Arizona Terrain Landscaping LLC

  All old landscaping was removed except for two large Palo Verde trees in the front yard.  We interviewed 7 landscapers/landscape architects.  Rick (owner of Arizona Terrain) is a gifted artist and outdoorsman who loves the Arizona desert.  His design was unlike any of the other designs we were presented with.  His prices were in line and sometimes cheaper than the other 6 bids.  His sub that provided the LARGE boulders was reasonable with prices.  Rick wants to please his clients.  It was a big and complicated job.  Rick provided some extras not stated in the contract. Rick worked with the pond/waterfall company we contracted with in order to seamlessly integrate their work with his work.  There were no egos.  He had a vision and the completed yards were even better than we could imagine.  Rick chose low water use plants, including Lady Banks roses, shrubs, flowers and cactus and artistically placed them for an outstanding, beautiful, low maintenance and welcoming retreat.  I never thought a desert landscape could feel so welcoming and intimate, interesting, and beautiful.  His design is of a high caliper and could be featured in Phoenix Home and Gardens magazine.  Rick does other designs besides desert designs.  When you are a trained artist you can work in many styles.   Rick installed a new Bermuda grass lawn in the backyard.  He spread a new water saving additive they are using in CA. before the new sod was rolled out.  The sod is on a 4-5 inch base of top soil and manure.  Unlike other landscapers that roll out grass on top of the desert soil and expect you to grow grass on a brick, Rick does the job properly. Rick prepared the base to insure low water use.  He also used the latest sprinkler heads that do not mist (water wasters). The landscaping was completed in May 2015 just in time to face the 115 degree temps.  Grass and shrubs look great this Spring with new growth starting.  Rick was helpful and understood our need to save money.  He was kind enough to run all the wiring for us so we could install the landscaping lighting at a later date.  He also helped my husband with the drip irrigation to my flower boxes on the new back porch.  Rick is an all around "nice guy".  Our 11 year old grandson was fascinated with all the machines and activity and he woke up early for school so he could come over and watch.  Rick gave him an Arizona Terrain shirt and worked with him for an entire morning so he felt like he was part of the crew.  Rick gets an A+++++

They come every month and do all three houses.  It was excellent and the woman who works for them is amazing. 

The lights look great. They did a wonderful job and we are actually using them for our monthly service as well.

It is the best experience I have ever had with a company.

This is the 3rd landscape company we have used in the past 3 years. We've just had our 2nd monthly service with AZ Terrain and really like them. They arrived when scheduled and the yard looks great. We like the "natural" look for our shrubs (not shorn like sheep!) and that's AZ Terrain's recommended method. Added bonus - they somehow fixed our low voltage lights (which we thought were gone for good) without us even mentioning it to them.

We've used this company for many years. They do a good job of keeping the yard looking nice and manicured. Previously we had used Arizona Terrain for monthly maintenance, but we stopped using them thinking we could save around $150 a month thinking we could do the work ourselves. Since then we have had them come twice for one time cleanups of the yard at around $300-$350 each time. Richard is always good at responding to our requests, and handles issues very professionally. He has repaired our broken irrigation system numerous times, and the issue was addressed promptly and priced fairly. After this cleanup job, we will be returning to a monthly maintenance schedule. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone in the Anthem/Desert Hills, North Phoenix area.

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They are very good. They are a good company. Sometimes it is difficult to get a hold of Rick, the owner but he is returning his phone calls quite well now. We are relatively happy with them so far. The price is very competitive. He is very personable person. He is very talented in terms of landscaping. It was a very reasonable price. He did a whole beautiful landscape and it was adoring of him to show how it would look and didn't charge us for that. We like him and he is very good and nice person. It is just that he is so busy and so popular, that sometimes he doesn't get back to you and we accept that because you can't have everything.

This is a very customer oriented family business. Rick and his crews are knowledgeable, competent and do quality work. He is always sensitive to preserving plants whenever possible and is equally sensitive to budget. He stays on top of all aspects including lighting and irrigation and will periodically stop by to adjust irrigation as needed.
Rick maintains a tight crew and does not over commit on schedule. The company is small enough that he has a handle on everthing going on.
I highly recommend him.

I have no problems at all with him, just a great guy. At times perhaps slightly unresponsive but he is great. He is very knowledgeable. He does a lot of good for the community. There was an occasion where his crew was slacking a bit and Rick came out to do some additional work free of charge. He has been excellent and I would certainly recommend him.