Landscape Recommendations
 

Looking to get a couple of bids on a couple of (fairly simple) landscape jobs. Has anyone had experience with any of these 4 contractors:

- TerraScape
- Sharp
- A2 Stylish
- Brandon's

Of course interested in quality of the work, responsiveness, as well as cost.

Thanks!

The first thing some new home buyers do is to hire a landscaper to tear out all of the landscaping that comes with the house. I think it wise to wait about 18 months to see how it grows and fills in. The landscaping that the developer has chosen is not inferior in any way. It is chosen to grow well in the conditions here. The only thing I would suggest is to have any Live Oak tree removed before it gets to a certain size and protected. They to me are hazardous planted close to homes and with the strong winds we sometimes get. I am also NOT a fan of most Palm Trees. They attract Palm rats. Just my opinion.

I have had neighbors who have spent thousands to have landscaping put in and thousands to have it removed.

I recommend Jason Schmidt Landscaping. 352- 425-6361.

We've used them for three projects at our home. The first was removing the junk plants the builder planted, and adding several palms and other plants. We've found them to be extremely professional, responsive and a pleasure to deal with.

Landscaping
 

Luis Landscaping did work for us at 2 houses.

Most of these threads are useless without photos. You can do a better job driving around and if you see something you like, ask the homeowner. The other 3 names I've never heard of, Jason Schmidt did a lot of the homes in my area and they look good. Here's some photos of our CYV landscaping by Terrascape. They did it originally 2011 when it was new and did a refresh in 2019, here's how it looked last summer. I like their work and their reasonable prices and they have their own nursery on 301 and you can pick the shrubs if you want to or they'll do it for you.

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It's been some years, but when I had TerraScape give a quote, they wanted to sell me a "Mercedes" when I wanted a "Honda". Way too much in the way of plants and $$$$.

I never had the experience in two encounters with Terrascape. First time I had Terrascape in 2011, I said I want all the pine straw removed and weed block put down and copper rocks installed in the front and back yard. He said, that's going to be about ten tons of rock and two guys can do it in one day, that' $2800. I said if you'll do it for $2500 you got the job. He said, pay me in cash when I'm done and it will be $2500.

The owner no longer gives the appraisals or handles the design, he has young girl that been working in nurseries since she was 16. In 2019 I told her I wanted it all refreshed with new rocks, new shrubs, and the irrigation checked out and fixed, and the retaining wall fixed and glued back in place. They gave me a price of $1900. There was four guys who worked all day and I got a lot for the money, you can see the finished job in the photos above.

What are Palm Rats? We just moved from the North

Water oaks are the ones that sometimes go over with very high winds.

Magic Garden 352-702-8238 does our work & comes back to do maintenance as we request. Very reasonable. Actually had him give me quote yesterday & will be doing work next week. I have palm trees & have NEVER heard of palm rats or seen one. ( assuming they look like some type of rat) limit on what you put in. We had work done in 2014 - not Magic at that time. Now that it has all grown in, I’m having 10 things taken out. Too busy -too much for me. Drive around & take pics of what you like & what you DONT LIKE. That can be just as important! Ask about growth & how often things have to be trimmed.

Same experience

Had Terracapes do ours in 2017 and we were extremely pleased. We went in and told them we were on a budget and they respected and worked within it.

Swilley & Son are fantastic!
 

We used Swilley & Son and the results were fantastic. They were always on time, on budget, and cleaned up each day, I highly recommend them.

Jireh is best

Just don't use Brother's Landscaping
 

Just don't use Brother's.....they do not stand behind the work they do!!