Hector's Gardening & Landscape

I have used Hector's in past and his worker did a good job in past years. But this year the workers were different and the work was completed when I was at my job and my spouse paid them without checking the results. I'm not sure how you can mow down a yard and leave so many standing foxtails!
It felt like the crew just got tired in the back half of the yard.
In years past Hector would stop back for his check after I viewed the job, so I think he knew this work wasn't as good.
I realized after a week or two that the weed preventing spray I requested wasn't used and I ended up hiring another company to get the yard correctly mowed down before weed abatement ticketed the place. ( I will review the company that did a better job as well.)

Saturday arrived and I went off to work. I got a text from my spouse saying the yard people were a no show. I called and left a message; I did wonder if I had misunderstood which week they were doing the job. Almost as I called the work crew arrived. As I understand it another job ran longer then planned so they were a bit behind on this day. They set right into work and quickly tamed the front yard. They took a lunch break on the porch, our pet dog liked this quiet moment. Then they did got to work and did an excellent job on the large back yard. My spouse, who never likes the work quality of yard people I have hired in the past, sent me a text at work saying their work was great. They hauled away most all of the weeds etc. as agreed. I will hire them in the future if their prices don't keep going up. Their work quality on my yard was outstanding.

Buyer Beware! Hector comes across as professional and honest, but he can't be trusted. The work he did was substandard to say the least.The non flowering shrubs he put in flowered months later when they matured. He buried many of the sprinkler heads when helaid the sod. I had brick caps to go on top of my cinder block retaining wall on the side of my house that I was planning to install my self. I agreed to have Hector install them, big mistake. I had the caps custom cut to fit the wall perfectly. He just glued the caps to the top of the wall with no gap between so they didn't line up with the cinder block wall bricks , nor did they cover the whole wall. It looks awful. Ridiculous!! He prepped the soil for the front and back yard way to high for sod. It appears that he prepped the soil for seed, not sod. The beginning of the roots of the sod are the same level as the top of the cement.
In short, the quality was awful. He cut corners every way possible, although his price was high. He came across as professional and trust worthy, that is why I chose his company despite the high price. I regret hiring Hectors Gardening and Landscape. I will have to hire someone to fix all of these problems.Do your homework and find a quality landscaper. Hectors Gardening and Landscape is not one of them.

Hector arrived right on time with his worker Elijah. Hector walker the worker and gave him the do list as we had agreed. Hector had to go and see about some other jobs and Elijah pitched right in. He not only mowed the open areas of the yard he even moved items to really get the grass and weeds cut down to size. He cleaned up the trimming, and took out the dead tree. His work quality was good. If anything was less then perfect it was our fault as well. Our dog can escape from the back yard; we tend to keep him out front. Every time we have workers at the house he ends up running in the alley. This time my spouse was giving him a and quot;businessand quot; break when Elijah went back to his truck for something. Sure enough dog finds an open gate and runs for the back fence. As my spouse gets in the car to drive around and Elijah jumps the back fence and helps to get our dog. I can't think of another time a worker has pitched in to that level. I have in past hired other folks for yard help and have often been less than thrilled with the work quality.
As we have several other yard projects, I plan to call on Hector again.

Excellent. Very helpful and reliable.

They promised to do the mowing, plant trimming, weeding and, generally, make my front and back yard look nice. This was the case for a few weeks, after which, the service turned into the typical “blow and go” service. Plants died, including a tree, at the side yard (I found later that the sprinkler was not working), crab grass grew on my lawn and a sprinkler line sprung an underground leak, forming a muddy area around the sprinkler valves. But none of these problems and issues were brought to my attention nor any solutions proposed to fix the situation. I had the chance, one day, to see how they worked. They literally spent 10 minutes on my yards. Dead leaves were just blown around the yard and were barely raked and disposed of. I’ve yet to find a gardener who will actually do the work as promised without it turning into a “blow and go” service.

They are very good. They mow our lawn and weed it. They are absolutely fantastic. They always go above and beyond. On their last visit they did the basic mowing and edging. They cleaned the patio. They trimmed an overgrown rose bush, one of the hibiscus bushes and the bougainvillea bushes in the backyard. We have a hill that goes down back of the fruit trees. They keep it weed free. The garden looks good when they are done. They do whatever needs to be done. Their price is fantastic. They are very professional.