Groundworks

Let me start this by saying that I'm a detail oriented guy. I work in the mechanical trades, and I'm very familiar with the practices used by contractors. Both good and bad. With that in mind, I needed to hire someone to redo a very poor landscaping job that I inherited. I looked at a small handful of companies that I knew to have a good reputation. Groundworks is a family operated business. I met initially with Gary, who owns it along with his wife. He provided an initial estimate, and was clear about what would be done. He uses his own employees, no sub-contractors or temporary help. In fact, his son Chris was the crew leader on my project. With more than 20 years of experience, I was in good hands with Chris. The scope of the project was initially smaller than the end result due to the hidden issues that were uncovered when work got under way. Gary and Chris worked with me to correct those problems at a price that was more than fair given the time and effort involved. His crew was polite and wasted no time sitting around despite the brutally hot weather. The end result was beautiful. Do yourself a favor and give them an opportunity to provide an estimate. People like this are few and far between. I won't hesitate to recommend them to family and friends. Charles Rapp Lakeville

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Gary was very informative in regards to what was going to be taking place. Gary was very patient with all my questions and concerns. It was nice to see him on site at times too helping out and making sure things were going smoothly. Gary's wife was very good at responding to me emails and making sure I had what I needed for information. Chris and the other crew member(s) were very polite and would ask me questions in regards to what I was expecting or wanted instead of just doing it. I would HIGHLY recommend them for any landscaping and plan on having them back to perform further projects.

Mr. Bauer is always prompt and takes excellent care of my parents. I cannot recommend him highly enough.

 Everything went really well.  Chris was very professional in his work and lets you know if there is anything that comes up and needs to be addressed.

I would recommend Groundworks to anyone who is looking to have any landscaping done.

They are reasonable, professional, and the quality of work is excellent.  They are very punctual and work with the homeowner with their needs.

It went very well.  They completely cleared the driveway and turnaround.  They were on time.

Beautiful! Groundworks installed a retaining wall for a steep side of our driveway in 2009. This winter, the other side of our driveway started eroding and we called Groundworks. This week they were able to build a shorter, lower wall, matching the 7 year old wall. Then they finished off the entry with a stone-step hosta bed bringing all together with matching rocks and style. Their design work, creativity in suggesting solutions, workmanship and final clean up are excellent.

I have had them plow my driveway for more years than I remember.  Their service is reliable with every "plowable" snowfall.  Their price is very reasonable.  I would recommend them.

I HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING ANYONE TO DO SERVICE WORK WHERE I LIVE. I LIVE JUST OUTSIDE PRESCOTT WI, WHICH IS ONLY A STONES THROW FROM MN. HOWEVER SO MANY TWIN CITY BUSINESSES THINK THAT WE LIVE AT THE END OF THE EARTH AND DO NOT WANT TO COME OUT THIS FAR. I NEEDED A LOT OF LANDSCAPE WORK DONE...SO I LOOKED IN THE PHONE BOOK AND DECIDED TO CALL GROUNDWORKS. (THEY ARE LOCATED IN HASTINGS MN) JUST ACROSS THE RIVER, ABOUT 12 MILES. I REALLY LUCKED OUT....THE WORK THEY DID WAS EXCELLENT....WORK I THOUGHT FOR WHAT I HAD DONE WAS REASONABLE. WHEN I FIRST CALLED, THE CALL WAS RETURNED WITHIN A DAY....CAME AND DID THE WORK WHEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD...CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS.....SO IF ANYONE LIVES ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD AND NEEDS LANDSCAPING, (WALLS ETC) I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GROUNDWORKS...THEY ALSO DO SNOWPLOWING IN THE WINTER. DID THE LAST PART THIS APRIL 2004 FOR $4000. THE REST WAS DONE LAST YEAR AND IN 2001...TOTAL COST WAS 14000.00.