I asked them along with 3 I ther recommended vendors. 2 of the 4 vendors set appointments within 24 hours. Neither showed. The third one was decent. Upscapes showed up. Measured. Listened. Came back with a good proposal and a fair price. We scheduled. They showed up on time and for two days worked very hard. Our beds look great and the grass is getting better. Tipped them and will use for future projects. Well done. read more

When I write a review that is less then stellar I bring receipts eg pictures. I never got the chance to really approve the final project because it was all covered in pine straw. The job was removing , grading and refreshing years of built up garden dirt in two garden beds one with three large bamboo Nandinas and working around several existing shrubs at front of bed. The second bed would be taken down to foundation , slope graded and two new shrubs . There was a small grove of bamboo Nandinas around a pine tree area to be all taken out. I discussed with the owner when we looked at the job that Bamboo Nandinas have a strong invasive root system, that I had been battling them for a while and I wanted a professional to dig it all out. Lastly I 4 new shrubs to plant. . One guy started on a large garden bed.. When I came to look it it had pine straw already covering it. . But I could see all kinds of debris mixed in . When I pulled back more pine straw I could see that only a foot and a half was evenly graded downward with no dips or humps. they were large invasive Nandina roots not removed thus the uneven ground. There was all the old decay , , fallen bark that was just left. The larger shrubs in front he just left years of debris and decay around the base of the shrubs. Removing Bamboo Nandinas the process involves taking all the roots out or they just come back in a nano second. I expected a professional landscaper to know this. The owner showed up and asked what the problem was I said I expected all the roots taken out and the surface level. He got testy, said he considered the bed done started throwing the level around ( too fast for me to see) and said he considered it fine. Threatened to leave and walk off the job. No attempt to find a resolution. It was 96 degrees, I had a huge mess in my yard, so I said the roots need to come out for this kind of plant I will just work on this bed for now. Not much later he comes over and says it's all done. Well, yep all the new work was covered in pine straw. He had also fluffed up a lot of pine straw around the pine area were the Nandina grove was taken out, which was also a path to next door. The newly planted hydrangas had a tall decorative ring around the base so I could not see the how it was planted.. I did not see who planted the 4 shrubs, or put the pine straw down. I paid the company in full because I wanted them off my property and based on his attitude earlier I guessed he would not fix anything I was unhappy with. After they left I noticed at the bottom of the slope there was a hole.. No invasive roots removed , the other 4 Nandina root ball holes were not filled but Instead covered up with pinestraw so you would not know the holes were there . Shrubs not planted correctly . One of my shrubs had 4 inches of rootball out of top of ground, none of the rootball were soaked as is standard for shrub planting. I had to replant 3 of the shrubs and make holes deeper and wider , and yes there were some old roots that had to be pulled out to make the hole big enough. But it took maybe an extra 5 minutes to do it right . Leaving dangerous holes and then to cover them in pine straw is what drove me to write this review. I actually slipped in one of the holes and this should never happen. The company has some good reviews as well, this just happened to be my experience . . read more

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