We encountered a Curtis Horticulture design on the "Calif Native Plant Tour" the last year. We…read moreliked the concept of no lawn maintenance but lacked the imagination to visualize what would look "good" in our yard. Fortunately, our first meeting with Stephanie Curtis yielded a a couple of ideas that we hadn't thought of and proceeded to planning. The plan, price and execution went flawlessly. Stephanie and her crew were prompt, quick, professional, and meticulous in execution of our plan. (I hope yelp allows before/after pic attachments) I heartily recommend Curtis Horticulture a "10"! (2 for each yelp star) (you might have to copy/paste the links to browser bar to view) Before: http://static4.px.yelp.com/photo/1xoA6i_jhq3JlOuspIfTdQ/l After: http://static1.px.yelp.com/photo/zo45IupATtjbGsrrt6IjTg/l

Native, drought tolerant plants is the way to go, but Curtis Horticulture is not!…read more Unfortunately, I had the same experience as Joseph and MK. The problems include inconsistent scheduling - visits every 3-7 weeks instead of monthly, being overpriced compared to other services in the market, and worst of all, failure to take responsibility for the plants they planted as initially agreed upon. Rather than taking responsibility and replacing the plants, they accused me of neglect, when we in fact weed and handle seasonal planting - and tried to upsell us instead.

I recently had a 60' Palm tree removed and hired Boyd's Tree Service. Mike came out a gave a very…read morereasonable estimate. A couple of days later his crew show and up and spent around 3.5 hrs removing the palm tree. The crew was professional, did a great job, brought the right equipment to do the job and more importantly took away the fronds, cut pieces of the tree and cleaned up the debris completely. I would highly recommend Boyd's Service.

I'm very impressed with Boyd's tree Service. Mike came the…read moresame day I called to give me an estimate . There estimate was $400 less than the last estimate I got. The day that I let Mike know that I was going to hire them he was able to set up an appointment for that day. I wish I had taken before and after pictures of the two trees that were trimmed . I was very happy with the job. The tree trimmer really knows his job. Trees look great not like a hatchet job by somebody who didn't know what they were doing. I will be hiring them the next time my trees need trimming.

Ryan had a great vision for our yard and most of it was exactly what we wanted…read more He did some fence work that looked great. A section fell after a recent wind storm and we reached out to get it fixed and did not receive a reply (email and voicemail). I would recommend his work, but would have hoped for better follow up.

After calling Luxwood Landscaping, Ryan called me to right back. He was very prompt. He can by my…read morehouse on time and gave me a very fair price for the work I was looking for. His crew was very professional and answered all my question. If you're looking for a paver company, this is the company I would recommend. Thank you Ryan

Ulan's crew was very dishonest about the time they put in to do my yard work and charged me way…read moremore than they earned or deserved. Ulan also increased their rates/hour right before our appointment. They just want to fleece their customers. And the quality of work is totally ordinary. You can get better quality work from other landscapers. I regret hiring them. So writing this review so that others don't fall into the same trap. Stay away from Earthcare Landscaping!

We hired Earthcare Landscaping to install a design in our backyard in August 2015. This included…read moreleveling and amending the soil, installing drip irrigation throughout including for California native plants and a small blue fescue lawn, installing a small paver area, and refinishing our deck. Our plant irrigation has held up well, though most of the plants did not survive and we ended up replacing them ourselves with other plants. As I recall they were polite, punctual, and generally responsive. We had two major problems. Since the install three years ago, about 1/4 of our lawn has dies each year--slowly spreading from one side of the lawn to the other. Recently, we discovered the lawn with bubbling puddles of water in 4-5 places, and bone dry in others. The underground irrigation here is a total failure and unrecoverable, and so we have turned off the water there totally. As soon as we did, our water bill dropped dramatically. I am including pictures of the puddles. Additionally, at the time of our original service they claimed that they had someone experienced in refinishing decks. The final product was a mess, with uneven stain application, spattering, and poorly prepared wood. They agreed to reimburse us to hire someone else, which we appreciated. The painting company we hired was absolutely shocked at how our deck was done by Earthcare. It was a big effort for the company we hired to first undo, and then redo, the work that had been done by Earthcare. We would not hire Earthcare Landscaping again nor would we recommend them to friends.

These guys just left after successfully removing a tree from our lot that had fallen yesterday from…read morethe wind and my dad told me to immediately go on Yelp and leave them guys 6 stars if I can Thank you guys so much for your responsivity, efficiency, value, and clean work! You have definitely made a loyal client for the future. I reached out to a few tree services on Yelp yesterday after a large tree suddenly fell in my family's front yard yesterday, and Joshua from Noriega Tree Services was the only one to look at the photos I sent over and provide a fast and GREAT quote just from the photos. He noticed that the fallen tree looked to be leaning up against a fence in a compromised position and let us know he could come as soon as possible so it would not create further damage. I really appreciated him being conscious of this without me even having to ask! They were able to show up the next day promptly at 9am and got the job done very cleanly and efficiently. They even went out of their way to help fix up the part of the fence that had been damaged from the fallen tree. Everything for a SUPER reasonable price. My dad was so happy with the work he had Joshua and his dad do a walkthrough of our property for other potential tree projects on our lot and they were very knowledgeable in diagnosing other tree issues and proposing solutions. They again offered a very reasonable price for these future projects which we will definitely be taking them up on. In my dad's own words, they are very honest, reliable, and good guys, and now we know who to call if we ever need any tree services moving forward! Super glad to have found them and 100% recommend for emergency or regular maintenance tree services in the area :)

I needed to have some trees removed from my elderly parents property and was concerned on how to…read morecoordinate the services remotely. Joshua from Noriega Tree Service was fantastic. He was responsive in giving my an estimate, gave a good price and was able to do the job in a timely manner. I also greatly appreciated how well he communicated with me before and after the work knowing that I was not able to be on site. I highly recommend Noriega Tree Service and plan to use them again.

I had William Schweitzer and his team hired to renew my side gate, do a dog run and redo my…read morebackyard. It was a big project and it came out wonderful. He was always available to answer any questions from me in person or via e-mail promptly and in detail. His team was here every day, on time. Bill had great suggestions that I haven't thought of. He installed gold fines for the dog run and made clear, that it takes some time for it to settle down and be solid. Meanwhile I deal with some loose gold fines. Even after being paid, he's available for further questions and concerns I have. They left my property clean and took all the trash and debris with them. I can only recommend General Landscaping Service for any gardening or backyard project.

I would be very cautious hiring this company. I asked for a bocci ball court in my backyard. Bill…read morecame to my house after light communication on text and email. He sold his service well, seemed professional and came across like he knew fully what he was talking about. After agreeing to a price I was sold overall, and he came by and went over the contract which I gladly signed. My buddy Mike who was visiting was also impressed with his overall visit. However, the finished product was a whole other story. I didn't get a real good bocci ball surface in the end despite him telling me it would eventually hardened in about 2 months. Meanwhile he advised me to do a little maintenance to speed up that process. I had to bring in my good friend to fix the problem who said it was not properly prepped, lacked certain essential materials and told me "I got what I payed for". I payed my friend to do it correctly. I'm usually very good intuitively with people but this guy played me well. I tried questioning him towards the end but his way of resolving the problem was to give me some material to fix it myself. I didn't pay you Bill for me to "fix your mistakes". Totally unprofessional and lack of follow through. If he wanted to right this wrong he'd give me a portion of my money back.

My backyard makeover has just been completed! I contacted…read moreApolo via Yelp and he was one of the fastest people to respond with the specific opening he had for me to choose. He came the same day and gave me a very reasonable estimate. I had another contractor that was scheduled for the following week, but I decided to go with Apolo. What I liked the most about Apollo are: 1. Clear communication: the complete scope of the work, project start time 2. Quality of work* I am happy with what I see with my new backyard. 3. Price: I had a few different estimates from different contractors. The range is not huge but there are differences. Apollo finished the project in three days (2 and half days). I recommend him for your landscaping projects and I will definitely contact him again for future projects I may need his service.

It seems like people either have a great or terrible experience with Apolo. Working with him was…read morevery stressful for me. For a job that would normally take 6 weeks, it ended up taking more than 6 months to finish. Not only did he not know how to do many aspects of the job, I had to constantly remind him of everything. He also tried to hide things from me or plainly lie to me. On the very first day of the job, he told me that there was a lot of traffic on US101 and he could not make it. Indeed, there was a bad accident there. Most people work a partial day when they hit bad traffic, but I said he can start the next day. On the second day of the job, he came to demolish my existing yard. I specifically told him to keep one tree at the center of my yard, and an hour later, his guys chopped it off. Rather than being upfront with me about it, *I* had to confront him about it. He apologized, and I said okay. I showed Apolo that I have a major gas line running through my yard and asked him to be VERY careful to not hit my gas line, and guess what, one of his guys specifically dug in that area and hit my gas line! *face palm* [1 star off] At this point, it was clear to me that he cannot keep a competent crew and the transient guys he hires do not care one bit about my yard, or their safety apparently. I talked to Apolo about my expectations if he were to continue to work for me, and he reassured me that he will improve. I told Apolo that the decking board we needed must be ordered right away because of COVID supply chain issues. He told me he did, but when I looked at his order date, it was not ordered until months later. At that point, the price also went up. (Hey, it's not my fault. If he ordered early like I told him, this would not have been a problem.) This oversight added several extra months to our project. [1 star off] When Apolo started building my deck, he looked confused. At first, he told me his decking guy quit so no one can work. I told him I will hire someone else, but he insisted on the job. After a few weeks, he hired someone from Craigslist. Okay, so build me a deck. It was still not built. I kept telling him I will hire someone else, but he kept on insisting he will do it (probably because he already paid for the higher priced decking boards). He actually then had to consult someone else about building the deck. After multiple re-sawing and re-anchoring, his crew pieced together something that resembled a deck. However, I noticed that the wrong edge pieces were used. I confronted him about it, and at first he said "I noticed that too" and then he said "Home Depot broke it when I picked it up, so I put another board there, but Home Depot said they will replace it." Which one is it -- that his guys installed the wrong pieces by mistake or Home Depot broke it when he picked it up? I looked at his replacement order, and it was a new order dated *after* I had confronted him, not a replacement order. [1 star off] Furthermore, Apolo was supposed to pave bluestone for me. The bluestones are manufactured square or rectangular in shape, but for some reason, his guys kept re-sawing them and I ended up with various tiny pieces...not the clean-cut pattern I instructed at all. He blamed the bluestones for not being perfect squares or rectangles. Regarding a new irrigation system, I made it very clear initially that my neighborhood has low water pressure, and he needs to design many more stations than normal. After he put in the irrigation system, he realized my water pressure was too low (I already said this at the very beginning!), and had to re-do some lines to add another station, charging me more money. [1 star off] Lastly, I told him I wanted certain fruit trees planted, one of which is an old-fashioned lemon tree. He plants me a sweet Meyer lemon tree with diseased leaves. I told him I wanted a healthy, regular, old-fashioned, tart Eureka lemon tree. He gave me a convoluted story about how a nursery in L.A. carries it, but there is a minimum order to ship it, and he has to pair it with some other order to make it worthwhile. After listening to that story, I went to a nursery 5 minutes from my house and bought an Eureka lemon tree and planted it myself. Toward the end of 6 months, there were still parts of the job that were unfinished, but Apolo was reluctant to return to finish things up. He even argued with me about how he did not want to pay for another lawn edge piece for $70 or a decking screw for $5. I paid him tens of thousands of dollars by the way. Anyway, I just did not want to work with him anymore. It was faster if I did things myself. I still gave him a generous final payment more than what I should have, because I wanted to part on amicable terms. This is not a 0-star review because the shrubs he planted at the back of my yard look quite nice. That is the only part of the job that went right.

Had such a great experience! We had a stone crumble and was dangerous for kids in the backyard…read more Balthazar came for a consultation and by the end of the week it was fixed! The person did the job very quickly and was so kind. They communicated well and were more than fair. We are planning a bigger project next year and I won't go anywhere else now!

amazing work, excellent service and great customer satisfaction. Great recommendation for plants,…read moreexcellent paver work and auto irrigation set up