Marble Botanics offers "native" North Carolina perennials. I recently expanded my backyard,…read morecreating about 4 times the planting space. Usually, I plant annuals, but the increased area made it too much of a challenge to replant everything each year. Marble Botanics sent a couple of growers who planted the new stuff and mulched the planted area. I can't tell you how it will look when the plants finally get established, but, for now, it looks pretty good. Easy to work with, and the bill was less than the bid. That never happens.

The crew at Marble Botanics are gardeners for gardeners. Being a professional plantsperson myself,…read moreI greatly value their expertise and skill at all things, well, botanical. From knowing the right time to prune, fertilize and transplant, to their exceptional work ethic and timely communication, they are my "go-to" crew for our garden.

I hired Mike ( The owner ) of M&M Landscaping and Design to help with multiple areas of our…read morebackyard. We needed several flower beds cut and gravel delivered and spread. I gave him a call and he was immediately responsive and very interested in helping me with my design concept and getting the job done. He came over, took all the measurements and gave me a quote all in the same day. Mike also gave me several ideas on how to make my yard that much more perfect for us. That was definitely appreciated. Within only a few days he and his team were back at my house working efficiently, and they were very neat. They worked hard and finished the job and I was surprised at how quickly they worked. Everything was completed to the highest degree. I was more than satisfied with his work and I will definitely be calling him again for any future ideas I come up with. For any and all landscaping projects, I highly recommend Mike of M&M Landscaping and Design.

I have had services from Making It Rain twice since moving here. The business is locally owned. I…read moreliked working with Making It Rain because the owner, Adam, came out to my house for both projects and did the work himself. He is personable and does not mind spending time talking with you regarding irrigation techniques. Pricing is reasonable and he does the work requested very efficiently. Making It Rain is my go to firm for all my future irrigation work such as tuning and backflow checks that are required annually .

Paid a lot of money, but watering is not even. The basic idea of a good sprinkler system is…read morewatering all part of the lawn evenly. That was not achieved. Some parts get a lot of water and other parts are deprived of water, leading to dead areas of lawn.

A lot of mulch for a reasonable price. And we like their dog blue, a very accommodating sales-dog.read more

Poultry Villa built a beautiful patio with a seating wall in our backyard. They worked with the…read moreslope of the yard and even fixed our draining issues in the process by rerouting the path of runoff. This is our go to place for any of our yard needs. The staff is very friendly, knowledgable, professional, and just good people. They recently rescued a sweet dog that has now become the shop dog. If you need any yard work done I highly recommend calling Scott at Poultry Villa!

Thumbs down, this time. I have answered their ad in…read moreCraigslist over the years and they did okay. On Oct. 2, 2019, I ordered separate deliveries of 20 yds compost and 20 yds screened topsoil.. Compost came that day and material was good. Screened topsoil was delivered Oct. 5. I was going to mix all of it. I pulled a topsoil sample from middle of pile and the composition was mostly a fine woody mulch-like material, possibly up to 20% soil or other fines. I texted with the company right away and explained they had not delivered topsoil. I was told it came from the bottom of a pile, the last they had. I told them I could not plant trees in this material. After 2 hours of texting and leaving 2 voicemails, I had requested corrected delivery of screened topsoil and I would pay delivery fee. PJ's final resolution was to offer a free delivery of (more) compost. They could not even source some topsoil from another supplier, to make my order right. Two days later, I inspected screened topsoil at a nearby supply yard and it was decent, typical topsoil. Delivery is coming tomorrow. Several hundred more dollars. I paid my $300 cash receipt for topsoil and received none. I really needed that cash for other materials of the project. Probably should not be advertising on Craigslist Raleigh(xxx xxx 6541).

I ordered 18 yards of mulch today and am very pleased. The mulch looks good and the price was…read moreexcellent. The guy that delivered it was friendly and careful with the dump to try to keep it on the tarp and plastic I had laid out. I found PJ's ad on craigslist. I liked that whoever was at the phone number in the first review above (which was also listed on the craiglist ad), was willing to handle the whole transaction over texting. That fits my lifestyle and was much appreciated. The only little confusion, and why I didn't give a 5 star rating, is that the ad said he would deliver for no extra cost within 10 miles. The address shown here on yelp is only like 7 miles from me, yet I was charged an additional $25. The person texting with me said they were actually in North Raleigh off of 540. However, even with the extra $25, the price was still good and I'm sure I will be getting mulch from PJ in the future.

Wow! Stuart has been transforming our backyard to meet our needs and exceeded expectations. He's…read morebeen really responsive and of great advice. We really appreciated his availability and his willingness to answers our concerns and work with our budget.

Bellus Terra did an amazing job installing a patio and fire pit in my backyard. They provided an…read moreinitial virtual walk-thru that helped visualize the project before they moved a single shovel of dirt! Great job guys! Thank you!!

Cutting Edge Landscape Services rocked on our landscape project that included a complex drainage…read moresystem, retaining walls, and a completely new landscape design. Thank you Andrew for transforming our new property from dysfunctional to water efficient and beautifully landscaped. Anita & Jeff [Holly Springs]

We have been extremely happy with the hardscaping projects that we had Andrew and the rest of the…read moreCutting Edge Landscaping team do! We had several projects and with each project planning phase, we were able to get a better grasp of how things would function (water drainage design) to how the project would look. If during the project (within reason) we were able to change something, the group was extremely communicative on outcome of the design, the group of individuals that worked during the summer, were amazing, the group who worked on our fall project even more amazing, the follow-up and remediation of any issues was so simple. There weren't many as this group knows what they are doing, and communicated clearly. If I could give 5 plus stars we would! Now we can't wait to fill all the space with the wonderful suggestions given and enjoy our space even more so!

New deck install by Structurally Speaking - Many years ago (2012), however, still living with his…read moreteam's poor workmanship - Fascia boards warped on deck! - the install should have laid the deck boards to cover the fascia gaps - and not allow debris to build up behind fascia (shown in pics) - allowing it to warp! Instead, Jim and his team allowed exposure of the fascia to debris and elements causing fascia board to warp - less than one year after install! He came and replaced fascia once - without making any change to his original method - of course, fascia warped again less than one year later! Sloppy workmanship! Not once but twice!! He walked away from the install problem and placed the blame on everyone else...all this after paying over $12K .

We had a large project; decoupling portion of original wrap around deck and then building large…read morescreened in porch and some new deck area as well. Jim gave us really insightful focus on where in our this could work. He laid out really beautiful plans that were representative of how the finished product looked but honestly, the finished product is even more amazing than we had realized it would be. Jim is experienced and knowledgeable. Jim's team is excellent and very hard working and he and his team are responsive to concerns. As with any project, unexpected things arose, and they all got dealt with. The finished costs were within ten percent of the estimate, which having had several other large projects done on our house, is within what I expect as reasonable, especially in context of providing estimates during times of rising building costs and supply chain delays. He was accurate in timeline of how long project would take and was honest. In terms of the quality of the work... Months later we are still AMAZED at how well it came out. We, at Jim's suggestion to consider, elected EZE breeze windows to make it a 3 season Carolina room that will be usable during pollen season. We spend time out there everyday and eat a lot of meals out there and will for decades to come. Years ago, we got good advice from a contractor who is going to remodel our bathroom. He told us there would be times during the project where we would all be angry with each other, which is normal when you are spending a lot of money to do something to your most important financial investment, which is also where you live. That advice helped us through bathroom renovations. It also helped at the couple of times when I was upset with Jim about things that are pretty typical during a project. We communicated with Jim rather than let things fester and things got handled very smoothly. I would advise anybody was asking to strongly consider using Structurally Speaking to do a deck or porch project and, whether you hire them or someone else, communicate clearly when you have concerns. If you hire Structurally Speaking, Jim will make sure to address your concerns and you will be thrilled with how your project comes out.