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Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc

About us

Established in 1973. Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc. is a family-owned and operated full service Landscape contractor in the Washington, DC./Baltimore Mid-Atlantic Region since 1973. The Denison family has been growing our organization and over the last several years we have been named in the top 50 and, more recently, in the top 25 landscape organizations in the country.

Business highlights

Emergency services offered
52 years of experience

Services we offer

Landscape Architectural Drawings, Master Planning & Landscape Architecture, Residential landscape design, SketchUp/Photoshop/AutoCAD Architectural Renderings, decks, drainage & erosion control, fall & spring yard clean ups, fencing, hardscapes, holiday lighting, irrigation, lawn fertilization, lawn maintenance, leaf removal, outdoor lighting, outdoor sound system, plant pruning, snow removal, stormwater management, tree removal

Amenities

Emergency Services

Yes

Free Estimates

Yes

Accepted Payment Methods

  • CreditCard
Reviews
4.239 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
59%
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18%
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Sandra B.
Sep 2017
2.0
$100
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Response from Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc
"[Member Name Removed], Thank you for reaching out to give us some feedback. We checked through our systems and cant find you or your address in our systems. We also usually don't perform yard work below $500 but we'd love if you could reach out to us and let us know where we fell short and who you did work with so we can better improve ourselves in the future and have a chance to make up for any dissatisfaction. please call 301-567-0210 and ask for our online administrator. - QA/QC"

Mark F.
Jul 2017
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$200
I've used Denison for leaf take out in the fall. I've been dealing with them for years.
Response from Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc
"Mark, Thank you for the feedback! Looks like we came up short on a few issues like quality, punctuality and professionalism on your review. If you wouldn't mind giving us some extra feedback on how we can improve these traits and better serve you the next time around? Have a great day sir and thank you for working with us for so many years. - QA/QC"

James C.
Apr 2017
1.0
$17,489
See above. Note that they once claimed that we never hired them to do work in a rebuttal to an earlier review, and I have the invoice for the work in case anybody doubts our claim.
Response from Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc
"[Member Name Removed], While going through our sites and reaching out to old and new comments and complaints we reached out to [Member Name Removed] a few months after we saw he left a review. We did not claim that we never did the work, we said we could not find any record based off what we had to work with in the review. The separate review that was mentioned did not have a lot of definable information for us to use and did not have a last name attached to it. Not until we saw this review here did we see a much more detailed description of your project from 5 years ago and were able to look you up from your address. We sent you a message asking you to reach out to us because we'd like to talk about the situation. The first review was left 2-3 years after the work was completed and this review 5 years later so we were hoping to talk about what happened and what we did wrong in detail and how we could've helped you at the time. We still hope to hear from you and see how we can improve ourselves further so something like this never happens again and make amends. Please feel to reach out to our main desk 301-567-0210 and ask for our online administrator. - QAQC"

Vidya A.
Jul 2015
3.0
$475
2 people showed and they were simply wasting time and at the end they charged huge amount of price by calculating the unnecessary number of hours.

Marlene A.
May 2015
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
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William C.
Mar 2015
2.0
$15,000
When Denison Landscaping answers the phone or email, all is well.  Problem is trying to get a hold of them and then having the company follow back up. 

Denison Landscaping came out to my house in 2012 and built a rather large retaining wall behind my house and replaced the lower deck platform that was badly tilting due to excessive soil erosion.  Denison Landscaping did a great job, the price was very reasonable so after that job was completed, we had do additional work to the front of the house consisting of hardscape the two front gardens with stone and build a paver pathway to our front door from the driveway.  Total for all that work was approximately $15,000.

All the work was great so we were hopefull to have them come out in 2014 to so some more work.  I both called and emailed the company via their "contact us" form on their website and no answer.  I'd call the residential services phone number and every single time, it would go to voice mail.  After 3 or 4 attempts, I gave up and we hired someone else to do the additional work.

Now it's March 2015 and I need an additional retaining wall built to level out the ground to support stairs for a new deck that's being installed next month so naturally, I'd like Denison Landscaping to come out and do the work because of the outstanding job on the first retaining wall.  This time, in the course of three days, I called twice and left voice messages, sent them a message via Angie's List (because now I'm a member) and on top of that, I emailed the company via regular email, not the "contact us" on their website.  Several days later I get a call back from an answering service on Monday, March 16 stating they got my message and I would get a call back.  Three days later, no phone call or email.

This is the last time I'm going to contact Denison Landscaping for anything.  Good workmanship, good prices but very hard to get a hold of and unreliable when it comes to communicating with their clients.  No one actually answers the phone; customers just get invited to leave a message.  In the end, not worth the time and effort.

Patricia G.
Oct 2014
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,350
The job was completed after three (3) visits.  The provider returned the second time to smooth out the graded area and the third time to lay seed and straw.  After three visits the yard is looking much better.  They were kind of hard to pin down to complete the job, but they got it done.

Christopher T.
Jun 2014
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$250
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SHAMARLI K.
Jun 2014
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,000
Everything was done professionally and timely.

LaKarla L.
Apr 2014
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,000
Very well. My yard looks like new and fresh!

Rachel K.
Apr 2014
4.0
$1,500
in sping of 2013 we had some landscaping done in our front yard. The price was reasonable and we were pleased with the outcome. We contacted Denison this year to have the landscaping pruned and munching done. Basic sping touch ups done. I called for an estimate and my phone call was promptly returned that day. I set up a date and time for an estimate to be done. That is where the good service ended. They never showed or called on the day we set for the estimate. I called the company to complain. Got a call back from the same employee who was supposed to come on that day. He apologized and said it was a oversite and he forgot to put it on his calendar. He then said that he would come out ASAP and do the estimate and give me a call soon. Five days past and I did not hear from him. I then called and left him a message directly asking if he had come. That was five days ago and have not received a return phone call. I am pleased with the work that was done last year however, I am very dissapointed in the customer service this year. For that reason I would not use them in the future.

Catherine W.
Feb 2014
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
I purchase things from them all the time.  It is a family run business.  They are highly professional and they guarantee their plants for at least a year as long as you do what they tell you to do to take care of them and it is entirely successful on my part.  They are a bit expensive than the independent people that go around your house.

Charles D.
Dec 2013
3.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$125
I have used them a number of times.  Unfortunately, a few times they did not show up until 3 weeks after I called them.  They were never able to give me a specific day and time that the work would be done.  Sometimes I had to call twice.  They were not good at following instructions.  However, it looks like they are the only game in town where I live since I can't really get anyone else to show up for that price sometimes any price.

Jay K.
Oct 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,000
It's okay. It would be much better if I had taken care of it. A couple of the heavy winters we had, did some damage. The wall is okay and most of it is still pretty good. It was a little pricey but I had seen their work and I knew that I would get a good product. I didn't have any issues with the estimate, landscape architect or the crew. I was at work for most of the work. They did a pretty good job in just a couple of days.

Harold C.
Aug 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
I went into contract this year with them but I have been using them for many years.  They are very punctual and very professional.  They are a little bit more expensive but I never feel t like I am being robbed.  They give me cheaper options and sometimes, they tell me how to do it myself instead of me having them do it and then pay for it, so I like that about them.  They charge me a $120 for the spring service and I can find a guy that will probably do it in $100.  But in the end, they don’t take advantage of me and they do a good job and they get it done.  I think it is a very fair price but it is still expensive than most of them if not all of them.  They give me a window of one to six and they are here at 5.55 so they are within the time that they say are going to be but I am always their last customer!  They are very professional. 

Daniel I.
Jun 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,800
Very well.  Small problem at first with grade of gravel, but they were accommodating and delivered some extra, while removing the unusable portion.  Deliveries of field stone and soil were very timely, and well placed.  Soil quality was oustanding. Very professional service overall.

Charronne J.
Jun 2013
3.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
The technician was on time and professional. The work he did was okay. However, after he left water was leaking into my basement. I called them to come out immediately to fix the leak but they said they could not come out until four days later. I had to hire a plumber to come out that day. I was not happy with their service.

Paula T.
May 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,200
They were good and professional. Their price is a little high but they did what they were supposed to do. 

Mrs. G.
May 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$800
They did a great job. They were done in a timely manner. They were very polite and courteous--I would use them again.

William B.
Apr 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,423
We used them in March.  They did a flowerbed and cleaned up bushes and trees.  The quality of the work was excellent, the response time was good, they were able to work with my schedule.  They offered great craftsmanship. The price was high but the quality of the work was good.  I will use their services again.

Jewelene R.
Mar 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$375
Went well.

KAREN M.
Jan 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$480
Their prices are reasonable. They come out and gave me a free estimate. I put half down and then pay the other half when they complete the job. We have never had to call them to come and redo something. It has been good service.

John R.
Dec 2012
1.0
Don't use them for sod.

Carrie G.
Dec 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$12,000
Vince Pollino did a good job showing me various options for the patio.  I was originally thinking about getting flagstone, but opted for the Belgard pavers instead, because they looked so nice and I could get a much larger patio for my budget with pavers.  Vince was very patient as I looked at numerous options for flower bed edging along the patio, then finally decided to go without it entirely.
The job itself went well.  Workers were organized and worked quickly and professionally.  The excavation and forklift equipment ripped up the front yard, which needed to be re-seeded, but this was unavoidable.  I needed to re-seed one more time after the re-seeding done by Denison, but the grass grew back a little bit more thickly this spring.  
The patio was laid very well, taking into account the backyard, which slopes down to the patio, and the related drainage needs.  Water drains away from the house, which was my main concern.  There is one low area in the patio (in the paver circle area) where water pools, rather than draining off.  The polymeric sand in this area (between pavers) cracked this fall.
The price was on the high end, and I might get more quotes were I were to do it again.  Nevertheless, the patio turned out very, very well and I'm happy with it!  I may contact the company to see what can be done about the appearance of cracks between the pavers in the area that isn't draining well - this is really the only problem.

Brady S.
Aug 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,250
I emailed to solicit a quote. James Denison emailed me back within a day and come out to visit the property within another two days. He then delivered his proposal within two days and then modified per my request(s). He and his team then arrived at the designated hour on the designated day, and completed the job as promised - by the end of the second day.
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FAQ

Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc is currently rated 4.2 overall out of 5.

Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc accepts the following forms of payment: CreditCard

Yes, Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc offers free project estimates.

No, Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.

No, Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc does not offer a senior discount.

Yes, Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc offers emergency services.

No, Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc does not offer warranties.