Antique Rose Gardens

I hired Antique Rose Gardens to take out grass, add soil, till and mulch flower beds around my house. They took out the grass, replaced the soil with soil that nearly killed all of the plants I put in, didn't till deep enough even after I called them back a second time, and put in mulch full of clay and weed seeds. I knew they were using bagass (as mulch), but didn't know that it would be scraped off of the groung with all of the clay and grass that was under the pile. I mean clay as big as canteloupes!! In my flower beds! They were in such a hurry that they left my sidewalks a mess, which I scrubbed for 4 hours to get the dirt and black tire marks off. They have trouble with employees and brought a worker to my house that they didn't even know the last name of (found this out later) and this man came to my house that night after they left asking me for money! The other man they had working for them commented repeatedly on the size of my house and made inappropriate remarks to me. They hire whoever they can get without doing any checks on these men and I was furious when I was confronted by the man asking me for money after he had the nerve to come around the back of my house onto my screen porch looking for me! I have had to hire another landscaping company to remove all the plants put in because they were dying. I had the county agent for our area come out and look at my yard. He said the soil they put in had no organic matter in it, only bark and sand, and that is why I was loosing my plants. There was no new growth on the roots after 2 months and all of the leaves were turning yellow. I had to dig up over 30 bushes, find pots and repot all of them. I asked for a portion of my money back and I was hung up on by the owner of the business. My mother also had a similar experience and has had to hire another company to redo all of the work that Antique Rose Gardens did for her. These people have no clue about soil, bed preparation, or how to till. This experience was horrible!!!! It has taken me months to save and have all of my landscaping redone by a reputable landscaping company. I gave them a chance to come out and remedy the situation or give me a refund of part of the costs. I reported them to the Better Business Bureau and was told that since I had already redone the flower beds they could not help me get my money back. Very dissappointing! The company I hired to redo all of this did it for a fourth of the costs that Antique Rose Gardens charged. They sounded like they knew what they were doing. My fault for not checking on the company and getting references. Update:I received the letter in response from Antique Rose Gardens. I was disturbed by the lies he stated in the letter. I was not offered any other dirt than what was delivered, I was not offered any warranty, but I did want the bagass because I had used it in the past. The bagass I had used in the past was also free, but is was clean and free of clay, dirt and weeds. This is a byproduct of the sugarcane industry and has always been free! I did not have them do all of my planting because I am having the exterior of my house painted and intended on having the planting done after the painting so my plants wouldn't be disturbed. I only had him plant the ones I had in pots which I subsequently had to have dug up before I replaced all of the crap they put in.I figured they wouldn't give me any of my money back. I thought at the time they were in financial need because they offered to paint or do any odd jobs that I had. Should have been a red flag for me, my fault.