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Founded 1993 • With Angi since August 1997
3325 WILLIAMS RD
Columbus, OH 43207
02/21/2005
LARRY S.
BETTER WAY IS A VERY SMALL FIRM, SO IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO GET HOLD OF SOMEONE. ONCE WORK BEGAN, THE OUTCOME WAS VERY GOOD AND PROCEEDED REASONABLY. WE ORIGINALLY HIRED THEM FOR FRONT PORCH AND SIDEWALK. WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE WORK AND HAD THEM COME OUT AGAIN FOR THE STAIRS.
Description of Work
REMOVED CEMENT SLAB AND SIDEWALK AND INSTALLED FRONT PORCH AND WALKWAY WITH PAVERS. ADDED STONE WALL AND BORDER AROUND PORCH. INSTALLED LARGE STONE STAIRS ON SLOPE ON SIDE OF HOUSE.
Category hardscaping
07/16/2003
DAVE B.
THE OVERALL PLAN AND DESIGN WAS AN A. THE INSTALLATION OF THE TREES AND PLACEMENT OF SHRUBS I WOULD GIVE THEM A C. HE TOOK SOME EXISTING PLANTINGS AND REPLANTED THEM, I WOULD GIVE HIM A D ON THAT. HE DUG HALF A WHOLE AND BARELY PLANTED THEM, THEY ENDED UP DYING ON ME. ON THE PAVER PATIO, SIDEWALKS, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO COMPACT THEM. HE DID NOT PUT A PROPER BASE IN. HE DID THE SAME FOR THE RETAINING WALL. HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. HE WAS VERY SHORT HANDED, PRETTY MUCH DID THE JOB HIMSELF. IT TOOK HIM MUCH LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED TO GET THE JOB DONE. HE BROUGHT HIS KIDS TO THE JOB WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY UNPROFESSIONAL. HE CUT A LOT OF CORNERS JUST TO SAVE MONEY. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE JOB HE DID. AS FAR AS THE LABOR. I FORESEE PROBLEMS IN THE SIDEWALKS, PAVER PATIO AND RETAINING WALL. HE SEEMED TO GET VERY SHORT AND DISGRUNTLED BY THE END OF THE JOB.
Description of Work
COMPLETE LANDSCAPE JOB, CONCRETE PAVERS, RETAINING WALLS, PLANTINGS, TREES, PERENNIALS, ANNUALS. THEY ALSO DID THE DESIGN WORK. HE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AT THE BEGINNING BUT TOWARDS THE END IT JUST SEEMED HE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE. I THOUGHT HIS PRICING WAS FAIR FOR THE DESIGN, BUT FOR THE INSTALLATION I FELT IT WAS POOR BECAUSE HE WAS CUTTING CORNERS. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH SOME OF THE LOPSIDED TREES.
Category landscaping
07/16/2003
DAVE B.
THE OVERALL PLAN AND DESIGN WAS AN A. THE INSTALLATION OF THE TREES AND PLACEMENT OF SHRUBS I WOULD GIVE THEM A C. HE TOOK SOME EXISTING PLANTINGS AND REPLANTED THEM, I WOULD GIVE HIM A D ON THAT. HE DUG HALF A WHOLE AND BARELY PLANTED THEM, THEY ENDED UP DYING ON ME. ON THE PAVER PATIO, SIDEWALKS, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO COMPACT THEM. HE DID NOT PUT A PROPER BASE IN. HE DID THE SAME FOR THE RETAINING WALL. HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. HE WAS VERY SHORT HANDED, PRETTY MUCH DID THE JOB HIMSELF. IT TOOK HIM MUCH LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED TO GET THE JOB DONE. HE BROUGHT HIS KIDS TO THE JOB WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY UNPROFESSIONAL. HE CUT A LOT OF CORNERS JUST TO SAVE MONEY. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE JOB HE DID. AS FAR AS THE LABOR. I FORESEE PROBLEMS IN THE SIDEWALKS, PAVER PATIO AND RETAINING WALL. HE SEEMED TO GET VERY SHORT AND DISGRUNTLED BY THE END OF THE JOB.
Description of Work
COMPLETE LANDSCAPE JOB, CONCRETE PAVERS, RETAINING WALLS, PLANTINGS, TREES, PERENNIALS, ANNUALS. THEY ALSO DID THE DESIGN WORK. HE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AT THE BEGINNING BUT TOWARDS THE END IT JUST SEEMED HE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE. I THOUGHT HIS PRICING WAS FAIR FOR THE DESIGN, BUT FOR THE INSTALLATION I FELT IT WAS POOR BECAUSE HE WAS CUTTING CORNERS. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH SOME OF THE LOPSIDED TREES.
Category hardscaping
10/28/2002
MR.PABST HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY, APPEARED SO KNOWLEDGABLE RE: LANDSCAPING SERVICE, THE SELECTION OF THE PLANTS APPEARS TO HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE GOOD JUDGEMENT EXPECTED.
Description of Work
FRONT YARD PLANTS
Category landscaping
08/29/2002
WILLIAM F.
PABST ASSURED US THAT THE WORK REQUIRED NO PERMITS. HE WAS WRONG. 50% ADVANCED PAYMENT AND 50% PAYMENT UPON COMPLETION AGREED TO. BUT PABST BADGERED US FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. UPON FIRST INSPECTION OF COMPLETED WORK PABST REFUSED TO CORRECT MISPLACED TREES AND TREES PLANTED LOPSIDED. WE EXPECTED MATURE PERENNIALS ($20 EACH) AND RECEIVED SEEDLINGS. FINALLY AFTER FINAL PAYMENT WAS MADE BY US IN DISGUST, PABST RETURNED AND SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL INVOICE FOR OFFICE WORK ($700 FEE TO OBTAIN THE $75 PERMIT) AND FOR ADDITIONAL TOPSOIL. WE CONTACTED JONES TOPSOIL TO FIND THAT PABST OVER BILLED US FOR SOIL NOT DELIVERED. AFTER WE THREATENED TO CANCEL CHECK PABST WITHDREW ADDTIONAL BILLINGS. PABST NEVER CORRECTED PLANTINGS
Description of Work
CONSTRUCT A LINEAR 3 FOOT HIGH STONE WALL ALONG 80 FOOT PROPERTY LINE. BACKFILL ALONG THE WALL TO LEVEL BACKYARD TERRAIN. PLANT 30 MATURE TREES, BUSHES AND 2 DOZEN PERENNIALS AND MULCH AREA.
Category landscaping
08/29/2002
WILLIAM F.
PABST ASSURED US THAT THE WORK REQUIRED NO PERMITS. HE WAS WRONG. 50% ADVANCED PAYMENT AND 50% PAYMENT UPON COMPLETION AGREED TO. BUT PABST BADGERED US FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. UPON FIRST INSPECTION OF COMPLETED WORK PABST REFUSED TO CORRECT MISPLACED TREES AND TREES PLANTED LOPSIDED. WE EXPECTED MATURE PERENNIALS ($20 EACH) AND RECEIVED SEEDLINGS. FINALLY AFTER FINAL PAYMENT WAS MADE BY US IN DISGUST, PABST RETURNED AND SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL INVOICE FOR OFFICE WORK ($700 FEE TO OBTAIN THE $75 PERMIT) AND FOR ADDITIONAL TOPSOIL. WE CONTACTED JONES TOPSOIL TO FIND THAT PABST OVER BILLED US FOR SOIL NOT DELIVERED. AFTER WE THREATENED TO CANCEL CHECK PABST WITHDREW ADDTIONAL BILLINGS. PABST NEVER CORRECTED PLANTINGS
Description of Work
CONSTRUCT A LINEAR 3 FOOT HIGH STONE WALL ALONG 80 FOOT PROPERTY LINE. BACKFILL ALONG THE WALL TO LEVEL BACKYARD TERRAIN. PLANT 30 MATURE TREES, BUSHES AND 2 DOZEN PERENNIALS AND MULCH AREA.
Category hardscaping
04/17/2002
JULIAN L.
NICE WORK, FRIENDLY PERSONNEL, KNOWLEDGEABLE, NEIGHBOR USED THEM
Description of Work
PLALNTING, TRANSFER PLANTS, EDGING, CREATE FLOWER BEDS, MULCHING
Category landscaping
10/31/2001
JULIAN L.
Description of Work
LANDSCAPED FRONT AND MOVED PLANTS FROM FRONT TO BACK
Category landscaping
05/14/2001
Syd M.
THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THEY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT ESTIMATING WHEN THEY WILL BE STARTING THE PROJECTS.
Description of Work
INSTALLED A WATER GARDEN AND LANDSCAPING AROUND THE WATER GARDEN.
Category landscaping
11/20/2000
HENRY & CAROLINE B.
Description of Work
DESIGNED AND PLANTED LANDSCAPING
Category landscaping
04/13/2000
POND LOOKS BAD AND ROCKS ARE PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THE POND IS LEAKING AND I CAN'T GET THEM BACK OUT.
Description of Work
HAD THEM RE-DO A POND
Category hardscaping
10/29/1999
MARY H.
THEY HAD A GREAT LANDSCAPE PLAN, BUT THE FOLLOWUP WAS BAD. MEMBER CAN'T GET THEM OUT FOR THE APPOINTMENTS. SHE IS TRYING TO FIND A NEW COMPANY.
Description of Work
NONE.
Category landscaping
09/15/1999
THE DID A WONDERFUL JOB LANDSCAPING. OUR DECK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. WE
Description of Work
LANDSCAPING AND PATIO.
Category hardscaping
09/15/1999
THE DID A WONDERFUL JOB LANDSCAPING. OUR DECK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. WE
Description of Work
LANDSCAPING AND PATIO.
Category landscaping
08/05/1999
Shaun B.
LANDSCAPING DESIGN INSTALLATION. VERY FRIENDLY TO WORK WITH.
Category landscaping
07/27/1999
DID A GREAT JOB. THERE WERE PUNCTUAL!
Category landscaping
07/26/1999
SOMETIMES HARD TO CONTACT WHEN GOING THRU ANSWERING SERVICE. LANDSCAPE DESIGN & INSTALLATION.
Category landscaping
07/26/1999
ROBERT & KATHY H.
TOTAL LANDSCAPING FRONT & BACK YARD & PUT POND IN. EXCELLENT WORK-VERY PROFESSIONAL WORK & WOULD DEFINITELY USE AGAIN & HAVE TOLD OTHERS ABOUT THEM.
Category landscaping
07/08/1999
SHARON P.
NEGATIVE REPORT: MEMBER HAD THEM BUILD A FENCE. HAD TO COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO DO REPAIRS. COMPANY RESPONDED TO NIA, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM TO THE MEMBER'S SATISFACTION. 5/21/99
Category fencing
05/06/1999
LARRY and Linda C.
I CALLED HIM TWICE AND HE DID NOT RETURN EITHER PHONE CALL.
Category landscaping
04/27/1999
DAVID & KATHY W.
EASY TO WORK WITH AND SEEM TO BE GOOD PRICES WE ARE EXPECTING TO SIGN CONTRACT NEXT WEEK IF INSTALLATION IS AS EASY AS WORKING WITH JOHN THEN WE WILL BE VERY PLEASED
Category decks
03/29/1999
GARY & MARYANN M.
DID PLANTING MULCHING & DID A GREAT JOB FOR US. HE'S COMING BACK TO DO SOME MORE WORK IN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE. NEW BEDS, FLAGSTONE. WHENEVER WE CALL W/ A QUESTIONS HE ANSWERS ALL OF THEM!
Category landscaping
03/29/1999
GARY & MARYANN M.
DID PLANTING MULCHING & DID A GREAT JOB FOR US. HE'S COMING BACK TO DO SOME MORE WORK IN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE. NEW BEDS, FLAGSTONE. WHENEVER WE CALL W/ A QUESTIONS HE ANSWERS ALL OF THEM!
Category hardscaping
04/07/1998
MIKE P.
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH WORK. PUT UP SPLIT RAIL FENCE ITS VERY SOLID AND STURDY. GREAT JOB
Category fencing
08/19/1997
JOHN M.
WE HAD A PAVER PATIO DONE: REASONABLE PRICE, EXCELLENT JOB!
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We are a full service hardscape design build company. We install pavers and concrete patios complete with pavilions, seat walls multi-level areas, fire places and pits, outdoor kitchens and pizza ovens. We also install all LED lighting and landscape associated with the construction of your outdoor space. We are BBB A+ accredited
Angi Certified
Why work with us? Southern Grove Landscaping was established nineteen years ago, in 1986, by a graduate from Ohio State University who studied in depth what it takes to achieve perfection in your landscape surroundings. Award-winning landscapes do not just look good for one season -- an excellent landscape should transcend the season with plants chosen for our Ohio climate and accents of stonework and design variation that command attention. That's our specialty. While everyone thinks about flowers in the spring and mowing the grass in the summer, your yard needs special attention throughout the year: during the winter delicate plants should be wrapped or transferred inside; in the spring the landscaping always needs extra special care to make sure the plants and lawn start the year off right. Summer heat means that proper watering and fertilization are important to keep plants healthy, whereas in the fall, trees and shrubs begin to go dormant, so transplantation then preven ts shock to the plant and helps to ensure healthy new growth in the spring. We are pleased to announce our nineteenth anniversary of making Columbus and surrounding areas beautiful. We're humbled by the positive response we've had from our clients and we hope to make many more beautiful landscapes for you and your families to enjoy. Give us a call and we will meet with you for a free consultation at your convenience. ASSOCIATION Better Business Bureau
Angi Certified
Specializing in pavers and stamped concrete. We are patio and driveway specialists. In business since 2002, we have served over 1000 residential customers. We have 6 full-time employees and some seasonal help as well.
Angi Certified
WOOD FENCING. OFFERS ORGANIC PLANTS AND LANDSCAPING.
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BETTER WAY GARDENING is currently rated 4 overall out of 5.
No, BETTER WAY GARDENING does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
BETTER WAY GARDENING offers the following services: WOOD FENCING. OFFERS ORGANIC PLANTS AND LANDSCAPING.
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