Gardens By Monit, LLC

Monit met with me with multiple times at my house to walk through the yard and discuss what I wanted to have done and my plant preferences. Monit created a draft design and made several modifications when I made final decisions on shrubs and flowers. Once we had a design I liked, Monit arranged to have the actual work done and came to the house several times to check on the work. When the plants were delivered, she placed everything where it should be planted and we made some last minute adjustments that improved the design. I was very impressed with Monit's knowledge of different shrubs and flowers. She was able to answer all my questions, even questions about the trees that were already in my yard. She was very professional and working with her has been great. Monit is very busy and you may have to wait a bit for her to fit you in her schedule but it was worth it. I originally thought that Monit's price for the design was on the high end; however, I think it turned out to be reasonable for the design and the amount of work she did to oversee the actual implementation of the design. The quality of work done by the team that installed the patio, gardens, and shrubs was excellent and I would highly recommend them. I would not hesitate to recommend Monit.

Monet was great!  She met with us and looked at our lot and talking with us to determine what we were looking for.  She provide a full landscaping plan that will ensure we have a great looking yard.

Monit could not have been more personable nor professional. Her years of experience were immediately evident in her analysis of the drainage conditions and potential usage zones we should consider, given our family dynamics and entertainment habits. Monit even provided general color and design advice on a change to our front entry.

This was an initial consultation. An actual illustrated design with plant recommendations is a separate service. I have every confidence that we will be delighted to receive this design, when the time comes.

Monit far exceeded our expectations and I will be sure to recommend her to anyone looking to improve their landscaping. Please check out her website to get an idea of her work. We had a bit of a complicated backyard and Monit took on the challenge. :) Our backyard included dry, wet, and shady places... It had been greatly disturbed by previous owners who had cut down a lot of diseased trees. We are enjoying watching the rear yard mature and are very pleased with the entire process and results, thus far.
Monit coordinated with the landscape company who did the installation of the project (separate quote with the landscapers) and everything turned out great! This took a lot of potential stress off of us, as we are fairly new homeowners and are not too handy or knowledgeable about plants. Some things that had to be altered along the way were done with no impact. We are very carefree and were open to all of Monit's suggestions, as she was to our's. She is very creative and has great vision. She also was able to explain her vision in an easy to understand manner, and the design she drew was just great.
Please check out her website and view her gallery -- she was amazing to work with and can't say enough good things.

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Monit is wonderful. She was able to view the property for its potential. During our initial consult, she articulated a number of practical design ideas for different areas of the property. She tapers her recommendations to your individual style and the underlying character of the property.  She is amenable to working with you on an ongoing consulting basis, but can also provide concrete design plans that can be executed in stages. I like that she is open to working with homeowners in a variety of ways, particularly since we are currently working on indoor living space construction.  Once we're done with that, it's likely we'll secure outdoor design plans and budget for the related outdoor projects.
Based on my initial meeting with Monit, I've started working on a few landscaping projects.  Her guidance and specialized knowledge has been invaluable.  I plan on contacting her again once I'm ready for my next set of landscape tasks. I personally like to be a bit more hands on than most, but it's also nice to know that Monit has access to folks who can help with all the demanding, unglamorous gardening work (that I happen to enjoy, for now).  And when I went to Glen Allen Nursery for all my new perennials, the person assisting me saw my list from Monit and commented on how great she is -- I couldn't agree more.

I was completely satisfied with the service and impressed with the product.

In the midst of a complete landscape redo of our property (driveway, grading, irrigation, and landscaping), we decided to hire Monit Rosendale, a professional landscape architect, to help us with planting bed placement and plant choices, based on light and soil conditions and mature size.  We already arranged for another Angie's List company we regularly use to do the hardscape and planting and decided that a landscape architect's creative input would be an important addition to the overall project. Monit was recommended by our garden center, and we are thrilled to have her involved.
Monit began the process by having us complete a very detailed questionnaire regarding our softscape and hardscape likes and dislikes and personal information, such as favorite seasons, favorite plants and flowers, favorite color schemes, etc. Once she had a chance to review the information from the questionnaire, Monit scheduled a consult appointment at our home to obtain a copy of the official property survey, to ask us questions, to measure the property, and to quick-sketch the property with possible planting beds during our joint walk-around. At the conclusion of this visit, it was also determined that we were interested in the next step, a very detailed professional landscape design, which indicates, in an architectural drawing, the location and size of all planting beds, as well as the name of and number of individual plants included in each planting bed. We received a draft of her plan, and then, after a couple discussions and adjustments, we received final copies of the landscape design.
As our property has extensive county and utility easements, as well as a lot of underground utility lines crossing the property, the design process had its challenges, warranting additional short site visits by Monit to confirm measurements and plant choices. Combined with her friendly professionalism, Monit's extensive knowledge and experience with plant choices appropriate to our climate, soil, and light conditions, as well as her creativity with color and inclusion of my favorite flower and tree, made Gardens by Monit an excellent choice for our landscape design and project. We will not hesitate to consult with her again for future outdoor plans.

She was very nice. I have used her in the past & highly reccomend her.

She comes out and does an initial visit, and then works up a proposal if we want to continue.  We decide if we want to or don’t want to continue at that point.  I decided not to continue at that point not because of her service, but because finances weren't there yet.  I had visions of her drawing up a master plan to do landscaping around the whole property.  We had some good ideas going, but in the end I decided to put it off for just another year.  She was a good person to work with.  I plan on using her in the future when I continue with my plans.  She was pretty much full service.  I liked that she was willing and able to oversee the whole project from the contractors doing the work to placing the plants in the right place. 

They provided me with a quote before the job. The quote was very detailed. I was very pleased with everything that they did. I have no complaints at all. I would recommend them to anybody. The owner of the business oversaw everything. Everything went very smoothly. The job took just a little longer than I had hoped.

They met me and drew the designs for me to accept. They hired sub-contractors to do the actual landscaping work. They were very professional and they did what I wanted them to do. They were timely.

It went very well; the planting was completed today and looks wonderful! Monit made changes to the plan to our satisfaction and adjusted the arrangement of plants as they were being installed. We were intimidated by the project which involved a new set of brick steps, walkway, retaining wall, grading of the yard, patio, lighting and replacement of overgrown and damaged plants. Monit made the process a breeze.

It went very well; the planting was completed today and looks wonderful! Monit made changes to the plan to our satisfaction and adjusted the arrangement of plants as they were being installed. We were intimidated by the project which involved a new set of brick steps, walkway, retaining wall, grading of the yard, patio, lighting and replacement of overgrown and damaged plants. Monit made the process a breeze.