We had a wonderful experience working with Vijaya and her crew. We had a limited budget and a lot…read moreof work to do in both the front and backyards, and she made sure that we stayed within budget without sacrificing quality. We finished a home extension remodel project a year ago, and our front and back yards were in great need of work! Our project with Hortus involved making a backyard patio, demolishing the front yard including removing old fence posts, making a path to the front porch, and daylighting our downspouts. The most challenging part of the project was to extend a preexisting portion of our brick-flagstone pattern, and they perfectly matched it! When we did the home remodel a year ago, we hardly saw the contractor and the crew left a mess. Not so with Hortus Designs. Vijaya was on site most days, and made phone calls and texts on days she couldn't be on site. She made herself available to discuss and explain throughout the entire project progress. And her team was careful to clean up after the long days of hard work. On a more personal note, my kids and I loved chatting with her. She is a fountain of garden knowledge and is passionate about plants and the outdoors. If we need landscaping work done on our property that we can't DIY, we know that we can trust Hortus Design to do the job well!

This is a long overdue review for Hortus Design. We've been a repeat customer for a decade. I'm…read moreusually cautious so we started with a smaller front yard landscape planting project. Followed in the next year or two by a fairly big landscape project in the backyard. We replaced the long rectangular straggling poorly sunlit lawn by a beautiful bean shaped two step paver patio, with downlights and also a firepit. With additional butterfly friendly plantings. Vijaya listened to my design ideas, we brainstormed over my Pinterest boards. She gave very good suggestions as well. She was very receptive to breaking up the project estimate in parts so i could skip parts that broke my budget. Ofcourse as in any landscape project our ideas of budgets and real professional costs are different. That is reality. So it worked out best to understand the real costs that Vijaya proposed in a written proposal. Based on that we were able to break off pieces of the project that were absolutely desirable now versus pushed out to later. She was on site daily and that really helped us with any questions that might have arisen. Later another few years later we worked with Hortus again for a lovely frontyard project with a custom circular seating and driveway. We love our backyard and frontyard and have enjoyed it over the years.

As far as I'm concerned, Cyrus, who is the owner of this company is a godsend. Had a very unusual…read moresituation with preparing our house for sale in Sunnyvale. This situation actually was an emergency since this would've been detrimental to our proceeds from the sale. Apparently, state of California has rushed through ADU approvals because of the homeless problem. The guard rails are off for building ADU's and inconveniencing your neighbors. Our neighbor decided to build a two-story ADU in an area that has single-story homes. His windows were overlooking clearly into our backyard and swimming pool. To say the least it was horrifying. We were lucky to find Cyrus among two other bids for landscapers. Cyrus was the only one who had an plan about the trees to use, who gave us a price and schedule. This man is so smart and talented as a Landscaper. He was an absolute pleasure to work with from beginning to end. He was always on schedule and I was surprised how smoothly the planting of the trees went considering we were in a state of panic. It really was a pleasure meeting Cyrus and working with him. Luckily we were able to afford almost $30,000 of large trees to hide most of the ADU and give future buyers some privacy. Beware of ADU builders right to their fence line.

Thanks to Jessie and Cyrus for helping me clarify my goals for my landscape renovation.read more

Judy is a joy to work with! She's knowledgable, friendly, flexible, and a caring person…read more She and her crew have done my monthly Fine Gardening for over two years now, and the garden has really bounced back! She's especially skilled at her aesthetic pruning of Japanese Maples. Mine look beautiful, and are very happy. Judy brings the design and horticultural knowledge--that true care of gardens--that are far beyond typical mow and blow. Organic products and green solutions, which I value, are part of the service. Her foreman, Jesus, is great to work with... helpful, positive and very accommodating of the additional pruning, irrigation work and adjustments that a small garden like mine needs. Just give her a call. I'm glad I did!

I am a huge and enthusiastic fan of Judy's Gardens & Design…read more Landscape designer Judy Maier generated and executed for me an aesthetically pleasing, thoughtfully imaginative, and economically practical re-design plan for front, side and rear yard spaces of my Old Palo Alto home. Judy's landscape design--faithful to but not confined by my 80-year-old home's Cape Cod architectural style--delivered an enormous breath of fresh air to the property as well as reducing water consumption needs. Two impressive examples of Judy's magic were her (1) locating and reserving for me a raft of huge hard-to-find camellias and (2) artfully pruning and trimming two sizable flowering trees, contributing to the transformation of the front yard. Her capable crew expertly and expeditiously implemented Judy's designs. I'm using Judy for landscape projects on rental units I own.

Olesya is the best person we could have chosen for our front yard landscaping project. She has an…read moreimpeccable eye for design and was incredibly easy, flexible, and thoughtful to work with throughout the entire process. She took the time to understand our vision, listened carefully to every request and idea we had, and somehow managed to incorporate all of them into a cohesive and beautiful design. What really stood out was her attention to detail and willingness to iterate with us until everything felt just right. She was also extremely knowledgeable and gave us great suggestions while still making sure the final design reflected our preferences and how we wanted to use the space. We couldn't be happier with how the project came together. Olesya is creative, professional, responsive, and genuinely a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend her to anyone looking for landscaping or landscape design work--you'll be in excellent hands!

I liked how Zin+Ola worked on my project. Mostly, i appreciated the attention to detail and quality…read moreof execution. No cutting corners.

It was my first time remodeling a backyard and I wasn't sure what to expect. Dawn was inspirational…read moreto the success of the project. She patiently discussed options, endured all my questions as somebody inexperienced, and explained her point of view without imposing anything. I appreciated her knowledge and concern about the tradeoffs that need to be made (availability of materials, easy/hard to setup/build, cost, etc). When we aligned on a few ideas that seem promising, she input everything into 3d rendering software to generate views of the project that would allow us to make decisions. This allowed us to see the project coming to life, from different angles, at different times of the day, for different options. Finally, we took each element and refined details to get to a final design. Dawn converted all that to plans and details to give to the contractor that did the project. She also helped me with alternatives as I was negotiating additional details with the contractor. Overall it was a great experience and it was fantastic to work with her.

We hired Dawn to redesign our backyard and pool. She is so easy and delightful to work with…read more She's very responsive and patient. Her work is impeccable. Our project just started and we already see that she works with talented people like South Bay Landscaping. Her services are very valuable and helped us form a complete overview and plan with which to work from. It was very important to us that we see what our project would look like completed and her 3D rendering was very helpful in that. Her services are well worth the investment and value. I highly recommend her services.

We are very happy with the complete landscaping of our backyard. Opulands transformed a dead area…read moreof our backyard into an oasis for my family. Almost everything you see in the picture was done by Opulands and although the plants have not grown to cover the ground, lattice and arbor, I'm confident it will be a little slice of heaven in 1-2 years. I wouldn't hesitate to use them in the future.

Steven from Opulands oversaw our backyard remodel project and did a great job at that. He and his…read morecrew worked with us through all the steps of the project. It had several phases and included various elements including pavers, a deck, plants, lawn, irrigation, spouts, electric and lights. We are very happy with the result and with the professionalism of Steven and his crew. Big attention to detail to deliver what we had planned without surprises.

This will be my second review of this company. I just had Pazmany Brothers "refresh" my pavers…read more They started by power washing the area and then filled in with new polymeric sand. After a week or so, I had them seal the pavers on the driveway and my porch. Julian was the one to start and finish this project. He was communicative and kept me up to date on his progress. Always had a smile on his face and displayed a true desire to do a good job. Very pleased with Pazmany Brothers and I'm sure you will be too!

A friend and fellow Los Altan recommended Pazmany Bros to us for a French drain project several…read moreyears ago. Their team did a fantastic job, reasonable expense, worked hard over the course of a week, and we ended up with a drainage system that resolved a major standing water issue we had dealt with during some of the atmospheric rivers. One year later, Frank Robles with Pazmany helped us do a big project in our front yard, where we shrank our large circle driveway, added a fence, gates, and arbor across the front yard, added a lawn, redid all our flowers/plantings, planted several trees, new irrigation, new electrical and lighting, new mulch, added new gravel to the driveway, added a new brick walkway system and patio, and even replaced our century-old main water pipe. The team worked really hard, and Frank in particular is very detail-oriented and cares just as much as us that the project turns out perfect and we're all happy with the outcome - which we are! Frank is also an expert on native California/Bay area/drought-tolerant plants and has great taste. I would highly recommend anyone in Los Altos/the South Bay/Peninsula consider working with Frank and Pazmany for any work you want done on your property, especially if you want the work done right and want someone you can trust. We now have a yard we expect our kids, dogs, neighbors, and everyone else to be able to really enjoy for many years. Thanks Frank and Pazmany team!

Ten Stars! We just completed a major renovation of our…read morebackyard with SouthBay Landscape and Design, and we could not be more pleased. Our new backyard is gorgeous, and the details of our experience tell the story. We worked closely with Danny, the on-site supervisor, who is a top-notch professional. He knows his plants and hardscape, pays attention to every detail, and manages his crew with great efficiency. The crew worked as hard as any I've ever seen, and they did everything--digging out enormous tree roots, setting flagstone for our patio, installing irrigation and lighting, moving boulders--you name it. They showed up every day and even worked several Saturdays to get the job finished on time and before we had to travel. These guys were terrific, and I can't thank them enough for the tremendous effort they put into both the demolition and the complete recreation of our backyard. Marcus, the office manager, was also great to work with. He took us out to select our patio stone, river rock, and boulders, and was patient and generous with his time as we made decisions throughout the project. If you need a concern or question answered quickly, call the office: they respond right away! As we watched the project progress over the weeks, my husband and I often commented to each other on the quality of the work and the care being taken with every part of the job. We are grateful to every one of the men who worked in our yard and deeply appreciate their hard work, skill, and professionalism. I recommend SouthBay Landscape and Design enthusiastically and without reservation. They do top-quality work, and they were a pleasure to have at our home. One additional note: we also used the landscape designer they recommended, Dawn, and she was excellent. We are thrilled with the beautiful backyard they all helped create.

We recently worked with Southbay Landscaping and Design for a backyard upgrade, and they completely…read moretransformed our yard into a beautiful, relaxing oasis that we love spending time in. The team was incredibly reliable, highly communicative, and deeply detail-oriented throughout the entire project. Their craftsmanship is top-tier, and the high-quality work truly speaks for itself. They are so experienced that their partnership and suggestions enhanced the overall product and turned our outdoor space into the perfect peaceful retreat. We could not be happier with the results! Huge thanks to Matt, Danny and the team.