Garden Artisans, LLC

RECOMMENDATION of Garden Artisans We contacted Garden Artisans and several landscape companies near Princeton for consultation regarding replacement of aged rhododendrons, azaleas and evergreen shrubs damaged by wet and heavy snows in recent years. Garden Artisans was the first to reply to our inquiries and immediately scheduled a Saturday survey and consultation. Peter Jamet, the owner, came and discussed our objectives, and budget. We have a colonial home sited on a corner lot on 3 acres with old growth hardwoods in Princeton. As we don������������t have deer fencing and do have deer, we wanted deer-proof landscaping and natural looking plantings. Within a week of the consultation Peter was ready to make a present his design proposal. He brought scales drawings of the plantings across the front and side of our house and a bed near the driveway entrance surrounding our carriage lamppost and mailbox. Together with the drawings he had photos of every tree species, shrub, flower and grass proposed for the plantings. He described why he had chosen them. Part of his plan of scale and distribution was to create color throughout the seasons and evergreen color sustained throughout the year with certain elements of the planting. He has tailored the cost to our budget and offered both upgrade options and cost saving options for each of the specimen trees. He recommended the ideal time for planting so as to get the plantings successfully established before the winter. We set a date and Peter with his crew came and prepared the plot exactly as scheduled. Two weeks before the planting he provided photos of the exact specimen trees and shrubs to be installed. Once the beds were prepared Peter again came to position the specimens personally and ask our review and approval before actually putting the plants in the ground. Immediately after the planting we were taking a three week holiday and Peter provided attending and watering to ensure the health our new landscaping. He again came, unprompted and reviewed all the shrubs six weeks after planting. The plantings are now ten weeks in the ground and every plant is in excellent condition. We are extremely pleased with the design and selected species. It has been a pleasure working with Garden Artisans. The work was done exactly on schedule and was professional and very careful in removing old shrubbery and cleaning up and reseeding areas not to be replanted. The entire job was done within our budget in a very artfully conceived, professional and carefully planned manner. We have owned several homes and done projects of this scale but have never had this level of precision and care in the design, selection of specimens, planting and after-care. In other projects we have experienced a number of trees and shrubs dying within weeks of the planting and have had to pay to replace them. Garden Artisans insured our planting and, knock knock, until today we have no casualties in

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I would recommend Garden Artisans to all my neighbors. They are dependable and offer top-notch customer service

although they showed up an hour and a half late,Danny, Ryan and his crew got right to work and took great care in moving and protecting the lawn decorations and plants.They were thorough,precise and conciderate.They even made 2 trips to dispose of all the branches.Cleaned up nicely.

They did exactly what was asked, for the agreed price.

Work was completed promptly and to a good standard.

They did an excellent job pruning the oak trees in my backyard and at the same time, cleared out some low brush and bushes. I would definitely hire them again.

Dan is excellent in his follow-up. He is not the kind of person that just does a job and leaves it. This was evident in that I stopped by my rental and saw him surveying the area. He asked me if everything was sufficient, then proceeded to make addition improvements to my property. He further assisted me by networking other professionals thaqt might assist me in future endeavors. Dan is no doubt a young man on the move and willing to assist in any way he can. I have absolutely nothing negative to say of his work.

Responded to my request in a timely manner. Very professional.

Great job with good price

Beautiful work. I would highly recommend them to others. They did my back years and they walk way, just wonderful. They are very creative, did exactly what I wanted. I told them what I wanted and they did the vision, just great.