Low Maintenance Landscape Inc

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Great service.

Great company to work with.  Ryan is very knowledgeable about design & plants.  Workers were efficient and final cost was not way over estimate.

They were easy to work with and gave speedy results. They were good on planning. 

So far the process with LML has gone well.  Ryan and Brenda have been pleasant to work with.  Before doing any billable work Ryan scheduled a free consultation that involved visiting our property in mid-February and discussing potential landscaping ideas (we had only vague notions of what we wanted), and he asked us to complete a fairly extensive Landscape Design Questionnaire that helped us contemplate and articulate what we wanted.  After we returned that questionnaire and a design contract with a $200 deposit, Brenda took site measurements, and about one month later Ryan met with us to discuss the completed design.  At that meeting, which lasted more than an hour, he was very patient about answering our (often naive) questions about the choice of plants, aspects of the layout, various options (e.g., drainage basins, accent rocks) and minor changes (e.g., room for a mulch pile), maintaining the landscape, etc.
It's hard for us to judge the quality of LML's work, because we know very little about landscaping and have never hired a professional landscape architect for such a major project (about $12,300 for all 3 phases); we've only hired landscapers for much smaller projects, and they didn't have much formal training.  Another challenge in evaluating LML's work is that the landscape itself hasn't yet been installed -- we paid for the design separately (but see below) -- and even after it's installed we probably won't be able to evaluate it properly for a few years until it matures.
That raises another challenge in evaluating professional landscape services: Although LML's prices might seem high, it's important to consider the value of hiring a business with their collective expertise in designing, installing, and maintaining landscapes that are well-adapted to the local climate and tailored to the customer's preferences (e.g., gardening interests and experience, willingness to water).  Although you can almost certainly find someone who'll design and install beds and plants for substantially less, the ultimate value of their work depends heavily on its long-run quality.  My impression is that LML's expertise (e.g., Ryan's 5-year degree in landscape architecture) and dedication to horticulture, as demonstrated in part by the extensive information provided on their website, are well worth the additional expense compared to less-experienced contractors.
I should note three more things.  First, although we could've hired someone else to install the landscape that LML designed (or done it ourselves), we've hired LML to install the first of three phases (for about $6,000), which is scheduled to be done this week.  Second, the design fee is refundable if we hire LML to install it, so in a sense the design is free.  Third, one reason we were drawn to LML is that they offer maintenance plans, which will help us learn how to care for our new landscape and reduce the burden of maintaining in ourselves.

The price is pretty expensive but they do good work. Their responsiveness and punctuality are good. Their professionalism is great. I will use them again in the future.

I'm pleased with what they've done and they do good work but I think they are pretty expensive. Their responsiveness and punctuality are good. Their professionalism is great. I will continue to use them in the future.