Theo. Richter Landscape Gardener

We have a courtyard home. Inside the courtyard we have a koi pond with waterfalls and various Asian plants. We have 2 guava trees that branch out and provide shade to the pond. I have orchids that hang from the branches, to provide color. The courtyard is screened in. We felt we needed some changes in plantings and trimming of our guava trees to change the courtyard a bit. We made it very clear that we wanted him to only trim the tops of guava trees and not the side branches (which were to provide shade for the pond). He worked with two men. The first day he came and removed some plants that we had requested be removed, and they also brought in boulders to change the stream and feel of the garden. He was completely changing the feel of the garden to an English style setting. We explained to him that we wanted it to be an Asian meditation garden and that the direction he was going was not what we wanted. We fought over this for 3 days, and decided to have him just trim the top of the guava trees and clean the veins behind the waterfall and asked him to remove all the rock that he brought in. He trimmed the entire guava tree, even the side branches. We specifically told him not to trim any of the lower branches. He never cleaned up any of the debris. When he trimmed the veins he just jammed the debris behind the wall. This has been a horrible experience and we would not recommend them to others.

We have a courtyard home. Inside the courtyard we have a koi pond with waterfalls and various Asian plants. We have 2 guava trees that branch out and provide shade to the pond. I have orchids that hang from the branches, to provide color. The courtyard is screened in. We felt we needed some changes in plantings and trimming of our guava trees to change the courtyard a bit. We made it very clear that we wanted him to only trim the tops of guava trees and not the side branches (which were to provide shade for the pond). He worked with two men. The first day he came and removed some plants that we had requested be removed, and they also brought in boulders to change the stream and feel of the garden. He was completely changing the feel of the garden to an English style setting. We explained to him that we wanted it to be an Asian meditation garden and that the direction he was going was not what we wanted. We fought over this for 3 days, and decided to have him just trim the top of the guava trees and clean the veins behind the waterfall and asked him to remove all the rock that he brought in. He trimmed the entire guava tree, even the side branches. We specifically told him not to trim any of the lower branches. He never cleaned up any of the debris. When he trimmed the veins he just jammed the debris behind the wall. This has been a horrible experience and we would not recommend them to others.