Scape-Abilities

We have always had a great experience on all projects from landscaping design and completion, hardscaping, lighting, and property maintenance. The staff is always professional, courteous and responsive.

This company was recommended by my neighbors. They came out and gave me an overpriced estimate. My yard is on the smaller side and they gave me an estimate for a much bigger yard like my neighbors. There were a couple of services defined on the estimate that did not have detailed description for a price range of $300-$350. When I called them asking for more details and trying to find out if they would offer bi-weekly cutting service for the same price of the weekly service the receptionist told me impatiently that she could not answer my questions and suggested to talk to the person who wrote the estimate. I sent an email and left a voicemail to him not specifying my questions just that I wanted to talk about the estimate he wrote. This is the email I received next morning without having the opportunity to actually discuss anything with him: Sorry not avail by phone. I am out of the office today The prices are firm and we do not offer "every other week" cutting. It sounds like we are not a match to work together. I wish you the best I would not recommend or hire anyone so arrogant like this company.

Scape-Ablities designed a beautiful landscape for my front yard. They listened to what I wanted to achieve and delivered a plan above and beyond my expectations. It was a pleasure working with each and every member of this team. I'm thrilled with the final result! My home sits proudly on the hill with its new landscape.

I was very pleased with how the "hardscaping" part of the project turned out, but had mixed feelings about the landscaping and about the follow through in general. One of the reasons I chose Scape-Abilities was because they seemed more willing to work with/around some of the plantings I already had than some of the other landscaping companies I considered. However, when the project manager suggested a new skip laurel in my front yard (a perfectly ordinary looking bush) in place of a bank of irises I'd had for 20 years, I gave the okay ONLY because he assured me he would divide the irises and plant them around the yard to ultimately give me more. In the end, one small clump of irises remained (in the backyard - a less visible and less sunny location that has not been very conducive to continued growth. The rest were thrown away, before he told me he'd been unable to incorporate them after all. It's been almost 5 years since I had the work done, but it still irks me me everytime I see irises in bloom.

Everyone is so professional and attentive. They really care about getting the job done right the first time. It was a pleasure to work with all of them.

We are an award winning remodeling company and recently worked with Scape-Abilities on a beautiful front porch and veranda where they used natural stone. They are known in our community for doing great work and it was a pleasure working with them.

Steve, Cara, and Mark are fantastic. They approached our project with insight and practicality. They were very responsive to our questions and were actively engaged throughout the entire period of work. We are looking forward to working on our next project with them in the new year.

We have worked with Dave Ruckman and the Scape-Abilities crew for landscaping and lawn maintenance for many years. At our previous home they also put in fencing. We are extremely happy with them and would definitely recommend them to others,

We chose Scape-Abilities from among 5-6 landscapers recommended by our landscape designer, Susan Fraser. Steve came and walked the proposed project, had an estimate which was on the lower side of all the estimates we received and when we chose him, he provided a starting date very quickly. He executed the plan in the fall and returned in the spring to finish the job as we desired.

The project was to fill in an old well house foundation, create a water feature and provide plantings and screening for all of it then set a timber foundation for a greenhouse. We had a broad based idea of what we wanted but no real design in mind. We wanted professional design, concepts, and a company capable of completing the project in its entirety with no subcontractors except electrical as needed. Scape-Abilites provided not one or two drawing concepts but several and also guided us as to the clear differences of each. The designs were top quality yet varied enough to give us a wide range of project cost to choose from. We chose an outstanding two level water feature and the landscaping plan with stone walks, perimeter, and edging. The work included extensive stone work done by experienced and detailed stone masons who cut & shaped the large stones into exact measurements that were on the plans. The landscaping was perfect and matched the plans exactly as drawn. The layout was checked and re-checked for accuracy by the project manager (and architect of the drawings) daily. The The finished project was outstanding and better than we imagined it would be. These are true professionals delivering solid value for the project cost. This whole experience from start, concept, work done, and final details all exceeded what we had hoped for. Best of all was the professional, helpful, and sincere managers, designer, and crew that wanted to make sure we were pleased with the outcome; and we are.

I can't rate Scape-Abilities high enough. We had a very extensive project that we were doing from scratch and were stuggling mightily with. They came in and immediately had great ideas for each and every aspect of the project....layout, plantings, lighting, patio, fences....everything. Their ideas were fabulous and the execution of the plan was flawless. Our property has gone from a bland landscape to an oasis that we absolutely love.