I learned about Octavia from family friends who use her regularly. She helped me landscape my…read morecompletely disorganized back yard in the Montlake neighborhood. I was impressed with her knowledge of native PNW plants. She was able to transform my space without giving it that over-the-top manicured look. The yard is now well-maintained and beautiful and nicely fits into its surrounding environment. Oh, and Octavia's also great to work with. Very nice and professional!

Green Thumb Plant Care has been taking care of our office plants for more than fifteen years…read more Christine is THE BEST. Brenda Cascades Law Group

I have used Green Thumb Plant Care in downtown Seattle for over 10 years. I get constant…read morecompliments on my plants and I do nothing. Green Thumb does all the watering, fertilizing, occasional repotting that they need. Christine is very conscious of what plants do well in low light office environments. I have been fortunate to have high-light rooms and they know how to manage the watering for those, too.

We hired Kelley Garden Service to plan renovate our yard to be more heat- and drought-resistant,…read morefrom design through installation. The project included replacing or transplanting most of the plants in the yard, and adding a drip irrigation system. Keith and his team did an excellent job. They were knowledgeable, experienced, friendly, and helpful. During the planning stages, Keith and Valentina listened to what kinds of plants we wanted, gave us specific options to consider, listened carefully to our feedback, and made changes accordingly. During the the installation process, they kept us informed on how things were progressing, and were always forthcoming with answers to our questions. We're very satisfied with their work, and would definitely recommend them to others!

Keith helped us with garden consultation and planting ideas. He was knowledgeable and It was very…read morehelpful.

In 2024, Alex and his crew did a great Autumn cleanup of our garden beds, pulling weeds, trimming…read moreour plants back for the winter, and fertilizing. They left it looking good as new and it is starting to grow back in beautifully. The team clearly takes great pride in their work and cleans up very thoroughly after the job. They were able to work within the budget we had available for the project. Overall, the service provided was exactly what we requested, and we are extremely satisfied and will work with them again in the future. In Spring 2025, we called Abundant Grace Landscaping again to re-sod the strip along our front sidewalk, and to install new sod alongside our house where we want to discourage others from parking on our property. They also weeded and trimmed planting beds in our back yard. Once again, the cost was very reasonable. The team did a beautiful job on both projects and went above and beyond by installing fencing panels we had on hand around the new side lawn and one of the planting beds. They also helped by taking out the packaging from the fence panels. Alex personally reviewed the whole job and identified a few more weeds and volunteers to remove before accepting payment. When re-sodding the front strip, the crew built a nice wood frame around our water meter that matches the trim elsewhere in our garden. This business does great work at a very reasonable price and I highly recommend them for your next gardening project.

AMAZING! These guys are the real deal! Alex came over, gave…read moreme a quote, and got me on the schedule straight away. He reviewed my yard on Thursday, and got to work (and finished the job!) on Monday. Three respectable guys came, worked hard, and finished my disgusting, weed and blackberry filled yard in eight hours. Considering they also cleared the gutters, I felt like that was incredible! We had done NOTHING to our yard since last year, so it was worth EVERY PENNY! These are our go-to guys for sure!

Came across their name on ChatGPT as a recommendation for someone who can maximize the rebate…read more Tim's expertise and design suited my needs. Other vendors design required that I get another contractor involved. Tim is the guy that does it all from proposal, gutter rerouting design and cistern installation. I wanted to be sure that the cistern was placed somewhere out of plain sight. As a final bonus, he provides the Vendor Payment Option (where Monsoon get directly reimbursed by the city), so I did not have deal the whole payment and reimbursement cycle. Highly recommend Monsoon Rain Gardens!!

This is review of what Tim started August 2019, installed in Oct 2019, and comments since. Tim…read more(and staff) were great to work with. This was a City of Seattle RainWise installation. A church, with 25,000 square foot footprint. Tim created many detailed mock-ups of designs for our members to review. And gave me addresses to look at other installations. Tim had great subcontractor that installed new gutters, and downspouts, where necessary. Tim sunk one cistern in a hole so that our church sign above it was not visually impeded. He spent time helping me understand how to maintain the system; he later came back for consulting when I had filter or drip outlet issues. He does quality work, and is creative. The system is handling our thunderstorms that Seattle now has more often. Like any gutter system, we still must keep leaves and debris cleared. Thank you Tim. Rich Mathes, Queen Anne Lutheran Church Property Committee

We recently hired Virginia to design our front and rear gardens--with excellent results. Hailing…read morefrom a background in graphic design, she possesses a great sense of color, shape and balance. Her approach with us was measured and collaborative with an eye for economy. She met with us multiple time over several months, listened to our varying, and often conflicting, visions and reconciled them in elegantly-rendered plans. Though she resells plants (at a nominal markup) and works closely with a handful of landscaping contractors, never did we feel rushed or pressured into how or when we should start the landscaping process. This worked especially well for us as we decided to scale back our plans due to current economic conditions and instead approach gardening in phases over a longer period of time. We planted out the front garden in early spring of this year, and are very happy with the results. P.S. She also designs vibrant & colorful arrangements for container gardens!

Sharon and the rest of the Garden Tapestry staff do a great job at explaining all the options and…read morebenefits they offer in live plant displays. From office and waiting rooms to large Lobby and multiple floor projects they have you cover. I m also fortunate enough to be in a business networking group with Sharon and get to hear all the testimonials of a job well done from the rest of our group who have used and referred them.

Ted and Jose just wrapped up a summer cleanup in my yard this week and I have to give them top…read moremarks across the board for their work and their whole approach throughout. Ted is clearly someone who loves everything about putting together a great yard. When they came out for the first time last week to scope the job and write a rough estimate, we walked the whole yard. Everywhere we looked, he knew all the plants, knew how they would be working together, and how they affected the overall presentation of the yard, from beauty to maintenance to having the right things in the right spots. I didn't actually ask them this time to design any beds or plant anything or anything that ambitious, but I got the sense that they'd be a good option for that kind of work. In talking to Ted more, it turns out that they do some carpentry hardscaping as well--i.e., fences and decks. No doubt other things in addition. These guys are kinda low-key about it, but they really do offer a lot of different services. What I needed this summer--and what I'll always need, way more than I'll ever need design ideas or planting help--was cleanup. Weeding, mowing, cleaning, clearing. I have blackberries and ivy coming through the fence along the entire length of a shared property line with my sweet older neighbors. It's a couple hundred feet of weed warfare, to say the least. And I don't fight back very hard there, or anywhere else in my yard that the weeds are invading. So, by the time summer warms up and that northwest dampness turns from chilling to fertile, my yard is usually looking pretty sub-tropical, especially for being in such a temperate region. This year was no exception. I think i had more weed flowers than specimen flowers, though I sure didn't count. And to go with a clematis that died a year or two ago, I lost a really cool Rose of Sharon this winter. So there was some cutting and hauling for the guys to get after as well. Arboristo's prices are more than fair. My final invoice feels like a solid trade-off for the hours of work I didn't have to do out there. Between the two of them (and one other helper), they put in about 20 hours, and, man, they fly through the work. It probably would have taken me 30 or more working by myself, and that probably translates to two whole weekends completely shot. They also ran and got gas for me, and naturally hauled away everything at the end to the dump. Nothing at all left in my compost heap. Given how much biomass was proliferating on my wee acreage, this is probably the best thing for me. Just to clarify on the logistical side, they tend to show up in the morning to write a bid, and can sometimes start work that day. They email you a pdf invoice after each days' work, and then tally them for the total you pay. They take cash and checks, but no plastic. That helps keep my cost down, ultimately, so I am cool with that. Hiring help for the yard feels in some ways like the peak of lazy decadence on my part. But it's so worth it, seeing the yard go from a jungle wasteland to the welcoming, home-like setting that it really is. The past owners laid an incredible foundation for the yard to look great for years, and I just have to keep steering with minor additions and subtractions here and there. I still have 10 pages of hand-drawn maps I charted out for future embellishments, and now I feel like the ship is righted again and I am on course to keep things moving in the right direction. No doubt in my mind I will have these guys back for touch-ups and future clean-ups. They're great.

Ted gave us a very reasonable estimate to have our front holly trees pruned as well as a large…read moreholly tree to be removed. We also wanted some arborvitae planted along our fence. My main concerns were to open up the yard as well as preserve our privacy. Ted took great care to educate us during the consultation, and also was concerned about preserving quality plantings (including a Madrona tree he found which we had no idea existed)! Ted communicated well and made sure we were always on the same page. During the pruning/removal & planting service he checked in with me a couple of times to assure our yard goals were being accomplished to satisfaction. He found some creative ways to shape our existing plantings to maximize privacy, such as shaping our Madrona tree (they can be trained). Ted and his team did a great job and cleaned up beautifully after the job was done. He knows his stuff! Really love and appreciate his no-nonsense approach. Our yard is looking more tidy and open; we love what we get to see out the windows nowadays! I'll be a returning client and will be sure to pass on the recommendation to others.