LOCAL ROOTS LANDSCAPERS

Overall, Meredith and her team do great work and at a reasonable price. It took them about two weeks to do the yard clean up and install the chilton stone path. Meredith met with me several times to go over the plan and ask questions about what I wanted. During the work I decided that I wanted some larger stones for part of the project and she was very accommodating with my request. They had significant work to do to clean up the yard and made it look easy. My rating of 'B' for quality is in relation to their not burying the roots from my cherry tree that were exposed during the rain garden excavation. They were very careful to not cut any of the long roots but when I pulled the paper back that was under the mulch layer to plant new plants, the roots were on top of the soil so I buried them myself. Overall, they did great work and I would hire them again.

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Local Roots Landscapers are extremely knowledgeable and got me totally native plants, which I wanted. I've used them a lot. She's very informative. They do a good job, at a good price.

Merideth and her crew were a great pleasure to work with! They listened well to our ideas and offered good advice about our options on both practical and esthetic issues. We got a detailed drawing of the proposed design and plantings. The proposal included a detailed breakdown of the costs. We are very pleased with how the project turned out. So pleased, we're having them come back to do the front yard this spring.

Very well. Would use LRL again.

See above.

We liked that it was a small, owner run company. We worked directly with the owner of the company, and her team did all the work. They were good at what they did, and very knowledgeable.

Local Roots handled our project from start to finish. Meredith's design for our very steep and almost unusable back yard was both elegant and realistic. In executing it, she and her team were hard working, respectful and very professional. They were a delight to work with. The quality of the work done and the thoughtful approach taken were of the highest order.

Although the bid was higher than the competitor, Meredith drew us a detailed plan that was creative and intriguing. We felt like Meredith really listened to what we wanted, and presented a plan that was responsive to our needs. They started work in a timely manner, and worked nearly every day until completion. We hit one major snag - the upper terrace of the patio could not be constructed as planned without additional reinforcement. Meredith consulted stone experts and an architect before presenting her recommendation to us. She agreed to split the additional cost. They worked primarily by hand, and did not bring any heavy equipment. Therefore, the job takes longer than it might take another company. But they only worked on this job, and we never had to worry about chasing them down at another jobsite. Meredith was easy to go ahold of and easy to work with.

Alas, it didn't go. I came to feel that they were kind of vague, slow to get going, perhaps a bit inexperienced.

We are really pleased with the final result and how everything looks. I had to play a bit of phone tag initially but after I met with Meredith everything went smoothly. It was just Meredith and one other landscaper which I liked (rather than a big number of people) and I didn't mind that it took a bit longer than a bigger company. We had several ideas come up during the process (the brick path, for example) and Meredith was very flexible. We wanted to get rid of grass and hostas and have lots of native plants, and create a sanctuary for the birds in our yard and we are very pleased with the job Local Roots did. In my opinion, they would be a great choice for anyone who wants something similar. I don't have photographs yet but their website photos give a really good picture of what you can expect.

Working with Local Roots Landscapers was a positive experience overall. Meredith did a great job listening to my needs and wants; and she understood the challenges I was facing with my urban back yard (drainage, lots of shade, etc.). Local Roots Landscapers specialize in native plants and environmentally friendly landscape design which was a big draw for me. For example, they created a rain garden in my backyard which I did not think was possible because of the shade. They also do really nice stone work for a reasonable price. Local Roots is a very small operation; so if you expect the work to done in a couple of days you will be disappointed. The same people who manage the project and do the paperwork are the same people who actually do the work. My experience with Local Roots was far better than the larger landscape companies I initially interviewed. They did not seem interested in listening to my needs or executing on my vision. Rather, they were more interested in hitting their sales quotas and generating revenue for their expensive marketing campaigns.

Working with Local Roots Landscapers was a positive experience overall. Meredith did a great job listening to my needs and wants; and she understood the challenges I was facing with my urban back yard (drainage, lots of shade, etc.). Local Roots Landscapers specialize in native plants and environmentally friendly landscape design which was a big draw for me. For example, they created a rain garden in my backyard which I did not think was possible because of the shade. They also do really nice stone work for a reasonable price. Local Roots is a very small operation; so if you expect the work to done in a couple of days you will be disappointed. The same people who manage the project and do the paperwork are the same people who actually do the work. My experience with Local Roots was far better than the larger landscape companies I initially interviewed. They did not seem interested in listening to my needs or executing on my vision. Rather, they were more interested in hitting their sales quotas and generating revenue for their expensive marketing campaigns.

Meredith chose beautiful stone and fitted it expertly. We spent a lot of time discussing width, types of stone, and general design. Meredith brought along samples of different stones to help me decide. The work (by hand) was done in less than 3 days. The yard was cleaned up after they left, and I had some leftover stone for other projects. Meredith was more expensive than other estimates I had, but I had worked with her before and I knew her work. Also, my yard in an old St. Paul neighborhood is such that all materials have to be carried in by hand--no bobcats or mechanized equipment. I learned the hard way that some bidders don't think of this ahead of time, Meredith already figured this in. Local Roots does a lot of native plantings and Meredith was willing to share knowledge with me on this topic.

I wanted to match the new stone work to an existing retaining wall but the field stone was out of my budget. Meredith was able to use cheaper mixed field stone and boulders and still complement the existing stone work. She transformed my very vague ideas into a pleasing, balanced product. She informed me of potential issues due to weather, stone availability, complications with removal of the existing concrete. She did a great job.

Thea was my contact person. She returned phone calls promptly, showed up when she said she would, accurately assessed the time and difficulty of the project. I originally asked for a bid for additional work including mulching and converting a part of the lawn to tillable garden, when I decided to do that myself, Thea provided tips on the best places to get my mulch & compost. Local Roots specialty appears to be stone work and I will definitely contact them for such jobs in the future. I'm rating the price as ''C'', but in truth I don't know if the work would have been done cheaper by anyone else.