Mae consulted with us and worked through several different styles of garden for front and back…read moreyard. We had front and rear lawns resized and new irrigation. We chose an English style garden that has many pollinators. It's the focal point of our home an we regularly receive compliments. Mae has returned through the years to freshen it up and try new things. Mae planted fruit trees including an Apple, Apricot, and a Persimmon. We spend more time in the yard because of the design. One of the best choices we made after the remodel.

Mae and her crew are simply the best. She is a terrific problem solver, whip-smart and her crew are…read moreall very good at what they do. Thanks to Plenty Landscapes we now have a backyard with beautiful trails and plantings, and some wonderful extra details built from excess materials like a bench tucked into the hill with a perfect view of the hills around us and tree ties carved out wood in the shape of our two dogs. Our backyard was a large, very steep, muddy clay hill above an old cracking concrete patio that other landscapers didn't want to take on. Mae wasn't fazed at all. She spent quite a bit of time with me before coming up with plans, asking questions, listening, measuring and inspecting everything from the soil type, grade, and drainage patterns. She came up with a beautiful layout and gave us a few proposals with different materials to choose from, one of which was using as much recycled material as possible (yay!). For example: Instead of demolishing the patio and hauling the debris to the dump her crew cut the concrete into urbanite bricks to form a low retaining wall. It looks terrific, fits our aesthetics and budget. The project took most of last summer, and at each step Mae provided very clear documentation of the work completed and the work to be done. We always knew where the project stood and how much everything was going to cost. Communications were clear and consistent: We knew when the crew was going to arrive each day and what was going to be done that day. It's been several months and a few rainstorms since the project wrapped and the backyard is filling out nicely with all the plantings. Mae and her crew stop by every once in a while for maintenance and I know if anything garden issues pop up I can always count on her to help.

My spouse and I wanted to convert our lawn with drought tolerant foliage. Fiona was very helpful…read morewith plant selection, placement, and future care. She also took the time to answer various questions and even trimmed a bush that had gotten out of hand in the front yard. She was kind, considerate, and very knowledgeable. I would recommend her services to others!

Xenia and her team have done a wonderful job in our small San Francisco yard. We have been using…read moreLadybug Gardens for a number of years to create our space, and continue to expand our plantings. We could not be happier with our small urban oasis.

EXCEPTIONAL COUPLE, they transformed all of our extensive landscape over a double lot in 2000…read more Their dedication and expertise continues to enhance our IIves and many parties. Anne Raskin

Tamar is an incredible designer with a real eye for beauty not yet seen! She recommended gorgeous…read moreplantings in just the right spots that continue to surprise and delight me with each walk in my garden. She pays attention to detail and her communication throughout the 3month project was the best of any vendor in my 30 years of home ownership! Five Stars and 10 out of 10 to Tamar for design and Rogelio for execution!

I needed help with my mom's yards. Maybe a little trim, maybe not... Maybe it needed more water, or…read moreshould it be less? The thing is, I had no idea how to keep her gardens nice. Zip. Zero. (Heck, I had managed to kill a potato vine in my yard.) Called a few possible gardeners and asked Claudio to come by and give me an estimate. Claudio came by when promised, gave me advice for free, and then cleaned it up for an extremely reasonable fee. It looks so happy now! I also very much appreciated how he did not try to sell me on more work, Quite the opposite! It was as if he knew how Mom liked her garden to look. Best of all, he clued-in on the hard work she'd put into bordering the beds with river rocks and made sure those looked great, too. It's like having an excellent, thoughtful neighbor who is a gardening and landscape pro. Give Claudio a call!

Claudio and his assistant were Incredibly fast, efficient and thorough, worked magic and turned the…read morefront and back yard from an overgrown nightmare to a perfectly coiffed and lovely garden. Dependable, excellent communication and early for both the estimate and work. Kind and friendly with our dog, and overall a wonderful experience and job well done!

Fiddlehead Gardens did excellent work. I needed a gardener and met Racheal Perry while she was…read moreworking in the garden at a friend's house in SF. She was doing a great job there so I asked her to come and give me an estimate at my house close by. She got in touch with me a few days later to set up an appointment. I hate to do gardening work and had gotten very lazy and needed a lot of help. I have a backyard deck with two very large planter boxes full of dying and out-of-control plant growth. I also have two planter boxes lining my driveway that needed a new irrigation system and a lot of clearing out done as well. Racheal arrived at the initial appointment on time. She is very pleasant and has a lot of experience and knowledge. She obviously loves what she does. I received a fairly priced written estimate by mail within a week. And Racheal came up with a smart way to do the irrigation system in the front of my house that solved a big watering headache. I was very pleased. A couple of weeks later Racheal and Cate came to my house and did a fantastic job. They were on time, hard working, polite and fun to talk to and did all the work as expected (which took a full 8 hours). There was a lot to do and afterwords my deck/yard and front planter boxes looked great. They hauled away a big truck full of plant debris - good riddance! I am very much looking forward to entertaining and hanging out on the deck during the summer. And knowing that Fiddlehead will be doing monthly maintenance, I know my deck will be in good shape. I am also looking forward to seeing the new plants grow. Thanks Racheal and Cate!

I can't say enough good things about Racheal and Fiddlehead Gardens. She took our modest-sized…read morefront planter beds (and our modest budget) and crafted a plan that turned them from an eyesore into a tidy and easily maintained space. She was also the only one (!) of the landscape architects or gardeners I called who assured me that she herself planned to work onsite throughout the entire job, supervising her staff and attending the fine pruning of our unruly apple tree personally. Her attention to detail also deserves a mention: the irrigation system she designed is a marvel, with miniature sprayers positioned perfectly for the various plantings. She even took it upon herself to tidy up our overgrown agapanthus, despite it technically not being part of the work order. A five-star experience from beginning to end.

Emailed and they suggested to schedule a time for phone conversation. They suggested two dates. I…read moreresponded with a preferred date. Never received a confirmation so I figured that was a no-go. The time came and they called but I didn't answer because I didn't think there was an appointment. I schedule and attend meetings as part of my career. That was not the best communication in setting an appointment. Seeing the other reviews, I see I'm not alone. I hope this company can work for others as their work looks nice.

We've had our garden in for three years. I cannot recommend them for design or upkeep. I was…read moreinitially happy, and we have elements that we are very happy with, but there were decisions made that, in hindsight, seem questionable. We have an edible garden with several spreaders (mint, red shiso) and vines (blackberry and grape). Why did Andrea insist on mint and red shiso as a wild plant in our edible garden? (Andrea laughed and said they'd keep it under control -- meaning their gardening services.) We also have a grape vine and a blackberry bramble in our edible garden. None of these are sunk plants. Want some mint? Also, I wanted one of our citrus trees in the front; I was told no. And, when we were choosing fruit trees, Andrea insisted on a plum even though we repeatedly asked for a pluot (which we finally got). The butterfly and pollinator side was mainly grasses. We asked for plans for our backyard, too, but when we said we didn't want two trees taken out, and two of the four plans removed those trees, I was done. Many of the team members are fantastic to work with. However, if the team makes choices about what's in your garden and either fails to plant with the expected results (pollinators, bird habitat) or plants what they want, it's not worth it.

We used Harkness Gardens for a mid-sized retaining wall replacement, fence installation, and garden…read morere-do this Spring. Paul was FANTASTIC. From the very beginning, Paul was flexible, attentive, and a great communicator. He also had phenomenal and constructive ideas--from using native sod (a huge water savings) to suggesting cost-effective and beautiful materials. He was also happy to do the scope of the project to allow my husband and me to do the fun part (planting and detail work on the fence) and had lots of great suggestions for us. He and Malcolm kept a timely, clean, and professional job site, and completed the job on budget. And when a few questions popped up after completion, Paul was happy to stop by and answer our questions (and even looked in on our lawn when we had to leave town suddenly!). The garden looks GORGEOUS. I'd use Harkness Gardens again in a heart beat. Feel free to message me for a more detailed recommendation!

We hired Harkness Gardens to replace some rotten wood in our backyard. While their quote wasn't the…read morelowest, we appreciated Paul's transparency around labor and materials, and ultimately felt good moving forward. The good: the crew worked quickly, were friendly and flexible (even as the job doubled in size once more boards were identified as rotten), and they did a good job with the installation overall. They even fixed some outdoor lights in the process--great job where it matters most. Unfortunately, a few issues cropped up after they left: nails, wood chips, and trash were scattered around the property; our bougainvillea was scraped and broken in a few places from where the workers hit in in carrying supplies in/out; a board adjacent to the new installation was cracked; and they left behind excess oversized wooden planks and rebar too big for our trash bins. None of this was major--but it did require extra time and effort on our end. The bigger issue was how Paul handled it. When we finally got on the phone post-job (after a week of delays, since we had been traveling -- admittedly, we could have done a better job communicating our concerns right away), Paul was defensive from the outset. Rather than simply acknowledging the concerns or offering a small fix--like a quick cleanup, an apology, or a nominal discount--he lectured me about how contractors don't have recourse if clients don't pay and implied the problems were our fault for not requesting extra TLC up front. To be clear: we paid in full, didn't ask for anything unreasonable, and would've been pretty happy just to feel heard. Instead, we got a condescending response and a begrudging $100 offer (which we declined). So: strong install work and fair pricing, but very little attention to detail or customer satisfaction after the fact. If you hire Harkness Gardens, make sure to be extremely explicit up front about cleanup, debris removal, and basic care for plants or surrounding structures--because otherwise, it may not be included. Otherwise, the quality of their work and install was great.