(4.5) ~ Very Good Overall Landscaping Experience. Shout out to Steven Talcott who really knows his plants and is very creative with his designs & recommendations! read more

Great American just finished landscaping our front, back and side yards including underground drainage, hardscape and plantings. 100s of plants and trees. The lot is sloped and there are several stone retaining walls and stairs to navigate. It isn't an easy property to work with. Demolition had to be done by hand. They did a great job. The crew showed up everyday at 7:30am. The site was organized and anytime I needed to get out of my driveway, they always accommodated me. Coordination with our lighting and irrigation contractor was seamless. When I decided I didn't like the brick edging on the new flagstone path, the price to re-do it in flagstone was more than fair. We are really glad our landscape designer, Greenhart Designs recommended them. read more

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We had an excellent experience with Great American Landscapes recently. We meet a few times with Steve and he was receptive to our ideas and offered his own to match our vision yet keep our costs reasonable. The design layout was clear and understandable and we loved it immediately. The job was done on budget but it did take a day longer than expected due to weather issues. Now that the job is done our landscapes looks. It looks like it was done with care and done with precision. The wife and I are super happy with work and would recommend GAL. read more

Great American Landscapes was the answer to 8 years of flooding in our home. After working with another company for many (disastrous) years to try and fix our flooding issues, a friend told me about Great American. They came and regraded our yard, added a French drain, and replaced our deck with the loveliest paver patio. In 4 DAYS! They were fast and did beautiful work and we haven't had flooding since then. Now we have a beautiful backyard and SO much less stress! Thank you, thank you, Great American! read more

We met with several established landscape contractors to get a new front walkway and landscaping. We were referred to Great American Landscapes by a family member. The salesperson responded quickly, discussed the process on the phone, and scheduled an appointment to meet with us at our home. He was punctual, courteous, and knowledgeable which made us very comfortable. After listening to our wishlist and walking the property, we talked about our budget, and their estimate was comparable to other companies we had talked to. He requested a design fee of $350 which was reasonable in order to see what we were going to get before it was installed. A week later, we met again to review the design and proposal. The design was beautiful! The plan for the front was just like he said he could do, and we signed with them. There were a couple of material selections that we had to make before they could install, but were able to finalize all the details within a week. They were scheduling about a month out and were almost exact to the day they had told us they would start. We received emails from the production manager in the weeks before the job letting us know what was happening. The crew was clean and courteous, working everyday from 7-3. It took a week to finish, and when they were done we couldn't believe that it was the same house. Our old, overgrown bushes were gone, the old, concrete walkway was gone, and in their place was a new flagstone walkway and stoop along with low-maintenance plants. We love it!! We highly recommend Great American Landscapes to all our friends. read more

Excellent, Friendly and Reliable service. They corrected the mistakes left by my previous landscaper and made my yard, front and back, look beautiful again. highly Recommend !!! read more

I rarely write reviews anywhere, but I have been so happy with Great American that I think they deserve it. We started working with them 7 years ago when they did some great hardscaping (patio, fireplace, sitting walls, planters) and landscaping in our backyard. Several years later we had them back to re-hardscape our front and design a front landscape plan for us. Well last year, I switched our regular yard maintenance to their capable hands as well. We had used to same company for years and their work was "fine" but there were always little nagging things and I never thought the yard looked great for what we paid. So I gave Great American the opportunity last year to take over our yard and I was so pleased with how the yard looked all spring/summer/fall. I will definitely be renewing my contract with them this year. Their crews have been very friendly and respectful. Adam Haba has been assigned as our account manager for the maintenance and he is very pleasant to deal with and incredibly responsive. And he knows his plants/trees. Again - highly recommend! read more

We were looking for a company to help us replace our front walkway, landscaping and install a play area in our backyard. We met with designer Steven Talcott and he was amazing to work with. He listened to all of our requests and created a design that was exactly what we asked for with a number of great ideas thrown in, all under budget. Great American Landscapes was prompt and professional with their installation and finished ahead of schedule (even with few days of absolute downpour). We would highly recommend both Steven Talcott AND Great American Landscapes for any project you need. read more

As always, Great American Landscapes did an "A-ONE" job for us....again. These folks are very professional and experienced in the field of landscaping. They have done three jobs for us, and each one is perfect. Sam McCombs is quite the gentleman and knows his business to a "tee". He is a pleasure to work with. All the gentlemen who did the work were very knowledgable and did a great job. Thanks to Casey, Ceasar, Carlos and Luiz and the others that worked here. Please convey our gratitude and keep up the good work. Thank you again. Don Judson 9905 Mainsail Drive, Gaithersburg, Md. 20879 read more

Great American Landscapes completed our deck and patio. We are super pleased with the completed project. We had some additional lighting install so that we could sit out on the patio and enjoy our evenings. Great folks to work with. read more

Stay away from this company. They charge too much ($1000.00) for design/drawing...I should've known that they were too hungry for work. Save your cash and go some place else...there are plenty of other reputable landscaping companies besides them. We dealt with Mike. read more

We met with Mike Risell and knew we would be happy with the results and his guys did not disappoint. We're looking forward to seeing his designs for improvements to our existing landscaping. read more

Great American was the only one of the 4 landscaping companies we contacted to offer a good solution to our problem. They worked quickly, were on time, and did a wonderful job, both in design and in installation. They even cleaned the leaves from our driveway and relocated some of our existing plants -- not part of the original contract. The job finished yesterday, so I can't speak to their honoring the one-year guarantee on plants. I have no reason to believe they won't. read more

Great American has recently completed work in the back yard and we contracted for them to come back to work on our side yard. We already gave a review of the back yard work, it is also 5 stars. Most recently they were back to help with a section of our side yard where there was very little sun and it was usually just mud. They laid down flag stones in an attractive pattern and placed gravel around those stones. We are so happy to have a solution because our dog always had muddy feet and so did we. They really solved a problem. As further praise, they checked back a few days after the job was completed and added a bit more gravel so it looks perfect. read more

Stay away from this company! They charge too much and don't deliver or stand behind their product. We spent $7000 on dead plants from the get go...they blamed it on deer, watering, etc. Took almost a year to resolve matters. No one would call back. Employees left the company and they refused to replace plants on their one year warranty. This company is the absolute worst example of disconnect around. We love to not refer them whenever we can. read more

Great American Landscapes was prompt when we first called them. Our sales person, Sam McCombs, came out right away and surveyed our yard. He listened to our needs and put together a plan a couple weeks later that on paper basically met them, though the price was thousands more than we were expecting. But my wife trusted Sam, so we moved forward. It's now been several months since the start of the project, and it's still not done. We've been waiting for the crews to come back for over six weeks. Sam is elusive, and I can't seem to ever get anyone in corporate to call me back. The original work was okay, but after one rain storm, mulch and water flooded my yard. We came to find out that they didn't do all the work they were supposed to do, and since it had been buried underground, the flooding was the only way we could figure that out. Great American basically said too bad--you'll have to pay more to really fix it, even though they had been hired for the purposes of water mitigation (and we paid them additionally to beautify the yard with grading, sod, plants, and trees, after installing a French drain system, dry stream bed, and connections to the downspouts). I would steer clear of these guys unless you're desperate. read more