DAO'S LANDSCAPE

Description of Work: I left two message for Dao's Landscape, but never received a call back.

Description of Work: He was asked to trim the bushes, weed the beds, put in a border around landscaping and add mulch

Description of Work: I had let our backyard go for years and it had been overtaken by weeds, and our female boxer (and last winter) had destroyed much of the grass. Flower beds that ringed the backyard had long been overgrown with unknown and aggressive species of plants - I had no idea what was worth keeping and what were just weeds. I paid Dao $3000 and in two days he completely transformed our backyard, which measures approx. 40 feet x 60 feet. He dug up the lawn, and leveled the backyard with 4 cubic yards of fresh black dirt and top soil. In the process he added three layers of fresh grass seed. (He had indicated that our yard was not a very good candidate for sod because of the amount of shade.) I believe he does use sod at times too. As to the beds, first he added a ring of pavers to separate the beds from the lawn, then his team ridded them of weeds and dug down about 4 inches, filling in them space with 5 - 6 inches deep of fresh hardwood mulch. (I'm not sure how much mulch this was but it must have been dozens of bags worth.) Finally, he added new shade perennials (mostly hostas), and spaced the plants that I had, quite well. He seems very knowledgeable on plants. The whole effort took two full days and Dao's team ( of four workers) worked about 6 - 8 hours each day to get the job done. At this point, 2.5 weeks later all the new grass seed is germinating and fresh grass is coming up. My only job has been to water it daily for about 10 - 15 mins. Fortunately, we've had largely cool, wet weather and the grass is coming in quite well. All in all, I'm very satisfied. $3,000 is a lot of money to us, but considering that we'd let the backyard go untended (other than mowing) for 16 years, I think the results are pretty amazing. One of our neighbors asked if she could come over at times to visit our new "park."

Description of Work: Dao created a raised garden with the border comprised of foot-diameter boulders.

Description of Work: Dao and his men removed four shrubs, and a HUGE buck thorn, as well as many smaller weed trees and shrubs. They also did some pruning of my large elm trees and cleaned up and trimmed my landscape plants. My yard was a mess. All the way around the perimeter of my yard, the weeds had grown up through the rocks. Plants that were supposed to be there were way overgrown, and many more had appeared and flourished. I asked them to remove our "toy-eating bush," a large juniper growing around the base of a crabapple. It turned out to be three bushes, and they had completely removed them (roots too) by mid-morning. I couldn't believe the transformation in such a short time! They kept working for two days solid and thoroughly cleaned out all the weeds and trimmed my lilacs and other landscape plants. Now I can see the fences. I actually like my yard again!