Home Services reviews in Hawthorne, New York

Let's start by saying that Green Jay Landscape Design knows their plants and the biodiversity of Westchester - maybe of other areas too, but I live in Westchester. They make every effort to use native plants and to use plants that attract as many healthy insects and birds as they can. Their staff work hard, and it says a lot about the culture of the company that the staff has stayed with them for years. I can't think of a single reason why I would use anyone else.

Green Jay provided me with a superior design and installation. They have a team of experts working for the customer. I love my new garden! I noticed new wildlife moving in immediately. They took the care to carefully choose the right landscape for my property. You will not be disappointed if you work with Green Jay Landscaping.

Jay did an incredible job re-imagining our property. He is worth every penny and what you are paying for is 25+ years of experience in this region with all kinds of gardens / plants / landscapes / etc. Jay can quickly visualize what will look and grow best in a certain spot - whether sun / shaded / flowering / walkway / etc. and then make sure the choice of plants, the placement, watering, treatment, and so on is optimal to provide a long lasting and healthy garden. And more importantly, Jay is just fun to work with - his enthusiasm and love for what he does is contagious. His use of organic materials and native plants only further enhances the overall results. His team is extremely professional and all clearly respect Jay tremendously. He and his team can calmly handle any sized task from planting along a fence line to creating fields of flowers / stone walkways / perennial gardens / water features and so on. Over the years he had done it all and brings that vast knowledge of experience to bear on all his projects. He is 100% committed to the projects that he takes on and shows a tremendous amount of pride and dedication to his work. My wife and I would recommend him to anyone looking to improve their home landscape.

Jay and his team were a delight to work with. All were very knowledgeable. I had been trying to landscape on my own for years and it just wasn't coming to fruition. Jay came up with a design that really took into account what I wanted, and pulled our yard together beautifully. Now our yard is colorful and lovely, and filled with butterflies, hummingbirds, and more. It is now a place for us all to enjoy (not just for backyard baseball!). His team showed up on time and cleaned up behind themselves. They have remained responsive and hands-on even after the job finished, which just shows how much they care about their work. I couldn't be happier with this investment and the outcome.

Green Jay Landscaping has been a joy to work with. Jay and his team created a gorgeous landscape for our home with various native plants and flowers. The work was done with such thoughtfulness, artistry and high concept to delight both the senses and pollinators. Green Jay is an environmental steward that is incredibly passionate, highly knowledgeable and professional. From concept to execution, every detail was given a high level of attention. We knew we made the right choice in Green Jay when he started to present us with his concept for our home.

This was not only a wise investment for our home and our domestic wellness, but a loving gesture to planet earth as well. Our family, small children included, are grateful to walk barefoot on our property to feel the grounding and healing support of clean, synthetic chemical-free earth beneath our feet. If you desire beautiful, high quality, natural design with a heavy dose of monarch butterflies, Jay is your guy.

After reading glowing reviews and scrolling through his beautiful portfolio of projects completed, we enthusiastically entrusted Jay with the task of re-imagining and re-designing our overgrown, weedy, partially rocky, terraced, hillside landscape. Without being daunted by these challenges, Jay and Uziel aptly named our project, “Up on the Hill, Through the Looking Glass,” and proceeded to create a stunning natural landscape, filled with the most lovely native plants and pollinators, which can be seen through our wall of windows. Watching Jay “hands on” rummage through existing plant material to eliminate aggressive weeds/vines and preserve, divide, and relocate salvageable plant material, was impressive. Although they had designed a formal plan for this area, Jay and Uziel’s decisions on how to blend the selection of new flowers and grasses with salvaged plant material, seemed instinctive. After working with Jay and Uziel, we have become more appreciative of the value of often overlooked native flowers and of the subtle beauty of these flowers when planted in combination. Jay was passionate about our project and determined to achieve a healthy native garden environment; a mini ecosystem. He has returned several times to check on the garden’s progress. It’s been about a month since our project was completed, and we are surprised and delighted everyday by new blooms and by the array of birds and butterflies that frequent our garden. Without hesitation, we recommend Green Jay Landscaping.

Jay is an ecologist by training, and is incredibly knowledgeable about native species, pollinators, and how to mix beauty with functionality in landscaping. Green Jay doesn’t do maintenance, but if you’re looking to swap out your sterile, monoculture landscaping for something that will cover your yard in butterflies and bees, these are your people.

They aren’t cheap, but you do get what you pay for and then some. Not only am I extremely happy with all of the new life in my yard, but Jay has always been very patient and responsive to my questions and concerns.

We worked with Green Jay Landscaping this spring to re-landscape the front of our home and a largish area on the side of our property that had been overgrown by invasive plants for many years. The work began with a consultation with Jay Archer, president of the firm, and we were impressed his aesthetic sense, deep knowledge of horticulture, native species, and his passionate commitment to creating a more environmentally friendly landscape. We’re bird watchers so we were especially pleased by Jay’s selection of plantings that are not only pretty look at but attract birds, and butterflies as well. The actual work took about two weeks and went very smoothly. The Green Jay team was truly impressive. Bottom line? We wish we had worked with Jay a long time ago, because the plantings he put in look really great—so much better than what had been there before. We can’t recommend Green Jay Landscaping strongly enough!

My experience with Green Jay could have not been more over the moon. He and his stellar crew of designers and gardeners provided me with two beautiful beautiful sun/shade pollinator gardens. He and his staff were wonderful to work with, and I'm now trying to figure out who's having more fun in the gardens, me or the butterflies!

Jay and his team do wonderful work. He's very knowledgeable and if you want to transform your property into a more ecologically productive and beautiful space, you cannot do any better than Green Jay.

Jay’s design and his team’s execution of it are superb. When designing rhe garden/landscape renovation, I had three primary considerations: 1) eclogical - the garden is for the planet, not just for me; 2) esthetic - the landscape should be beautiful and feed the human spirit; 3) ease of maintainance.

Bees, butterflies and other pollinators visit in abundance.. The garden is extremely beautiful and it’s design fits perfectly with the style and situation of my house. Working in the garden is a pleasure.

I highly recommend Green Jay Landscaping - Wonderful people, wonderful company.

Working with Green Jay has been a pleasure. Their project estimates with detailed plant lists allowed me to review and discuss choices before installation. When some plants were not available or didn’t quite work where planned, we were able to discuss and agree on changes. The professionals are very knowledgeable and committed to landscapes that support nature and ecological priorities. The crew is friendly and efficient. It’s not cheap and I didn’t expect it to be, but the price is fair for the quality and skill involved. The result is nothing less than spectacular. I am thrilled with Green Jay’s work.

The whole process was a pleasure! From consultation to installation it felt like an adventure. Jay & crew listened and really interpreted my thoughts and created a plan that not only was creative and complete but included plants and hardscape visions that captured things that I love but hadn’t thought to mention! Green Jay designer, Kathryn embraced what landscape existed and expanded it so that it became clean, cohesive and complete and fit the house and my vision of how the house should look. The installation crew was great. Neat, thoughtful and flexible. A few tweaks along the way as ideas occurred to me were taken into consideration and done. I felt very much like part of the process. I was excited to be a client of Green Jay Landscape and Jay and his crew did not disappoint! Great job!

We hired Green Jay to renovate our landscaping, which had been neglected for some time and took a beating during prior renovation work.

We chose Green Jay because he took the time to understand our vision and create a landscape plan that accomplished exactly what we wanted.

Jay and his crew communicated clearly, listened to our wants and concerns, and ultimately executed on our plan beautifully.

I highly recommend Green Jay to anyone who desires a more natural-looking and environmentally-friendly landscape. You won't regret it!

After consultations with several other landscapers, meeting Jay and his crew was like a breath of fresh air! Upon his first visit, you could already see the wheels turning in his mind of the possibilities for our space. When they returned for a project presentation, we were blown away! They had completely reimagined the way that our home could look – clearing plants that were obstructing the view and bringing in more beautiful, suitable pieces, and reshaping our space in ways that we had not imagined. They also delivered more than just a pretty setting. They took structural issues into consideration so that runoff water could be appropriately managed, rather than pooling by walls (as was previously the case).

I did not want a super manicured, high-maintenance yard. It was important that any plantings be sustainable for me in terms of maintenance and attractive to birds and bees. Jay brought a wealth of expertise and experience in this area and gave us great recommendations. He also staged out the project so that we didn’t have to take on everything at once.

As others have mentioned, their follow-up post-job is fantastic. Unfortunately in my experience, most contractors are impossible to reach once they have received their final payment–not Green Jay! It seems like they genuinely care about the success of the landscaping project and carry out follow-up visits just to make sure things are going as planned. They are easily reachable and always responsive. I highly recommend their services!

If you can afford the best, forget the rest.

Jay Archer and the whole Green Jay team are the best contractors I’ve ever hired for anything in 22 years in Westchester…and I’ve hired many. From the first visit to the design presentation to plant selection to soil remediation to hardscape choices to planting, each stage was executed according to clear & transparent communication.

How refreshing to work with folks who take their job seriously, are open to learning new things and love what they do. Every job will have some unexpected challenges but Jay, Lora, Uzi, Aztlan and the whole crew are responsive, thoughtful and nimble, calmly solving any glitch. Throughout the process communication was stellar, which is the key to success in every endeavor.

The results were better than I could have hoped. Jay & Uzi took a neglected, steep, weed infested, post-home construction (debris-strewn) back yard and turned it into my dream permaculture food forest. Native flowers, shrubs and trees coexist between a series of switchback pathways that take advantage of the natural slope. Piece de resistance is the recirculating waterfall. It looks as if we have a stream running towards the Hudson River. The sound is magical.

There are too many little details that coalesce to create this Hastings idyll to list but don’t take my word for it, ask the bees and birds and butterflies and worms. This land will continue to give nutrition and joy to all living things for decades.

Now stop reading reviews, call your broker to sell some of that overvalued stock & go hire Green Jay Landscaping. For the kids.

Jay and his team created the most beautiful pollinator pathway garden design for our 5 acre property that has brought our property to life! Jay is a wealth of knowledge and has educated us on the value of organic practices and diversification of native species to best support the ecosystem. It has been a rich and FUN experience working with Jay and his team! They are professional, timely, and deeply connected to their mission of creating native landscapes. I highly recommend working with Jay and is team.

Jay, Uzi, and the whole team at Green Jay were wonderful to work with from start to finish. They not only care about doing a great job in making your property look lush, beautiful, and inviting- they also care about their environmental impact and all the other critters, seen and unseen, who will be enjoying your yard along with you. They were excellent collaborators during the design phase and excellent at executing on the day of. As someone who cares a lot about small details, Jay and Uzi made sure I felt heard and at the end of each stage of the process, every single thing on my mind was addressed, often before I needed to say anything. They also clearly care about fostering a strong team- everyone who passed through our property was kind, considerate, and extremely talented at what they do.

Photos of Green Jay Landscape Design's work we saw with natural landscapes full of beautiful different flowers and pollinators initially attracted us to consult with Jay. We were definitely in for quite a treat! Jay and his team are so knowledgeable about what will grow in different settings and what will restore the natural surroundings. Everyone was a pleasure to work with, on time, and on budget. They listened to our ideas of what we were hoping to create, and followed through with any questions we had. We can 100% recommend Green Jay Landscape Design for any special outdoor projects you have, as they have certainly extended the beauty of our "additional outdoor bedroom," and we get the thrill of watching how the plant life in our yard changes over the different seasons! We are very grateful! L & M

Jay and team were fantastic to work with. We had some rough ideas of what we wanted, but knew very little about plants and landscaping design. Jay helped us through brainstorming phase into design, through execution, and has continued to help as we watch everything grow and bloom. He has clear passion for his craft, and it comes through in his work that Jay is having fun bringing these projects to life. Jay and his team are professional, easy to work with, and care about client satisfaction. Jay continues to answer my questions and stops by to check in well after the job was done and the final payment was made which speaks volumes.

We are thrilled with the work Green Jay Landscaping did on the front of our home. They listened to our feedback, incorporated our design aesthetic, and the results are impeccable—neighbors keep stopping to compliment the transformation.

The team was professional, attentive, and even connected us with an excellent irrigation company. The whole experience was high-touch and seamless. Thank you, Green Jay, for outstanding work and service!