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 had been discussing reworking our backyard (that sits on the edge of a steep hillside),…read morespecifically the retaining wall, but we couldn't find anyone that had a well thought out plan or how they could do it. Fast forward a few month, we drove past a neighbors house and saw Western's sign, gave them a call and within a day or so Ross was at the house walking through what we wanted, what they would do, how they would do it, and the next day we had an estimate. The steep hillside, and retaining wall weren't the only challenges, the biggest is that there is no access to get equipment to the backyard, so everything would need to be done by hand. Ross and the Western team continued to work through our pricing questions, and we came to a fair price to do the work. When it came time to do the work, the crew did not disappoint. They were moving quickly, and were doing great work. They had some tough logistics and made it seem easy. The final product was an amazing backyard, a structurally sound retaining wall, and awesome new landscape around the house. The whole time, we always had access to Ross, and more so to his team that would email us back same day or within 24 hours. They always let us know what was going on. We would definitely recommend the Western team and will go back to them for future work!

Contracted to rebuild a water feature completely from the ground up. Didn't fulfill the contract…read more Didn't replace the filter system, the valves, or the water return piping. Apparently this company has no integrity.

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.

Our front yard had french drains that were inadequate. Years ago we installed too few, too shallow…read more We were going to re-do them ourselves, but I thought it would be a treat for my hubby to pay a pro to do this so that he could focus on his other projects (total kitchen remodel simultaneously) I knew Jeff & hoped that trading pro skills would serve all of us nicely. I am filled with remorse that I pushed my fella to pay this company to work in our yard. Each day he came home from work & was immediately angry. The crew were not executing as discussed. Each day my fella felt obligated to become the "general" on this job, outlining concerns, expressing expectations, offering use of OUR lazer level to ensure this is done BETTER than we could have done ourselves. Each following day, instead of relief that we had gotten on the same page, he would find yet another disconnect between expectation/agreed to processes, & further fear that we had made a bad decision here. Jeff is a very nice man. He listens to your concerns. He tells you he will make it right, even if HE PERSONALLY has to come help. However that doesn't actually occur. In the end, after all the funds were spent, we ended up with SEVERAL ugly surface drains (where there used to be none), far less topsoil than agreed to, a hardpan that was never dug down deep enough, nor properly graded & ultimately the job failed... the yard was now WORSE than before SLS started. Add to this, our backyard never got proper topsoil depth, our sand pit was filled with borderline gravel NOT sand, & we did not get the drawings/map for our irrigation system as promised. We hoped that things would "settle" eventually, even waited several months to be sure of drainage failure before expressing upset & insisting on remedy. We were promised that would happen in spring. We waited and heard nothing about starting the job/remedy. At this point, devastated at having thrown huge money away (excess of 10k)& watching my husband's face as he accepted that we are in fact going to have to SPEND more, & do it over again, I went over Jeff's head to the owner. They were ONLY willing to offer SOME dirt, & seed. They would not bring their machines over. They would not refund. As you can imagine, my husband was NOT willing to have the crew come back & attempt to do the work correctly, there was no reason to believe it would go differently. Now, after literally taking a full week off from work, & spending literally over 5k MORE, my fella has the front yard corrected. He did EXACTLY what we asked for, agreed to, & paid for, but NEVER GOT. We have pics to document that this is all true, as well as receipts for all of this. We tried so hard to make this a mutually beneficial experience. We hoped so much to sing SLS praises & continue referring them going forward. Sadly, now I warn against them. I lost a friendly connection that I valued & lost clients DESPITE never dropping the ball on my end of the professional exchange. No Good Deed Goes Un-Punished :(

Well this year's upgrade was completed a couple weeks ago. We decided to do our front yard since…read moreour grass was awful in front..bare patches and we could never get them filled in well . Jeff Fieck and Solid Landscape Services ended up doing the job and it was completed in 3 days. His crew was awesome!! We highly recommend them.

We started with The Lawn Ranger this year, and they've been excellent. Reasonably priced,…read moreresponsive personalized customer service, and great results. Highly recommended!

They are very responsive and do excellent work they are good workers and the lawn looks great!!read more

Alex has cared for my property for 4 years and has been reliable and thorough. I appreciate that he…read moredoesn't use harsh chemicals on my yard or weeds. It's really fun to come home to a well manicured lawn and gardens!

Glad we went with AR Outdoor, they beat the competition in terms of pricing by quite a bit. We had…read morethem excavated our soil in Kent and replace with crushed gravel to expand our driveway. They didnt cut any corners and did quick work. Workers that arrived were friendly and hardworking. I'll be using AR Outdoor in the future!

I hired Velasco Landscaping to clean up my very over grown yard. He quoted a fair price and showed…read moreup right on time. His team got right to work an did a great job and left no debris behind. Jorge also showed me my gutters needed to be cleaned out. I had him do the gutters too and he showed me before and after photos. I will be getting on Jorge's schedule for regular maintenance. Very good job and I was completely satisfied.