I received a flyer in my door reading "book a same-day consultation" with Local Irrigation, so I…read morecalled to schedule a sprinkler repair, as I had a broken pipe. Was told that I would have to wait 3 weeks for a consultation, so I said I just needed a repair, since I knew what the problem was. I was given a date but no time, just told I would get an estimate in my email to approve, but it did not have an exact price in the email, or a time and date. I called again and was told they would get to me when they had time, & were in my area of Palm Harbor. This seems like an inefficient way to conduct business, so I cancelled my appointment, as stating a "same-day consultation" seems like false advertising to me, and not very ethical.

The co-owners Aaron and Mike are an absolute joy to deal with! I initially spoke with Aaron on the…read morephone and Mike came out very quickly after my inquiry and did a thorough review of my sprinkler system. Mike determined that 5 things had to be done including addition of a new sprinkler, moving two and replacing the heads on them and replacing two other heads. I knew exactly when he would arrive in that their communication is superb. The same was true for the incredibly efficient crew that showed up led by Kyle. I knew exactly when they would be here and it took them 44 minutes to do an incredible amount of (very efficient) work. If you need sprinkler work, there is no other choice in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida!

I just bought a beautiful yellow hibiscus tree. Great price! Very healthy tree, too. I'll be…read moreback!

This nursery (plant reseller) has a big variety of plants in all sizes. My review is based on a…read morevisit and purchase of a small potted plant -- so the big jobs they do was not included in my experience here. The prices are in line with other plant sellers in the area and the big box stores. I like that they are local and can provide some info on planting and care.

BUYER BE WARE On 12/7/21 Chris Walker from DK Farm & Nursery…read morecame out and we reviewed the job together I had multiple things needed to be done. moving, relaying installing new pavers in my back yard, build up side yard with top soil and relaying pavers, trim a hedge, remove 2 over grown Muhly grasses and replace with new 2 Muhly grasses, install a 60' Rubbermaid boarder along beds, remove some yard waste and cut a palm frond that was hitting the roof. I already had the boarder so he instructed me to purchase 6 additional pavers, which l didn't need, and he would supply the grasses and top soil. He was a very personal young man, who assured me that he would personally make sure that the job went right. He sent me an estimate of, $565.64 with only the total for labor without the jobs line itemed out, beyond the pavers. I assumed it was because it was done on his phone it limited him for characters. I realize now that was my mistake, that is give Chris the benefit of the doubt, as we had a long conversation about the project, and how much problems that I was having finding reliable and competent service people/companies. The next day Chris arrived with another young man, who he introduced as Corey and together we went over what the plan was for the boarder and pavers. Right off the bat I knew something was amiss as Chris brought no tools to do the job and used my shovel, sledge hammer, yard clippers, etc., He continually asked me to look at the work and each time I had to come up with suggestions as to what would be better. We came to a stand still as Chris told me he would not remove the dirt that was needed in order to allow the pavers to be recessed into the ground by the board of the patio. Also, he was unable to cut any pavers as he had no tools to do so, to allow for any type of professional finish to the install, see image. Five of the pavers on the pathway along the back yard are not filled in and or not level, so they rock. After 3 or 4 attempts at the side yard install the layout of pavers was finally OK, though the ground was left uneven with multiple small rocks left all over the area. The removal and reinstall of the new grasses were fine. In general, my property was left in a muddy, dis-shoveled mess. During the 2 hours Chris and Corey were here, Corey had continually made glib comments around me. Which I found highly unprofessional for someone on a job site. One of his comments was directed at me personally about my age. I 'm a single older female, and didn't feel comfortable being around the two young men any longer. I was rather confused as to why a service person would be so unprofessional on a job, only to find out that he didn't work for DK but was Chris's personal friend, who is here visiting from Kissimmee. The hedges and fronds were never cut and I didn't bring it up as by this point, I had had enough of Chris and Corey and just wanted them to leave by home. I gave them a check and they left. Beyond the inappropriate comments I was worried that I would be liable for Corey not being a paid employee of DK's if anything were to happen. After they left, I called Chris and told him that I was very unhappy with his work and that he needed to come back and fix it. He wanted to come right back, but I didn't want to have to deal with Corey again so I told him that I would get back to him with other time to come back. I also mentioned about the him not taking care of the hedge or palm frond, he argued with me that that wasn't part of the job as it wasn't listed on the estimate. I pointed out neither was the boarder, or grass install, so how was he able to use the estimate as the point of truth. He became irritated and told me that he did that as a favor, and not part of the job. He did do one thing as gratis, he cut down a small 3 branched planted and placed a couple of pavers for a place for outside trash can. I when back out found even more issues with job, called him back and he wouldn't pick up. I then realized that I was pretty much screwed so I left a message that I canceled the payment and want an adjustment to my bill. The next day I spoke with David Koning the owner the next day, who basically told me that he didn't believe me but Chris that all other labor was a favor i.e., boarder install and install of grasses. I told him that I didn't want Chris back out as he doesn't know what he is doing and I didn't want to have to deal with him and his either lack of knowledge or work ethic again, I would be happy to settled the bill at a reduced payment of $250.00, as I will have to hire someone else to fix the pavers. But he said that I was bound to the signed estimate, also that anyone who showed up to a job was covered under DK and not the home owner and that he was doubtful that I felt intimidated and was just using as an excuse. He told me that there will be legal action if he does receive full payment in 10 days. To be rid of this very unpleasant experience I mailed the full payment and ha

I am impressed with the plants and farm animals here. Caring for the earth and livestock shows love…read morefor nature. Their area is organized and neat. I just needed a few plants and they are healthy and were a really good price. Definitely a 10 star recommendation!

*************** If you enjoy being mocked, ignored, talked…read moredown to dismissively PLUS unkept worksite promises, by all means Alex from HAPPY HOMES YARDS & IRRIGATION is your man! As a Senior, I have paid people to do work for me many times. I have never, EVER had such a poor experience. Alex P is a liar, con man, and antiquated chauvinist. Two months ago I chose him out of four companies to reconfigure my sprinkler system. Out of everyone interviewed he came across as trustworthy, and knowing what he was doing; especially since he'd been business for 30 years... Prior to him and his son Aaron coming out to do the job I received a phone call that was shocking to say the least. I picked up and immediately Alex launched an attack on me saying, "Who did I think I was with the audacity to commandeer one of his workers to come out and water my plants?"--- Excuse me, WHAT??? Ummm, noooo. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED. After agreeing to use Happy Homes to do the work I waited two weeks with no communication, so I called their office. His secretary was so sweet. I let her know we were in the middle of a heat wave. I had just put in a lot of flowers and did not want them to die. She kindly offered to come out and water for me. I was over the moon grateful and agreed to her help. I was in a walker and getting ready for hip surgery so I could not handle 5 gardens myself. (I'm actually sorry she works for this company because she is kind and wonderful.) At any rate, that should have been a huge red flag for me right? Nope, unfortunately. Finally they came over, father and son. To their credit, two gardens and one long drip hose were correctly done. However, Alex promised to show me how the timer box worked and never did.... Now it is no longer working and I have no idea what to do. They also did not reconnect a major drip line, nor did they put a sprinkler head in my front which was to be included. I did not examine their work prior to paying, as I was in a great deal of pain and foolishly trusted them. Again, wrong move. Since then I have texted and called several times and I'm either completely ignored or if he does pick up the phone, Alex's MO is saying things like, Oh yeah that should only take an hour. Call me at 6:00. Or Call me in the morning. OR .... I'll call my son and we'll set an appointment. Riiiiggghhttt.... He is a total liar, sketch businessman, and I'm no longer buying his crap.... I've also never been talked to so condescendingly by anyone I have hired in my lifetime. Alex is a certified chauvinist with women issues obviously. So again, I gave him 48 hours after the last phone call saying I only need an hour of his time to make things right, and would pay him for anything over that - again, he would call his son to make an appointment and be out. ANNNNDDDD CRICKETS. Instead, I guess as a bonus prize, I received a smug little text which was obviously intended for his son, not me, but featured 3 crying eye, laughing emojis with "This lady doesn't know why things aren't working right, lololol". ENOUGH!!! It was the last straw and why I am sharing this publicly. It basically sums up Alex P's work ethics, how disrespectful he is, and how little regard he has whatsoever for his customers - who are obviously a joke to him. I would be delighted to forward anyone our full text dialogue. Just DM me. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES - UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE BEING TREATED AS I HAVE - USE THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR SOD OR SPRINKLER WORK. BUYER BEWARE!

Aaron and his team were great to work with. We needed a complete overhaul of our front yard after…read morewe purchased our home. Happy Homes and Yards removed all of our existing landscaping, installed a new irrigation system, and laid down all new sod and other plants. Aaron got all the work done quickly for a fair price and we love our new yard. We would happily work with Happy Homes and Yards again.

Did a great job on my sprinkler system. Very responsive and the installer was really helpful and…read moreknowledgeable. Prices were fair.

Worker misled (lied) to me about work being done in my condo back yard. Showed me the root ball of…read morea shrub he said was going to be replanted and then told me how good the palm tree would look when he trimmed it. Although I was home, he did not tell me about any problems. He just hauled off the entire bush and failed to trim the palm tree. I am more concerned about his treatment than I would ever be about the work done. Honesty goes a long way with me.

I needed irrigation service for my zone valves - they replaced the zone valves and checked the rest…read moreof my irrigation - did a great job and was reasonability priced

We had about a half dozen or so sprinklers that were not working properly. The flow of water was…read morenot passing through all of the sprinklers and we had one sprinkler that was leaking and poorly positioned behind a tree. Richardson was handled the sprinklers rapidly. I was surprised by how fast they were able to resolve the issues. Very competent and the pricing was reasonable. Definitely will use them in the future for sprinkler service.

I bought some plants from Terra Nova Nursey about 5 years ago. I moved from Florida to NY in 2025…read moreand brought many plants with me, all from Terra Nova Nursery and they are STILL living happily up here. Of course I bring them inside in the winter, but if that isn't a testiment of the quality of plants they sell! Now the plants look out at the snow and wait to go back on the porch in the Summer now. One of my Donkey Ear succulents I bought is HUGE!!!!

Our experience with Terra Nova, Landscape , and design in Clearwater Florida was not a good one…read moreThey completely missed their first appointment and did not call. We had to call to find out if we had a future appointment. The second appointment they were very late and never called to let us know they were still coming. We had a design project for the backyard and they never even bothered to even set foot in the backyard , measure it , or look at the trees or the shade patterns or the elevations. When we questioned them, they said that we had dogs so that was why they did not go back there. But the dogs are kept in a room in the house and not allowed to run free . the backyard is not fenced so they just had to walk around the house to the backyard to enter In the end, they accused us of being in the wrong somehow and through extensive negotiation, we received half of our deposit back, Owner Mike Linn was smooth and charming in the beginning and was at the end, rude raised his voice to me , and accused us of lying. Which is remarkable since all we wanted was a simple backyard Landscape design. We feel fortunate to have escaped with minimal emotional and financial damage. You might make sure to look at all the reviews because if you go far enough down the list you will see some serious negative situations that have occurred with this company. This is not an opinion. It's a matter of public record . For example AI found a quantity of negative performance reviews in a variety of circumstances for this company .

Owner Phil was great to work with; he was flexible, on time, and his subcontractors were excellent…read more He also followed up after the pour.

I have had someone call several times to update and clean up a driveway that was put in a decade…read moreago. But they have never kept an appointment of the probably four maybe five appointments they set. . Very poor follow up.