Nancy created an absolute oasis for us in our front and back yards. Her ideas were very creative,…read morefocused on sustainability and took into account our personal preferences. The work was done quickly and professionally and now all our neighbors stop us to let us know how much they love our yard!

We have been doing our own landscaping and gardening since we moved here 45 years ago. When our…read moremassive and productive avocado tree died we searched for a professional to help us transform our backyard and our outdoor patio. We chose Nancy Knapp because we appreciate how well she listens and incorporates our wishes with her professional judgement in planning. She describes our plan as a drought tolerant "woodland garden." It is filled with grasses and flowering plants, as well as a California Sycamore tree, a couple of moderately sized pines, and a small Japanese Maple. It attracts lots of birds and insects, including butterflies, hummingbirds , and honey bees. The rain gutters feed into a dry river bed that she designed. We love Nancy's creative thinking. She is thoughtful and honest in suggesting suitable plants as well as incorporating some of our existing plants, to create this small sanctuary that is enjoyed by all. Communication is essential for us and Nancy always responded in a timely way to our phone calls, emails, or texts. She is very friendly, thoughtful, and understanding. She met the timelines that we set out for each stage of the construction. Nancy works well with her crew. They are respectful and careful working around non-garden areas. She leads a team of kind and pleasant workers. We highly recommend Nancy Knapp and Weeds for beautifully planned landscaping.

We recently moved into a house and had zero idea of what to do with the overgrown yard and…read morehillside. We wanted to make it ours, but didn't know where to start. We were just recycling things we found around the property and plants that friends gave us. Melanie came to our rescue! She spent the better part of a morning walking around with us, discussing our entertaining habits and desires, and giving us pointers. She remembered the images I'd emailed her from my Pinterest that showed various looks that we liked. We sat down with her as she did the drawing, and she really pointed us in some great directions. Our drawings and plans reflect moving things and planting things to better accommodate the way we like to live and spend our time. She also kept in mind our plan to do most of the work ourselves over time. She brought up cost-effective and water-effective options for accomplishing many of our goals. After our meeting, she followed up with emails of the pictures she had shown us for ideas during the meeting. We did have a little trouble scheduling the meeting, but I always assume that talented people are overwhelmed with business, and that was definitely the case here. However, in the actual meeting and during our phone calls, she never once seemed rushed or impatient. If we need more detailed plans at any point, Melanie will most definitely be the person we turn to! Great overall experience.

My wife & I had a great experience working with Melanie, who is the principle architect. We…read morecontracted with her to design our backyard while we were in the construction process of our house. Melanie was a pleasure to work with. She's been patient in understanding our likes & dislikes. Of course, my wife had her ideas, and I had mine. Melanie understood what are our top priorities. After a short wait, she provided us two initial designs. Both were almost perfect match to what we asked for and thinking of. The difficult task for us was to decide which of the basic design to pick and work on to finalize our project. The final design includes a lagoon like pool, and very usable rest of the yard for our family, which includes two kids and two dogs. We are very happy to work with Melanie, and had referred her to several of our friends over the years.

Arleen is a GEM. She transformed our ugly yard (just grass and ficus hedge) into a beautiful…read moresanctuary. She helped us apply for water wise turf replacement credit too. She obtained beautiful plant stock for our garden at reasonable prices. Brought in a superb landscaper (Happy Earth) to carry out the installation. Couldn't be happier. We are not easy clients to work with - we had a bunch of plants that we brought from our prior home that we loved. Arleen was gracious and worked all our plant "children" into her design so they all look beautiful combined with the new plants. Cannot overstate how wonderful it's been to work with Arleen.

After two previous, disasterous efforts by other contractors to redesign my front yard, I cut my…read morelosses and contacted Arleen. Wow, did I hit the jackpot! I could easily repeat all the other accolades previous reviewers have posted here. Suffice it to say that Arleen did a great job, her design was beautiful, her team was prompt, worked hard, and left each day's work only after totally cleaning up. Arleen had a comprehensive study done of my yard's soil (result was terrible: how did anything ever grow there?) and customized the blend of mulch, compost, and other additives to ensure that the soil could now support the plants we decided on. She stayed on budget, which was fair and competitive. As others have noted, Arleen is a thoroughly enjoyable person to work with. I would be happy to recommend Arleen and Satori Garden Design to anyone who is considering using her services.

Got the real runaround from these people. I called and left a message hoping for a simple quote…read morefor landscape design. They took days to call back and left a message. When I tried to call back the guy didn't have his voicemail set up. I called the main company line again and left another message. Days go by again and they text me an online form to fill out, with tons of questions that don't apply to this job. I fill it out but asked the guy by text if he can simply tell me what they charge for landscape designs. No response to my question, but I get an email days later saying they are not taking on jobs for several months. What a waste of time!

OUTRAGEOUS PRICES! Do not entertain using this company!…read morePlease do not unless money means absolutely nothing to you. After about a $4000 investment in plans they had the audacity to quote a project for a 1500 sq foot front yard at $148,000. Yes, you read that correctly. It is not that I am cheap, in fact, I did spend $197,000 doing the backyard (with another contractor) which included a whole pool redo, new hot tub, BBQ, pergola etc.. Kate Anne Designs however, was doing no major structural changes. Just what I would consider basic stuff - replacing driveway, placing a small retaining wall with driveway gate. Xeriscaping the small front yard, two yard gates and a front porch redo. Even if the wall cost $50,000 and the driveway $15,000 - that leaves $83,000 for front yard xeriscaping - two olive trees, ficus trees, artificial turf, decorative rock, pavers etc. Not sure what the quality would be like, I have no reason to believe it would be bad. They were pleasant and professional. They did say at the outset that they do jobs that are billed over $50,000 - which was ok with me, just not $98,000 over $50,000 for a small front yard - everyone I have shared this with is shocked, don't want you to be shocked either :)

My husband and I lost our home in the Eaton fire, and we are in the throes of rebuilding. We were…read moredevastated to lose our beloved garden that he had built over time with his bare hands. Knowing we had to start over we were researching landscape designers who would provide everything we wanted, while still remaining in budget. We really wanted native plants and something really special. We really liked Rocsana's website and how she put together her plant schedules, after speaking with her and telling her our wildest dreams for our new home, we were encouraged by her enthusiasm and care. We were completely blown away by what she designed. She put together the garden of our dreams. We are so excited to get started on it come fall and execute her perfect vision. We really loved her attention to detail in the plans. She thought of everything from how the plants grow in each season and where the sun will hit the garden best. We also really loved how we could click on the plant schedule and learn more about each plant she picked for our garden. Going through this recovery has been a traumatizing process, but working with Rocsana has been a bright spot in the madness. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking something special for their garden. Her professionalism, attention to detail, and sensitivity to our situation meant the world to us. Thanks Rocsana! We can't wait to get started!

It was a pleasure working with Rocsana on our front yard! We are doing the LADWP turf replacement…read moreprogram and we wanted to replace our lawn with pollinator-friendly, native plants. She listened to our wishlist and made a plan that went above and beyond anything we could have expected. (She even made a designated shady hangout spot for our dog!) We do not know a lot about plants and she provided us with so much info both virtually and in person that it made the whole process easy. We would love to work with her again in the future and would definitely recommend her!

Cirilo and his team did amazing work! My parents wanted to fix the backyard before my graduation…read moreparty and Green Grounds was up for the challenge. They only had a few weeks to do that but they were flexible and worked around our schedule. They completely transformed my backyard and we are as in love as ever!!!! It's so spacious and serene. Cirilo and his guys were truly incredible. THANK YOU!!!!! We love our backyard! Here's a little before and after:

We had a visit from Alexis some time ago. We were impressed with his ideas, and he said he'd get…read moreback to us with specifics. That was on August 11, 2026. After numerous calls asking for follow up, with multiple promises results were coming, still nothing at all as of today. In addition, when we call the office, we are given no way to contact him directly. Very frustrating

Sunshine Greenery's organica specialty landscape maintenance works hand-inhand with your garener…read moreadding expert horticultural knowledge and special touches including pruning, fertilizing, sprinkler systems, low voltage lighting, composting, mulching and so much more! I have used Barbara Engle and her services for 15 years and can offer an unhesitating recommendation. Barbara is an expert UCLA trained agronomist.

Knocked a neighbor's door to find out who did their work. Work looked great and more importantly…read morethe neighbor had good things to say about the experience. Fast forward to several design meetings, discussions, back and forth, demo, install, and maintenance setup and we are now those neighbors with nice things to say to the next person. Barbara and Richard work as a great team. They listen to what you want but also gently push back when they feel they need to based on their expertise. It was a great collaborative experience. We sort of knew what we wanted and didn't want, Barbara was great about giving us options, talking through ideas. Richard came in a little later and solved a wonky legacy sprinkler setup en route to great two tier irrigation system. And the lighting design and execution is fantastic. The actual install took about a week after a day of demo a few weeks earlier. Barbara and Richard were at the site every day and for much of the day. Their team doing the work were very nice and hard workers. Maintenance is key so make sure you agree to a good maintenance plan if you're like me and don't quite have a green thumb.

I could not be more happy with Erin and her amazing team's work in transforming my back yard. They…read moretook my ideas and inspirations and crafted/molded them into an incredible final result. From clear and quick communication to design to layout to irrigation to electric installation to plumbing, this team can do it all. And for a very reasonable price. I just can't wait to see all these native plants take off and for my back yard to be a foot growing / native pollinator oasis. Would not recommend Erin and team more highly.

Erin was recommended to us from a local Facebook group. How fortunate we were to find her! Our…read morefront and backyard had become the Amazon jungle of gross weeds every year after the heavy winter rains. Every year we would weed, fight off gophers destroying our newly planted tree roots and get our eyes damaged from looking at the eye sore of a backyard... (look at the images at your own risk) Erin came by and helped us create a beautifully designed vision that would work for us and our pets. Her team which is led by Carina was able to tackle and transform our yard from sadness to a beautiful oasis in three weeks. Not only did they remove multiple tons of dirt, added gopher/weed protection, they hand built redwood planters and fencing for us. Additionally you gain a valuable resource in Erin with her gardening and plant expertise. She will teach you everything you need to know to start your little farm up. If you are thinking to landscape your yard, don't hesitate to reach out to Erin. Erin and Carina are very good at what they do and do so for a fair price!