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Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry

Designer - Landscape, Lawn Care Maintenance and Mowing, Sod Installation,

About us

Professional & Affordable Lawn Services and Outdoor Hardscapes. We offer landscape and hardscape design to fit any budget! Ava Gardens is a full service landscaping and hardscape company. Call today for a free estimate! 910 383-1676 We also except all major credit cards.

Business highlights

15 years of experience

Services we offer

Let us design the garden of your dreams!!! We offer a free before and after design to show you what your property can look like. We offer weekly as well as bi-weekly lawn maintenance. Cutting, edging, weeding & pruning. Ava Gardens also offers drainage services.

Amenities

Free Estimates

Yes

Accepted Payment Methods

  • CreditCard
Reviews
4.36 Reviews
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Showing 1-6 of 6 reviews
Darryl T.
Feb 2025
1.0
$3,325
I am writing in hopes of saving others from having the experience I have  had with Joe Brugnone and Ava Gardens handling my landscaping needs. Joe comes across as an amiable and knowledgeable person, a professional that knows how to do his business and keep his customers satisfied. My experience was that this image does not translate well into real life practice. A few specific examples may help to explain a few of the  reasons for this conclusion:   - Lawn mowing sometimes scalped patches down to the roots, roughly  once a month. The clippings from mowing were often blown into our shrub beds (covering the mulch), or onto the neighbor's yard. Spraying to keep weeds out of the beds was supposed to be included in the weekly lawn and bed maintenance. This was not done, and weeds easily grew in the beds. I mentioned this to Joe on several occasions. At first he was receptive, reaffirmed his commitment to customer satisfaction, and said he would take care of it. When reporting this again later in the year he  characterized me as being a 'complainer', even as we walked around the  yard and he manually pulled weeds as high as his knees from the beds.  Twenty percent (20%) of the contracted lawn and bed maintenance visits  were not provided.   - Lawn treatments for fertilizing and weed management were applied so  thinly as to be ineffective (green stripes in lawn, continued abundant weed growth). Only 2 or 3 of the seven promised lawn treatments took place during the year. The lawn had a sickly green / yellow / brown appearance with weeds being the greenest part of the lawn. At one point he said he did a thorough spot spraying of weeds throughout the lawn, but there was very little wilting, yellowing or dying of the weeds, which continued sprouting and growing unabated. His explanation was that weed seeds were blowing onto my lawn from neighbors, and he couldn't keep up with mother nature. A different service provider has since had no such difficulty.   - Pruning of shrubs and bushes was performed in a slashing and  hacking fashion, and the resulting appearance was embarrassing.  Misshapen bushes with bare and flat sides were common. When I walked  around the yard with Joe sharing my concerns, he said the shrubs would  grow back. He also committed to doing the pruning himself next time, to  ensure a proper outcome. Unfortunately, 'next time' never arrived (my  requests were put off due to drought, heat, other projects, "within the  next couple weeks", etc.), and the shrubs were left to become gangling  and twice their normal size. In short - my lawn, shrubs and beds were in worse condition after 12  months (beginning in August 2023) of being cared for by Joe and Ava  Gardens than they were to begin with. Worse yet, we paid for the year's  services in advance, and are still waiting for a refund for the  contracted services that were not provided.  Commitments from Joe for a  timely and amicable settlement have not happened. Buyer beware! **Update 2/2/25 - The negotiated amount to refund for the cost of undelivered services agreed to on 9/23/24 was paid today.

Susan M.
Sep 2016
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
unknown

Janice O.
Jun 2016
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,200
They did a professional job and the area looks very nice.

Susie S.
Mar 2016
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$4,800
unknown

Olivia E.
May 2015
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$50
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Melanie C.
May 2012
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$50
Very professional

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FAQ

Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry is currently rated 4.3 overall out of 5.

Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry accepts the following forms of payment: CreditCard

Yes, Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry offers free project estimates.

No, Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.

No, Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry does not offer a senior discount.

No, Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry does not offer emergency services.

No, Ava Gardens Lawn Care & Masonry does not offer warranties.