Outstanding job by Ashley and her team. They were on time, professional and fairly priced. I will…read morerefer her over and over.

We hired Ashley Farrell to help us take the first step towards wildfire hardening our home. This…read moreinvolved a lot of projects, including tearing down and building a new fence, removing old growth, redoing all the planters around our house and a installing a new patio. Their service was excellent all around. Their workers showed up on time, worked hard all day and were very professional. Their staff was easy to communicate with and responded quickly to any questions or concerns. Their site-supervisor made sure everything was done right and was on-site at least once every day. And Ashley was just obviously someone we could trust to make sure everything met or exceeded our expectations. I paid a bit more for their service than the other quotes I got, but for the results we got, it was worth every bit of the price.

Kitson Landscape has been an exceptional landscape company for the 20 years that I've known them…read more They service our HOA and many other places in town. For many of those years, I had been the liaison between my HOA and the Kitson crew. The crews I've seen over the years are always respectful and hard working. When we asked questions about what type of trees we could plant that have certain characteristics (e.g. some flowering, not heavily deciduous, not a lot of fruit droppings, not too tall to block views, etc.), the owners of the company provided a great list of suggested tree candidates for us to review. If I recall correctly, the management at Kitson has advanced degrees in horticulture, so they have a wealth of information about so many plants and trees. Coming up with a list of trees fitting the characteristics we wanted is simply not something I could have done and there is no book containing a list of trees. It's only someone who has a vast knowledge after seeing a variety of trees in their growth habitats who could formulate such a list with those specific characteristics. I once wanted to donate some of my own money to re-landscape around our HOA pool and I chose a palate of drought-tolerant plants (from the Goleta Water District's drought tolerant plant display). Sarah (at Kitson) offered to draw up a sample landscape design to lay out those plant types in various locations. She was very helpful and, in retrospect, I realized that many "landscape architects" are now charging big $$$ for simple landscape designs. She didn't even charge us for her landscape design, which wasn't a trivial thing to do. The Kitson foreman, who comes out weekly with his crew is such an amazing person. He's like family to us. So diligent and always cheerful and can solve vexing irrigation problems or breakages. He's also so very patient if fussy neighbors make demands. I'm well-connected in town, so some of my clients also use Kitson and I have heard no negative comments from these clients about Kitson. So I'm quite surprised to see a few bad reviews here. Could it be competitors trolling? This just doesn't make sense! And the one nasty review about Kitson using Round-up is quite odd. I believe Kitson doesn't use Round-up currently. They use something else that is super benign. And even when they used to use Round-up, we have fruit trees in some areas and Kitson's foreman was very accommodating: "No spray near the fruit trees." Ironically, as it turns out, all the anti-Roundup hype in the news lately may actually be way overblown. Google for the following article on-line: "EPA-science-could-torpedo-roundup-lawsuits." And perhaps the guy who posted about Kitson's blowers at his office building needs a lesson in the "corporate pecking order." Your office landscape company (in this case Kitson) probably has a contract with your management company and/or the owners of the office building. They decide what type of parking lot method is employed (blowers or labor-intensive sweeping). Blowers are the most cost effective way to "sweep" an office parking lot. If there are enough complaints about blowers to the office management company, then the owner/manager has an option to forbid the use of blowers and pay for more expensive broom cleaning of the parking lot. Surely they don't want to pay for costly broom sweeping of your parking lot, so the lowly employee/tenant in an office building like yours needs to contact your office management company with their concerns. The landscape company workers will do what the office building owner wants them to do per their contract. So, of course, the workers at the landscape company will ignore your requests because you're not on the contract. This problem would exist with any other landscape company where someone who is not their boss is telling them not to do what's in their contract.

Professional, consistent and reliable. Management is very responsive when I have any concerns or…read moreadditional needs for service. The Irrigation specialist is the best!

Everrett Branden repaired many issues with our irrigation systems. He is dependable and a very…read morehard worker. I recommend him without reservation.

From the owner: Branden Irrigation Repair & Design is located in beautiful Santa Barbara, Ca. We are a full…read moreservice design, install, and maintenance company. Branden Irrigation Repair & Design is locally owned and operated. We specialize in landscaping, irrigation, drainage, installation and maintenance, for all your irrigation repair and design needs.

I wanted to replace some lawn with pet friendly artificial turf and they were able to provide a…read morequote and perform the job within several weeks on a quick timeline. It turned out great and looks great and very natural.

We utilized EcoLawn SB's services to install artificial grass in our backyard in addition to…read moreredoing the flower beds (adding gravel and lining areas with cobblestone) and we couldn't be more happy with the result. We spoke with a few companies and ultimately went with Nick and team as he had a clear vision from the start and we felt confident that we were in the best hands. He was very accessible and communicative throughout the process. The work was done in one day and Nick followed up immediately to make sure we were happy with the work. We highly recommend Ecolawn SB for any landscaping projects you have!

The concrete deck of our entryway was cracking, and I hired System Pavers to replace it. Randy…read moreresponded right away, showed us the options we had for pavers, and brought samples of what we selected based on photos. At first I thought the bid seemed high, but once they got started and I saw what was involved -- jackhammering and removing the concrete, delivery of two flats of heavy pavers, delivery of sand for the substrate, cutting of rebar, and all the heavy lifting, I figured it was well worth the price. Jimmy led the installation team, and he and his workers were friendly and courteous. All the pavers were installed in a single day, and the joints were filled with polymeric sand the next morning. We are delighted with the result.

We hired System Pavers to replace our concrete back patio…read more First, Dave came out to take measurements, explain the process, and to look at paver designs. He was very easy going and friendly. We went back and forth on choosing our pavers and Dave was patient and brought us out 3 sample designs that we chose. After that, it only took 5 days! Harley and his team of hard-working men came and made the job look effortless. They were respectful and friendly and did amazing work! We would recommend them for any job!