Reviews of local pros in Chicago, Illinois

Before Greener Living Lawn care, my yard was 80% weeds. Glad to say that since having them provide my lawn care, I am essentially weed free with an amazingly green looking lawn. Techs are nice, accomodating, and clearly qualified in what they do! Highly recommendable to anyone in or outside the area.

This is my first year using Greener Living. With each visit the technician provides feedback and suggestions on how to improve the appearance of my lawn. The applications are applied accurately as there has not been a need to request a revisit. I will continue using this service in the future

This is the 3rd company that I have tried as I like to check out who has better services for the price.
The initial visit was great and my lawn was inspected thoroughly. The rest of the visits were pretty basic and I have had to call a few times to correct the weed issues and fungus. The price is high however if it wasn't for price matching I would have gone with another company. I did a bit of investigation and reading and was sold on the website and videos that were on the site.

My expectations:
A lawn company is to ensure and help guide the homeowner on the path to a glorious lawn. Having to point out fungus in lawn and excessive weeds its silly to me.

Not happy with:
My lawn by far looks the worse that i have ever seen in the front of my home. The back looks gorgeous which i don't understand.
The weeds were insane this year in my lawn. The company did ensure me that it was because I signed up after the weed pre emergent treatments. Yes they ensured that they will tackle the weeds as many re-treatments as I need but the grass looked dead and spotty due to all the excessive weeds that i had this year. I'm glad the company killed the weeds but not not a fan of how the grass looks in the front (spotty, dead, not plush).
Another time I Showed the worker that I have some mold/fungus in my lawn and was recommended to do the $100 treatment however it could take up to 3 times. That's NUTS! The 1st treatment did nothing for me and ended up cutting out a chunk of grass and re-seeding which looks 100 times better. Just seemed like a major waste of money.

Summary:

Don't get me wrong, The company seems like they have great intentions however I had higher expectations and will opt for a different company next year. I'm not sold for the high cost which is my personal opinion.

We have used them for a couple of years now & I like that they are local.
They are efficient, the technician leaves good, descriptive notes. The application prices are very fair.
We like that the products used are more eco- friendly & pet friendly.
Our yard has remained almost weed free since starting their service (makes the neighbors a little jealous). We are pleased overall.

I’m on my third year with Greener Living so happy with the results. My lawn was not in good shape especially the back now it’s amazing. Very informative on things I can do to improve my yard. Please give them a try.

I am extremely thrilled with the way that my lawn has responded to your care, it is greener than it has ever been and 99% weed free.

The only complaint I have is that last fall I called and asked that I be notified before each service day, as I had to send away the serviceman twice because my lawn was covered with leaves and I was preparing to mow/mulch them and I did not want to disturb the product and have to breathe it in. I was told that I would indeed be notified before each service day, but I have had two applications since then this spring, and no call. Luckily I was not getting ready to mow at those times. If not for this omission, I would have given your company the full five stars.

This is our 2nd season with Greener Living and we are very pleased. Every time I call or talk with someone they are professional, knowledgeable and friendly. Our lawn has never looked better, and mosquitos have been at a minimum. I would definitely recommend Greener Living!

Greener Living has fertilized our lawn for two full years, and now this third year. The lawn is much healthier and looks great! We are very happy with the results! Thank you for your excellent service!

We are delighted with the results of the slit seeding process. My grass is coming in fuller and healthier than I have EVER had. ( I have lived here over 40 years!) I did opt for the additional fertilizer at time of slitting. Brian paid attention to the areas that needed special attention and gave good follow up instructions. Of course, we also have had fantastic spring grass growing weather. So that undoubtedly helped a bit : )

I tried a few others for my lawn care finally went with Greener Living two years ago. Greener Living convinced me with their quality service and honesty, they are responsive and provide detail explanations rather than sales pitching.

Have used multiple lawn care services before, results have been much better. The technicians are always very friendly and when I call in for help the person who answers is always very nice. Go greener living!

The Greener Living Techs are super nice and take the time to talk to you about their lawn care process, what is needed for your yard, how it works and why. I have been using them for almost 3 years and my lawn is the best looking on the block! Thanks Cayman and crew!!

I hired them on a one time aeration in fall of 2021. Never solicited for their business after that. Customer rep calls saying I owe them money for an aeration done on 11/29/2022…. I hired a different landscaping company to complete a fall clean up and aeration on 11/11/2022 so this service was never solicited and definitely not needed. I was told that if you ever hire them for a ONE time service they automatically preform that service every year whether solicited or not! What a scam, considering the rep stated they aerated my entire lawn when the company that I hired only aerated my front and side yard due to my dogs, shows that their rep saw my lawn already had the plugs still showing from the service I actually hired on 11/11 and just stuck his little flag in my yard and charged me for this service.

After seeing our neighbors yard improvement we decided to give Greener Living a try and we are very happy we did! The lawn has never been greener and healthy. All weeds except the creeping Charlie are gone! We hope by this time next year even the creeping Charlie will be history! Thanks for the personal attention and quick responses to our questions and e mails! We will and have already told friends and family about your services!
Thanks again!
The Ross’

I have been very pleased with Greener Living. If I notice weeds or another problem they respond quickly to resolve the problem. The techs are friendly and ask if there is anything else I needed them to check out. Thank you for your service in making my lawn better.

I use them for two of my trees for blight. The old service I use to use was better. My tree looks terrible. A representative from Greener Living inspected the tree and agreed how it looked and the shape it was in and agreed it didn't look very good. but he said it was because of the unusual heat and weather we were having. I asked isn't that why we paid you to inject a protective injection into it. My old service used three spraying s not injections into the ground. Greener Living used one injection. Not good. We prepaid the service for these injection. I'm sorry I did that because they do not intend to reimburse us.

This companies been fantastic. We moved to Evanston two years ago and ever since greener living has taken care of everything. Our yard was in bad shape when we bought this house. They’ve done Grub/mosquito control, slit seeding, core aeration and overseeding.

I don’t like the idea of using much fertilizer or herbicides and while it’s probably taking a little longer to see lawn improvement I’m really happy with the results.

They identified a fungus on our crabapple and did root injections. On several occasions I’ve called competitors to validate the things they’ve sold us and pricing because new homeowner - I don’t know nothing. They’ve got super fair pricing and are always on time and professionals.

Couldn’t recommend more highly.

This business in unreliable and untrustworthy. They fertilized our neighbor’s lawn instead of ours, not once, not twice but three times. Each instance my neighbor called and complained to them but they did not remedy the situation. 2nd time she told me and I called and complained but they again fertilized my neighbor’s lawn a third time. When I called again they tried blaming google map for taking them to wrong location but our homes are clearly marked with our addresses. That’s not an excuse for their incompetence. They refused to give me credit as I purchased the full years plan instead they offered me credit on future service but there is no way I can stay with them. Buyer be aware!

This is my second year using Greener Living. I was so happy with their service last year that I have expanded my services to include mosquito treatment and other lawn care, including the basic treatments. They are always very responsive by email and phone, and fairly priced. I would highly recommend them!

We are newer to Greener Living, but VERY impressed so far. We had slit-seeding done, and unlike countless other seeding efforts with multiple companies, we actually have significant new grass in the bare areas.

We have received personal recommendations and care, rather than the "spray and run" cookie-cutter techniques of pretty much everyone we have used in the past. We have a lot of shade and pine needles which can be difficult to work with, but they seem to have come up with a plan for success.

It's nice to have one of the prettiest lawns in the neighborhood!

Greener Living service techs are very polite, professional, and show up and do as they say. However, the guy in the billing department is very rude and far from professional. After a couple months of service I noticed I was being charged more for each service than I was being told. They offer a discount if you prepay for treatment but then charge you a different amount when they come out. I mentioned all the over charges to the billing department and they refunded me the difference and apologized for the mistake, I understand mistakes happen so I didn’t think much about it. Looking over my account online one day, I noticed they again over charged me. So, I called again and the same guy apologized and this time he credited my online account instead of refunding my credit card “since the amount wasn’t a lot” When I was due for my next prepaid treatment, it happened to be the same tech that sold me the prepay package prior. I confirmed with him that this treatment was prepaid for and he said no there will be a charge, but didn’t understand why. He remembered me and taking payment for it. He apologized for not knowing why I was being charged again and told me to call billing department before he started. So I called and I asked why I kept getting charged more than I am being told by the tech for treatments? The guy said “the techs don’t do the billing so he doesn’t know”. Well then, why are they telling me the prices, giving discounts, and collecting pre payment?!? I decided to stop service due to the fact I felt greener livings billing department was a mess and didn’t feel like having to call in every time they charged my credit card wrong, which is a shame because my lawn was starting to look better. I asked to cancel service and am told “I don’t see what is the problem we credited you already the over payment”. I informed him I felt the billing was a mess and that I was only charged correctly two times, and since the techs that give the pricing doesn’t know the correct prices I no longer wanted their services and would like the credit for over payment on my account refunded to my credit card. I was then told “ok” and then he hung up on me. Since then they deleted my online account and never refunded my credit card. If you do go with this company just make sure you don’t put a credit card for autopay and you keep an eye on what they tell you and what they charge you, also try to avoid calling billing department at all cost because the guy there is far from professional and very rude.