Tierra Madre Fine Gardens

Our garden was professionally landscaped over 12 years ago. We take care of it on our own, and it was in need of some makeover. We were looking for professional help to change out some plants, remove those that weren't doing well and replace with more suitable options. It was hard to find the right person to work with us on this project since it was small but important to us. Hallie (Tierra Madre Gardens) was doing a big job for family members, and they suggested we call her. Hallie was wonderful! She was extremely responsive with calls and email, and was happy taking on our job, and doing it in between other projects. Hallie listened to us and made excellent plant suggestions, and when the plants were delivered Armando and the crew did a great job installing them. This was last Fall (Nov-Dec). and I waited until now to write a review because I wanted to see how all the new plants were doing. I am very glad to say that every single one of the plants Tierra Madre planted for us are thriving!! I highly recommend Hallie and her team - they were a pleasure to work with and we are really enjoying the results.

We can not recommend Hallie and Armando highly enough. We unfortunately neglected our landscaping over the past few years and it had gotten a little depressing, so we were looking for a partner to reinvigorate our property. We met with several companies but chose Tierra Madre for a few reasons: Hallie is a horticulturist at heart - she has an incredibly deep knowledge of all plants and their pros/cons and she really does a great job balancing aesthetics, working with/relocating the plants that we had and loved and selecting new plants that will truly thrive in our environment and, in our case, require modest maintenance and care. We also loved Tierra Madre's entrepreneurial, small-company, local feel. We loved working directly with the principals. The design process was really seamless - Hallie quickly produced designs that were very much in line with our guidance and delivered them in a really easy-to-visualize software platform. We quickly agreed on a plan and kicked off the work. While we naively thought that replanting would be relatively simple, there was a ton of work that went into the job and Armando and his team were working at our house for a couple weeks. They were all incredibly hardworking, nice and respectful - our dog fell in love with them and spent most of the day outside with them. They felt like part of our family and we were honestly disappointed and sad to see them leave once they were finished. They did a great job planting the new additions, rebuilding our irrigation and adding new fencing. Ultimately, we are extremely happy with the end product. Like mentioned in another review, we needed a few months to see the plants truly mature into their full beauty. The plants have grown materially and are really blossoming now and everything is beautiful. Hallie has kept in close touch and is happy to provide feedback/assistance as questions have arisen about ongoing care/pruning/fertilization/etc. We get frequent compliments on our landscaping and always recommend Tierra Madre. We will absolutely turn to Hallie and Armando for any future landscaping projects.