Nop did a great job on our plan. He was conscientious and always on time. He also didn't just…read moredrop the plan and move on. He was great about following up and reviewing pricing and gave great advice on how to deal with landscape contract issues. Dave & Jill Culver

Review from my wife, who interacted the most with Nop. I second her opinion, Nop is an expert and…read moregreat to work with. We are having him come back to help us with additional areas. I love my garden! Nop helped me achieve my dream. His support and assistance helping me clarify what I wanted, and his knowledge of where to go and what kind of stone and plants to buy made it so much easier to achieve my goals. He helped us find a wonderful installer who placed the rocks and installed the irrigation, and planted the plants correctly. Nop's knowlege of native plants and what they need to thrive is extensive. His understanding of the type of watering system they need for the first couple summers in order to get established was very helpful. The thing I appreciate most is Nop's eye for beauty, grace, and harmony. I could see it in the photos of his work on his website and he was able to do the same thing in my garden. It feels good just to sit in it. Thank you again Nop, you did a fabulous job.

Twenty-eight years ago, our family was fortunate to find a great landscape designer and a great…read moreplant visionary to transform our backyard. We followed that project shortly afterward with a partial transformation of our front yard, using the same plant visionary who selected plants suitable for our neighborhood next to Almaden Quicksilver Park. As time and deer performed their own transformation, it became necessary to look for a new landscape designer and a new plant visionary, as the professionals with whom we worked more than a quarter century ago no longer were available. After a couple months of searching, we came upon Robin Salsburg and her business, Vision Garden Design, who we selected to redesign our front yard and facelift our backyard. Robin proved herself both a great landscape designer and a great plant visionary, consistent with her business name. Robin prepared detailed drawings, which were easy to understand, and gave us fun homework assignments when it came to selecting plants. There were a lot of species and varieties to consider, and Robin made it simple for us to pare down the number of plants by noting which ones we loved, which ones we could live with, and which ones we hated. When it finally came time for us to implement Robin's final design, we asked her to recommend landscape contractors, and then (with her assistance) interviewed four firms. We eventually settled on K&D Landscaping, and asked Robin to oversee the project to ensure her vision was fully implemented. Robin met weekly with the contractor and us, and after two months of construction the project came out even better than her wonderful two-dimensional drawings promised. We have worked with many design professionals, and we can wholeheartedly say that Robin is among the very best. She focused on our best interests throughout the design and construction phases. Looking back on the project, we feel as fortunate as we did 28 years ago, perhaps even more fortunate because Robin has made our front and backyards better than we ever dreamed.

We hired Robin to help us completely redesign our overgrown, neglected backyard, and we are so…read morethrilled with the results! Since we didn't know where to start with this project, we relied on Robin's great eye for design to envision the space, and she guided us through a step-by step process to help us make all the choices from pavers to plants, so the new garden looks exactly how we hoped it would. We also had Robin facilitate the installation - a must-have service for us. She worked closely with our contractor to ensure everything was implemented according to the design. We would absolutely recommend working with Robin for whatever project awaits you. She is knowledgeable, organized, responsive, kind, and worth every penny. We could not have done this project without her!

Baxter Landscaping was easy to work with and i keep getting compliments on the quality of the work…read morethey did. They came in on time and have come back to fix minor problems thar came up afterwards. They created a plant pallete using plants that were deer resistant and effective for the area they were planted in, then tore our and redid all of our landcaping including a redo of the irrigation system, and fixed our hardscaping. Highly recommend.

Dave and his team did a great job for us. Dave is very organized and efficient. It was a big job…read moreand he and his team always left the place looking neat. He stuck to an aggressive schedule, had great suggestions and advice, and the results are wonderful. I highly recommend

She is a terrible designer and presents generic plans that anyone can find on the Internet as her…read moreown. There is zero effort, originality, or effort put into the work. And on top of that she charges premium prices. You are better off using Google, AI, or anything else for free. Your result will be the same as if you paid hundreds or thousands of dollars to this useless designer.

I have worked with Kim on two medium size projects. She is very easy to work, upfront and…read moreextremely fast! Kim did an amazing job at incorporating my style with her expertise/good design practices to elevate my space at a very reasonable cost. My advice: collect pictures of what you like and don't like. It really helps with making the process go faster. Good luck!

Our 23 year old pond was a disaster! It was losing water and it was full of mud. Joseph Alasko to…read morethe rescue! I've read all of his reviews and I agree with all of the positive ones. I ended up spending around $5k on the pond and it is now a work of art.

Hi, if you like being mansplained, and made to feel like a crazy person with unrealistic…read moreexpectations definitely call Joseph at pondart. He sounds like an unhappy old man that truly believes he knows and has seen everything. He waisted my time.

I was truly pissed when a Santa Cruz landscaper flaked out on me after 2 months, but happily found…read moreLove's Gardens. Golden Love provided a clear and complete proposal for our new yard on the West Side, expert recommendations, and prompt and friendly service with impeccable attention to detail. Working with him was a pleasure, and the work was top quality, including hardscape, fruit trees, plants and drainage - all within budget. Golden gave fresh meaning to the old adage, "Every cloud has a silver lining." If you want a garden you'll love, I highly recommend Golden and his team.

Golden Love and team built a clever drainage system for my yard. Couldn't be happier…read more They are experts at what they do. Reliable, dependable, honest and easy to work with. Easily five stars.

I couldn't be happier that we chose Shoreline Landscape Design for the design and construction…read morephases of re-landscaping our front and back yards. They are an absolute pleasure to work with - very knowledgeable, very creative, conscientious about quality and budget, and friendly to be around. We collected a hodge podge of photos of gardens and landscaping that we liked. and had a couple of conversations with Larry. From that, he was able to create a cohesive design that perfectly fit our home, our needs, and our taste. We feel like we live in a resort now. Every time, I drive up to my home or go in my backyard, I have to pinch myself to believe that it is my house! Shoreline's design included redoing our pool, hardscape, softscape, building a waterfall that flows in three directions, an outdoor fire and seating, vegetable beds, drought tolerant planting, significant reduction of lawn, lighting, new driveway, and new front entrance. We hired a pool company to handle the pool (new piping, equipment, gas pipe, tiling, coping, and pebbletech finish.) Shoreline made sure that the pool company's work was seamless with the work they were doing. In fact there was an issue with the waterfall which was working off the control panel installed by the pool company. Shoreline did not want us to contact the pool company until they had redone all of their work (at their cost) to make sure the issue was not theirs (the issue was in the set-up of the control panel and should have been handled by the pool company.) Other than an electrician that we hired, all other work was done by Shoreline or the hardscape team that they often work with. Everything was supervised by Shoreline which made it quite easy for us. Everyone who comes in to our yard is impressed with the design and quality of work. Two people have asked us about holding events here! Even though the work was completed about two months ago, Shoreline Landscape comes by regularly to check out how things look, replace any plants that didn't make it, and make minor adjustments.Just today, they came by to cover our plants that need protection from the frost that is expected tonight. You can't ask for better service than that!

We ended going with Shoreline Landscape Design from a neighbor's recommendation. We could not be…read moremore happy that we did! Larry met with us and gave us a design for our backyard that incorporated our wish list using irrigation, lighting, hardscape and plantings. We loved what he did so much, we had him continue through to the front yard as well. His team and the contractors he employed were all excellent. The BBQ, fountain and patio turned out absolutely stunning all in full range Blue Stone. All our friends and neighbors compliment us on how lovely our yard is now. One comment was that it could not be more beautiful if we had tried. We recommend Shoreline Landscape Design without hesitation.

I purchased a house with extremely neglected landscaping. A friend recommended Tierra Madre to me…read moreand I could not be happier with the choice I made to go with them! At every step of the way, Hallie was communicative, easy to work with, and invested in the project. She helped bring my half-formed "lush fairy cottage, but low-maintenance, oh yeah and I want native plants" vision into reality with the perfect plant recommendations and a beautiful design. The process felt like a great collaboration. It was clear she really wanted to get it right for me and wanted my input along the way, and that she has the expertise to know which plants work together well and how to make it all happen. Armando and crew were also fabulous to work with. I was impressed at their efficiency in demoing the yard (we needed to remove the tree as well as the top few inches of soil because there were so many weeds) and the artistry with which they laid out the flag stone path. It was a huge amount of work and they executed quickly and skillfully. We had Hallie back for some winter pruning recently and were thrilled with that too. It's fun to experience the cycles if life in the yard and know we have a pro we can call on when we need her. :) I now have the lovely, low-maintenance yard I dreamed of and I'm proud to pull into my driveway every day!

Tierra Madre operates on an entirely different level than any of the other landscape services I…read morehave worked with. Hallie listens, she cares, she is knowledgable and has such an artistic eye. She and Armando work together seamlessly, price fairly and are a joy to work with. They also treat their employees with kindness and take care to be environmentally friendly -- very important! I wanted to convert my grass front lawn into a grass-free, bird-friendly, drought-tolerant garden, but I don't know much about plants. Hallie listened carefully, taking notes as we walked the neighborhood so I could point out species that I like and she could educate me on what would work to my specifications. Her breadth of knowledge and gentle manner put me at ease immediately. Armando directed the work and planned the irrigation, etc., with Hallie selecting plants and placement. They both communicated with me throughout, and made sure everything was as I wished. The project was completed quickly and looks even better than I had dreamed. What a great experience with truly wonderful people.

We are beyond pleased with our new front yard, driveway, walkways, and artificial turf Black…read moreDiamond Landscape installed for us. We gave our general ideas of what we wanted to David Emmons and he designed an amazing transformation to our yard. His attention to detail was incredible and it is obvious he is an expert at landscape design. All our neighbors have been amazed to see how our yard was transformed into a work of art. Marvin Zelada and his employees were a pleasure to have at our house. They were incredibly hardworking, kind, and courteous. They are master craftsmen! The whole project turned out better than I could possibly imagine. It is a pleasure to come home to wonderfully landscaped yard! I highly recommend Black Diamond Landscape to anyone who wants to have the best looking yard on the street.

Black Diamond rebuilt our large sloped driveway with paver stones, including full drainage, two…read morewalls and a french drain. We had a very good experience interracting with the team, starting with the project manager David who put together a plan and a drawing of the project and inspected the progress from time to time. Marvin and his crew were great to communicate with, paid attention to details, and made sure everything was done according to plan. Any hickups they were quick to fix and it was clear they cared about customer experience. Project was done on time and at cost without schedule or cost overruns, including the full cleanup. Although Black Diamond bid was on the higher side as compared to other quotes we got, it was well worth it. Would definitively recommend.

If you are searching for professional landscapers in the San Jose area, look no further than…read moreJennifer with Choosing Landscape Design. I can't say enough great things about Jennifer. She is friendly, punctual, professional, and mostly important, truly created a masterpiece in our backyard--it is literally an oasis of us! Jennifer took the time to listen to our ideas and followed up with a detailed design sketch, including materials, measurements, structural assessments, and plants, to ensure lasting quality, while at the same time making all of it low maintenance - exactly what we wanted. She was fantastic to work with: always available, kind, and professional. The final result exceeded our expectations, and we are so thankful to Jennifer for creating our dream backyard.

I talked with Jennifer over the phone and she was very calm. She came highly recommended from a…read morefriend. Her rates were very reasonable and she has a great outdoor standing desk set-up where puts together your landscape plan while standing in your yard. Most importantly, the backyard landscape plan she came up with was easy for the contractor (Rivera's Landscaping - highly recommended) to execute and they did a fantastic job. The results are fantastic. We made some small changes to the plan and we are really happy. Also happy not to have artificial turf. She said it's just a big piece of plastic that will someday sit in landfill. Enough said.