Rosemary and her crew have been carefully tending the garden at my job for several years now. They…read moremake great suggestions - adding mulch to cut down on weeding, suggesting when to do pruning, changing the watering system. They have added new plants, trimmed and maintained plants, removed and transplanted plants as necessary. They are careful and consistent. They also consulted with us on how to use the garden to deter break-ins and graffiti and how to make the garden less inviting to homeless folks wanting to sleep there. These may not be issues everywhere but we are right on Telegraph Avenue and have found human excrement and needles in the garden and had graffiti and several robbery attempts. We were very pleased with these lovely suggestions which have been tremendously helpful.

We have a front garden that neighbors love to gaze at as they stride or wander by, and we have Vera…read moreRose Gardens to thank for making it so. And with few rain clouds in the offing, we are comforted by knowing that all the plantings are drought-resistant. Liz McLoughlin & Tom Hall, San Francisco, CA

I never thought our outdoor spaces could look so beautiful. Ingrid and team overhauled all of our…read moreoutdoor spaces after a remodel that killed much of our plants and dried out our soil. From the get-go, Ingrid was on top of everything and responsive to this major project. She was excellent at providing a vision, trouble shooting for unexpected problems and providing amazing results. I can't say there weren't unforeseen complications at times like with any other project but I found her reasonable and professional. My outdoor spaces speak for themselves from her late autumn work to seeing our first spring bloom.

Ingrid was great to work with. She has deep knowledge of plants, design, and how to combine it all…read moreto maintain a beautiful and interesting landscape year-round. I had a decent sketch of what I wanted to do when we connected. She picked it up seamlessly, provided a ton of great and creative ideas, and was very easy to work with, including providing clear options for different budget levels. She was flexible and was always ready to adapt if needed with creativity and expertise. Great communication, great crew, and great results.

Mimi came by my house for a consultation, and because I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted, I loved…read moreher advice and suggestions she offered for my small Oakland yard. Hoping to work with her for my landscaping project!

I want to give a recommendation for Mimi's Landscaping for refreshing front and backyards and for…read moreexcellent flower pot designs. She also offers regular maintenance services, too. We had a large party for a wedding that we wanted our backyard to look for perfect for. After 3+ years, our new backyard was a little overgrown, a little out of control and in need of a major uplift. We needed plants replaced. plants pruned and/or moved, irrigation checked for leaks and tweaked for new plants, and new pots planted. Mimi's Landscaping not only responded to my inquiry promptly, she and her team finished their job, worked in our job, and did a lovely job across the board! Mimi isn't classically trained, but she had a vast knowledge of plant varieties that would do well in our micro climate and made a lot of suggestions. She worked with me and my particular preferences, and chased down options to meet my aesthetic, including looking for rock veneer for a walk, and sidewalk down lighting base. Mimi's quote was quite reasonable, less than 20% of the initial investment I made and her scope was both the front yard and backyard. Mimi does a fantastic job with potted plants. Her portfolio showed a diverse set of options using colors, textures and plant heights, including trailing plants. I had her do two potted plants to help bring color and warmth to an otherwise formal setting. I received several complements on these additions to the yard. If you have a project, give her a call for a quote!

Fiddlehead Gardens did excellent work. I needed a gardener and met Racheal Perry while she was…read moreworking in the garden at a friend's house in SF. She was doing a great job there so I asked her to come and give me an estimate at my house close by. She got in touch with me a few days later to set up an appointment. I hate to do gardening work and had gotten very lazy and needed a lot of help. I have a backyard deck with two very large planter boxes full of dying and out-of-control plant growth. I also have two planter boxes lining my driveway that needed a new irrigation system and a lot of clearing out done as well. Racheal arrived at the initial appointment on time. She is very pleasant and has a lot of experience and knowledge. She obviously loves what she does. I received a fairly priced written estimate by mail within a week. And Racheal came up with a smart way to do the irrigation system in the front of my house that solved a big watering headache. I was very pleased. A couple of weeks later Racheal and Cate came to my house and did a fantastic job. They were on time, hard working, polite and fun to talk to and did all the work as expected (which took a full 8 hours). There was a lot to do and afterwords my deck/yard and front planter boxes looked great. They hauled away a big truck full of plant debris - good riddance! I am very much looking forward to entertaining and hanging out on the deck during the summer. And knowing that Fiddlehead will be doing monthly maintenance, I know my deck will be in good shape. I am also looking forward to seeing the new plants grow. Thanks Racheal and Cate!

I can't say enough good things about Racheal and Fiddlehead Gardens. She took our modest-sized…read morefront planter beds (and our modest budget) and crafted a plan that turned them from an eyesore into a tidy and easily maintained space. She was also the only one (!) of the landscape architects or gardeners I called who assured me that she herself planned to work onsite throughout the entire job, supervising her staff and attending the fine pruning of our unruly apple tree personally. Her attention to detail also deserves a mention: the irrigation system she designed is a marvel, with miniature sprayers positioned perfectly for the various plantings. She even took it upon herself to tidy up our overgrown agapanthus, despite it technically not being part of the work order. A five-star experience from beginning to end.

Miri is priceless. She is extraordinarily knowledgeable about native plants and the creatures that…read moreinhabit native gardens. She takes time to understand the client's needs and what all is involved. She was undaunted by my challenging site in the Oakland hills and her rates are extremely fair.

Cancelled 20 minutes before our schedule appointment because she was tired. I suppose that makes…read moreher honest, but I can't recommend Miri.

Tamar Carson is a gifted artist. She and her husband, Rogelio Giron, work beautifully together and…read moreare great problem solvers and complement one another's talents. Intuitively, Tamar came up with a beautiful design for redoing my front and back yards, after listening to what I wanted and sensing my environment. Her vision included creating a terraced garden with stone retaining walls and two serene patio areas. She and Rogelio really listened to what I like. I said I wanted blue grey patio stones and that I liked a few sprinkles of glitter. So they brought perfect blue stone and mica schist stones. I was delighted. I even thought the grout was beautiful. After requesting a list of plants I love, Tamar featured some of them along with those she knew would be especially good throughout the seasons. The plantings are beautifully balanced in terms of placement, color and height. To make my garden more manageable for me, they added irrigation, drainage and a few thoughtful safety features. For example, in the slightly sloping backyard, Tamar recommended a path of large, solid stepping stones, and on the deck a handrail and a serving shelf to easily move serving platters from the kitchen to the dining table on the deck. These things make my life easier and safer. Tamar and Rogelio provided good value with an estimate to which they adhered. If additional items were desired as we went along they discussed the cost with me and verified whether I would want them. I enjoy my new garden as a peaceful sanctuary to deeply enjoy nature and to share with friends. I highly recommend Tamar and Rogelio if you want inspired design and expert execution from true professionals. They are outstanding. They are a joy!

I had called as well as requested a quote via yelp and didn't get a response. Granted it was over…read morethe holidays, but yelp claims 100% response rate. Tamar later returned my call and was super gracious. It was very nice to speak with her and she was very honest and forthcoming.

Sarah Herman designed the new landscaping in my front yard earlier this year. It consisted of…read moredouble rock walls, low-water plants, and irrigation. It was an excellent design whose expert installation was performed by Christian Ehrhorn of Misty Morning Gardens. As one neighbour put it, my new front yard is an asset to the community. It was indeed a job well done.

I just had a landscape design consultation with Sarah at my house in Berkeley. It was soooooo…read morehelpful. She's awesome. She just saved me thousands of dollars and greatly improved the design of my yard. I had such a limited way of seeing the space before Sarah brought her design ideas. I'm really excited about what my back yard can be. She came prepared with images, plant ideas, websites for me to order materials and design ideas. She listened to what I wanted and totally got my style. Then she made some great recommendations. She was incredibly knowledgeable about everything from the type of plants to use to drainage to what types of stone to use for hardscaping. She knew so much about plant varieties - what to grow where and in what conditions. So many possibilities that I hadn't thought of! She also gave me some functional ideas - like how to expand my driveway so that I could fit two cars in it! That is going to make a huge difference so I don't have to park one car on the street anymore. Thank you, Sarah!

We hired Garden Mamas to maintain our mature hillside garden. While we thought it a bit strange…read morethat we had a different crew out most every time, we were assured by Tamara that she had communicated what needed to be done - she was managing the crew. This method seemed to work mostly, although we had to tell the crew each visit what to do, as mostly instructions had been partially communicated. One day, she sent two new people. We told them to trim two bushes on the stairwell and to pick up the leaves, nothing else. This was also communicated to Tamara a few days prior, but like most times, the crew seemed clueless as to what to do. When they were done and had left, we discovered that they had BUTCHERED our garden - most of five++ years of growth was cut away and in a most unappealing fashion. Her crew ripped out plants that a previous crew had installed only a month prior, had trimmed four bushes that were covering an unsightly wall into lollipop shapes, completely exposing the wall, trimmed new growth off of once per season budding plants without any care for shape or aesthetics, butchered slow growing manzanita plants that may never recover, etc etc etc. We were appalled and contacted her. Tamara responded to our concerns, but would not or could not take personal or financial responsibility for making us whole. She told us that the crew she sent was inexperienced and had never worked on a personal, mature garden (only on storage facilities and office complexes), and that she did not have the $$ to replace the plants destroyed or to pay for someone else to replace the plants (as we told her that we could not work with her anymore). We thought about going to the CSLB so that we could at least recover her bond, but did the time/money calculus and finally settled on her paying for two plants to be replaced, at another landscaper's wholesale cost (approx $500). So far, it has cost us over $10000 to get the garden back to where it was, and it will take a few years for it to look as good as it did prior to November 2025. We tried to support this independent, woman-owned business; but her model of a different crew every time coupled with an inability to run her business in a fiscally responsible manner makes it impossible for us to recommend her to ANYONE

I hired Garden Mamas to do our landscaping at the recommendation of one of my friends. Tamara was…read moregreat to work with - very communicative and worked within our budget. The project was completed within the time she estimated. Invoicing/payment process was clear and easy. I provided photos of the types of plants I liked (from other people's yards) and they provided a list of recommendations with descriptions and pricing as well as placement suggestions. I appreciated Tamara checking in on me a a few times after they planted to see how things were going and reminding me to turn off the water during the rainy season. It's seven months later and I am still enjoying admiring and tending to my plants as they grow.