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Riverside Lawn & Landscape

Landscaping, Pavers and Hardscaping, Drain Pipe Installation,

About us

Riverside Lawn & Landscaping is a dependable, professional and honest Conroe, TX landscaping company. Our team has an eye for what looks good and the skill to execute that vision. Call today. Your property only gets one chance to make a good first impression. If your lawn and yard could use some work, a qualified landscaper from Riverside Lawn & Landscaping can help. As a premier landscaping service in Conroe, our goal is to transform your property's exterior and provide the maintenance necessary to keep it looking its best. Riverside Lawn and Landscape is a full service and insured landscape comapny. We offers a wide variety of services for your home and commercial landscape needs. Riverside Lawn and Landscape is owned and operated by Matt McElfresh for over 17 years

Business highlights

26 years of trusted experience

Services we offer

Landscaping & Lawn Care

Amenities

Free Estimates
Yes
Warranties
Yes


Accepted payment methods

American Express
Check
Discover
MasterCard
Visa

Photos of past projects

Reviews

4.4327 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
65%
4
10%
3
8%
2
6%
1
11%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.5
value
4.5
professionalism
4.5
responsiveness
4.3
punctuality
4.5
Showing 1-25 of 327 reviews

Meredith P.
11/2021
1.0
landscaping, drain pipe
  + 0 more
Scheduled an appointment, received confirmation from Matt via email. Waited around for an hour the day of the appointment, no one showed up. Called twice and phone rang until voicemail picked up. Very disappointed as other reviews were positive and their website and pictures of previous work seemed nice. Oh well.
Description of Work: Landscaping Estimate

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0


Jeff S.
02/2021
5.0
landscaping, pavers, gravel, drain pipe, hardscaping
  + 2 more
Matt and the entire Riverside Landscaping team was awesome! My wife and I have Matt a general idea of what we wanted, and his vision was very close to ours, and the work was top-notch. His crew was very sharp, and also cleaned up after. Absolutely zero issues, and we will be using Riverside for our next landscaping project for sure!
Description of Work: Landscaping, Paver Patio Installation, Drain Pipe Installation, Hardscaping

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,500

scott B.
01/2021
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, irrigation systems, tree service, patios
  + 3 more
Great. Would definitely recommend Riverside. Matt is someone you can trust to get the job done right. Will be having him do some outside lighting in a few weeks. Can’t say enough good things about Matt and his crew. Thank you guys.
Description of Work: Sprinkler system install as well as sod for entire back yard. In addition, had a cement 16 by 10 added to patio.
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Don T.
01/2021
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
When the UPS delivery guy compliments you on how your yard looks, you know things were done right!
Description of Work: landscaping
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

linda S.
01/2021
5.0
landscaping, lawn service
  + 0 more
Matt and his crew were great- efficient, thorough and well priced. We would definitely recommend the business.
Description of Work: landscaping
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Rob G.
01/2021
1.0
concrete driveways, outdoor lighting
  + 0 more
We hired Matt to fix our existing lights and well *** add new lights. Immediately after completion and payment we started having problems. Most of the existing lights were not working. At first Matt said the lights were good but now they need to be replaced at a cost of $4000 plus plus! Not part of the original estimate. Also, we have several wall lights that he agreed to fix but now states that we need to hire an electrician. I do NOT recommend Riverside!
Description of Work: Landscape lighting

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
2.0

$8,700

Response from Riverside Lawn & Landscape
The lights you are talking about that were not upgraded can not be repaired. The connections are rotted out. I told you if they could be repair we would do that. I’m not replacing light fixtures at no charge. I had already given you two fixtures at no charge that you wanted added on. The lights on the walls are 110v I’m not an electrician I only do low voltage landscaping lights. That part was never discussed at the beginning. I had an electrician repair an electric outlet that needed replacing at no charge. I have fulfilled the work and then some on our invoice

Kristi N.
01/2021
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
While he was professional for the estimate, his estimate was almost $5,000.
Description of Work: Assist in making raised flower beds (2).
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Abbi M.
12/2020
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
Matt and his crew were amazing. They were quick, cleaned up and courteous.
Description of Work: landscaping

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Bill H.
12/2020
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
Great! All work done on time & looks better than I had imagined. Certainly glad I found him. He got estimate to me quickly, I agreed to it & that is exactly what I paid. Easy to do business with & he always stayed in touch. Matt was always available.
Description of Work: sod
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Jocelyn L.
07/2020
1.0
tree service, drain pipe
  + 0 more
This company was hired by my son's neighbor to trim tree branches. His workers trespassed on my son's property. Here is an account from son's wife: I think people need to be warned about this man’s business practices. Yesterday we woke to chainsaws in our backyard. This man had instructed his workers to hop the back fence into our property without any consent to come cut large branches off our trees. We did not hire him or give him any permission to do this. We did not even meet him until after his team had cut at least 6 branches (that we know of) right at the trunk of our tree. He insists they were hanging over into the neighbor’s yard who hired him. The tree is 15 feet from the back fence property line! He had no right to take our entire branches! We looked back at photos of our yard before he struck and the branches were not even hanging over. He had no problem trespassing and illegally cutting our branches as long as he was paid to do so. Be careful if you consider him for your landscaping services because he clearly pays no attention to the law. He knew what he did wasn’t legal too because he refused to give us his name when we confronted him about his actions. As an added bonus his team crushed our smaller plants with the large branches they cut down and there are gouge holes climbing up the tree from whatever shoes they wore to climb the tree.
Description of Work: Neighbor hired this company to trim trees

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0


Dianne A.
04/2020
2.0
landscaping, lawn service, pavers, gravel, hardscaping
  + 2 more
He came promptly and was very friendly. Had good ideas but never gave us a quote. Didn’t respond to a follow up text and phone call.
Description of Work: Freshen up backyard landscaping. Add sod and rocks on sides of yard.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0

$5,000

Jerry K.
04/2020
1.0
landscaping, lawn service, irrigation systems, mulch
  + 2 more
His design was pathetic. He did a half *** job.
Description of Work: Yard landscape

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
3.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0

$7,900

jodi P.
03/2020
5.0
lawn service
  + -1 more
Right on time and had it done very quickly and quality work.
Description of Work: sodding

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,500

Anthony G.
01/2020
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, hardscaping
  + 1 more
job complete did great job..would use them again
Description of Work: Landscaping

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,300

Nathan R.
01/2020
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
Matt and his team are hardworking, fair, and easy to work with. The quality of work that was completed has received many compliments from neighbors.
Description of Work: Landscaping

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Ted G.
12/2019
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, mulch, hardscaping
  + 2 more
Matt at Riverside gets our highest rating for quality and service. He personally was on site with his crew who did an outstanding job of leveling and installing a beautiful retaining wall on a steep slope off the garage landing area, he installed new fill behind the wall, constructed the wall for water drainage and sodded the flat area held up by the wall. Also our home is heavily wooded and hilly and so post construction there were needed dirt work to direct and fix the drainage routes. The erosion control netting protected the new grass seeds from washing away and now the area looks great. The price was remarkably good. I will continue to hire Riverside Landscaping for all our future needs, no hesitation and highly recommend their work.
Description of Work: Retaining wall, reshaping dirt after new home construction, erosion control netting and grass seed

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Douglas H.
12/2019
5.0
landscaping, irrigation systems, mulch, pavers, gravel, tree service, drain pipe, hardscaping, outdoor lighting
  + 6 more
Overall excellent, as in any big project there were small items that needed to be addressed but what really impressed us was Matt's communication skills and his follow up and overall dedication to make it right to ensure the customer is fully satisfied. When working with any contractor trust is essential and we felt Matt was a professional we could trust to deliver an overall superior service.
Description of Work: Landscape design and installation to include tree pruning, building flower beds, paver walk path, moss rock waterfall and installing sod and a drainage system

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$25,000

C C.
12/2019
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, irrigation systems, lawn treatment, mulch, pavers, gravel, tree service, drain pipe, hardscaping
  + 7 more
LOVE LOVE LOVE my back yard!!! Sincerely an amazing job done by this company again! I have used Riverside many times at two residences, for landscaping, sprinkler system issues, tree trimming, and weekly lawn maintenance. This time, like every time I have used them, they took my ugly yard and made it beautiful! They never fail to leave everything impeccable (no debris left behind), and they are very reasonably priced. The owner has beautiful design ideas that take what I’ve had in mind to a different level. He came out and made sure everything was perfect! Most owners just send their crew. Not to mention all of the guys are always friendly, and dog friendly. Added plus!
Description of Work: Back yard overhaul

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Lucille S.
12/2019
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, irrigation systems, lawn treatment, mulch, pavers, gravel, tree service, drain pipe, outdoor lighting
  + 7 more
They are always professional and Matt is easy to work with. Always a great job!
Description of Work: Weekly yard service, seasonal flowers, mulch, drainage

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Spencer L.
07/2019
5.0
lawn service
  + -1 more
Matt and Riverside have done a great job with weekly mowing since I started using them in 2003.
Description of Work: Weekly Lawn Service

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$28

Monica P.
01/2019
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, mulch, pavers, gravel
  + 2 more
Matt was friendly, easily understood what I wanted, and offered suggestions beyond what I had thought of. I had 4 quotes for the work, and he was the best price (one quoted twice as much). The project was completed over two days. His crew arrived when they said they would and did a beautiful job on the project. Matt asked me some clarifying questions halfway through the rock installation and was able to accommodate my design requests. He even included some extra work not quoted - above and beyond. I am thrilled with the result and will happily recommend him to friends and family.
Description of Work: Yard clean up (leaves, hedges trimmed, mulch) and rock installation

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Tania Lynn A.
12/2018
5.0
lawn service, drain pipe
  + 0 more
Matt and crew completed good work in a timely manner. Nice job!
Description of Work: yard drainage improvements

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Tammy G.
12/2018
5.0
landscaping, mulch, pavers, gravel
  + 1 more
We are very pleased with the work done on our backyard. We plan to have Mathew & his crew return to re-sod our front yard in the spring.
Description of Work: Re-Sod and grading of backyard.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

laura F.
11/2018
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
Matt's crew worked very hard all day long for several days on a difficult landscaping job that few landscapers would even attempt. He turned an eroding, and difficult to maintain slope, into a beautiful, multi level rock retaining walls that look great and add value to our property. His job was very professional and on budget. We cannot recommend him high enough.
Description of Work: Landscaping of front and back yard and retaining walls installed on sloping backyard down to lake and dock.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Jennifer R.
10/2018
5.0
landscaping
  + -1 more
Had them repair our fence after improper installation from another contractor. Wish we would have used them from the start.
Description of Work: Fence REpair

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Contact information

16117 Needham Rd, Conroe, TX 77385


Service hours

Sunday:
Closed
Monday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Licensing

Insured

No License Required for Trade
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Service Categories

Landscaping,
Pavers and Hardscaping,
Drain Pipe Installation,
Landscaping - Lighting,
Patios,
Landscaping - Lakefront

FAQ

Riverside Lawn & Landscape is currently rated 4.4 overall out of 5.

Sunday: Closed

Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Riverside Lawn & Landscape accepts the following forms of payment: American Express,Check,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
Yes, Riverside Lawn & Landscape offers free project estimates.
No, Riverside Lawn & Landscape does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Riverside Lawn & Landscape does not offer a senior discount.
No, Riverside Lawn & Landscape does not offer emergency services.
Yes, Riverside Lawn & Landscape offers warranties.
Riverside Lawn & Landscape offers the following services: Landscaping & Lawn Care

Contact information

16117 Needham Rd, Conroe, TX 77385


Service hours

Sunday:
Closed
Monday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM