David Gardner The Gardener

non responsive and when responsive by phone it was unclear if he actually even understood the job or cared

Excellent. Very professional owner and employees. Showed up on time and ready to work. Courteous and efficient. Highly Recommended.

Very disappointing. David was very pleasant to speak with and clear about the way he works with his customers. Unfortunately, after starting the process 5 weeks ago we have decided to move on, David scheduled three appointments with us, #1 He called the day before and apologized as he had scheduled something else and had forgotten about it. We had rearranged our work schedules to accomodate his visit but, understood that things happen and re-scheduled. #2 My wife and I took the day off work to be home to meet with him on a Friday as that was one of the only days/times he would be available that week. He called a couple hours before the appointment and again apologized stating that something had come up that he really wanted to do and asked if he could come over the weekend instead. He further stated that he would even come on a Sunday if that would help us. We agreed to meet first thing the next morning. My wife and I reworked our schedule to be available at that time......40 minutes after his scheduled appointment we recevied a call stating that he was on his way. Needless to say, if you value your time and want somebody who is committed to customer service...this isn't your company

We haven’t received the bill yet for the last service. They are easy to work with. They do good work. They show up when they say they are going to be here and they do what they say they are going to do.

Not very well. Please see above.

I haven't used him. The quote was for about $500.00. He did well on the quote process. He was on time. He just looked at what I had. He didn't have anything to suggest improvement on.

He provides good advices and we are very pleased with his service.

It went very well and I would recomend him highly.

His recommendations were extremely thorough and accurate. I will definately use David for our future needs.

He does an excellent job for us and I enjoy interacting with him. He supports his employees with a living wage which is awesome, as I agree with how he treats them. They do a great job and I will continue to use them.

He was very helpful and useful. I have not used their services yet.

David provides excellent service. His crew is very hard working, diligent, and honest. His foreman Miguel has good English skills and is easy to communicate with. He is meticulous in documenting and accounting for his work. His communication skills and practices are outstanding. He is quick to respond and you never have to wonder what's going on and when. David is an interesting guy, and I mean that in the best way. He has a quirky sense of humor and is fun to work with. I mean, heck, if you have spend money and hassle with landscaping it might as well be enjoyable, right? He is also very skilled and knowledgeable. He has good ideas for the solution of problems. When he recommends a plant for a certain area, it works. Much of what David has done for us is correcting the mistakes of previous contractors. He may not be the cheapest guy, but you get what you pay for in this business as we have learned from past experience.

Several years ago I had the backyard irrigation system replaced by another company and have had nothing but problems since. I had David's company redo the front yard irrigation system 2 years ago and they did a great job. I called David and his company found several problems, suggested corrections (including some very valuable alternatives) and gave me a very reasonable estimate for the work. During the description of the work David suggested using pop up sprinkler in my back bed (we have young children) which will probably save me many trips to the hardware store (replacing the risers that my kids would break off when playing). The job started Monday and was completed Tuesday with everything exactly as I had envisioned. David gave me an itemized invoice for the work and the bill came in withing the range David quoted in the estimate. The yard looks great and the irrigation system is working as it should thanks to David's team. This company is great! I highly recommend them!

We had a section of our irrigation system that wasn't working. We had David's team come out to investigate and he found a falty antisyphon valve. I was very impressed with his knowledge and the work he did and had him redo our entire front yard irrigation system. System works great. I had another vendor do the back yard a year earlier and it was a disaster. We will be redoing our backyard system in the future and I will be going back to David for that work.

The control box was not functioning properly. He sent his man out who spend quite a bit of time trying to figure out the problem. He came back a few days later with an assistant and they replaced the box and repaired a few sprinklers. The work they performed was fine. I was dissatisfied because they never gave me a written invoice or anything. Also, they only accepted a check and I would have preffered to use a credit card. In addition to that, I thought the price was a little excessive.

David gave an estimate and a time frame when the work would be started and finished and everything went as planned. Overall a good experience.

David Gardner is very creative and we haven't had any problems yet. He has been using his time well and he is very efficent. I have been very pleased with his work and I am suprised that he hasn't asked for money up front.

His price was $200 which I thought was unbelievable. I have a small back yard.

Everything turned out beautifully. We were very happy with the result. Dave took a lot of time to make us feel at ease and he really listened to what we wanted. He also took a lot of time explaining the care and maintenance of the plants he chose for us which we really appreciated. We're currently at a holiday break and is looking forward to their return to do our back yard.

David was really great to work with! I think we are one of his first "no grass" customers, and it gave him something entirely different to think about and to have fun with. He made excellent suggestions all around, and provided us with landscaping that not only works with the low water/low maintenance theme that we wanted, but incorporates a number of colorful and hardly plants as well. The one thing that worried me up front was that David didn't provide us with a hard and fast set of plans or estimate of costs (we got sketches and a range of costs). However, now that we're 99% done, I can say that taking the leap of faith and trust with David has completely paid off. Landscaping is a creative art, and there is a give and take relationship between the designer/implementer and the customer that cannot be set in hard terms at the beginning or even the middle of a project. David is very, very good at what he does, and provided us with excellent advice and excellence in design and composition that only comes with many years of experience. I would not hesitate to work with David again. My only regret is that I cannot pass his name on to my friends in others parts of Orange County, because he intentionally limits his work area to locations within a certain radius of his office!

David and his crew are very professional and responsible. They follow through on all aspects of their plan, frequently checking in with the client to verify before taking action. David's goal is to provide his clients with creative and engaging designs to suit their landscaping needs. His attention to detail and frequent communications show that he really cares about the projects he works on. We felt lucky to have found him and will definitely use his services again in the future.

Very fast to respond. Very professional. In lieu of an estimate, he did state that it would be expensive.

He was excellent! He helped us with our plans and he listened to all of our ideas.

Our overall experience was very good. We started out on the "wrong foot" as they called to cancel on the morning of day work was due to begin. They made up for it, however, with subsequent efficiency and professionalism. Once the work was started, it was finished in a timely manner and we were given an $600 discount for our "inconvenience." We are very pleased with the final result and found this company to be very responsive to our concerns (for instance, we have several tortoises and wanted only "tortoise-safe" plantings, we also have small children and wanted kid-friendly (read:sturdy plantings). The company was very accommodating.

Our overall experience was very good. We started out on the "wrong foot" as they called to cancel on the morning of day work was due to begin. They made up for it, however, with subsequent efficiency and professionalism. Once the work was started, it was finished in a timely manner and we were given an $600 discount for our "inconvenience." We are very pleased with the final result and found this company to be very responsive to our concerns (for instance, we have several tortoises and wanted only "tortoise-safe" plantings, we also have small children and wanted kid-friendly (read:sturdy plantings). The company was very accommodating.