SHADE TREE LANDSCAPE & DESIGN

Mike was recommended to me by another contractor that did an excellent job for me so I gave him a shot. He came out quickly and gave a fair estimate. He put down landscaping fabric to prevent weeds and covered it with beautiful colored washed stone around the entire house, garage and flagpole area and removed all the weeds and dead shrubs.The mulch that had been there was attracting carpenter ants, weeds grew in it and it would blow all over so that maintenance was never ending and we couldn't keep up so things always looked bad. He did the work on schedule and did a beautiful job. He didn't ask for any money until he was done and I was satisfied. He left the site clean as if he'd never been there. After 3 years it still looks great, just an occasional weed pops through which is easy so pull or spray once every couple of weeks. It sure beats a full day of bending over pulling weeds every weekend. At the time I thought the price was a little high but still very much worth it. I've since moved out of state and needed similar work done. The landscaper I found here was everything Mike was not. He charged several times more, took weeks to get started, even more to complete and required constant phone calls from me when he would disappear for several days at a time, endless broken promises and trying to skip out on work promised and the end product was far from what I had experienced with Shade Tree. I now have an even greater appreciation for contractors that show up, do their work quickly and completely and finish on time without excuses or requiring pushing from me. If Shade Tree would travel 800 miles I'd hire them again for my new house.