Angela took great care of me. I am so happy with my new Zen Garden and waterfall. The stone around the fire pit looks amazing! Highly recommended! read more

Wow! We were so VERY impressed with Angela and her work! Beginning with meeting and gauging our budget and interests, to designing a beautiful layout, to implementing our project, every step was taken with care and expertise. Angela created a new front yard design for us which included demolishing existing concrete and a full makeover of irrigation and planting. We met to review design and adjustments at our home, shopped for plants together at a local nursery, and then sat back and watched the amazing transformation! Angela worked within our budget, was reliable and prompt with communication, and very hands-on from start to finish. The landscaper she suggested was dependable, efficient and very organized in every aspect of the process. She continues to be available to monitor plant care and maintenance of other new components of the design. It is clear that she takes great joy in her work, which is reflected in her attention to detail and the beauty of the results. We are so happy to recommend Utopic Gardens to anyone looking for a positive experience in whatever your landscaping needs might be! read more

Angela Dawne of Utopic Gardens has earned our highest recommendation. We needed to replace the front lawn with something other than lawn, install a flagstone pathway, upgrade the plants in the backyard and replace the entire irrigation system. Angela's design and plant selections were excellent winning many compliments from both us and our neighbors. She was very easy to work with and quick to respond to all our inquires. She recommended Jorge Alvear and his crew to do the work and we were very pleased with the job they did. Jorge like Angela was very knowledgeable, easy to work with and very particular about how the work was done. You cannot go wrong with this team. read more

Utopic Gardens just did a complete redo of our backyard and it looks amazing, absolutely perfect! Jorge Alvear and his team created a custom flagstone patio and a gorgeous redwood pergola that is truly a work of art. His crew was here every morning on time, and paid a lot of attention to detail. I also appreciated how responsive he was, always returning calls and texts and how clean they left our yard at the end of each day. Angela's thoughtful landscaping completes the project, with a lovely selection of grasses, flowers and the fig tree I've always wanted. read more

Quite an interesting company. I contacted Utopic for a bid on my back yard. I was informed that they don't do free consultations.I emailed again and explained I wasn't looking for anything free. I wanted someone to look at my yard and advise me on what to do. Again I was told that they don't do free consultations. There's hundreds of landscapers out there and I wanted to make sure that I got a quality job, not a cheap job. So I decided to hire a landscape architect. This way there was no grey area on materials of any kind and I wouldn't require a consultation. So, I once again contacted Utopic and said I had detailed plans in hand and would like them to bid on my project. (FYI, I only plan on contacting 4 landscape companies) and their reply was....we don't work from other people's plans. So, it leads me to believe that I can't get a price on my job unless I pay to have a consultation with them that I have to pay them for. So if I don't like their ideas, I pay anyway? Does that sound right? It sure doesn't to me. This is not a small job...The cost is going to be over $50,000.00. I just shake my head and wonder how some businesses can stay alive sometimes. Final cost $80,000.00 plus it came out awesome. If they just put a little effort in coming to my home and looking at my yard. That 80 something k could be in their account. read more

Utopic Gardens is a unique, full service landscaping company that delivers superb results and stunning aesthetics. Owned and operated by a husband and wife team, Angela and Ash, they deliver what they say and then some. I was particularly drawn to their story of how they and their business came to be; each having a passion for the earth, trees and flowers since childhood, then meeting and bringing forth their gifts and mission to the world. They work in tandem beautifully to create and bring to fruition your vision with ease and comfort. I was impressed with each individually, as they take time, listen and give careful consideration to your needs and desires. Angela has an intuitive sense of what fits and brings it all together. I didn't know the names of particular flowers or plants that I liked, so I gave her colors and themes that I liked, and she picked the most exquisite trees, flowers and greenery that fit perfectly into my ideas. I required a complete renovation from irrigation to lighting and new plants. I was amazed how quickly everything came together. They have an amazing crew, very respectful and hard working. Getting home in the dark, I had no idea what was transpiring until I awoke one morning and saw the finished product. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning! I could not have imagined that it would look so beautiful. There is feng shui, balance, color, variety and beauty. I now have my utopic sanctuary and know that it was put together by Angela and Ash with heartfelt reverence and respect for the earth and plants. This is what sets Utopic Gardens apart from the others! read more

Angela and Ash completely redesigned my front yard. While I was able to describe some of the elements I hoped to see, they surprised me with the creativity and artfulness of the garden they created. They used stone, rocks, plants and wood (in the form of two complimentary fences) to re-imagine my garden as a peaceful, inviting space. Curb appeal to the max! Also important to me, their crew was respectful and diligent about cleaning up at the end of the day. read more

Angela and Ash did a fantastic job sprucing up my yard which included adding a retaining wall, terracing off parts of my yard, irrigation, deer fencing and planting many native plants. When I first used them, they weren't on yelp yet but were highly recommended from Orchard Nursery. Angela is super nice and helps plan the design. Ash is the project manager and is approachable and friendly. They have a small, hardworking crew that gets the job done in a timely manner. They clearly have a passion for what they do which shows in the final product. I got lucky as they were the first landscapers that I have ever used and I had a very pleasant experience. I recommended them to my neighbors who ended up using them, and they can't stop thanking me for recommending the best contractors that they have ever hired. read more

Really enjoyed working with Ash and Angela. They took our initial vision and expanded on it and couldn't be more happy with the results. Both were also very accommodating even when the scope changed slightly they just rolled with it and really made the whole process stress free. I highly recommend them read more

Looking for the best landscapers around?... these guys are amazing... I've seen and experienced the before and after of what they can do to create a space of peace & balance. If you've been wanting someone with creativity & an artistic eye you found the right people. The owners, Angela and Ash, are grounded, friendly and easy to work with. Have fun creating your haven! read more

We highly recommend Utopic Gardens! Angela and Ash created a beautiful garden on our back yard hillside in the Oakland Hills. They are great designers and excellent listeners about what we wanted including low water usage and deer friendly. The entire project went well from the initial mtg., to the scheduling, their staff, and close out. Their pricing was midrange compared to other estimates but we are certain the end result was the best. We could never have imagined that our yard would look so lovely and artsy. The plants, shrubs, bushes, and trees they chose work so well together as well as with our overall property design. We especially love the color variations, boulders, and dramatic lighting. We are so lucky that we chose them for our project and hope you choose them too! Steve, Essie & Arthur (the Airedale) Tuttle read more

Angela and Ash have just completed their second landscaping project with us. Once again, the result was better than I had ever envisioned. Being in the design business myself, I love creativity and the unusual, and they bring these characteristics to their projects. Their knowledge of plantings and their sense of plant placement results in a beautiful show and flow throughout the garden. They are extremely pleasant to work with and their employees are equally responsive and work very efficiently. The quality and manner of preparing the ground, etc. for the new plantings was very thorough. They have a passion for creating beautiful landscapes and I love everything they have brought to "our spot on earth". read more

I love Utopic Gardens! Ange and Ash were awesome to work with. They were on time and very professional, they corrected a very stressful drainage issue that we had for years. And now that we added irrigation, my garden is growing like crazy! Thanks for all of your had work, I so appreciate it! read more

We hired Angela and Ash to landscape our front yard. I am very hands on and want to know what I'm paying for, so it was an immense leap of faith to work with them. If you don't pay for complete, detailed plans, you simply have to trust them, because they make artistic judgments on the fly, and I was often nervous that their vision and mine would not be in sync after the contract was signed. They molded our yard into a fantastic, artistic, interesting and functional space (and this is just hardscaping, as we're waiting for next fall before planting). They have strong opinions, but will listen to you, and the result became a true collaboration between Angela, Ash, me, and my wife. We wanted to have pathways, mounds, and many large and small rocks. We chose materials together, and my Zen garden gives just the effect I wanted. The cost was higher than originally expected, but Ash explained the choices at each financial decision point, so we could have kept the original cost had we not chosen the large, 1 ton boulders that we fell in love with, or expanded the scope a bit during the project. With Utopic Gardens, it helps to not be in a rush to get started, and it's worth the consultation fee to have Angela come out and discuss the project. The scope of the project (i.e., area to be worked on, plants to be removed, hardscaping changes), as in any project, should be well defined in the contract, but they like artistic leeway. Everything happens quickly once they start, so try to be available for occasional consultations. This is not a landscaping company that interrupts its projects to work on something else, leaving you hanging. They were on the job, working hard and professionally (with a labor crew of 3), every day until the project was complete, and cleaned up every day. And except for changes that we approved, they worked within the budget. The end result was far more artistic and beautiful than we could have imagined. Angela and Ash know what they're doing and have great artistic vision. If you can take that leap of faith, they're worth it. read more

These guys were great! Prompt, thorough, and very professional. Unlike a lot of landscapers, this company has a team of 3 hardworking and caring installers. No worries about infidels messing up my property or leaving trash behind. The communication with the owners was excellent and their responses rapid. The end result was very pleasing, and I feel I've made a great investment in my property. read more

I have to say that we are very pleased with the overall outcome of our front yard project. We put our trust in Utopic Gardens and between Anjelas vision and Ashs commitment to customer satisfaction we are completely satisfied. This company is very user friendly and 1st class all the way. Big Thanks to ALL at Utopic Gardens! read more

What a pleasure it was to work with Angela and Ash. Our front yard in Walnut Creek was a total tear out. They did all of the landscaping, irrigation, lighting and electrical. We wanted a "Low Water, Mediterranean" look and that's exactly what they delivered. Angela did the design work. When we saw the initial plant recommendations we liked about 75% of the plants. The other 25% didn't suit our style. So, Angela took us to Devil Mountain nursery in San Ramon and helped us "find the missing pieces." That helped us soooo much. They did the entire job in about 1 week. They cleaned up after themselves every day. Now we have a front yard that is the talk of the neighborhood. We're already talking to them about doing our backyard. read more

Angela , Ash and the crew are all wonderful. They have worked on our yard on 2 occasions and did a professional and beautiful job. The crew is neat, clean , punctual and quiet. Angela and or Ash always got back to us in a timely manner. This project they did irrigation, planting , decomposed granite work and did some drainage work for us a well. They were at our house for a week and completed the job. We are very happy with them and we will use them again in the future. Big thanks to them A+ job! read more

Words can't express how pleased we are with Utopic Garden's plant selection, artistic planning, professionalism, talent, and workmanship. Also, the lighting at night looks spectacular! Our new drought-resistant front yard is so lovely. Neighbors who are walking or driving by are constantly stopping and complimenting on how well it turned out. read more