Hm...not good. Overpriced, poor quality, left the front of my house in a mess and again overpriced…read more Planted flowers in pots that are now drowning and planted flowers in the lawn?! And charged a ridiculous amount...did I say?

Fantastic service all around! Craig came out to take a look…read moreat our extremely over grown garden (front and back) that hadn't had much done to it in a year or more. Within a week, him and his team had completely transformed the place. Excellent value for money as well as an above and beyond service, with daily text updates. Thanks so much!

So far the communication was good. They will only do the work in February so I can't vouch on their…read morework yet. Thanks Gino

Great people! Really take their work seriously. Thank you for getting our lawn sorted out and weed…read morefree. The garden looks great and we can't wait for the flowers to start blooming!!

Shyam and Matt helped me bring a vision of a low-maintenance garden full of perennials, shrubs,…read moresedums and grasses to life. They were fantastic to collaborate with, providing a quote and schedule, followed by design drawings of the planting layout. The sourced plants were top quality; proof of this is that they survived our heat dome in Victoria during the summer of 2021, and have continued to thrive this fall. The project involved removing a significant amount of grass in the front and back yards, bringing in topsoil and compost, designing the plant layout, installing landscaping ties, and creating meandering brick & gravel paths. I get so many compliments on the resulting gardens in my front and back yards, it's really been a great experience. I'll ask them to come back in the spring to help plan and plant a hedge, as well as a couple of more trees. Highly recommended!

If you're looking for the most thorough and detailed landscaping job delivery - Shyam is your man!…read more Not only was the ask delivered on time and budget - the quality was a real surprise. Stunningly meticulous and absolutely beautiful!! Thanks Shyam! I'll definitely reach out again.

It has been over a year since our last review of Tom's landscaping service. We continue to…read moreappreciate how Tom and our team look after our yard maintenance and their attention to detail. In these difficult times, he has managed to keep a cadre of workers that hit the ground running when they arrive and leave the place looking great when they leave. Many thanks,Tom, for your work ethic and high standards.

Unfortunately the person did not show up at the scheduled time, he did not call to inform us that…read morehe wouldn't be coming, nor did he call to reschedule. Very disappointing.

I selected Ascent from several quotes because they provided a detailed work order and comprehensive…read moreprice covering labour and materials whereas others provided an estimate based on an hourly rate. Ascent's website copy and arborist credentials sounded like just what my new-to-me property needed, leading me to believe I could trust the professionals to do the job. During the quote process Jake was punctual, knowledgeable, and responsive. After accepting the quote, I was promptly assigned a date and a four-person team. What I got was a three-person team that was personable and reasonably diligent but not skilled. From that point forward, Jake was much less responsive to questions, and I had to email him at least twice to obtain responses (one of which was an additional quote for something that was already in the work order, though that was eventually resolved). He did not attend the site to get the team started on the job nor did he return to the site to evaluate the work done. Overall, the service provided was incomplete and quality disappointingly shoddy (see below for some specifics by work-order line item). All pruning of mature rhodos and camellias was done with a pole saw or chainsaw, leaving an unsightly result that in all cases had to be remediated by me with pruning shears. When I followed up with Jake about just one of the deficiencies, his response was: "With the work that was done in addition to the work order during our time onsite we cannot complete any more work as part of this quote." He has not responded to my request to itemize what this supposed additional work was. I did ask for a several branches to be removed from one large and several small trees, which was not in the work order, but would have been at most 30 additional minutes of work. Thus, I learned that, in fact, the quote was not for completion of the items on the work order but rather for a fixed number of days on site and materials. And because I was given a team with one less person than itemized in the appointment, the work would not be completed. "Debris cleanup in the garden beds beside the house, the rhododendron bed behind the behind the house and from garden bed beside the front entrance": I had to specifically ask that they use the leaf blower to clean up the fallen leaves under the rhodos or they would have been ignored. They also used a wheelbarrow to move materials from the front of the house to the back, through this garden. I had to ask them to rake that area to remove the tire tracks in that bed as they were quite ready to leave it like that. See pictures for "cleanup" of the rhodo bed behind the house. "Cluster of spurge laurel, holly and snowberry removed on the boulevard": Many of the branches of these bushes were left on the ground where they fell. "Large rose bush at the base of the Douglas fir tree reduced by 80%": This work was done with a pole saw or possibly a chainsaw. While it may have been reduced by 80%, it was hack job that left twisted stalks and random remaining stems that I have since tidied up myself with shears. "English ivy severed at the base of trees pulled off where possible": The ivy was severed on one tree but not pulled off. The ivy on several other trees was not even severed. I was told: Well, if we sever it, it'll just die on its own. While that may be true, it's not what I paid for. "Branches in the garden beds and on the forest floor removed": Many branches remain. "Small garden bed beside the driveway cleared, statues and pots relocated, bed covered in landscape fabric, covered in pea gravel": This was done with the thinnest possible layer of pea gravel and the garden bed minimally cleared. At the end of day two, I was told the team was "too tired" to help me move the statues and I had to insist. Again, note that they sent a three-person team and not the four-person team specified in the appointment, so perhaps that's why they were so tired. "Spurge laurel throughout the property removed": Large patch of spurge laurel remains untouched. Pictures available.

I have found the service from Ascent to be good. I called them in November of 2022 for a quote on…read moremy cedar tree and laurel hedge. Jake answered my call and came out the following day to meet with me. I accepted the quote and the crew came out about 2 weeks later, they were on-time which I really appreciate. When they arrived I pointed out a couple of extra shrubs I wanted trimmed and they did them no problem. They got everything done in one day and cleaned up after themselves. Overall I am pleased with the service.

We recently needed our Flower Beds cleaned out. They were a Huge Mess. The young man came when he…read moresaid he would and did an AWESOME Job. He is a Steady, Hard worker. I would Greatly Recommend him. Will most surely use his service again. Thank You for taking it on.

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Got my yard and patio landscaping. The quality was outstanding and a fair price considering. I'd…read morerecommend Larix Landscape for any landscaping needing done in Victoria, B.C.

We have had Joel do some landscaping (pruning, tree removal) for us on several occasions…read more Most recently in June, he planted 13 cedar trees (7ft) in our backyard as a privacy barrier. Due to Covid he was having difficulty sourcing the height we were looking for but was very persistent and found exactly what we wanted. Discussed the plan, did a walk through, a reasonable quote was provided, a date was set for installation, the crew showed up, completed the job professionally and we are thrilled with the outcome. Joel is always a pleasure to work with, the staff are always professional and they get the job done! Highly recommend this company for your landscaping needs.

Garden City has operated within Greater Victoria for twenty years, developing a reputation for…read morequality people completing quality work. Check out their website for full details on all aspects of the business. www.victoriagardencity.ca

From the owner: Garden City Tree and Landscape is a locally owned and operated full service tree and landscape…read morecompany. Great work requires great people. That's why Colin and Chris spent years developing and training the Garden City team to understand the importance of quality over quantity, the value of paying attention to every detail and the impact of taking pride in everything they do--and it shows in their work!