Landscaping reviews in Durham, North Carolina

Mark and Bridgett were both great to work with, and their work crew is amazing too - super hard workers, friendly, polite. Mark is very creative and knowledgeable, and will work with you to make your ideas a reality, while adding in suggestions of his own if you want them. I have a difficult, very shady back yard, and Mark was very flexible and enthusiastic as we refined the plan to come up with a great solution for what to do with it. I had a lot of questions, which were all responded to quickly. I am very, very pleased with the result. Mark also took care of some drainage issues for me. I will be using Pleasant Green Grass again in the near future to do some additional work on the front side of the house.

This company uses high quality products that I cannot find anywhere else. I almost lost my lawn with the cooler, wet temps extending into the Spring. I spent $800 and most of the summer on other services, landscapers, agronomists and products. But the lawn was still stressed and not coming back.

After consulting with a greenskeeper at a golf course, he recommended topping the soil. PGG was one of the few companies to even offer this service...and for a very fair price. When they came, it was a light dusting all over the top of my lawn. On the day of application, I had different visions of what topping was and I was disappointed at the small amount of material they put in the property. I thought I had wasted even more money.

But the organic material they used was something magical; way more active than premium products I had used like Big Daddy Petes. Within a day or two the transformation was obvious. Within a month, I had the thickest, greenest lawn on the block. Now I complain about how hard is it to mow my thick, lush lawn. I am working this into my annual lawn care routine. It's a do not miss, like overseeding and aeration.

Very grateful for this group! Highly recommend.

This service took over lawn care for my neighborhood about a year ago. In my opinion, they are the worst service we have had. They left leaves from two different trees down all winter and spring killing much of the grass around my home. When I noticed because of the standing water and drainage problems it created it took weeks and multiple emails before the leaves were removed. I was told the areas would be reseeded. After several more weeks that was only partially done. I finally spent $60 on grass seed to finish the job myself. The workers have on multiple occasions moved things like my basketball goal, my trash cans, my children's wagon directly behind my garage door. I contacted the owner to ask that they not move items in my yard behind my garage door when it first happened (and on all subsequent occasions) because I almost hit the items pulling out as I was working from home. I have made at least 4 requests about this but it continues in a way that seems passive aggressive and scary. I offered that they could mow around the trash cans and basketball goals and that I would move them if needed.
My dog's outdoor leash was run over twice and destroyed. Even though it was in an area that should have been mulched months ago, I was told they weren't responsible for items left on my lawn as stated in the contract with my homeowners association. When I asked for a copy of the contract the owner stopped responding and didn't provide it until I posted a negative review on Yelp.
They recently ran over my neighbors pipe cap for the second time and destroyed it. The first time this happened the house was on the market and a member of the HOA board fixed it. I let the owner, the board, and my neighbor know. It took at least two weeks for the service to fix it. To prevent further damage my neighbors covered the hole with a bucket. The area is adjacent to my home but not on my property yet the workers removed the bucket and threw it behind my garage while mowing this week. I was home and heard it hit my driveway and roll behind my garage then looked out a window and saw a worker walking away. However, when I contacted the owner instead of apologizing he told me the worker 'set it down by my house' and that they hadn't moved any of the other items that ended up behind my garage on the days they came to mow (as I mentioned, I often work from home and I've seen them do it twice). He accused the garbage collectors of walking up my 30 foot drive way to move those things because they come on the same day (no, this did not happen). If I had control over the contract that is administered through the homeowners association we would not use this service. Hire at your own risk.

I hope to have a lot more good things to say about Pleasant Green in a few years. I've been through 2 entire years with them for treatment of my zoysia lawn already and am still a little on the fence as to whether or not an all natural approach to lawn care is feasible. It's obviously preferrable to having our kids and dog unwittingly bringing petrochemicals into our house all the time, not to mention what they do to local waterways. So, we're pretty committed to trying.

I hope to have a lot more good things to say about Pleasant Green in a few years. I've been through 2 entire years with them for treatment of my zoysia lawn already and am still a little on the fence as to whether or not an all natural approach to lawn care is feasible. It's obviously preferrable to having our kids and dog unwittingly bringing petrochemicals into our house all the time, not to mention what they do to local waterways. So, we're pretty committed to trying. Each year there do seem to be fewer and fewer weeds. But there are still plenty of them. Fortunately, we've got a smaller yard, so getting around to remove them before they go to seed is possible, albeit a time sink I'd looked forward to ditching with a professional lawn service on board. And crab grass is starting to be a problem. I'm not sure there's much Pleasant Green can do about it. All things considered, I'm sure my lawn looks better than it would if I was to do nothing to treat it (although zoysia is quite a weed). But I hope that a couple more years of Pleasant Green's regularly scheduled treatments, will get me pretty darn close to weed free.

Please Green built a pair of very nice raised planting beds. Scott and his crew were prompt to respond to my request, quickly performed the work, and were easy to work with. The area they built them in was challenging due to the slope. They built two tiered raised beds and back filled with compost. They look great!

After years of trying to establish a lawn myself I finally gave up and decided to look for a small, environmentally-conscious firm to take over. I found Pleasant Green Grass and couldn't be happier. Its service and communication are excellent, its fees are reasonable, and our lawn has never looked better.

They did a wonderful job of weeding my flower beds, very detailed and nice. Our yard is one of the best looking on our neighborhood as well. I also like that I don't have to worry about chemical residues such as round up in my yard.

When we moved into our house, the lawn was in really bad shape - weeds, mixed types of grass, and poor growth. It took a while for the organic treatments to work. But after about 1-1/2 years, it looks really good. We are really happy with the organic grass treatments.

I have used Pleasant Green for years on my lawn. They have always done a great job. They send the same technician each time, Pat, and he knows the lawn and what to do. Very happy with all their services.

They are truly knowledgeable about organic lawn care and create an individualized plan for each yard. Scott and his crew are a joy to work with and always respond very quickly to any questions. I am very grateful they help keep my family safe and my lawn looking great!

For years I have struggled with my lawn quality and wanted a better solution. I saw Pleasant Green Grass on line and reached out to them. Best choice ever! Fall aeration, seeding, soil test and soil enhancement has given me the lawn I can be proud of. I highly recommend PGG. Good people, good products and great service.

Excellent communication and responsiveness. We are in our first few months trying out their organic plan, and so far are very happy with their communication, explanations, and responsiveness. Time will tell how the lawn responds to their plan, but it does make sense, and Scott takes all the time needed to explain everything to you. Bridgette, in the office is also very responsive and gives you clear and up-to-date answers. Overall the price really isn't that much different than the other plans out there.

We tried Scotts and TruGreen in the past, and our grass never survived the hot summers here. Pleasant Green went above and beyond the aeration and overseeding normal routine and addressed our poor soil conditions to provide the success we had. Their customer service is amazing, too, and I really appreciate how responsive they are to emails and phone calls.

I began using the services of Pleasant Green Grass at the suggestion of my son, who was also using it. My concerns with the traditional lawn services were about the toxic ingredients applied on lawns. From the beginning, the staff answered all of my questions and explained in detail what was expected of me after their applications of products. They then followed up to be sure that I had no questions about the particular application. My lawn looks healthy now and I am assured that it doesn't have the toxic ingredients that we used to apply. I would highly recommend this company.

I would highly recommend Pleasant Green Grass for any landscaping projects!! They installed sod and did some hardscape projects in my yard. It has been over a year and the yard is gorgeous!!! Their maintenance program has kept everything in wonderful shape. Awesome workers and great customer service.

I decided to have Pleasant Green Grass handle all my mosquito problems this summer and what a great decision that was! They came by every couple of weeks with their organic mosquito spray to keep the biting pests away. If you're looking for a good mosquito control company, I recommend these guys.

This past year was my first with Pleasant Green Grass. They always email in advance with the exact day that the service will be done and include instructions to help ensure the treatment will be successful. If the weather isn't accommodating, they let you know the rescheduled date. The office staff is prompt in responding to email inquiries. They were able to keep the lawn relatively weed-free without any harsh chemicals.

I highly recommend Pleasant Green Grass for your lawn care needs. I am very picky, have high standards, and want to use natural, organic materials. Five years ago, I had employed Pleasant Green Grass to analyze my soil, fertilize, and aerate/reseed. After a while, I had the best looking lawn on the street. Unfortunately, I was laid off from work and had to let them go. I tried to keep up with the lawn needs, but within two years the lawn was weed-filled, spotty and sick-looking. I contacted Scott Walker from Pleasant Green Grass earlier this year to help restore my lawn and after testing the soil, aerating/reseeding and composting, the lawn now looks great! I went back to Pleasant Green Grass because they respond to my questions and concerns, arrive as scheduled, and use organic, natural material, which is important to me because I raise chickens. Pleasant Green Grass got the job done right.

This is the best combination ever of pleasant staff and cutting-edge knowledge of organic lawn products and procedures. We are awfully lucky here in the Triangle area to have Pleasant Green Grass. Our relationship with these people is long-standing. They've taken what looked to be a textbook example of Weeds of North Carolina and turned it into a lush backyard where kids can play barefoot and wildlife can safely raise their young. Best of all, their prices are reasonable and they are up-front about costs. A reliable, principled, and well-run organization.

I had their service for about a year. Before I hired them by back yard was in good shape, but the front yard didn't have much grass. It is a newer home (~ 2 years old) with bermuda grass. Over the course of the year my back yard went from nice grass to now 80% crabgrass. The front yard looks greener and and there is some more grass, but there are significantly more weeds. Keep in mind that I had no treatments done to the yard before they took over. Also, they did not do the soil test at first like they said they were going to, and they charged me for it. At the end of my year they realized the mistake, and did the soil test. They were treating my yard blind for a year. When I complained about all the weeds, and about how my back yard has no grass left I was told that I was "looking for a quick fix" and that maybe I would be better off with a "chemical company". If in one year they turned my grass into weeds, how many years do I need to keep paying them to get pleasant green grass? 5 years? 10 years? When I received a warning letter from my HOA because of all the weeds I decided to cancel my service with them.

Scott and his team have been great to work with since day one. They are always responsive and willing to take time to answer questions about the lawn. It is obvious to tell they genuinely care about you as a client and to ensure your overall satisfaction with the final product. Highly recommended, especially if seeking a lawn without the chemicals.