Yarrow Landscaping

We worked with Mandi on a new landscape design for our front yard. We started from scratch and wanted a design that would incorporate native plants and work well with the style of our house. We were very happy with the final design and our decision to work with Yarrow Landscaping. Mandi promptly answered our questions throughout the process and brought an eye and knowledge to the design process that put us at ease. With spring on the way, we look forward to working with Yarrow Landscaping and making the design a reality!

The entire process of our highly involved landscape design, demolition, construction and finish was a pleasure. Mandi, Jade and their team are experts in their field. The design staff, masons, landscapers and helpers are professional, easy to contact & communicate with. They truly care about giving you the best possible experience and finished product. They designed a 6 ring retention wall for a hill top property which included proper drainage, soil prep and top notch masonry work. They paid special attention to keep the design, materials, and plants use to be appropriate to the region and stay true to the period of the home. This was a huge financial investment to protect not only the home from erosion, but to protect and preserve the delicate river frontage ecosystem. Truly a 5 star experience and dream team of designers & contractors. Cheers!

We were extremely please with the work that Yarrow Landscaping did for us. They transformed our back yard from an overgrown mess to a beautiful oasis. I had a vision of what I wanted but with their expertise and knowledge of sustainable plants, they brought my vision to reality. They were professional, timely, and respectful of my property. I would definitely recommend Yarrow Landscaping for your landscaping needs!

We had our landscape designed and installed by Yarrow Landscaping. I am generally happy with how the mostly finished landscape turned out, however, I would never recommend Yarrow to others. The frustration that we have experienced with the disorganized team, lack of attention to detail, and poor communication has been a complete nightmare for the last 6 months. During the contract phase, we had to correct them multiple times for things that they completely left off of the contract that were clearly stated in the design. Even after construction began we were told in the middle of the project that some items were mistakenly left off and we were expected to pay for them. They did offer these items at “cost,” but it was still frustrating thinking we knew what our total cost was only to have it increase in the middle of the project. Their teams were poorly coordinated, rarely worked more than half a day, and had poor attention to detail. The work is still not complete as various issues with the installation are beginning to show. The Yarrow team prefer to argue with you over e-mail about why they are not responsible for installation issues rather than meet with the customer to see and understand the customer concerns. I wanted to like Yarrow, but I did not. There are many others out there, and I suggest you look somewhere else. Communication - Our first project leader primarily corresponded via text, but constantly lost the text messages, rarely responded to my emails, and never seemed to have an idea of when things were happening or why his team did not show up. He mostly seemed to tell us what we wanted to hear as far as timelines and status of work instead of what was actually going to happen. The second project leader came in without following up on any of the previous conversations, was passive aggressive in her emails, and simply would respond that certain installation issues were “normal” for landscaping or the best that they could do instead of trying to address the issues. Time Management - Our project was supposed to take 6-8 weeks. We are now going on 6 months and Yarrow does not seem interested in completing our project. Sub contractors rarely worked all day or consecutive days, and even the project managers were consistently late or missed scheduled meetings. Attention to Detail - We understand that the initial installation will not be perfect, but when we raised issues to the project managers they were not dealt with appropriately. It took the team several attempts on many of the issues as they would always try a halfhearted fix instead of fixing things correctly based on the underlying cause. Many times, we had to communicate with the subcontractors directly to get things right which totally defeated the purpose of hiring a general contractor. The edging has been particularly frustrating as we expected high quality steel edging. Instead they poorly installed the snap together metal edging from your local home improvement store. It is flimsy and crooked, and if that is what we wanted, we could have done it better ourselves. Craftsmanship - We are still dealing with a patio long crack in the back patio. They attempted to fix the crack but within a week it has already reappeared. A crack has also appeared in our front concrete patio addition and the gates they installed are already sticking and difficult to open. The carpenter and welder are painfully slow and have terrible time management, but did a reasonable quality job, until the “sealed” wood on our benches started spotting after only one light rain. Respect for Homeowner - One of the biggest concerns of this project was the safety of our dogs and kids. This was totally neglected and poorly planned for. After I complained many times, a partial temporary fence was put up (screwing even more holes into our house), that our dogs jumped. Trash - Construction debris was left all over our property and in Shoal Creek including screws, metal brackets, mortar, and water bottles. Instead of addressing the problem and coming out to see what our concern was, we had to argue for weeks about the definition of debris and spend hours cleaning ourselves before Yarrow finally came to at least haul off what we had cleaned.

Yarrow did an excellent job with updates for our backyard. Great design, innovative ideas, and great work. They were prompt and efficient, everything looks wonderful. Thanks!

We used Yarrow for a modern horizontal fence and to help build a concrete inspired courtyard for our house. The project was done in a timely manner. The workers were respectful and courteous. We are very pleased with the finished product. I highly recommend Yarrow if you are looking for high quality, sustainable landscaping with a group that is cost-conscious and ethical.

As a Property Manager it is so nice to find good, honest, reliable help. - jealous neighbors are a perk! I am happy to recommend Yarrow to anyone that will listen.

I worked with Yarrow on a masonry and tree trimming job and they were delightful. I would recommend this company to anyone who needs yard/landscaping work done. They are very professional and do high quality work. Thanks Yarrow!

Mandi and Stacy at Yarrow Landscaping transformed my front yard (weed patch) into a beautiful xeriscape. They were friendly and professional, and Mandi knows plants and design! Once the work began, they had it finished in a matter of days. The price was very reasonable for amount of labor and materials my yard required. The only reason I didn't give them the full 5 stars is because I did feel like there should have been a little more communication between the time I accepted the rough sketch/estimate and the project being declared finished. I'm completely clueless about landscaping and needed a little more hand-holding, but when I called with my concerns, Mandi came over to walk me through it. She came up with 1 more addition to make sure that I was completely satisfied with the end result. I have received many compliments on the work Yarrow did and would definitely recommend them.

Mandi is amazing to work with! She is punctual and professional. She designed exactly what we were looking for. Ian and Rodrigo are a great crew. They work hard and are respectful of our home and yard while working. The job finished right on schedule and looks beautiful. We would happily hire Yarrow again and are planning a back yard project now.