Landscaping reviews in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania

Had several large mulch beds redone, some plants and a small wall removed, and new plants and boulders installed. The crew worked very hard and ensured that I was part of the project from start to finish . The communication was excellent and they were courteous and friendly as well. I highly recommend these folks if you’re looking for a top shelf job.

Patrick and his Cascades Landscaping crew did a great job of making my front bank pop! Beautiful job of planting new flowering plants and a new dogwood tree, too. Highly recommend them!

Joe and his team did an amazing job on our mulch and edging!

Joe did a great job building our backyard boulder wall.

I am most pleased with the work Cascades Landscaping did on our back hillside. For 40+ years we have struggled to maintain it through ground covers, mulch, etc. Patrick and his crew cleared the hillside, applied weed killer, landscape fabric and river rock. A much cleaner look and easy to maintain. And they left a clean job site. We plan to use them again to freshen up our front yard landscaping.

I'll start by saying that I don't like to leave negative reviews. I acknowledge that every business makes mistakes, and that's ok. What is important is the recovery after a mistake. That's where Cascades failed.

I hired Cascades Landscaping to install a gravel pad for a shed and use the dirt to reduce the grade on a hill in the yard. They told me they are starting to work with the shed company to do this type of work for their projects. Great!

They arrived on time on the scheduled day to do the job. They commented that they talked about the project with the shed company so they were well prepared. I liked hearing this and it gave me peace of mind.

The owner ran the excavator. The guy who provided the quote hauled the stone and did prep work, along with two laborers. I had precisely laid out the location for the pad with flags and marking paint, which was 18'x26', and shared details of the pad's requirements from the shed company. I thought that this level of detail would help to ensure a quality result. The yard had a mild grade, so the back was about 2.5' higher than the front, and the excavator operator said he would feather this back for me. I also laid out where my ramp needed to be for the garage door. They brought a transit to ensure that the pad would be level within the shed builder's specs.

The work continued and they listened to any requests I had...or so it seemed. Suddenly, the excavator and the operator were gone, but the high side was not sloped, the garage door area was not done, and the dirt behind the shed was roughly leveled (minor). I was assured that they'd come back to after the shed install to finish this. The rest of the crew worked to level the gravel shed base and regrading the hill, all by hand with rakes and shovels. The hill grade looks terrible and slopes towards the house, even though I asked for it be sloped away for water. The two laborers worked hard on it, but it was too much to do by hand; heavy equipment should have been used, but that was gone. The gravel pad looked out of level, but he told me it was within spec and had a 1% drop to the front for water drainage, and to call if we had any problems. I paid them and they left.

Next was installation day for the shed. The installers started laying out the base lumber and quickly noticed that the pad was not level. They set up their transit and found that from the back left to the front right, it was 13 inches different, and from the back left to the front left, it was 8 inches different. As I said before, it was visibly out of level, but their transit confirmed how severe it was. At most, it needed to all be within 2 inches, but it should have been even tighter. Also, the pad was too small, by 2 feet in width and 1.5 feet in depth (I saw the excavator operator measure this by "pacing" and never used a tape to measure). This all absolutely had to be fixed for the shed installation to continue. This is where I looked to Cascades to make it right. The shed installation crew was on site and unable to continue.

Cascades only defended, "but we checked it with a laser ". I told them how much it was out and texted photos of it. The shed company quickly got another contractor prepped and on their way with more gravel, a skid steer, and a crew. That isn't free. The shed company spoke with Cascades about this, and Cascades wanted to split the fee with me, but that was not an option. They did it wrong; they must fix it. They told this to the shed company, not me, and the shed company negotiated on my behalf. Cascades agreed to pay the entire fee (still not paid after a month). The new contractor came, confirmed the problems, added 5 tons of stone, leveled within 1 inch, all within 3 hours.

It's very frustrating that Cascades never came that day. Never called again to check in. Never offered anything else. We all make mistakes, but it's the recovery that makes or breaks the situation.

Now I have to have the garage door ramp dug out, the hill regraded, and the back leveled, at my expense. 😡

Everyone from the owner to the workers were on time and went above and beyond excellent job I highly recommend them already scheduling another job for spring.

Called Joe to see if he could help me out with piles of leaves I had ranked , there was so much I didn't want to bag it all up, he came that evening and vacuumed them right up, great price too ! Thanks again Joe!

Provided good quality work for a fair price. Showed up when they said they would show up and was easy to deal with… Also, very knowledgeable on structural and agricultural needs of your property.

Best in the business. Joe is a great business owner who is detailed oriented and makes sure the job is done right. Can't say enough about the work Cascades Landscaping does.

Cascades Landscaping did a phenomenal job prepping our backyard for a new shed being built. His team completed this work off hours and made certain that the area was perfectly level for our installers. Great job and thank you!

Joe Fertal and his crew from Cascades Landscaping Inc. recently put in a paver patio for us replacing an old deck. All we can say is “Wow.” We are extremely pleased with the whole process from selecting the style of patio we wanted to the choice of the stone. Joe held our hands as he guided us through every step. The project was completed in a very timely manner and the cleanup was impeccable. We would certainly recommend Joe and his team to anyone who is looking for any kind of paver work to be done.

I would not recommend Cascades for any projects.
Cascades is unreliable and bad at communication.

They will repeatedly tell you that they’re going to get to your project tomorrow, next week, when equipment is available… and then no show with no explanation.

Nothing will be done as it was supposed to be, and telling them makes no difference. They will assure you that they can and will fix it. They can’t, or at least they won’t even try. After dealing with these issues for years, we should have dropped them sooner.

The only thing Cascades did “reliably” was cut my grass, but they didn’t cut my full property even after we reached out multiple times and clarified that it was an issue. They also cut as fast as they can, scalping my yard and leaving ruts and tire tracks all over.

The funniest part of this whole story is that after we tried to cancel their services they kept coming back to cut our grass (after we had already paid a different company to fix it). At least they’re consistently bad at communicating, I guess.

Cascades Landscaping was one of the best landscaping decisions we have made while renovating our back yard. The owner was on target with our fire pit and hillside request and provided a few other options for optimum aesthetic results. The crew was able to provide a few extra last minute enhancements at the last minute. Professional and affordable 100%

We would highly recommend Joe and his crew. They helped us with design ideas and material choices. We had them expand and renovate our current patio space adding a fire pit and lighting both on the patio and the front of the house. Despite the wet spring delaying our project, it was beautifully done in time for our daughter’s graduation party.

Excellent Service For 4 years now

Reliable and dependable. Shows up when called and has fair prices.

Austin just work on my toro push mower. He does great work

I use Austin for all of my landscaping. He does good for for a fair price.

Austin was punctual, efficient, courteous, professional and did quality work for us at a reasonable price. Would certainly recommend!

Austin and his guys do a great job, always willing to do the extra thing. Timely and efficient. Would recommend to all!