I needed a solution to a drainage issue in my small backyard; water was coming from everyone else's…read moreyard, flowing to the storm drain in mine. During heavy Champaign rains, I had a fast-flowing river about 6-8 feet wide flowing through the lower portion of my yard. I filled out a form on his website and John contacted me shortly. He came over to view the space and shared some ideas that told me we were on the same page. My project was likely "smaller" than he was used to; nonetheless, he and his team did an amazing job for a fair price. I also had purchased a tree that turned out to have a larger root ball than I imagined. John helped out on short notice, picked it up on a Sunday morning(!) and installed it shortly thereafter, while still in the middle of a another project. His idea actually made my yard feel much larger than it had been. He ended up installing two small walls, two trees, lots of extra soil, and beautiful river rock; he also adde a brick walkway next to my front drive (his idea). Incredibly professional, incredibly hard-working, excellent work overall. VERY HAPPY with the end result. (Except for the crabgrass that took over after planting grass in springtime! Looking forward to redoing in the fall. . . ). I no longer have a river problem. It now drains very well.

My wife and I want to give a shout out to Eric at Ludwig's and his responsiveness to our requests…read more We live in a nice residential subdivision but occasionally common areas become overgrown because of differences of opinion from the HOA about what constitutes beautiful landscaping. Eric and the Ludwig crew have done a great job keeping our landscape views neat and tidy. You deserve a big thumbs up! Thank you!

Great customer service and small job was completed extremely quickly. Will definitely be using them…read moreagain for future landscape endeavors.

This company was remarkably unprofessional. The workers needed constant supervision and…read moreinstruction, which the management company expected me to provide--but this is why I hired a landscaping company and not a teenager. They couldn't tell a weed from a flower, which resulted in the death of some of our flowers. They cleaned the pond with a chemical that killed our fish (Clorox bleach). They replaced our water pump, but wouldn't provide us with the make/model or instruction manual of the expensive new water pump. In fact, they wouldn't answer or return my phone calls. On top of this all, they were very expensive. All in all, a very unprofessional experience that made me think they had no training. This company used to be good, so I'm sad and disappointed that their quality has fallen so far. Do your yard a favor and hire another company

I was very impressed with Greenview's with the beautiful landscaping they showed on their website…read more I called and asked if someone could come out and talk about incorporating a hot tub and/or spa into our yard in Champaign, IL,without distracting from it existing professionally landscaping. I spoke with Jason, he seemed nice, but to be honest the conversation was a bit awkward. I explained that I split my time between Chicago and Champaign. We made any appoint for today, June 30 between 11 and 11:30 am. I text Jason at 9 am to confirm our appointment. He text back I'm and said: "I don't think that I am your guy for this. We don't sell hot tubs nor do we install them. We don't even pout the footings they sit on. I apologize, but I'm not going to make it today. This doesn't sound like a project for us. Best of luck." I am not very pleased at all. First, we were not asking them about installing an hot tub or spa, but how to landscape one into our yard. We wanted their professional services to help landscape. Second, I wish Jason would have told me that Greenview was not interested in this job. And, third, I purposely stayed until Tuesday instead of going back to Chicago on Monday, to accommodate Jason's schedule (when I called him a week ago I originally asked if we could meet on Monday and he was not available.) As you can see from their website, their landscaping is beautiful and we were hoping to use their services for our backyard. Unfortunately, we were totally dismissed and our experience with their customer service is is very poor. I left a message with their office this morning and hope to receive a call back with at least an apology.

Derek was easy to reach, responded quickly. I had to postpone my original project from last summer…read moreto this spring. He was able to get us on the schedule very quickly (thanks to weather too) for our Sons wedding on our property! The crew was great, cleaned up everything when they left. Pricing was fair and accurate! Very happy with the finished job! Thank you Derek and crew!

These guys are fantastic landscapers, they can do it all! They removed basically all of our front…read moreyard and replaced with a beautiful combination of sod, mulched garden areas, and a gorgeous paved sidewalk and paved borders.

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. They have recently changed their billing practice so that the invoice is…read morepast due as soon as they send it. After three days they begin sending you past-due notices, although they themselves take a week after the service to send the bill. Even worse is that they aren't capable of receiving modern payments like direct-deposit and they are slow at processing checks they receive. So I sent a check the day I received the invoice, told them that it was on the way (twice), and today, 9 days after the invoice was delivered to me, I got a notice that they are sending me to collections. We've been customers for 15+ years and I've been OK but not thrilled with the service, but they are cancelled now.

I worked with John, the designer for Merrill Landscape, on my project. My project was pretty…read moresmall, but I was never treated as if my project was unimportant to them. I am so happy with the final outcome. I highly recommend and will use for future work.

Excellent service! Came out the same day and removed a large evergreen and limbs on our house! The…read moreentire crew was super kind! Thank you again!

They replaced my falling 80 ft of back yard fencing. They did an amazing job, it looks beautiful…read moreand very professionally done! I highly recommend them for any job you need done! great communication as well!

Provided me with an estimate of $254, but when it came down to paying they told me I owed $357…read more When I tried to work this problem out, they indicated they had updated the estimate - which apparently was after I approved the original estimate. The workers were nice, but really didn't do that good of a job. I would not recommend this company at all.

I requested an estimate based on the positive reviews shown here. At that time I told them that my…read morelawn would be a challenge. They said that they would be up to the task. A crew came and covered my lawn with compost and seed in October of 2017. When spring of 2018 arrived, I had a lawn of dandelions and not much else. I was told in a voice message that they would keep at it until I was satisfied. I had not answered the phone so I had a recording of their reply. I was told various reasons by various people why their first attempt did not take. Since I understood that they would be working on my lawn, I hired them to mow and trim so that they would not have to coordinate their work with another mowing service. They received two stars based on the quality of their lawn maintenance service. For the most part, it was done well but there was always places that were not trimmed and aspects of the service that were requested but were inconsistently performed. Come October of 2018, their second attempt at my lawn took place. It was done quite differently than the first application but I was told that this would be successful. Spring of 2019 arrived and some grass finally showed itself but there were many bare spots. Once again I contacted them and was told that they would be working on it. With the exception of an aeration, nothing else seemed to be done. Once again I hired them to mow and trim. At no time did I see any type of work to improve the condition of the lawn. On October 1st, I contacted them and said that apparently they feel they have done all they could so their work at providing a lawn was over. I was told that they were just about to come and do something. At that time I also told them that I no longer needed their mowing and trimming services. Again, that was October 1st. Instead, unbeknownst to me, they were continuing their weekly mowing service. I contacted them and reminded them that I had terminated that service on 10/1. I was then presented with an invoice for four weeks of mowing service that was done after I had specifically cancelled. Between the lawn treatments and the mowing services, I have spent thousands of dollars and have very little to show for it. Draw your own conclusions. Photos will be added as soon as I can transfer them from my cell phone.