We just completed a landscape project for our front/back yards (deck, stock tank pool, tall bamboos, steel raised garden beds...) with Zach and it could not have gone better! First of all Zach was able to offer a great rendering/vision of what we had in mind (very fast) and once agreed, his (amazing) team started working just a few days after. The quality of the beds, plants, finishings are really good & we're very happy on the way it went. Last but not least: I am working from home so I could see how his team works on a daily basis and was very impressed by how professional they all were. We already recommended Yard Farm to a few of our friends! read more

YardFarm - Steel raised garden beds with tall bamboos! - Farms Near Me - Austin, Texas

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I have been an off /on wanna be gardener for years. Just started juicing and decided it is time to grow some of my own veggies.. Luckily, there was a Living Social deal from Yard Farms for a 4x4 raised bed garden. I ordered one and ... A great guy showed up and dug out the space, moved the dirt to where I could use it, installed the bed , filled it and planted it with my beginner garden...tomatoes, basal, peppers, and cucumber plants. Then, at my request, he had extra soil and filled two of my earth boxes as well. They have all kinds of choices for materials etc . It just took the hassle out of getting started!!! read more

As others have said, YF did a good job when I hired them to put in a garden at my house. Things went downhill when they attempted to install a French drain. I found out well after the job was done that they don't do this often, something I would have liked to have known when they were selling me on the idea. But the problems I experienced went well beyond poor communication. At one point, I actually felt unsafe. Initially, I thought I had made it clear why I needed a French drain: my backyard was filling up with every hard, prolonged rain. I even showed them photos and videos to illustrate the problem. One mistake I made was not to insist that their proposal say under what conditions the drain would actually work. In the end, I got a drain that didn't work at all as I had expected. The main problem was they had buried the exit point. So, during a hard rain, the water had nowhere to go once the pipe filled up. While the drain delayed flooding, my yard would again turn into a lake after about 15 minutes. The first sign of trouble was not hearing from the company's owner when I tried to get them to make good on their warrantee. He texted a bit and talked to me once in the beginning but said he was too busy to schedule a visit and then he stopped responding to me completely. Many weeks later, during a hard rain (at which time I had to pull out sandbags to prevent water from entering my house) I called the number on the company's website. The woman who answered was hardly sympathetic but she agreed to look at my photos and talk to the owner that afternoon when they had a pre-scheduled meeting. When I didn't hear anything for 10 days, I wrote a certified letter detailing the problems and reminding them of my consumer rights under Texas law. The same woman called me soon after I sent the letter. Surprisingly, she said the owner was on his way to my house to make a fix to the drain. What she was describing was a rather superficial fix but, more than that, she was not asking me, she was telling me. In other words, they were going to work on the drain without getting my okay. And I couldn't be there because I was on my way to pick up my child from school. I left a voicemail for the owner, pleading with him to just talk to me about the drain. He called me back and revealed, to my shock, that he had already been to my house that morning and made another (somewhat superficial) fix to the drain. He had made no attempt to get my permission to do that. He also said that he had gotten my letter but had not read it. I told him I didn't want him to make the second fix without talking first as it wouldn't have solved the main problem and involved cutting my downspout. At this point, he blew up at me and screamed a bunch of profanities. I was feeling really nervous about dealing with this person but I also wanted to resolve this. He wanted me to explain just what the problem was, not later, right then. I told him about the buried exit point. I also let him know that my child was texting me asking where I was. He agreed to meet at the house the next morning. Since I was uncomfortable being alone with him, I asked a friend to be there too. The next day, the owner told us I was to blame for the poorly working drain because I had chosen a low-cost way to install it and that the drain was not designed to prevent my yard from filling up during a heavy rain. I let him know that was not my understanding and said it would have been good for his proposal to indicate the drain's limitations. We asked him what he could do to remedy the problem and he said he would not do any more work on my property and instead would give me back nearly all of the money I paid him. I told him I would accept 50%. He shook my hand and said he'd be sending me something to sign. I said that was fine. Except all was not fine. When the contract arrived a few days later, it included a provision that the owner had not told us about, that the agreement was contingent on YF digging up the drain and returning my property "as close as possible" to the condition it was before the work had been performed. This would have meant severing the connections to my downspouts, digging up yards of stones, and replacing them with dirt and sod. He said his crew could do the work the next day. I emailed the owner letting him know this was not part of our deal and that given the hostility he and the woman had shown me, I was extremely uncomfortable with his crew working on my property. I let him know that if he or his crew were to come on my property without my permission I would seek to obtain the equivalent of a restraining order. He wrote back saying that he had let me know during our meeting that he would be sending me something to sign and that these were his conditions. I let it go at that point. read more

From reading the good reviews they all came from 2012, just about the time I started using them. Reading on, the reviews in 2014 have been less stellar, which also is my observation. Pros: They do have nice plants that they bring. Cons: They constantly miss appointments. I signed up for the monthly gardener visit and they just stopped coming for months. When they did come, they dropped of plants that I wasn't going to use. They won't announce when they were coming and drop off these plants, and I would arrive home to what looked like a new garden with plants I didn't want. And they charged full price for them. Look, I get it, you want me to try new veggies, but a suggestion would be a periodic check-in for request instead of growing a ton of okra which I don't like. To top it off, they call and hassle you for payment. Its sad to see a company go from great to good to meh. I would put them in the meh category. read more

We used YF to remodel our front yard and lay a flagstone patio. From day one it was an unmanaged disaster. Rental equipment sat idle on my time and money, onsite management was absent, and the crew constantly needed to borrow tools from me to complete the work. The owner was out of the country for half the project with no leader appointed in his absence. Absolutely terrible management if any at all. They arrived at 9:30 casually worked till 4 then started what they considered a clean up I cleaned no less than 3 bags of fast food waste per day they worked. It has been 3 months since installation and the ornamental plants are dying because of poor installation. The irrigation drip nozzles are no where near the plant roots and there is a obvious lack of compost in the whole, which i was charged for. This is a company of over priced NON-Professionals, I strongly do not recommend them. read more

Yard Farm is amazing. We only use their plants because they are really hearty and have survived crappy weather and being trampled by giant dogs multiple times. They use the highest quality compost/soil- our garden is like Little Shop of Horrors it's growing so fast. read more

Zach and his crew did a fantastic job at my house. We have had such an abundance of fresh vegetables since February when we installed three simple cedar 4x8 boxes on our yard. Loads of kale, chard, collard greens, carrots, cilantro, lettuce, radish and now cucumbers, squash, tomatoes and even the winter stuff is still doing really well. Fantastic job, professional, on time, knowledgeable...this is the one upgrade to my home and my life that I should have done the day we bought a house with a yard. Thank you Yard Farm! read more

Yard Farm has done incredible work for our family. After calling on a Saturday morning, Gretchen came to meet us on the following Monday, sent a bid on Wednesday, and a team showed up to work on Friday. They pulled out my existing garden and half my front yard, replacing all the grass and broken down pine beds with beautiful cedar raised beds, complete with irrigation and granite paths. Zach gave me my choice of transplants from their green house and though they were ready to plant the whole garden for me, I couldn't wait to get my own hands in that gorgeous soil and plant them myself! As beautiful as the garden is (it HAS to be, it's my FRONT YARD), the best part was the experience of having the garden installed. I homeschool my three daughters, so we were present for the entire process. My daughters and I were amazed by the attitude of the team that was here each of the three days. They were joyful, focused, hardworking, and HAPPY to be doing this work. My 8 year old commented, "Mama, it's like they think it's THEIR garden!" It's true! These folks, from the gentlemen who dug up that wicked bermuda grass to the brilliant man welding the steel edging all seemed like they wanted to be here, enjoyed their work, and took great pride in it. That has inspired my children to not only take pride in our garden, but in everything they build and create. Thank you Yard Farm for the lesson in hard work, great attitudes, artisanship, and the BEAUTIFUL garden! read more

Thanks to YardFarm, we're in the third year of having a fabulous vegetable garden in the front yard of our rental property. Zach and Gretchen helped us plan cedar beds and installed a terrific irrigation system/timer to keep everything growing. YardFarm folks have been very responsive to any questions about plants and maintenance, and they've made repeated visits to check on our plants/trees/irrigation to make sure we're happy with it. We've meet our neighbors because so many folks stop by to compliment our garden--we're the ones with all the eggplants! Thank you, Yardfarm, for making a gorgeous, productive garden out of our sad patch of bermuda grass. read more

I used YF for about a month. They constantly charged me for services that were not complete. I stated multiple times what needed to be done which was agreed upon. They never completed the job and charged me for those services. I do not recommend this company. They will screw you out of money and service. read more

I used YardFarm to landscape my front yard and I couldn't be happier. The design process was fun and easy, Zach kept in constant contact, the project was finished pretty much on time and pretty much on budget. The results are amazing! I can't believe how great my yard looks and I have a veggie patch and herb bed too. The results went beyond my expectations and I'm thrilled with the finished project. read more

We started using YardFarm a few months ago and we couldn't be happier! We have used Johnson's Backyard Garden for a couple of years now and these vegetables are so much better! There is nothing like going out to pick vegetables from your own garden for dinner. They came out and built two incredible stainless steel 4x8 beds. We have now successfully grown swiss chard, four types of lettuce, kale, collard greens, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. We are currently growing three types of tomatoes, okra, eggplant and squash. It has been such a great investment. We love our garden! read more

Zach and his team are great. I've been working through phased projects and could not be happier with quality of work and follow through. These guys came and first cleaned up areas around trees that were overgrown with Wisteria. Wisteria is a very aggressive vine so weed barrier and mulch was necessary to keep it under control. Rocks from the property were used to edge the areas. The next effort was to lay weed barrier and cover with decomposed granite in areas immediately around the cottage. In addition, they created a 6 inch deep x 6" wide trench round the foundation of the building and filled with 16 grit sand (tip from the Dirt Doctor) combined with food grade diatomaceous earth to deter ants, termites and other insects. While this work was in progress, Zach's team tilled and seeded a small area for a lawn with a summer cover crop. We'll plant fescue over the winter then till again and plant Habiturf in the spring. It has been a wonderful experience to watch the property take shape. Hopefully we'll get the proposed garden site tilled and plant a winter cover crop so we can be ready for key hole gardens in the spring. These guys are easy to work with and do a great job for a reasonable price. I highly recommend. I almost forgot to mention the metal edging used to define the areas decomposed granite around the cottage. These guys weld the edging onsite. It is just beautiful and much better quality metal that I've seen for retail pre-made metal edging. read more

Nailed it! Was recommended by friend of a friend after struggling for months to find a landscaper. Big job, and Zach, Gretchen and the crew came through big time. Made our backyard look better than we could even imagine! We had trouble getting other landscapers to use leftover materials to match our vision. Zach utilized everything possible with only minor changes. Highly recommended!!! read more

YardFarm is a business that is as good as it gets! From the owner Zach, who doesn't mind getting in with the dirty work when he is not overseeing the operation of his business; to Gretchen, who does the initial planning and preparation; to the workers, Adam and Kaylin, who put their "hands to the plow" to work hard and effectively, I can say that it just couldn't get any better with any other business. Each one of the team was so gracious, kind, and accommodating. And to top it off, my backyard is beautiful and now has two organic vegetable beds with their own watering system. I have friends who recommended this company to me and who were equally as happy with them. When I have more work to be done on my yard, I will indeed be calling YardFarm! read more