Ian Hall and his team at Hall Landscape Design were fantastic! Ian was a very good listener, quickly drafting an accurate layout based on our input. He put us in touch with very knowledgeable contractors and was always very responsive to our needs. Highly recommend! ~ Christine read more

We're almost finished working with Ian. He's drawn up our final plans for our 2.3 acre Napa lot which was completely neglected and filled with weeds and rocks. He's now helping us decide on which installer to use. We've found Ian to be very easy to work with. A good listener. His original design was right on, great design, and we made very few tweaks. He did not nickel and dime us. He never made us feel uncomfortable asking questions or making revisions. He also understood we are budget conscious and never made us feel uncomfortable with wanting to do certain things on a budget - he totally got it. Great listener. He followed up when he was supposed to, very timely, very respectful. He was very easy to work with, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend him. Will post pics at some point once we finish everything! We feel lucky to have found him. read more

We moved to our new house a few months ago and had a good amount of apprehension submitting our plans to the HOA approval committee - you hear the horror stories often. After interviewing three designers, we chose Ian and I'm happy to report that our plans were approved within 48 hours of sending them to the board. One neighbor, who used to serve on that committee, said "these are the most detailed plans I've ever seen". Ian's attention to detail had to have been a major factor in their decision-making process. What we liked about Ian was: he was able to easily and quickly share examples of other designs he had created; he told us that his fee would include revisions, he wouldn't nickel-and-dime us; and he has established relationships with many/all contractors that we'll need to complete the work. I'll update this review as we go through the process...we're only at the approval stage now. We need to have a good portion of the backyard demo'd before the work can begin. But so far, so good. Ian has delivered what was advertised. read more

We had Ian design the plans for our front and back yards. It's quite a big project as we live on an acre that's largely unfinished and/or in disarray. Ian's plan's encapsulated everything that we asked for, along with some wonderful touches that we hadn't thought of. He included a variety of beautiful drought tolerant plants, lovely seating vignettes and perfect pathways. Ian was very responsive, and accommodated all of our changes gladly. He's extremely pleasant and fun to deal with. We can't wait for the finished project (photos TK!) read more

My husband and I were very happy with our recent experience with Hall Landscape Design! We worked with Ian and Corey to put together a plan that was just what we were envisioning for our backyard. Ian is enthusiastic and very knowledgeable and was able to take our ideas and incorporate them into a plan we are excited to implement. We met multiple times (he will meet as many times as needed to complete a design that is just what you want.) As soon as the final design was complete, we were contacted by contractors in order to get bids and get the project started. I can't wait to see the finished project! read more

Outstanding service and creativity. A few tweaks back and forth and Ian had a plan we liked and, more importantly, we were able to send out for bids. Ian was also generous with his time as far as followup. He wanted us to be happy pure and simple. He is also reasonably priced which we very much appreciated. read more

Ian and his team were awesome. We came in with an idea of what we wanted, and annoyingly changed our minds a couple times. Sorry Ian. :) Ian was great throughout the process and helped us align our evolving vision. Highly recommend him and his team. read more

We enjoyed working with Ian on our backyard project. Ian listened to what we wanted to accomplish with drought tolerant plantings and also added a water feature to our plans/thoughts. Obviously the Covid crisis delayed the project from start to finish, but that wasn't a huge concern given that we weren't going anywhere in a hurry as time has shown. The new design really picked up the appearance of the yard and has made it more inviting to sit outside and enjoy. Ian is very knowledgeable about plants, irrigation and design, and is a very likeable and easy to get along with. I would certianly recommend Ian and his company to others. read more

I've worked with Hall Landscape Design on multiple projects, both new construction and remodel. Ian has great vision & communicates that vision clearly. His encyclopedic plant knowledge and design sense make him my go-to designer when a landscape overhaul is needed. Ian is particularly skilled in hillside/mountain landscapes, and native species to achieve a lush, natural look. As a bonus, he's one of the nicest guys you'll meet! I've posted some pictures of select projects. read more

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I was researching landscape designers/architects for a few months before I was fortunate enough to find Ian Hall. After reading the Yelp reviews I spent some time on his website and was truly hooked by his testimonial; it showed me that Ian truly cares about his work and his customers. I appreciate what got him to where he is now. He was easy to make contact with and we quickly arranged a meeting at my home. He spent some time getting to know the canvas (totally non-landscaped, bare and primitive back yard on a 3/4 acre lot) with which he was to work, and he interviewed me to understand what I was looking for. Ian is VERY sharp, attentive and intelligent and picks up on things fast. He remembers everything that you discuss with him. Ian began his work straight away. He has always been easy to communicate with; you are never left hanging in the wind with a question or comment. He has excellent tools and exceptional creativity. His use of color, creative hardscape design and a myriad of planting options enable him to create an awesome vision for your project. I highly recommend Ian for any landscape design work and I intend to leverage his knowledge and contacts to make the final design that he provided into reality. read more

I don't write Yelp reviews very often, but when I have an exceptional experience, I like to share it so that others may benefit. We engaged Ian Hall about 2 months ago to create a master plan for our backyard. Our yard is currently a disaster and very small. We had a laundry list of desires - waterfall, stream, feet-dipping pools, pergola, fire feature, hardscape, built-in benches, and bocce court. We said we wanted a natural "Sierra Nevada" feel for the water features, but also a contemporary/clean/Japanese vibe for the rest of the yard. It would take someone creative and brilliant to pull that hodge-podge together. And, in fact, Ian is brilliant. He nailed the atmosphere we wanted to enjoy in our backyard, while creating a fantastic entertainment flow. His aesthetic instinct is terrific, and even more impressive is his ability to listen very carefully to his clients, grasp their desires, and create precisely what they want. In browsing his website, I had noticed how varied his designs were, which I credited to his being able to reflect client wishes, rather than imposing his own aesthetic. Ian's knowledge of plants is very impressive. His selections for our yard are a huge part of creating the peaceful mood we wanted, and he delivered on our wish for low-maintenance landscaping. Our daughter is an ecologist, and she was impressed that his selections reflected our tastes so perfectly, with so little direction from us. Ian has already iterated our plans several times to accommodate our minor requests and is working with contractor(s) to refine details and address questions. He has been incredibly responsive - even answering questions during his vacations and over the holiday. We are so excited to see his plans come to life. read more

We had a great experience with Ian Hall. He fit us into his busy schedule and provided a backyard landscape plan that addressed the requirements of our HOA, while including all of the "wish list" items we requested. He was also able to provide us with recommended landscape contractors to implement his beautiful design. We would highly recommend him! (He has wonderful support staff working with him as well!) read more

Ian and his team did a wonderful job and we highly recommend Hall Landscape Design for your landscaping design needs. My wife and I used them to landscape our backyard from scratch. Communication was no issue at all and everyone at Hall Landscape Design was very respectful and helpful. Ian always arrived on time and was able to meet on Zoom as well. What we enjoyed most about Ian, was his ability to create a personalized living space with functionality. He was incredibly flexible, patient, and able to play with our ideas to give us multiple options to choose from. Along with using water conscious and native plants, Ian knows where each type of plant will thrive as well as create privacy to our surroundings. Ultimately, he delivered a phenomenal product that was detailed with everything a landscape contractor would need. Once the design process was complete, his team helped get us in contact with reputable contractors for the bidding process in our area. Definitely consider Hall Landscape Design! read more

I will say that Ian is amazing and he has done a great job designing our front yard, including the retaining wall, and the hog wire fence. He listened to what my wife and I wanted, and he hit all of the high points. GREAT JOB IAN! read more

Ian did a wonderful job working with us on our landscape design. He listened to our input and developed a very viable plan witth the "right" plants/trees and flow. Additionally, he spent a day on the property during the construction to specify where different large rocks should go and found free dirt for us from another client. You and your property are in good hands with Ian. read more

Ian was great to work with and did an excellent job creating a thoughtful and detailed landscaping design for our place. He is very knowledgeable of plant species and offering creative solutions. read more

I called Hall Landscape Design and was contracted out to Hannah H. She has been a sincere pleasure to work with. She was able to take mine and my husbands jumble of ideas and wants and put it together in a beautiful and functional design that will grow with our family for years to come. After meeting with other designers who were pushy and didn't listen to us, it was wonderful that Hannah cared about what we wanted and helped us stay within our small budget. Her skill and knowledge kept us at ease during a process that can stressful at times. I have a lot of anxiety and she was attentive and available to answer all the questions I had, not matter how trivial they may have been. Thank you! PS I'll upload pics as soon as its all done! read more

One of the best, if not the best, contractor experience I have ever had has been with Ian. Both my front and back yards were in bad shape, with the front barely acceptable and the rear yard never properly improved. When I decided I wanted to launch a major re-landscaping, I quickly realized I had no clue about any of the major decision points. I interviewed a few landscape architects, none impressed me. Then, through a referral, I was given Ian's name. As soon as I met him I knew I could work with him. When he came back with the preliminary plans, I was blown away with the both his ideas and scope. In addition his fee was very reasonable. He simply transformed both my front and back yards from dreary spaces to rich scenes of eye candy. He worked within the existing trees and shrubs I wanted to preserve as well as taking into consideration a planned, future arbor. His design included both hardscape, landscape lights and a water feature. One aspect he focused on that I never considered, was to make sure I had some plants producing color year round. All, of course, are drought tolerant. He came for the planting to help confirm the plant locations and then came back multiple times afterwards and helped me fine tune as we replaced some plants and re-positioned a few others. Recently, it had been a year since the project ended so I asked Ian if he would come by and review the progress of the plants. He is an extremely busy guy yet he came over in short order. I can't recommend him enough- he is extremely knowledgeable about his craft and has a real talent for seeing the potential in a space and then coming up with a great design. He is absolutely committed to making you happy and he is a very solid, honest person. Oh, one more thing, he's a great guy and you may end up with a new friend! read more

We wanted to refresh a part of our backyard but were struggling with what to do. We interviewed several designers but just didn't click with any of them. Then we found Jim at Hall Design and we knew we had our guy! We just finished up our design project with him and couldn't be more pleased. From beginning to end, he was professional, creative, courteous, timely - and a genuinely nice person. He listened to what we wanted and created a beautIful design. He made the process easy to understand and always delivered what he said he would on time. We will absolutely use him again when it is time to do more landscaping projects. Highly recommend!! read more

We interviewed several Landscape Designers and after having Ian come out my wife and I agreed that Ian was our designer. We are so glad we picked Hall Landscape Design. From start to finish Ian was on time, professional, and listened to our ideas and wanted our input. He was happy to tweak and redesign things when we couldn't make up our minds. We went through several iterations of our plans, and Ian was always accommodating and innovative. We are now in the bidding and moving forward phase of our backyard and Ian continues to help us and be available to us. Ian had some amazing ideas for the hardscape and picked some great plants that we never would have even known about for the softscape. I would not hesitate to recommend Ian to friends or family. Ian is a professional and does great work! read more

Everything about Ian is easy. He was easy to get hold of, easy to talk with by phone and a really easy going person when we met him. He is passionate about landscape and very knowledgeable about plants and placement. We are extremely impressed and look forward to working with Hall Landscaping! read more

We purchased a new home in Napa complete with a dirt backyard. Ian listened to our thoughts on landscaping and came up with a design that made our dream backyard come true. Ian was very solicitous about our ideas even when we changed our minds about design. We ended up framing our finished design and it is hanging in our living room. People are always commenting on how wonderful our backyard looks. Thanks Ian! read more

I recently worked with Beckie Kover in the Sacramento area to create an outdoor living space for our backyard. Beckie was attentive to my ideas and incorporated them into the overall design while finding ways to complement and improve upon them.She helped take my vision and bring it to life with many other features I didn't consider to create a fantastic plan that I can use to hire the right contractor. I would definitely consider hiring her for your landscape design needs! read more

Excellence is what we were hoping for and that's exactly what we received from Ian Hall and his design services. Me and my boyfriend have a vacation home up valley and knew a lot of what we wanted but had no idea how to put the yard together... Ian did that and then some! He brought some real unique ideas to the table that really tied the house and the landscape together with an amazing sense of style and was obviously listening to all our ramblings about what we wanted. Oh and the planing part of the plan.... Kinda an afterthought at the beginning of the plan for us but it is now it is just as beautiful as the rest of our outdoor living space! Thanks Ian and we are passing your name on to all that are in need of landscape design. read more

I found Ian Hall on the internet and took a chance due to the locals (Davis) being busy. Ian listened to our prelim vision for our typical-sized Davis backyard and was able to spec/create a space that we are excited now to construct. He gave us constructive input on things that would make our yard smaller, and emphasized a focal point from the sliding back door. He has an artistic flare and I can't wait to see our low maintenance water recycling urn in place (the focal point!). Ian also understands the soil type/issues, and talked to us about our existing trees. His price was close to another landscape designer quote. What I really liked about Ian is he did not try to make our backyard into what he wanted, but listened to our ideas/likes. I will invite him out for a future backyard christening! read more

Working with Ian has been a great experience. He created a plan for our property and has come back multiple times to help us execute it. Highly recommend. read more

We have a lot of property - with almost no topsoil, and loads of boulders, some steep hillsides and plenty of hungry deer at our weekend home in the Napa Valley. We want to live here in the valley in concert with nature, not battling it. Any landscaping here makes for a challenging project. It takes some serious knowledge of native soil conditions, native plants, and ever present concerns about water usage, to come up with a viable design and plan. Enter Ian Hall, who understood our needs and fully understands the soil conditions and all the concerns we have. With his beautiful, natural design sense, he's captured just what we wanted to achieve - all with respect to the existing features of our unique property. We are thrilled with what he has done so far, and look forward to more projects! read more

"My wife and I learned about Ian Hall's services on January/2017 through a web search. In our first meeting, we explained to Ian our Back-Yard dream, Ian took note of the concept and answered all our technical questions. During a good month of hard work, Ian demonstrated his knowledge, experience, and professionalism when he took our backyard dream and transformed it into a project that fit our tropical style blended with a Mediterranean taste. Once the design was finalized and we started the execution phase of the project, Ian always replied to all our questions and was willing to provide any additional guidance. Without any hesitation, we highly recommend Ian Hall for any landscape design. He is very knowledgeable, responsible, flexible, customer service oriented, and experienced environmental landscape designer with an outstanding creativity capable to bring from idea to reality your landscape dream." read more

I had no idea where to start when I wanted to overhaul our backyard and Ian took my ideas and made them a reality. His vision was right in line with what I wanted and was a pleasure to work with. He clearly knows his plants and has a creative out of the box thinking that helped design our first round of our deck that had we stuck with it, would have been awesome but cost was an issue so unfortunately we had to scale it down a bit. I would highly recommend Ian for your next project. read more

We had a backyard with a pool and a lot of brick and concrete surround. While it was functional, it looked horrible. Originally, we were going to go with a "design" that a paver contractor had drawn up, but it just didn't seem to capture what we wanted. Ian Hall of Hall Landscape Design came over, took measurements, and created a design that completely transformed our backyard. We now have an organic flow to our yard, with planting areas to soften up the hardscape, fountains, and plants that complement the look and feel. Ian was great at capturing our requirements and transforming them into a design that our contractor could work with. I highly recommend Hall Landscape Design. read more