Beechtree Landscape & Design

We had some undesirable trees removed from our yard and decided we needed professional help choosing replacements for them and getting our lawn looking less like a battlefield again. Scott came out and looked at our yard and suggested the best type of trees and then had us come to his lot and pick the trees we wanted. We picked an 18 foot and 3 -13 foot Bosque Elm. Scott and his team arrived on their scheduled day, professionally installed the trees and put down new sod to fix our lawn. So far we are very happy with our experience with Beechtree and we are very excited to see our new trees come to life this spring. Also the trees come with a 1 year warranty!

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Scott uses high quality products and has perfected his design skills. From early spring to late fall, there is color and texture in our gardens. It was a very cold winter last year, so a few plants including a large crape myrtle had died within the first year. Scott replaced everything at no charge without hesitation. He comes out periodically during the year to check on things and seems to really love his job. Scott's crew dug down at least two feet to install the foundation for sidewalk pavers and flagstone for our patio. We are confident that it will last 100 years! For the footer for our front porch step, he had the crew dig four feet. He worked with our lighting guy to layout the perfect lighting plan and made recommendations on how and where to install the irrigation. We really appreciate all that he's done to make our property beautiful.

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As above- Scott was able to visualize a harmonious final product (despite the chaos during pool construction), coordinate its execution, manage the delivery, and articulate what was required to all parties along the way. I had a few other landscapers early on take a look at the project and they were flummoxed by the scope and complexity. Beechtree was clearly the only company that had a clue. The high attention to detail, daily communication, professionalism, and follow up were a much needed and welcome relief from the abysmal experience with the pool company. Scott offered lots of advice along the way-- everything from how to prepare the ground for decking prep by using soaker hoses to settle the soil to suggesting the stone masons come back to fire edge the coping stones to advising on the placement of conduit and drain lines. With not a lot of advance notice he put together a comprehensive plantings package to bring out the best in the hardscape and overall environment of the site. His team are very hardworking, experts in their craft, respectful of the homeowner, punctual, and friendly. As opposed to many supervisors, Scott was on the jobsite everyday ensuring quality, making adjustments, and at times going out his way to fix aberrations or mistakes made by the previous contractors. I have used Beechtree on 5 projects over 6 years including masonry, brickwork, transplantation, tree plantings, and landscaping. Not one of the dozens of trees has died, the masonry is more solid that the foundation of the house itself, and the plants are all thriving. I am certain that the value of the property has increased at a multiple of what we spent on Beechtree's services-- so I view this as more of an investment than a transaction.

Scott was fantastic to work with. He kept in close contact before, during, and after the job. He created excellent drawings to show us what our project would look like when complete. He worked with us through several iterations while scoping the job and even worked through some changes we requested during the job. His employees were great and worked very hard. The final product is top notch. Beechtree does A+ work.

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Beechtree did an entirely new landscape for us at our old house 4-5 years ago. We recently moved and he cleaned the area (we had another company remove the old landscaping - trees and bushes). Beechtree dug out 8 inches or so of soil to capture all of the weeds and weed seeds that were in the ground (I forgot the type of weed). Previous guy I hired did not dig out the weeds to this extent. So, I believe to start with Beechtree did a better job to insure my new landscape job would not be covered with weeds come Spring. Scott provided a detailed landscape design. We have a large lot. However, the area for the landscape was in front of and down the side of the house. The existing landscape was just in front of the house. While we went through the bushes/shrubs/trees in person, frankly except for a few specimens, I was not familiar with a good number of plants. It was no problem as the design had all of the precise names on them. I reviewed all of the plants prior to install. I really like the idea of the miniature butterfly bushes. All of the plants needed to be deer friendly as we are constantly visited by the deer. All of the plants appear to be deer friendly. One week after the landscape design was in the deer came through with no apparent damage. Landscape design was great. We had another estimate from the company that did the initial clean up. That design, while it was less expensive, was not as detailed. Also, what separates Beechtree from the rest is the quality of the job. I struggled a little on whether the price should be a "A" or "B" above. They are a little more expensive than other providers. However, the workers and workmanship is "A" quality. I have no issues whatsoever on the install, quality of in the install, or timing. The work site was clear and no messy. The grass area that was damaged was repaired with their green mesh. They have a 1 year guarantee on their plants. We actually did a much larger job at our old house 4-5 years ago that required expensive landscape sloping, new turf, etc. Not as big of a job this time. I would feel comfortable recommending Beechtreee to another. If you want the cheapest landscaper in town, then Beechtree is not your company. If you want quality work, thorough landscape design, backed by someone that has years of experience, then Beechtree is your company. The price is a good price for high quality work. I had the opportunity to talk with Scott at length at our house before we started the project and he goes through great lengths to keep his crew happy. "Happy crew equals good work" - he said something to that effect. Good quality work. It is my plan to have Beechtree do the year round maintenance for our landscape.

He has also turned us onto a lighting vendor. Scott is a good guy. His workers are legal and he takes good care of his workers. In the past, he's been very responsive and has been our landscape guy for close to a decade. He completely redesigned our backyard and planted bushes, trees and plants that are good for our region. He has also given us guidance on removing ivy. He has helped to transform our entire yard. His prices are competitive.

We had floods that killed the ground cover and they came back and planted a 2nd and 3rd time. All the plantings were covered at 100%. I thought they were hard workers, very tidy about cleaning up and made it look even better than I thought it could look as they had suggested some additional work along the side of the garage. It turned out beautifully and was beyond what we had considered. He has made the area quite lovely. We chose Beechtree for their ideas.

The quality of work keeps us going back. They have very good responsiveness.

I am extremely pleased with the results. Being a gardener it was very important to me to preserve as much of the work and plantings I had put into my yard previously. Scott and his team respected this request; saving and reusing many plants, trimming up existing shrubs, providing access to the beds via paths and leaving room for my additions over time. Scott used plant materials that can best deter, as well as any can, the deer from consuming them. His knowledge of plant material is extensive and I appreciate the naturalness of the design of the stream bed and it plantings. Over the course of the work a number of Beechtree crews worked on my yard. I learned a lot by watching them work and see the quality of it in the results. At the end of each day tools were carefully stowed and any debris taken away. And a final note, all of my emails and phone calls were responded to and questions answered timely.

The work was done in a timely manor and very much to our satisfaction

Crew was VERY hardworking & finished when promised. The finished product looked great! When heavy rains showed a path that water would take, the owner came back out & had his crew place river rocks at no additional charge. We are thrilled with the work & responsiveness of Beechtree. We'll be back next spring! Thanks

I like the fact that Scott's crew only works on one project at a time. Once they start, you see them every day (all day) until they are done. Scott spends a lot of time at the site while work is performed and has his workers make corrections when necessary. He and his crew are very professional. That being said, here is the bad. Part of the estimate included an option for stairs, which we decided to wait on, until the project was about a week in, then changed our minds and wanted stairs. Scott said they were too busy to do it now, however, if we called him back in January or February, he would come back out when it's not so cold and do the stairs for the same price. I called him back at the end of January and told him we wanted to schedule the stairs......he told me that he never said he would do it for the same price and then gave me a new estimate that was approximately 30% higher than the previous November. Needless to say, we gave the job to someone else. Lastly, half-way through the job, he said he no longer had any of the 8-10' Crape-Myrtle's in stock, so he was going to be putting in 10-12' ones instead, we said that was fine. When we met to pay the remaining balance, the trees were not $350.00 he originally quoted, but $500.00. When asked about this discrepancy, he responded that he had to charge more since they were bigger trees (he neglected however to mention that part when he told us he no longer had the smaller trees in stock). Overall, I actually like Scott and his crew and I think they do good work. However, he proved himself to be a normal contractor when it comes to money. Watch your step with him on any changes and always get what you can in writing!

Beechtree came out to access my landscaping requests in 2011. Scott made great suggestions and was kind enough to break up the scope of work into phases to help with the cost. Each spring and fall, a crew comes out for maintenance and cleanup. They even replace any plants that didn't withstand the winter. My yard looks one hundred times better with their landscaping. I always get a lot of compliments from the neighbors. Scott and his crew and punctual, friendly and efficient.