Aussie Landscape

I have used him twice now. He goes above and beyond what he promises. He is friendly, informative, and thoroughly professional. His prices were very reasonable. After he finished he still came back to insure everything was fine. Strongly recommend.

I cannot thank Barrie enough for taking on this small project and creating a beautiful patio space. He was sensitive to cost and the success of plantings with their lighting needs, soil content, and maintenance. Many people of his caliber would not be willing to take on this small project with the attention to detail that Barry displayed. I wish him great reward and success.

I would hire them again in a heartbeat. They did a fantastic job with all of the work and my lawn looks great.

Barry did an outstanding job as usual. He was very punctual, professional and knowledgeable. His pricing is fair and quality is outstanding. I would highly recommend for any and all sprinkler install or repair, major or minor.

Barry was quick to let us know he could do that but that the grass would die in about 4-6 weeks. Barry came up with a solution that was absolutely fantastic - he built us a custom made potty box with real grass that can be easily replaced with a new piece of sod. Brilliant! Barry also planted new flowers, spruced up the existing landscaping, put wire caging around the base of the cactus that could harm our puppy and fixed our irrigation system. Excellent doesn't describe the amazing job he did. Barry is extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with. If you want a great landscaper who knows his stuff and can make it happen, Barry is absolutely the go to guy!

It went well the did a great job for us

Barry was on time, incredibly dilligent and super knowledgeable. Most importantly, he cares about his craft and the quality of his workmanship. He explained and demonstrated our new system like the pro that he is. And he was very friendly and trustworthy. I would absolutely hire him again for any landscape project and I would recommend him to all my friends and family. He was excellent.

He offers good advice and recommendations, is conscious of your budget and is punctual. He gets the work done as scheduled. He cleans up and leaves everything in perfect shape. After working with Barry, I terminated the gardener who spends about 10 minutes every other week and who allowed the yard and garden to get into such bad shape while I was gone. I am buying a lawn mower so I mow the very small yard myself. Barry also talked to me about what I need to do for the weeds in the grass lawn. I?m planning to call him in a month or so to put some drip lines in for the area outside the master bedroom.

He was honest and upfront. The whole neighborhood loves my yard.

He was on time, professional, and friendly to talk with. He did his work just as he stated and it looked fantastic. Two weeks later and it still looks great, of course, we are following his instructions. I have already recommended him to others.

He came across a rock or cement in the way and was able to bend the pipe around it per my request to accomplish the task. Wonderful work. I'm very pleased. I'm planning on more work and plan on utilizing his services/skills further. Thank you to him, will be calling again soon.

Barry Steele did a terrific job refreshing our backyard. We had wanted to update some of the plants, such as getting rid of ferns and some other plants that weren?t working out. He met with me and went over each area that I wasn?t happy with. I was thinking of going one direction (New Zealand flax and decorative grasses). He felt the flax would grow to be too wide for the small areas where they would go. He also noted that other than our Japanese Red Maple, everything in our yard was green. He suggested going with something with more color, such as nandinas and colorful succulents. He also said we should steer away from grasses since they will go to seed and have to be cut back and/or replaced each year. So we decided to go with blue fescue and mondo grass ? both of which do well in our yard and don?t have the problem of going to seed and needing frequent replacement. Another brilliant solution Barry came up with was to put some pots with tall succulents up against the block wall. Not only do they break up the wall, they deter our cat from jumping up on the wall. He also suggested we convert a beloved fountain that is no longer in use into a two-tiered succulent garden. Barry also pointed out that over the years, dirt and bark had been pushed up against the weep screed of the foundation. This could have resulted in water leaking into the wall and causing mold. He also checked all of our sprinklers and made notes of which ones needed to be adjusted or replaced. On the day of the actual job, Barry did all the work himself. He felt the job was small enough that he didn?t need to hire any help. I was very happy because I knew we'd get the personal care and detail of the business owner. That's one reason I chose Aussie Landscape in the first place. He showed up early and worked most of the day, in the heat. He planted 6 nandina shrubs, 23 mondo, black mondo or blue fescue, cleared everything away from the weep screed, added a micro drip for one of the pots against the wall (not part of his quote and something he did for no-charge), fixed and adjusted all the sprinklers, and spread 12 bags of bark. Most impressive was the care Barry took with everything he worked on. Most landscapers I?ve seen make a mess and then blow it into the planter beds or bark when they are done. Instead, Barry carefully placed each shovel-full of removed soil in large bags for disposal. Not a single dirt clod was left behind. When he dug holes for the mondo or fescue where our dymondia ground cover is growing, he carefully put the ?plugs? of dymondia in plastic pots so that we could use them in another area where they were needed. When he finished for the day, the yard looked great, was neat and tidy, and it was all done without a leaf-blower. Nice! I also really appreciated the advice that he provided each time I would go out to check on his progress. He was a fountain of knowledge, which he freely offered. Barry is one of the nicest people I?ve ever met, let alone had working on my yard. We were so impressed with his work, his ideas, and his advice; we decided to pay him $1,200 instead of the $1,030 he invoiced us for. He was worth every penny.

Barry was very punctual for every appointment. He did not try to pressure us into any additional sales. If anything he saved us money because he recommended not to do everything we had in mind all at once. He was extremely informative and very kind to my wife and I. We have called him back to our home on Knotty Pine several more times after the initial visit and will continue to use him for any major sprinkler or landscape issues or projects.

It went very well. He told me when he was coming out; came out exactly on time and did the job at a reasonable charge.

When we moved into our new home about 6 months ago, the backyard was a complete mess -- literally like a jungle. After trying to clear out a bit on our own, we got to a point where we knew we needed a professional to come in and finish the cleanup and install a new lawn in our backyard (which was at that point a huge dirt area). We obtained estimates from several landscaping outfits, including a referral from a neighbor who recently had their lawn done, and some other highly rated Angie's List companies. All of the folks we met with were very professional, and we probably would have been happy with their work as well had we gone with them. However, when we met Barry for the first time for an estimate, my wife and I were thoroughly impressed. Barry actually stopped by for an estimate during his lunch break from another job he was working on, and even though he was probably strapped for time, he was very thorough and took his time looking over the yard and chatting with us. One of the things we were super impressed with is that we had originally planned to sod and put grass over the entire back yard, including a part of our side yard (and the other vendors gave us quotes for that). Barry actually advised us against that, and he explained about how certain parts of the yard during the year based on our house and where we were situated may not receive the proper amount of sunlight during the winter months, and could mean that long term we wouldn't have a healthy lawn. Even though that bit of advice may have cost him a little short term revenue, that attention to detail, honesty, passion and knowledge about his craft made us a long term partner in our eyes. After Barry left and gave us an window when we could expect the estimate (a couple of days), my wife and I were definitely sold on Barry, and just hoping the estimate came in close to the other ones we received. We actually were at a point that if Barry's was even a little bit higher than some of our others, we'd still be willing to go with him. To our amazement, Barry's estimate came in lower that our others, which sealed the deal immediately. One of the other things about Aussie Landscape is that you are dealing with not only Barry the owner, but Barry the professional who does also does the work. He and his assistant Jim (who helped him the first day on cleanout and was also super nice) were prompt and got right to work. Over the next several days Barry really transformed our dirtpile into a beautiful lush lawn. He was very good about explaining things along the way and making recommendations for different types of flowers and plants that we could grow later and would complement the lawn and have a good chance of thriving in the area. Barry finished the project on time and he even wrote up a list of future care for the lawn to keep it nice and healthy. He even came back for a courtesy visit the week after to check up on the lawn and check the sprinkler settings to see if they needed to be adjusted. Needless to say, it's been a little over a month since Barry put in our new lawn and it still looks gorgeous. The recommendations and advice he gave us was great, and he didn't try to upsell us or try and change things to change up the project (which some other contractors are notorious for doing). We would highly recommend Barry to anyone looking at doing some landscaping and want a knowledgeable, hardworking and super nice professional who truly enjoys the work he does and seems to genuinely care about the long term satisfaction and happiness of his clients. The next time we need any sort of landscape project, we won't need to shop around - we've found our long term landscaping expert in Barry and Aussie Landscape!b

My neighbor highly recommended Barry. He is knowledgeable and has extensive experience in landscaping. I have a townhome style condo with a relatively good-sized back yard. I had no idea as to what I could do with the space, other than I wanted to have succulents and a fountain. . When Barry came over to look at the space he immediately came up with a great way to best utilize the space to create a beautiful succulent garden and walkways, including lighting and the fountain. My old wooden planters had pretty much disintegrated so he built several planters and walkways and chose a perfect collection of plants. He also brought some accent rocks which gave the garden great character.. He is meticulous with the placement of everything including blocks, rocks, plants and lighting. He also had to do some repair work on my sprinkler system. His prices were very reasonable. I love my back yard and so does everyone else who sees it. I also want to mention that he saw and corrected some problems that could have caused some expensive repairs in the future.

Barry did the work himself. He was finished in a day, and brought all the parts that were needed. The system has worked perfectly since Barry finished the work. We were given a quote before the job, and the actually bill was right on the quote. All material used was high quality, and Barry was great to work with. Got the job done quickly, and was able to answer all our questions without a problem. Did not do more (or less) work than was asked for. We did have Barry do a few extra things once we saw the work that was done was excellent. He is trustworthy, quick and does excellent work. We will use him again.

I contacted Barry and he came promptly out and gave me an estimate of what/how needed to be done. I knew I'd had a leak in one of the pipes...but there was a worse one that I was unaware of in the old valve system. It had apparently leaked for years...egad!! We set a day for him to return--but I needed to change the date by a week and he kindly accomadated the new date and time! He came today, did all the work and was kind enough to explain what he was doing and showed me how the new system would work. He finished by adjusting the sprinklers for me as well as making some good suggestions for things that I was able to do myself to improve the system. Also shared great gardening advise--and we were able to swap a couple of 'grandparent' stories too.I am SO VERY glad to have found him--Deffinitely will keep him on my list of trusted folks to call and recommend! He is a wealth of information, so forthcoming and helpful and kind. Well done....

Not what we thought would happen! Really disappointed

Barrie, the own did a wonderful job cleaning up and landscaping our back and side yard. He also added a drip system to our sprinklers and put in a new timer system. He is very professional and I would recommend him highly.

Perfect! He came out and timed some of my smaller trees. He takes great pride in his work and is very honest. I used Aussie Landscape twice will continue to use their services.

He did a great job! I am expecting a bid on another job we have for him. Good man!

Barry was courteous, on time, and professional and helped me with some difficult irrigation. He ensured that every drip was working, very thorough. Highly recommend, Thank you!

Barry and Jim did an outstanding job removing a large plum tree from our front yard, replaced it with a new tree and trimmed two additional trees. Barry was very responsive when we called to inquire about the project. He called us right back within a few minutes and came out to give us a bid the same day. He was able to schedule the service within a week. Barry and Jim were very professional, meticulous and cleaned up completely when they were done. It was great to have the company owner (and his son) actually on site to do the work. We would highly recommend Aussie Landscape and would definitely use them again. Thank you!

Barry had come out a few weeks earlier to give me an estimate. He was on time for the estimate and took the time to walk around my front and back yards and discuss the issues/problems with me. On the day of the repair work Barry was on time, polite and professional. The 5 valves to be replaced were difficult to access and it was not an easy job. Barry took the time to do the replacement correctly. He also performed a check of all my sprinklers. The grass and bushes had grown up around a number of the sprinklers so Barry cleared an area around each of the sprinklers to improve their operation. He also took the time to answer questions about our various plants and trees and he even went so far as to write out his thoughts and recommendations. Barry charged me exactly what the estimate called for. My wife and I were definitely happy with Barry's work and will call on him again if we have further problems and will also call him for a Spring tune-up.