CEDAR SPRINGS LANDSCAPE NRSRY

The "person in charge", Dave Carl, talked a good game. Unfortunately, talk was not cheap, but his work was. He came off as being a very "know it all" with his Penn State degree in agriculture. I explained that I wanted an area of my lawn that was over-run with crab grass and various weeds to look just as good as the larger portion of my lawn. I used a commercial weed killer in both the front and back portions of the yard. Those areas started to turn brown, however, not being the expert landscaper, I had no idea if the roots of these weeds and the meadowgrass were actually dead. Three or four young men did some pruning and shearing, but left much undone. Dave Carl quickly roto tilled, and not very deep, no aerating, no additional soil, no soil enhancers, just a little seed covered with straw and some type of wire screening to supposedly keep the birds from enjoying diner and the wind from blowing the leftovers away. When I returned home that day, I could find very little seed on the ground. Guess the birds ate most of it! ($570. for a little seed & straw) I was extremely disappointed with the PVC drain pipes that should have been dug deeper and directed to flow into the "ruff" so puddles of water wouldn't flow onto another section of the back yard. I priced those PVC pipes at A-1 Mulch. They cost $7.70 for a 4" 10 long pipe. Dave Carl charged $875. just for that. Additionally, he should of used perforated PVC pipes. I called Dave Carl to come over and take a look at his work. Look at all the weeds. Look at all the brown areas where no grass has grown. He immediately said I didn't water it. But I did. Then he said I needed to spray the weeds. But I thought I paid him to do that. Then he said, I'm outta here".But before he drove off in his big truck, he asked a handy man if he had worked for me before. The handy man replied, "Yes, many times". Dave Carl's punkish, unprofessional, and disrespectful response was, "Good luck with Her". I was cheated. I paid him $2,836.00 total. He produced shoddy work. All talk and no game. I hired someone else to clean up his mess. Someone HONEST !!!