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    J's Custom Landscaping

    4.3 (62 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Services - J's Custom Landscaping

    Earthmoving or regrading

    Gardening

    Driveway construction or installation

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    Exterior wall construction

    Interior wall construction

    Retaining walls

    Patio, porch, or terrace construction or installation

    Walkway construction or installation

    Irrigation construction

    Irrigation design services

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    Landscape design

    Landscape maintenance

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    Landscaping building design

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    Greenscape design

    Lawn care

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    Shrub care

    Disease management - shrubs

    Insect management - shrubs

    Shrub planting

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    Tree care services

    Tree planting

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    Before-muddy bog!!
    Sue M.

    We contacted J's Custom Landscaping to replace our back lawn that had been demolished by our pups. We decided artificial turf was the way to go. Nick got back to us right away and got us scheduled for a consultation promptly. He listened to our needs and answered all our questions about sturdiness of the turf, removing our current sprinkler system and adding a drip system for our planting beds. Nick's professionalism and knowledge gave us a feeling of confidence in J's that their work definitely backed up. On top of that, he's a really nice guy and the quote was very competitive. Also, shoutout to the crew that did the work! They were awesome! Those guys really hustled and did a fantastic job. We could not be more pleased with the quality of their work and the fact that we won't be dealing with the mud anymore! We recommend and will contact J's in the future for any other landscaping projects we have.

    My husband and I are incredibly happy with our new backyard. We were very pleased with the work J's Custom Landscaping provided. Nick was always very responsive and kept us up to date with how progress was moving along. The crew of guys on our job had an amazing work ethic. They worked hard, efficient, and tidied up at the end of each day. Each day, we were amazed at how much they would achieve and how they really pulled our vision together into a beautiful and functional backyard. Bonus - the work crew was always kind enough to make sure there was a clear walking path for my parents who live in an ADU behind our main house. J's Custom Landscaping installed retaining walls, proper drainage, a paved elevated patio, 600 sf. of artificial turf and paved pathways connecting the patio and both houses. Thank you, J's Custom Landscaping, we look forward to doing business again in the future.

    Front Yard after upgrade.
    Tom B.

    We had Jay's custom landscaping do a make on our front yard. They took a standard track home landscaping and replaced with a custom yard that is entirely of the neighbors. Thanks Tom and Dorie Barwise.

    Front Yard
    Nobuhiko K.

    Greg Hirth and his team of J's Custom Landscaping came back to install a bigger-sized Kanjuji (Japanese lantern) and a boulder in our backyard. Once again, they did an amazing job.

    Gloria G.

    I wanted to build a retaining wall and landscape behind it. Greg came out, measured and told me I should probably set the wall back a foot in case the sidewalk ever needs to be torn up. Since that nearly happened this summer with a plumbing issue and recently the city has come around and asked everyone on the street to fix their sidewalks, I thought it was prudent. It might even be code. I had a couple other companies out to bid. No one could get to it for months. J's price was competitive and included a tree, 6 pushes and 20 perennials, and they could come out the soonest. The materials they used here better, too. They also set the pavers I had laid out for the trash cans so they stay put. They even edged them with a metal strip. There were a few miscommunications--one my fault, one the crew leader's fault, but these were corrected. I even had to ask them to split part of the bill between my townhouse neighbor and myself, and let me divide the payment between credit card (3.4% charge, which is standard) and a check.

    Before and after the backyard redo. Thanks guys!
    Dawn F.

    We hired J's Custom Landscaping to help with a backyard redesign (replace old sod/weeds, place pavers, move a garden box, etc.). Jay and Zach came out and were very thorough in going over my plans and the estimate provided showed that they listened to everything I wanted done. Zach was so patient in working with my specific questions, and they were also kind enough to schedule on specific days to suit our needs. Everything was done on time and looked beautiful. I would definitely hire them again, and have already forwarded their info to a few friends that asked about the work that was done. Thanks guys!

    J's Custom Landscaping did the lawn, retaining walls and water feature. We did the plants.
    Jeremy G.

    We hired J's Custom Landscaping to transform our backyard in March of 2014. Before we started the project we got bids from multiple landscapers. The reason we picked J's Custom Landscaping was because the owner, Jay, took the time to really listen to what we wanted to do. We started off the quote with literally everything we would want in our yard, we then customized the request to fit within our budget with getting those most bang for our dollar. Our project ended up consisting of, two stacked boulder retaining walls (3-4 feet tall), a beautiful waterfall with a small pond, putting in a french drain to help with our soggy weather and drainage from the neighbors uphill, expanding our lawn to double what we had before, new sprinklers and reinstalling our existing gravel path and side French drain due to the need for equipment to get in the backyard. The project was bid to take approximately a week, weather permitting. Jay's team did a wonderful job of turning our small backyard full of elevation changes into a larger feeling space we could get out and actually enjoy. Our friends and family who come over are always wowed by how beautiful and functional the space is now. Recently we had an issue regarding our reinstalled french drain on the side of our yard that caused for water to start pooling in our path and flow under the house. As soon as Jay and his team heard about this they came out, assessed what happened and reinstalled a new french drain. To me it is one thing to make a space look nice, but to stand behind your work three years later is amazing and so appreciated! I would definitely recommend working with this company to transform your space. They are reasonably priced, hard working, very ethical and stand behind their work. You couldn't ask for a better landscaping company.

    My beautiful backyard!
    Rachel W.

    Nick and his team from J's Custom Landscaping did an AMAZING job on our backyard. The first time I met with Nick, I told him what I wanted out of a backyard (low maintenance and a place to entertain), and he immediately had a vision. He even brought out a paint tool to draw out his vision so my husband could see it when he got home from work. Once we got things scheduled they were booking out a few weeks, but I got a call a few days later that they had a cancellation, and he felt like his team could get it done that week! I would recommend them to anyone!

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