Cannot say enough good things about Derek and Thomas Landscapes. We have been customers for a…read moredecade, but I was prompted to write this due to his above-and-beyond recently by saving my boxwoods. If you have them, you know how long they take to mature and ours is a LONG hedge because we're on a corner. It would have been devastating (and expensive) to lose them, but Derek noticed a blight we never would have noticed or known about, treated them as part of his regular yard service, and they are healthy now, and amazing. (He also helped our crepe myrtle avoid that bark scale that was going around the city's crepe myrtles last year!) His crew is efficient, thorough, and kind. I LOVE the way my yard looks when they've finished. He also put in our back patio years ago, and created a pretty "sitting wall" on one side of it to define the space. Love, love, love.

I have never left a review of any type in my life. I'm writing this one because my experience with…read moreDerek has been beyond horrible, and I would not want anyone else to go through what I've gone through. We first approached Derek b/c an acquaintance had him landscape their backyard, and we liked the results and wanted something similar. When we met him, it was clear that he is an extremely talented gardener and a highly creative landscape designer. His prices were high (and he quoted some materials costs that were obvious lies), but we were excited about his vision and agreed to move forward. We give him a deposit of 1/3 the budgeted cost and were expecting to start in several weeks. Three months went buy. After a month of silence, he gave us a story about a toothache. And then Covid. Etc etc. We'd go weeks without hearing from him, and eventually I thought we'd just be out the deposit (In hindsight, that would been preferable). But then he resurfaced, we had a great conversation and put some detail behind our plan, and agreed to move forward. We got part of the project done. He put in an flagstone patio that was uneven. He planted a bunch of plants, none of which were on our agreed upon plant list. Fortunately I work from home, so I was able to run out and stop his crew from making the most egregious mistakes, like concreting in fencing posts in the wrong location. We made our second payment, against my better judgement, with the understanding that he'd fix some of these issues. We tried to finish the project, but after he ignored our last email and set of text messages, we just thought he'd dropped us. But then the invoices started showing up. Invoices for work he never did. When we tried to communicate with him about this, his line was that if we wanted anything additional it would be "extra." And then the emails, each one nastier and more threatening than the last. No matter how calmly or rationally we attempt to communicate with Derek, his responses are always mean, insulting, and threatening. If you own a home in DC, chances are you've had some crummy experiences with a contractor. (And hopefully some good ones - we definitely have!) Derek is next level awful. I would recommend that everyone stay away from him. If you do end up working with him, you should definitely do what others have recommended and get everything documented in writing, in detail. I pray your experience isn't as awful as ours has been.

We recently hired Tenleytown Landscaping to replace three dying boxwoods in our front lawn with…read moreyews, and we couldn't be happier with the results. Jess was fantastic to work with and gave us excellent recommendations for the replacement shrubs. The installation crew was incredibly fast, professional, and left everything looking immaculate. The new yews look absolutely beautiful and have completely refreshed our front yard. Highly recommend their services!

THEY ARE THE WORST! AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS...UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR COST TO BE THROUGH THE ROOF! We…read morehired them in the fall to do some work, asking for a low maintenance option for our front and back yard. They completely misled us on the scope of work for the back and planted the front in late fall, just as the weather turned cold. And the cost was astronomical! Now half the plants are dead because of the brutal winter even though I asked them if we were planting too late. And I'm spending all kinds of time and effort to keep the remaining plants alive. Low maintenance my @ss! And in the back, all the weeds and random plants they were supposed to eradicate are all coming back. I cannot stress enough how horrible they are.

Rimble is a great company, I found them and have been using them ever since. They do wonderful…read morework, show up on time, and the best is their customer service in that they reply very quickly. Their pricing is very fair given the NOVA area. Yes, you might have to wait a little for a job but they are VERY good about keeping those dates. I've already recommended one friend who was very happy with the work as well and they were the lower of 2 bids for a moderate sized job. Thank you to the Rimble Team!

Hired them for aeration and overseeding after having a bad experience with another company. After…read morethe winter has come and we can see what seeds have grown, turns out that my beautiful yard is now full of orchard grass. They weren't aware that the seeds that they were giving don't list specific weeds that aren't noctious. Neighbor and I have a yard full of weeds we didnt hvae prior to hiring them. They offered to send someone to help pull them but then never did. They then send another person out who was supposed to get us an estimate for starting over, and he never sent the estimate. Find another company.

Amazing work on my front and backyard. He took his time which I appreciate and gave me info about…read morethe right bushes and trees to buy based on the season.

We have been using Rafael Colcano and his company for our Spring "clean up" for 8 years. There…read morearen't enough positive things to say about the quality of work and how impressed we are with the fantastic results. Our property looks completely transformed after meticulous weeding, hedge, wild grasses and bush pruning, re-defining the flower beds, and ultimately mulching all areas. Their work ethic and dependability is excellent and the job is complete only once Rafael feels it is worthy of being what is expected. I can't recommend Colcano Landscaping more highly.

With a backyard that had been overrun with weeds for years and a falling apart retainer wall,…read moreBrian, the landscaper, and his crew have been coming to my yard to give it a detailed deep cleaning, pulling up all weeds, leaving native and thriving plants, turning areas with overgrown bushes into a refined bordered garden, mulching and creating a peaceful sanctuary. In addition replaced my retaining wall and took ivy off a big oak tree. Provided additional plants creating a border garden along side of the retaining wall and providing grass seed to help my bare green space turn green. Mowed my now green lawn as part of the whole package. All done at a reasonable cost. I highly recommend Yard by Yard Makeovers.

I'd recommend to any homeowner. Clearly they love what they do; they took time to do a thorough…read moreconsultation before we decided to install timbers as a restarting border to prevent runoff for a major sloping part of our lawn, lots of pruning, weeding, mulching, and installing a few nice grasses to further help prevent runoff. The cost was comparable to other proposals we got, but the care they took was what makes me recommend to anyone. And why I'll use them again for the next phase of our landscaping!

We had a very positive experience working with Green Future to rebuild some exterior stairs at our…read morehome in DC. Our inquiry began when our home inspector identified several potential problems on the outside of our home. Green future was one of the companies we had come out to look at the problem spots and give us an assessment and a quote. We later hired them for the work that we needed, because they were the most professional, organized, and responsive. We had Green Future, led by Anthony, complete 3 projects for us: regrade a small spot along the side of our house, bury the drainpipe in the backyard and extended it away from the foundation/basement, and replace the stairs coming off the kitchen door. Anthony and his team made sure everything about our contract was in order, he got our project scheduled very quickly, and he saw to it that everything was done well and on time. The team completed every part of our project in just 3 days. And when rain washed away some of their work at the end, he made sure we'd still get a quality work product from them. My only complaint is the very short time window for the final payment--5 days, which also came without a final reminder the day it was due. I lost track of it until the company called on day 6, by which time we faced a 10% late penalty! This one gripe aside, we plan to work with Green Future again when we're ready to take on additional projects to spruce up our backyard.

I hired this company to regrade around my shed, replace an old wood deck with composite, and…read moreinstall pavers with a fire pit. The experience was frustrating from day one. A crew member tossed cigarette butts into my bushes--caught on my security camera. I reported it, and while the project manager apologized, that set the tone for what followed: poor communication, sloppy work, and disregard for my property. The deck didn't line up with the pavers/basement wall as promised. I warned them early, but they ignored it. Worse, I discovered they reused painted wood from my old deck in the new build--clearly trying to cut corners. After I confronted them, they agreed to fix it. Reviewing security footage, I found that one worker brought his wife and three kids (one looked about 5 years old) to help with demolition removal. I raised serious concerns about safety and liability. The company gave vague reassurances but offered no real accountability. During a return visit, their carpenter admitted to hitting my mailbox--he waited until he was leaving to tell me. Security footage showed him knocking it over and dragging it under his van before screwing it back onto the post. It's still damaged. They tried to regrade several times with just a guy and a shovel, despite our agreement that the job required heavy equipment due to nearby tree roots. Only after repeated complaints did they finally bring a bobcat to finish the work properly. The deck was eventually extended but still came up short on one side. For nearly $40,000 in grading, pavers and a significant deck project, I expected professionalism. Instead, I got cut corners, damage to my property, child labor concerns, poor oversight, and repeated failures to meet clear agreements. I absolutely do not recommend this company.

I'm shocked to read the negative reviews. Our experience has been totally opposite. As mentioned…read moreby someone else, Jamie Newell was our designer and job coordinator. The company did a great job on doubling our parking space and redoing our back yard patio. This is the second time we've hired them for an out door home improvement. Very good workmanship, communication between customer and work crew, cleaned up after themselves. I Highly recommend

Like many others, we have experienced very bad customer service. Didn't call back for months…read more Finally called back after repeated messages, scheduled an appointment and then canceled it with only three hours notice. No call back since then despite leaving messages. Very unprofessional.

Responded quickly when asked for an estimate. Came the next day and worked quickly and carefully…read more Cleaned up nicely, no damage to lawn or flower beds. Nice people.

They performed service (s) for me at my house and broke couple things in my yard and never…read moreacknowledged it. The owner is a very rude man!