bare patches and dirt showing in 3 foot patches all over the lawn and seeding did not fix it. We could have thrown seed down ourselves, but turned to "professionals" to get a good result. After prepaying for the whole season and multiple visits, the lawn looks no better. This year, they raised our price by a 52% increase. I guess they couldn't figure our problem out so they forced us to go elsewhere by price gouging. Beware of their guarantee - if they can't fix your lawn, they will walk away from you by overpricing themselves. They did not stick with us as they promised. read more

I have used Alternative Earthcare for a few years now. This past season I noticed more weeds in my lawn. I received an email from Gary who originally signed me up for this service stating the person would be at my house today, 10/08/2020 to complete the last fall service. I was monitoring my ring doorbell camera and there was an Alternative Earthcare truck in front of my house. The person did not get out of the truck for a good 15 minutes. He then got out of the truck, put the sign on my lawn and a receipt in my mailbox. He then placed lime in the spreader. He went to the side of my house and did a few rows not even the full lawn then proceeded to the bigger piece of front lawn literally did 2 rows then went up the driveway piece of grass, went back to his truck , put the spreader away then left. He did not do my fertilizer treatment and did not place lime on the entire lawn. I am beyond upset. I called to speak to Gary about it and his response is that there is not much he can do about it and he would send another truck back to my house.. They did send another guy back to my house who applied the fertilizer but not the rest of the lime. I am searching for a new lawn service or I am doing it myself for next year. This is not a cheap service. I placed my trust in this company and this is what is done- nothing which is why I have bald spots and weeds in my lawn - sorry this should not be. Beyond disappointed. read more

Fantastic! Such nice staff and can't say enough about them. Def would use again! ........................................................

I had property sprayed on 8/14/18 & paid the worker for company CASH. I received a bill in the mail dated 8/13/18 for services rendered even though the job was not sprayed until the following day!! VERY POOR COMPANY MANAGEMENT. THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER WHY I WAS SENT A BILL IN MAIL DATED DAY BEFORE!!! PD read more

If you call these guys, when on hold, they promise 24-48 hour service response. I have waited for over four weeks for service and never heard from them but once. They apparently want to sell mole or tick spraying for $1500 and not really want the more inexpensive service charges like fixing a sprinkler system. Their total disregard makes me feel they are hit or miss type companies. Beware--they sound professional but are not!!!! read more

If I could give 0 stars, I would. Worst company ever! They spray water when they decide to spray. I have cameras on my property and caught them spraying only parts of my property. They charge you and insane amount of money for nothing. Also, they get your information illegally from a real estate listing service or whatever it is!!!!! If you get any postcards from this place, throw it out!!!!!! I got a few and I told them to STOP sending them and they don't listen. A report to the BBB could be next if theses people keep it up! read more

Great company. Recently hired them to hang my Christmas lights. Amazing job and great people. I was surprised to see how careful they were on my property. The previous company hired damaged a gutter and yard ornament. Alternative was careful and considerate which is why I wanted to leave this review. Thank you and good job! read more