JONATHAN ALLEN LANDSCAPE COMPANY

We have used Jonathan for the last several years and he has done everything from tearing out old shrubs and trees and replanting with new trees and shrubs, building stone retaining walls, designing new landscape area in the back yard, and edging, mulching and trimming all established landscaped areas. He is meticulous in all areas and does daily complete cleanup. He is punctual, personable and very trustworthy. I would not hesitate to recommend him and will continue to use him personally.

Jonathan did an outstanding job on my landscaping. He provided excellent suggestions and extremely responsive with any questions I had. My backyard now looks to classy!!! I will definitely ire him again. Top Notch Company

Timely work, daily cleanup, pricing fair.

Jonathan was extremely professional. I told him what I had in mind and he gave me some options on each of my projects. Jonathan explained what he was going to do and completed each project within a short time frame. The River Rock beds, landscaping and Natural Stone wall rebuild look great. Also, my family is really enjoying the amazing looking Firepit he built. I will use Jonathan again for my future projects.

It went very well. Jonathan explained his project proposal well, and set it up as a two-phase approach if I needed to do part now and part later (we did both  phases). He was upfront about the need to work my project in conjunction with other in-progress work, but still completed the work in the general time frame he estimated..

Jonathan kept us in the loop as the project moved along, so we knew what to expect. He made a slight modification to the wall - did a good job of talking through it to make sure we got what we wanted.

We had a couple of minor add-ons to the project. They were very reasonably priced, no big surprises.

I have seen Jonathan's work in the neighborhood since moving here a couple of years ago, and know his customers are happy with his work, so I did not look for competing bids.

The job looks great! One neighbor has already commented on the "dramatic change to our home's curb appeal."

Nice guy with great ideas and quality of work! I'd recommend Jonathan Allen to anyone considering landscape work.

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Very pleased with Johnathan's service.  Assisted with the selection of stone, installed over a period of a week.  Very pleased and would highly recommend Johnathan.  I hope to use his services to install stone patio this spring/summer

It went quite well. I have used Jonathan Landscaping before he always does a great job. He has great ideas, and is very knowledgable On the best approach to implement. He leaves the work area very neat at the end of each day and completely clears the area at completion of the job.

Jonathan Allen Landscaping first caught my eye with the work he did on the median for the Forest Park entrance. I'd always admired it.
In preparation for my birthday celebration at my home, I belated thought about my front yard, I wanted to improve the curb appeal of my home. Jonathan Allen is a professional landscape artist. However, my current budget would not allow for his impressive design. I'm very appreciative for the scaled-down version that fit my budget much better. Also, he was very generous to me by finishing the work on an extremely tight deadline.
I have received many compliments for the work Jonathan did in my front yard. Now, my curb appeal fits in better with my neighborhood. I have very little knowledge of plant care and need maintenance information. So, I'm very grateful for Jonathan Allen's advice and expertise.
I look forward to using Jonathan Allen Landscape to complete his design for my home.

Initially things looked to be great, however when I went to complete the wall later that month I discovered several things.  The wall is not square, and at least 2 other people advised Mr. Allen of that.   He says it looks "90% right" to him.  Mr. Allen, stated the wall was 90% correct and I should not complain because I only had to pay $2000. He then stated, "Geez...I only made $800 in profit on this job".  Mr. Allen also refused to correct the problem with making the wall squared, and refused to put the caps on top of the wall to hide the imperfections (which is the only way of completing) without me paying $350.

He has also stated this wall was "custom built" for him to finish, and he never told me that from the beginning. He has refused to correct the problem. He wants me to pay $350 extra to fix  the mistakes or "Hide" the imperfections. The only way to actually straighten the wall is to take it down and re-do it entirely.

Mr. Allen, after 2 hours of arguing in front of a third party began to tell me that "I was only a secretary" and had no right to question his work.  Mr.  Allen was very disrespectful to myself and the other party that was there to only help explain the problem.

Put in underground piping that brings water ou to alley area ~ works great. Reseeding completed.I spoke to Jonathan about mulching area around stepping stones and am waiting for that to be completed ~ may have pavers placd in future. I have used Jonathan for over 10 years.

The project as a whole went well.  The final outcome was what I requested and expected.  The walls are attractive and well built.  We did have a difference of opinion about the appropriate depth to bury the drain pipes.  After checking with the company that sold him the pipe, he buried it a bit deeper as I requested.  Jonathan always cleaned the area up before leaving after each day of work which I appreciated.
The project did take a bit longer than I expected since he was working on projects for other people while he was doing mine.  Sometimes he worked partial days.  I never knew exactly when he'd be there.  It was not a big problem for me as I was not in a particular hurry to have the job done. 
The only real problem I had with Jonathan was an issue of communication.  He gave me a detailed estimate according to the work I wanted done and then tried to convince me that I needed him to do additional work at more cost.  He was very persuasive to the point of being pushy.  That made me uncomfortable.  Also, he hauled a small amount of old stones away for me without making it clear to me how much that would cost.  At the end of the project he tacked on an amount that I felt was a bit high.  I resolved that by giving him an amount somewhat less.  He graciously accepted that amount.  I do recommend that future clients be sure to get prior estimates for all work so that the amount to be paid is very clear from the beginning.

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They were very good. They were responsive when they came out and gave me a quote as well as when they came out and did the work. They did a pretty good job. I don't remember exactly how much I paid but I didn't think their price was any higher than other service providers. Their price was competitive. I have not been able to afford for landscaping work in the past few years and if I could, I would definitely use their services again.

He does work for the common part of our neighborhood. He is professional and always does a good job. It looks really nice.

Jonathan Allen is funny, upbeat, outgoing, punctual, energetic, strong and neat. He came highly recommended. We ended up with a lovely, straight, well mulched hedge. Unfortunately, the last taxus is planted right up against a fence. He put a lovely curve into the line of the renovated planting bed, and did a nice job of transplanting my two viburnum shrubs there. But the soil doesn't drain well because he left the heavy clay soil, adding a thin layer of Soil Plus topsoil and mulch. During the interview, Jonathan asked to see the estimate given by the large, established landscape company. He assured me he would do everything on their list — planting the hedge, edging, mulching, moving shrubs and renovating the rear planting bed. He agreed to use taxus plants from the landscape company's wholesale nursery. In addition, he would plant three flats of annuals and edge a larger area, and he would do it for $2050 instead of $2378. I was at work much of the time Jonathan worked at my house. Demolition of the existing shrubs and weedy areas went very well. I felt confident about the job and enjoyed working with him. Then Jonathan said he'd been to the landscaper's nursery and their taxus "looked yellow." He said he was visiting different nurseries to find me better shrubs. There were many conversations along these lines. I insisted he get them from the nursery originally promised. After the renovated planting bed was completed, I dug into it to move some of the annuals and was furious to find heavy clay soil. I take responsibility for poor communication here. "I'll give you a raised bed," Jonathan had said in the interview, but he meant the new bed would be taller. Also, his contract specified 1 yard of new topsoil, and had I asked how much soil that was, I would have realized it wasn't nearly enough to remake the bed. I was also at fault for not noticing that Jonathan didn't put removing the existing soil in the contract, as in the other estimate. Before he left, Jonathan checked the flow coming from the soaker hoses and told us to leave the water on for four hours. This resulted in a huge muddy mess.

I had no complaints about his services. I thought his prices were very reasonable for the work that he did.

For the past six years Jonathan has turned my yard around from a rag-tag mess to a beautifully landscaped property. He returns twice a year to maintain and update. I'm very, very pleased with this company and with Jonathan.

We wanted the landing flushed against the sliding door & he even made a pencil marking to show before the work began where we agreed to put it. Now he's refusing to do it that way & has told us it's not going to go there. He also said the project would be finished on one Friday & now he's stated it's going to be after two weeks from that Friday. One day he came out with a friend, and Jonathan (the owner) worked around five hours but his friend only worked about couple of hours, with both of them bickering over some issue most of the time. Then he told us he needed a 50% deposit right away, but since he was unwilling to correctly lay the steps for us, we only gave him $400. We don't want to work with him anymore & are willing to give him another $200 for the 8 hours of labor & materials for 1 row of step he's provided, as long as we are able to get out of the estimate we signed. He is changing (from agreed) to a step design that is dangerous & unacceptable to anyone.

I had the plan-Jonathan had the vision! The job went very well. Jonathan quoted me about a week to complete the job and was finished two days early. He kept me in the loop on the progress & wanted my input on various other aspects of the job. I appreciated that kind of communication. Before, I never used my backyard because it was so overgrown and yucky! Now, I am back there everyday, toiling around, and enjoying the beautiful scenery!

I had the plan-Jonathan had the vision! The job went very well. Jonathan quoted me about a week to complete the job and was finished two days early. He kept me in the loop on the progress & wanted my input on various other aspects of the job. I appreciated that kind of communication. Before, I never used my backyard because it was so overgrown and yucky! Now, I am back there everyday, toiling around, and enjoying the beautiful scenery!

Mr. Allen did not call back to give me my estimate.

Jonathan was prompt in returning our call. I believe he came out the next day to give us an estimate. He was very personable and very knowledgeable. It looks great! We intend to use him again for the flowers when the time is right!

Jonathan was prompt in returning our call. I believe he came out the next day to give us an estimate. He was very personable and very knowledgeable. It looks great! We intend to use him again for the flowers when the time is right!