Ashley Robinson, Landscape Designer

Every morning I walk onto the patio and look over at all that Ashley has created and I smile. It's a harmonious and tranquil hillside that was once covered in buckthorn and is now a masterpiece. She patiently listened to my dreams and desires then seamlessly collaborated with her team to create a scope and design that I can keep up with for years to come. There is no one better to work with.

Ashley Robinson completed a comprehensive landscape and planting plan for our Lake Champlain property, which is on a challenging lakeside lot. She designed a layered approach using a variety of native species that thrive in our environment, while providing flexibility to choose specific plants and sizes. Her cost estimates were realistic and sensitive to our budget. She worked with town officials in seeking necessary approvals; she's a very effective communicator. This all happened in a very short timeline, and she was very responsive when we needed quick turnaround. Her work is creative, knowledgeable, collaborative, detailed, and highly professional. The result is a beautiful landscape that is environmentally sound. We look forward to working with Ashley again in the future!

Ashley did an amazing job of unifying my vision to the landscape of my yard/property - and I couldn’t have been any happier. The level of detail that went into the layouts - and constantly dealing with my frequent questions went above and beyond. Her ideas were all reasonable, doable and she stayed within budget while doing a superior job. I look forward to continuing my work with Ashley in coming years as I adapt my gardens and continue to develop the property more. Highly recommend reaching out to her if you have specific needs in this region of Vermont!

Ashley was a lucky find: knowledgeable, kind, efficient. She is a talented designer who listens, adapts, builds consensus, and works diligently to bring her vision to fruition. It's a pure pleasure to have someone we can trust to advise, encourage, and implement as needed. Her communication is excellent, too. And if she doesn't know something, she does the research to figure it out or at least posit a theory. She also has affiliates she calls upon for things that are beyond her service -- and she manages them. Highly recommend her. She's a delight.

We hired Ashley to develop the landscape design for our property and it’s the best decision we could have made. She took time to understand our goals for the project, the things we liked, and just as importantly, what we didn’t like. The plan she developed was beyond what I could have imagined and really got us excited about what’s possible. We just implemented the first phase this year and are thrilled with the results. Every person who walks by our home comments on how beautiful our garden is. I highly recommend working with Ashley and plan to hire her again for our next project.

We have a challenging yard--it's low and poorly graded, so becomes an unwanted pond in the spring and after hard rains. We hired Ashley to help us create a more relaxed, "meadow" feel for a section of the yard, fill in some of the space and also a rain garden feature to minimize and contain the ponding effect. Ashley came through in stellar form. We love her effort to, as she says, "make the plants work for you, rather than the other way around." She came up with a design that we love, and a selection of plants that meets our aesthetic sense. She was reliable, pleasant to work with and responsive. The installation went smoothly. We're so excited to watch our new yard mature!

Ashley is lovely to work with! I am a beginner gardener and Ashley created a plan for us that was both appropriate to our skill level and that will allow us to grow our skills and create a beautiful outdoor space for our home.

Ashley helped us create an overall concept for our outdoor space, including a beautiful stone patio, multi-seasonal gardens, and vegetable/fruit plans. She was positive and easy to work with. Her plans were detailed, clear, and showed a real ability to listen to her clients. She lovingly planted the garden and coordinated the stone work and tree installations. In all interactions she was clear, delightful to work with, and professional — as were the people with whom she coordinated to help complete the project.

Ashley contacted me within 24 hours. She was very pleasant, kind and easy to talk to. She listened to my thoughts of what I wanted and was able to design a flower bed beyond my expectations. I had asked Ashley to choose all of the plants for me and she did not disappoint. She was also able to give me ideas of what I could do around the rest of my house. It was a pleasure working with Ashley and would choose her again for another project!

Ashley, has done several landscaping projects at our property in Vermont. These projects have been done on time and on budget and we have been very pleased with the results. I would recommend Ashley to anyone.

Ashley is extremely easy to work with. She has great ideas and really cares about your landscaping. She does an excellent job selecting plantings that will succeed and look good in our environment. And, she has been so good with follow up and several visits as we are not the most of green thumbs!

I cannot say enough good things about Ashley. She was a delight to work with. She is creative, professional, cooperative, hands-on. She has a wonderful joie de vie, listens well and is reasonably priced. I had planted our gardens (of my own design) 25 years ago when our yard had no trees and was a "full-sun" garden. After all these years, the trees had matured to create, at best, a partial sun garden. I wanted to update our garden design to reflect the improvements we had made to our home. I also wanted to make use of the shrubs and perennials that were still healthy, possibly relocating them within an updated design, and include new perennials to add more color, variety and visual appeal. I explained that to Ashley and she came up with a plan that did exactly that! She created an overall design, made recommendations for new plantings, and ordered all of our choices. She worked with me to rearrange existing plants and shrubs, and add the new perennials. ( I had hired someone to help me pull sod for the new gardens and prep the soil.) I was, and continued to be, delighted with the finished product. Without any hesitation, I can recommend Ashley for your gardening projects.