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Trio Landscaping LLC

Outdoor Lighting Plan and Installation, Outdoor Lighting Repair, Deck or Porch - Build or Replace,

About us

Consultation - Design - Project Management. Trio Landscaping provides quality service that begins with your personal consultation and continues beyond your satisfaction of a wonderfully completed landscape. We differ from the other companies by providing consultation, design and project management services that let you use as much or as little of our talent in the inspiration or creation of your landscape. We pride ourselves in being the landscape designer that helps you find a landscape that meets your lifestyle in both form and function. . Diana Grundeen, owner and award winning designer has been featured on HGTV's Curb Appeal and Hometime also participated in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Diana is certified as a Landscape Professional by the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) since 1999 and a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) as well as other professional organizations.

Business highlights

15 years of experience

Services we offer

Trio's custom landscape design includes design only, decks, dry creek beds, fire pits and places, lakeshore and erosion control, landscape design/build, landscape lighting, low maintenance plantings, natives, outdoor kitchens, outdoor rooms, patios & pavers, pergolas and other landscape features as desired, pollinator gardens, rain gardens, retaining walls, sustainable plantings, water features: ponds, waterfalls and streams

Accepted Payment Methods

  • CreditCard
Reviews
4.749 Reviews
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73%
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Showing 26-49 of 49 reviews
LISA D.
Feb 2014
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$30
I thought Diana was very informative when she came. We talked through things and she had some really good insights. We didn’t end up following through on the landscaping due to time and financial commitments.

Vince J.
Jan 2014
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$5,000
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Robert M.
Nov 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
After the walk around of our property, we went to our dining room table and Diana spent well over an hour outlining various strategies and plans for our landscaping project.  She showed a multitude of projects she has completed, all with elements that might be right for what we want.  Then, a couple days later, on a very cold day again, she was at our property taking measurements and more notes.  We are to meet after the first of the year to solidify plans and establish a date for the work to begin.  We are excited to work with such a professional and pleasant landscape designer.  Based on the initial consultation, my wife and I recommended her highly!
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with you. I enjoyed meeting with you and am glad we were able to meet before winter set in. I am looking forward to reviewing your landscape plans with you soon."

Daniel J.
Oct 2013
2.0
$50
They were difficult to get scheduled and when they did show they were late. They did reschedule and I really didn't find the information they provided relevant.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"I am am sorry you were not happy with our services. Yes our schedule can be quite booked up in the start of the season, however we do have a variety of times available to meet with our clients, and it does depend on our clients availability to see what will work best, sometimes the preferred times can be booked out 2 weeks or more . Yes we were late, approx 15 min due to traffic and being a bit turned around in the neighborhood, and did reschedule the appointment with in the week as it no longer fit your schedule that day. As for the relevancy of the information; we had addressed your questions as to the plantings in the yard and provided insight and options that had interested you at the time. We had discussed your back yard in ways to make it more private and functional- yes a few ideas were a stretch, but others were quite attainable. Landscapes can be quite open to interpretation, and very rarely is there a set right or wrong way to accomplish a certain affect, to find what works best for our clients we rely on the conversations we have and the information provided by the client to help steer the designer into a direction that will best suit the client with the options we share. We would love to know more if you felt we were not listening to your needs you were sharing, or if we just perhaps we didn't understand all of what you were looking to know. We appreciate your comments so we can continue to make the experience better."

Colleen S.
Aug 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$30
They were terrific. They were prompt and professional and they were very good. The consultation went just well. It was perfect. We did not end up using them simply because we had other problems that you couldn't afford it as we had our basement flood. I would highly recommend them. They were wonderful. I would use them again.

Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with you. It was a pleasure helping you find some great ideas and solutions for your front yard. Please know we do have your plan of file for when you are ready to accomplish your landscape work. Thanks again!"

Rich H.
Aug 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
Diana did an amazing job putting the plan together.  We never would have gotten as far as we did without her design.  We decided to use our concrete guys (Hardstone Concrete) to handle the majority of the plan.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"SO glad that we were able to provide you with a great plan! I look forward to seeing the finished project and am happy to be of service for any other landscape needs."

Cari P.
Jun 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$35
The service was just fine. They spent an hour with my husband and did a basic pencil sketch design. We were happy with the person who came out and we were happy with the design. We haven't started. We are going to do our own design using some of their ideas. The experience was just fine.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank you very much for having had us out. It was a pleasure to meet with you and share ideas. I appreciate that you will be able to incorporate some of the ideas we shared. Please let us know if there is anything more we can help with: follow up consultation or having the crew help you with your installation. I look forward to seeing how your back yard comes together! Thanks again for the opportunity to serve you!"

Xiaojian L.
Jun 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$30
It was okay. It's good, not bad at all. There were no additional charges other than what they offered on the big deal purchase. The quality was good.

GUY C.
Jun 2013
3.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
It was fine, but felt like she shared info that we already knew.  It wasn't her fault, but I felt that I didn't get anything unique from this deal.  I wouldn't do it again.  It basically, would have been a better deal, had I hired her and had her company do the job.  We weren't in a position to do that.  Also, our job was much smaller than she typically did.  Very professional and seems to know a lot about the various plants.  However, this deal wasn't great for small project ideas.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to have met with you. I am sorry that the information I shared were things you knew, had I known you were interested in more in depth information we could have modified the information we were sharing. We do try to contour each of our consultations to our clients needs, however input from our clients is critical in our ability to do that. We would be happy to chat with you again to help amend this."

LAURA D.
Jun 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
I purchased the Big Deal for garden designer services (regularly $600, Big Deal price $400).  I wanted to start a vegetable garden & I knew I wanted to use raised beds, but I needed professional advice.  Diana of Trio Landscaping met with me at my home.  She asked me questions about the yard space, and about my thoughts & desires for the space.  She took out her ipad and started sketching on the spot.  I looked over her shoulder at her sketch and said "That's it!"  She had instantly designed something for my space that I had been wracking my brain trying to figure out for weeks!  It was a rough draft in that moment, but it was perfect for me.  We met again after she had drawn up the design plan.  I had a bit of sticker shock when I saw the price, but I did not find it out of bounds of what is reasonable.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"So glad we are able to inspire you and share some wonderful ideas for your new landscape and garden spaces. I look forward to seeing how things grow as you install your landscape. Please let me know if I can be of any other help."

Holly I.
May 2013
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$30
Went through my yard and gave me good examples of what I could do. I had
trouble writing it all down. I would have paid more to have a draw up
of plans sent to me.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank so much for the opportunity to have met with you. I am glad we were able to provide you with great ideas! At the end of the conversation you should have been presented with the opportunity to have plans drawn up ( yes there is an additional fee for this based on the scope of work). The opportunity for plans to be drawn is still available to you as well- all you need to do is contact us to let us know and we can follow up based on information shared during our consult. Thanks again!"

LAURA M.
Feb 2013
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
We did not use their service and are not going to do any work now.

Amy G.
Feb 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Overall, the experience was good. They provided some advice on the landscaping, including some things I could do myself.

ROBERT A.
Jan 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$20,000
Diana came up with an outstanding design and plan that included what needed to be done,without overdoing the landscaping to make it look inconsistent with the house.  The result was a spectacular back yard that matches the house and the neighborhood, improves the privacy of the house and remains relatively low maintenance.
The landscaping was done well, the quality of the patio is remarkable, as is the work on the new back porch.  Her choices for plants was excellent and the planting work seems to have been done flawlessly, though the winter isn't over yet.
Diana was always on time to appointments, her e-mail communication took follow-up on my part on a couple occasions, but the overall project was really outstanding.

Jason J.
Jan 2013
4.0
$30
She seemed a bit one dimensional on ideas.  She referenced and showed ideas from a color catalog and all the ideas were clearly from past projects.  Nothing different or changed.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank you for the review and the opportunity to respond. Yes we do use product catalogs and pictures of past projects to help express ideas that we may be alluding to when discussing ideas for your landscape, as we have found this to be most helpful for people to get a feel for the ideas we share. Every landscape is unique when various ideas come together as a whole with your input guiding us along the way, whether they have been done before or are new for us. Your comments as we consult are what help steer us in directions for how conservative or extensive the design ideas can be so that we do not intentionally over or under suggest ideas for you in regards to segments with in a space or the overall concepts themselves. We would be happy to follow up with you and find other suggestions that could be more than what we previously suggested if you are indeed open to more change."

MARY M.
Jan 2013
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$35
Quite well.  Diana knows her stuff and was able to give us some good ideas for how we might upgrade our landscape ourselves, including what we might do to revive our front lawn.  If we had a bigger budget or a bigger yard, we might use them!

Stephen W.
Dec 2012
3.0
$30
I got what I needed out of the consultation. I was looking for some advice on a certain area. I just wasn’t sure about hiring them for the work.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Yes we were able to provide ideas on the space, including the amount of time and effort that would provide the best results. I was quite upfront with there being work that needed to be done before our crews would be able to do quality plantings in a reclaimed Buckthorn space. There are services I could provide to prepare for the plantings, or could be accomplished directly by the client. I am quite comfortable with the work being done separately from our crews and would be happy to be of service to you when the Buckthorn is under control and you are ready for design work."

Justin H.
Dec 2012
2.0
$50
The first visit went well.  She came and gave us a lot of information and ideas. Of course, to do an actual design of it was going to cost $600, not to mention the $15k-$20k estimate she gave us.  We thought about it and asked her to come back for another visit to talk about smaller projects, since $20k was out of our budget.  She did not show up for the next appointment, nor called or emailed after that.  We took that as a sign that it was not a good place to work with, and after some research realized that her quotes were quite likely to be much higher than other places.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"My sincere apologies for not having connected with you earlier and have reached out to you again recently. I do recall we had a follow up meeting to review the wonderful ideas for your backyard, and that there were scheduling issues on my end. Since then we have made changes to prevent this from happening again, however you should have received phone calls and emails for us to connect- Please let it be know we did not intentionally miss any appointments with you and would love the opportunity to be of service to you. Trio Landscaping’s goal is to express the vision of possibility rooted in the yards, families and clients we inspire. In regards to budget; this vision may not have been the budget you had initially considered and we do want to make sure that great design is not out of reach, so conversations of style and materials and what can really achieve your goals are important as they greatly impact the estimated budgets we share with you. We also understand there are many levels of landscape design/ build companies in the metro and while we are not the cheapest we are moderately priced for the level of service and expertise we provide. Yes we do charge for the different levels of service that we offer, however we would like to note that for our projects that are installed under our management the design fees are credited back to you at invoicing. I would be happy to be of service to you and the wonderful opportunities that you envision for your landscape."

ELEANOR K.
Dec 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$30
Diana, the owner, arrived promptly and was ready to listen to my questions.  She gave excellent advice about a stand of evergreens near the road, and very helpful hints about perennials, as well as possibilities for creating a more welcoming entrance from the road (we are a distance from it).  In the future, I would definitely consider getting design plans from Trio.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thank you, it was great to be able to meet you and help you with your trees and other landscape ideas. I would love to be able to help you with plans when you are ready."

Steve L.
Nov 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$30
Overall went well, as expected. I did this for consultation. The upgrades improvements were small in nature and this company does not perform very small jobs. I will use the advise I received to improve my landscaping by planting/buying the suggested materials.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"I am so glad to have been of service to you. We love to educate our clients in many aspects of their landscape as well make suggestions for new. I do hope you will consider us again for your next project."

CHERYL J.
Nov 2012
4.0
Didn't use this company.
Response from Trio Landscaping LLC
"Thanks for the review! Diana Grundeen met with you in July of 2011 and shared some ideas for both your front and back yard. These were ideas that you have the opportunity to implement on your own to help meet a smaller budget, or could have us take care of for you. We understand that every client has an of idea of what expensive is when it comes to investing in their landscape and that we may not fit everyone's needs. Helping you understand what that investment is for the goal you want to accomplish is part of our consultation with you. The more you know of what you are looking to invest the better we can help you adjust the vision to meet the budget, or that it might not be attainable for that budget and we need to adjust both vision and budget to make things work comfortably for you. Knowing we talked about some fun inclusions to help you enjoy your landscape, and that does affect the budget, things can be scaled back as well. We would be happy to do a follow up consultation to help you with these ideas."

Michael V.
Jul 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
Diana was asked to provide a plan and an estimate for a project to redesign our front-yard landscaping and replace our concrete slab sidewalk/steps with pavers.  She was very professional and provided a plan that we really liked.  She seemed very knowledgeable and provided suggestions on plants which would both  layer within our space as well as provide a colorful presentation throughout the season. 

Caroline L.
Jul 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,680

 They were able to get the work done even though the weather was very challenging those two days.  We thought that we were listened to very well when we explained what we would like to have done and the problems we wanted corrected from the poor work another contractor had done previously in the fall of 2011. 
Diana (the owner) was very knowledgable about the trees, plants and what would work best for our needs/desires when we planned this landscaping project with her.  We couldn't be more pleased with this whole project.
Best lesson learned for us was that you get what you pay for;  the previous year we went with a cheaper contractor and and we got exactly what we paid for, poor workmanship.  This time we were smart and we couldn't be happier.

Marilyn K.
Jul 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$600

After we had the plan for a while Diana meet with to go over our questions. 

CHRIS M.
Jun 2012
4.0
$30
This was a big deal coupon. I did not have any work done. She kind of answered some of my questions about things that were going on around my house. I wanted to get an idea of what I can do with some of the thing going on around here because O wanted ti switch things around a little bit. She just gave me some suggestions. She was a nice girl. She had some ideas but it wasn't anything I wanted to do at the time. She was very nice though. She came out when she said she was going to. She answered all my questions. That might not be a service I would use.
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Trio Landscaping LLC is currently rated 4.7 overall out of 5.

Trio Landscaping LLC accepts the following forms of payment: CreditCard

No, Trio Landscaping LLC does not offer free project estimates.

No, Trio Landscaping LLC does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.

No, Trio Landscaping LLC does not offer a senior discount.

No, Trio Landscaping LLC does not offer emergency services.

No, Trio Landscaping LLC does not offer warranties.