We had a fantastic experience working with Rick and his crew. Their pricing was significantly more affordable than other companies we considered, and they delivered exceptional service from start to finish. They arrived on time, were incredibly patient with all of my questions and last-minute additions to the project, and the finished product looks amazing. We struggled to grow grass in our backyard because of our two high-energy dogs and the heavy shade from a large tree. Rick helped us design a layout that would work for our space and needs, then installed artificial turf along with plants along the fence line. The transformation has been incredible, and we couldn't be happier with the results. Highly recommend! read more

RLG Landscaping - Artificial turf installation - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

Their bid for astroturfing was about 5k less than the other bid. Very professional and fast. Quality of work is excellent. read more

RLG Landscaping - Turf - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

Unfortunately, I can't recommend RLG Landscaping based on my experience with our artificial turf installation. We discovered an issue with the installation where the turf base had been built up directly against and underneath our wooden fence. When we later needed to repair the deteriorating bottom of the fence, the fence contractor couldn't perform the work without disturbing the turf and base. I contacted RLG while the turf installation was still within the one-year installation warranty included in our contract. I sent photos and explained the issue. Rick acknowledged that they had installed the turf butted up to the fence and told me he would send a crew that Saturday to address the issue. No one showed up, and I received no call or message. I followed up again afterward and received no response. Problems can happen with any project. What matters to me is how a company handles them. I gave RLG multiple opportunities to address an issue during the warranty period, and they initially agreed to do so. They then missed the appointment and stopped communicating. A written warranty doesn't provide much peace of mind if the company doesn't respond when you need to use it. Based on my experience, I would not use RLG Landscaping again. UPDATE: RLG responded quickly and publicly to this review, apologized for standing us up, and said, "I can come make it right for you." I contacted Rick directly to give him exactly that opportunity. He never responded. I followed up again and received no response. Screenshot attached. It is disappointing that the response to a public review received immediate attention, while actually following through with the customer did not. This is now the second time RLG has offered to address the issue and then failed to follow through. That tells me far more than the public apology. Buyer beware. read more

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Initial site visit, contract, color matching, two days work and done! Quality work, excellent service. Thanks Rick! read more

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Had a new patio installed by RLG and very satisfied from start to finish. Rick was very responsive, with quality work at a reasonable cost. read more

RLG Landscaping - New patio. - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

I used RLG last year to put in artificial turf did good job no issues with that project. I called back this year and asked for quote to do some work on rest of my lawn that is not covered by the turf. This is where the bad review comes in. He came over looked at what needed to be done, then said have quote next day. Took over week of asking for quote, we get the quote, set up day and time. We did this early few weeks out and figured all set. Call few days before and said cause of weather move from Monday to Wednesday. Made sense, he said on Tuesday he would give time on arrival for Wednesday. This ended all his communication with us, texted Tuesday, asking for ETA, nothing. Wednesday comes, nothing, right now it is Friday at 6:00 PM and nothing. I would say if he shows up probably do a good job, if you are reading this and thinking of contacting, I would move on to the next company. nothing irritates me more than someone who lies and does not communicate with the customer. If you want to hire someone who ignores you and lies about doing the work go for it, but not me I deal with enough people like this I am not going to pay them also. I would in no way contact this company. read more

I made the mistake of paying them in full, BEFORE the inspector checked the work. They messed up the pitch, and removed the sod I already paid for to "fix the pitch", but after they removed the sod...they never came back and stopped answering my calls. Quite the businessman...got paid and he kept the sod to reuse elsewhere. read more

We live in the city and had a "small job" to build a retaining wall for our flower beds, add pavers to "extend" our patio as well as mulch and sod. Rick was super patient with me as we moved through the process and I changed my mind a zillion times, even during the installation process. They will have to come back this fall to finish the job as I didn't want to loose my "spring" flowers due to a design change. I highly recommend them and will post photos when I have a chance. read more

Rick & the RLG team were great & professional to work with on our backyard project. We had them take out an old brick patio & put in new pavers for a larger patio. They were timely, on schedule, respectful, & the price was right. A year later & we're still really happy with the work...we did have some questions about some slight shifting that happened recently so we gave Rick a call. He was so willing to help - he came right over with solutions. We'd recommend this company for a hardscaping project! read more

Rick (RLG) was very responsive during our initial quotation / consultation. He brought us samples of the turf he would install. We walked through the process of what was to be done? We ultimately went with RLG because he was thorough in what to expect and pricing was right there with other quotes we received. The work done by his team was meticulous. They pulled up our natural lawn, leveled and compacted the yard, and nicely installed the articulated grass and laid down the rocks along the sidewalk. Highly recommend the RLG team. They were professional and thorough! The installation was beautiful! read more

Rick and his team are fantastic. He gave us an estimate and told us it would take approximately 4 days to finish the work. His team was so efficient that they finished it in a day and a half. You can tell by the pictures that they are perfectionists as they take a lot of pride in what they do. We had a couple concerns about water with our patio and Rick came back to make some adjustments - no questions asked! I definitely would recommend Rick and his team to all of my friends and family! read more

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Rick's team did an amazing job with our patio and yard last month. They worked at lightning speed, and even went above doing some little things like weeding our garden when that wasn't even included. Rick explained everything very clearly and gave us some good ideas that we would have never thought of ourselves. The patio turned out beautiful, and if not for the smothering heat this summer, we would be out there all the time. We gladly referred him to our neighbor, whose project he just started working on today. We'll very likely give him a call next summer for some future projects. read more

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I waited about a year to post this review to see how things bloomed and held up after the winter and spring. RLG revamped our front landscaping and front walkway last fall and they did an amazing job. Rick was extremely responsive, quick to come by and give a quote, worked well with us, and had his guys get the job done in a timely fashion but with beautiful attention to detail. The work was done in October and they did a wonderful job -- everything held up great and my hydrangeas are now blooming beautifully. I will definitely be hiring these guys for our backyard this Fall. Do not hesitate to have RLG take care of your landscaping needs - all my neighbors also wanted their contact info! read more

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We had several landscaping businesses come to look at our yard. RLG landed in the middle price-range among the other estimates. We chose to go with RLG because Rick seemed the most knowledgeable and proactively provided solutions/alternatives when our ideas wouldn't work. My husband and I are so glad we chose them! We had a mess of a yard. The soil only produced weeds, was shaped as a mound, and was so hard and full of rocks that it was dangerous for us to try and cut anything (I regret forgetting to take a true "before" photo, but will post a mid-progress photo for context). RLG's team came out and worked incredibly hard to remove a sad tree and give us a luscious and level green lawn. They also cleared an area of our yard that was just piles of rock and dirt. We are so happy with the results and excited to finally spend time in our backyard. The team was so hardworking and respectful while they were here. Rick catered to our needs and remained patient with me despite me changing our project date and ideas several times. We're so happy with the results, my husband is already brainstorming more landscaping projects. We'd definitely work with them again and recommend them to others. read more

RLG Landscaping - After photo. - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

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Highly recommended! Have used them twice now: once for yard cleanup, and once for landscaping a side yard. Both times, workers showed up right on time, got everything done in around 4 hours, and made sure to clean up after themselves. You definitely get your money's worth with them! read more

The dude took the time to come out and measure my job and talk with me, but never bothered to send a quote.

Finally pulled the trigger on redoing the front yard -- after a poor experience with the guy who did the back yard, fear factor was high. Found RLG on Yelp and took a chance. Judged his quote to be reasonable, based on cost of previous back yard work. Ended up a super satisfied customer. : ) Here's everything that's great about Rick / RLG. 1 -- He came in and got the job done in just over two days (granted the weather was very much on our side). He was on time or early each day. Most important: Soooo happy with the result. 2 -- Thought his rates were reasonable and perceived him as an honest guy (e.g., repairing instead of replacing the backyard grass) 3 -- He was open to my ideas, while using his own experience and knowledge to give sound advice. He spent a fair amount of time educating me on what works/doesn't, how to maintain landscaping (including one piece previous guy never bothered to tell me), qualities of various plant options, etc. 5 -- He and his crew are just nice people. 5 -- I know if I called him today to ask a follow-up or express a concern, he would respond when he could (it's still high season). There were small hiccups, like breaks in communication and one or two things I want to follow up on when I hire him in the spring -- but part of that I expect when landscapers are cramming in everything they can before winter. Thanks so much again, Rick -- the new yard is so awesome to come home to!! And maybe we'll see you around, since two neighbors asked you for quotes! read more

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We had two patches of grass between our back patio and our sidewalk with a downspout coming from the house about 4 feet onto one of the grass patches. These patches broke up our patio with useless space and the downspout was a tripping hazard. We wanted our downspout buried and redirected out to the main lawn, and pavers installed where the grass was to maximize our back patio. We called RLG Landscaping and set up an appointment for a quote. Rick came out, gave us a price and an approximate start date. We agreed to the price and within 3 weeks, we had what we asked for. He was easily contacted either by email or text the entire time. He emailed the week before with an exact date and showed up when he said they would. They finished the work quickly and beautifully. Couldn't be happier with the work and the service. We strongly recommend RLG Landscaping. read more

RLG Landscaping - What was once useless grass is now usable patio space. - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

I tried from august until october to get backyard work done. I received a formal proposal and he was supposed to go get the permit and i never heard from him again. Would have appreciated honesty if too busy and it could have been pushed to 2023. read more

If you had asked me to write a review last year, I would have given Rick 5 stars but his behavior this year has completely eliminated any possibility of him ever being hired to do any kind of work at my house. Over the past two years, I've had Rick do probably $8k - $10k worth of work in my back yard. He built a brick patio, planted a row of tall Arborvitae trees, and then bricked a wall around the tree bed. Unfortunately, one of the trees died over the winter so I contacted him to replace the tree and he never got back to me. Seeing that we're in the middle of a pandemic, I thought something might be wrong so I gave it time and then sent him another message. This time, he wrote back saying that he'd get me a price for the replacement tree and get back to me. Guess what - he never got back to me. So, I ended up finding my own tree and I then messaged him again to see if he'd be able to remove the dead tree, pick up the new tree, and then plant it. He agreed to take the job so I bought the tree from the nursery and they held it for me. Here's where the real fun starts. He said he would come on a Saturday to do the tree removal and would then come back during the week to do the planting. He cancelled on me for Saturday and pushed the job to Thursday. It rained on Thursday so, understandably, he pushed the job to Friday. Friday morning at 5:45am, it wasn't raining, he messaged me saying that he was pushing the job to Saturday because the ground would be too wet. At this point, I was getting irritated but, ok - he was rescheduling instead of cancelling. When I woke up at about 7:30 on Saturday, I was expecting to see a message from Rick. Nothing. I messaged him at 8:30 to see when he was coming. No reply. I called and left a voicemail at about 8:45. No reply. At 9:30am, I got a call from the nursery asking when I was going to pick up the tree. They needed it out of there. So, I called him again at 9:45 and left a message. I followed up with another FB messenger message. No reply. At 11am, I sent him another follow up message and called AGAIN to leave a voicemail stating that I really needed him to call me back because we needed him to get the tree and essentially do the job that he said he would do. No reply. I ended up going to the nursery to arrange for them to plant the tree 3 weeks from now because I had absolutely no faith that this guy would get back to me. Hiring the nursery to do the planting was also the only way that I could have them hang on to the tree for me since I have no way to get it home. I still need to figure out how to remove the dead tree. I can understand that things come up but that can all be handled with a phone call. Rick made no calls, no apologies, nothing. To anyone who is considering hiring Rick, take a look at some of the more recent reviews. It seems like there's a pattern developing - he doesn't follow through on his word. read more

The crew did such an amazing job with my landscaping. My house looks so much better!! They were on time, professional and very good at the work they did! read more

Ghosted before quoting, yet took time to come out in person and chat with me. Hoped to introduce to my husband and hopefully hire, as Rick & I hit it off and he had good ideas, but then he dissolved into thin air. Tried emailing/calling, nada. Guess they're busy enough. read more

Rick and his crew did an incredible job with our overgrown and completely unkempt yard. He helped us stay in budget, was super responsive, and had creative suggestions for us since we are first time homeowners. It's like we have an entire new wing added to our house, and it's all thanks to Rick. Here are the before and after pics: read more

RLG Landscaping - Unkempt prairie yard, before RLG worked on it. - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

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Rick and his team did an incredible job on our yard. They communicated well and were punctual. Would definitely hire them again! read more

RLG Landscaping - Installed turf, pavers, pergola, and garden beds. Planted trees along the property line - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

Rick and his team did such a phenomenal job with our front patio, side alley and back of the house. From the start, Rick already gave me the confidence I needed that I would be in good hands and the work they did definitely shows for it. He is very knowledgable and his team was nothing but great. Thank you again and see you again on future projects. read more

Recently had a big landscaping project that I couldn't quite do myself. Called up rick to get the job done and I got nothing but great customer service and a perfect finishing job. Overall the job was done in a timely manner and was effective, I had a problem filling a sinkhole in my yard and rick was able to fix the problem and also redo my patio with a nice artificial turf finish. I mainly was struggling with the sink hole and the fact that my dog tore up my yard with mulch & dirt. Everything was done within a very reasonable price compared to competitors. Will definitely be calling these guys back to do the rest of my patio. read more

Rick seems like a good dude if you can get him in person, but his communication outside of that is terrible. His quotes were vague and missing items I'd asked for. He accused my wife of calling and asking for more samples and lectured about how he wants one point of contact. My wife never contacted him but we got no apologies about that mixup. I tried one last time to reach out to get a final quote and schedule work and got ghosted so I'll find another company. read more

Rick and his team are fantastic. We started with a relatively small and very blah front yard space and now have a beautifully landscaped area with loads of curb appeal. Rick had great ideas to make the most of the space and create a beautifully balanced layout. Everything from the size and spacing of the plants and beds to the borders and sod are just perfect. read more

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Struggled to get them to come out and quote a job. Person who eventually showed up was an hour late and did not seem very knowledgeable about landscaping. He said he'd send me a quote. It's been over 2 weeks since then and I have not heard from this firm. read more

We hired Rick and his team to clean up the front and side yard of our condo building, and mulch it all and we're very happy with the work and responsiveness of Rick. He responded to my initial message within 2 hours and came out to do a walk through within 5 days and quoted same night so we would be able to provide the information at our HOA meeting. And a week later the project is complete! Would highly recommend! read more

Rick and his team did an amazing job on our patio. Rick was very helpful and patient while we picked out the brick style and colors we wanted. Once we decided on a patio style, the team worked quickly and efficiently. Love the end product! read more

RLG Landscaping - Landscaping Near Me - Berwyn, Illinois

If you need pavers installed, I cannot recommend RLG highly enough. Rick was super responsive and sent photos of sample pavers and patterns which was super helpful. His team showed up as promised and were friendly and conscientious and efficient. The walkway is beautiful - exactly what we wanted. Our yard is landlocked (no alley) so all the debris had to be wheelbarrowed through a narrow gangway and then down our front walkway. For a very reasonable price, they also hauled away an appreciable amount of surplus soil that otherwise would have required us to rent a truck and schlep it who knows where. Look no further, you will not be disappointed. read more

Rick Garcia just ghosted me after poorly installing a turf yard. Told me he was going to come back to fix the issues then stopped responding. He's a big talker, takes your money and runs. read more

I really was looking forward to having this company give me quote. Based off pics & reviews they seem like a great company. Me & Rick messaged back & forth on a day for him to come see my yard & give me a quote. His responses were quick. Then the day & time came for us to meet, no show & I heard nothing from him. Messaged him, called him & didn't hear anything about why he didn't show up. I even gave it a couple of days in hopes I would hear what happened but still nothing. read more

I was really hoping to work with Rick because his prices were good but the inconsistent communication made me a little nervous. There were a couple times he said he was going to come by and we changed our plans to be home and he never showed or even call. After my husband and I were honest with him about his communication he seemed to get upset and told us later he was not able to take on our project. After weeks for preparing for him to take on our project, we are back to the drawing board to look for a new landscaper. read more

Rick and his team did an incredible job. Rick is super responsive and easy to work with; he was accommodating throughout the entire process. His team pays close attention to detail and they don't skip steps. Rick's team put in a new concrete sidewalk in my backyard and built a new patio with fire pit and bench. It turned out beautiful and they did a great job cleaning up and keeping the rest of the yard intact. Highly recommend RLG. read more

Rick came out to give us an estimate on fixing our stone patio, flower bed, and landscaping in the front of our home in the West Loop! Rick was prepared with a game plan and executed that game plan to a tee! The stone patio and flower bed looks brand new and the landscaping is amazing! Rick and his team were on point, attentive to detail, and efficient. I would recommend RLG Landscaping to anyone and will hire Rick and his team again in the future for any landscaping needs. read more

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Hired RLG Landscaping to trim boxwood shrubs. It was raining hard the day they showed up to trim the boxwood shrubs. Despite the rain the decided to trim the boxwood shrubs and the entire front yard was ripped up due to walk back and forth and throw debris all over the soaked lawn. I spoke with the owner, Rick Garcia, who assured me that they would repair the yard after the weather improved and the lawn dried out. I waited a week but didn't hear anything from Rick. I called multiple times asking Rick when they were coming out to fix the yard but I never heard back from him. Eventually I had to fix the yard myself. I would not recommend RLG Landscaping for any job. read more

Rick did an amazing job on our landscaping. He was honest, knowledgeable, and dependable. We would HIGHLY recommend Rick and his crew for any of your needs! read more

RLG installed artificial turf on our roof deck. The final product was just what we wanted. Rick was great to work with- he was very responsive throughout the process. Highly recommend. read more