How it Works
The 4 Step Process
1. Contact Form
To schedule a free, on-site assessment with one of our Landscape Consultants, simply click on “Request Assessment” here or at the top right of any page, or click on this photo to fill out our Contact Form. After your Form is submitted, your Consultant will get in touch shortly to ask some basic questions, potentially provide a ballpark cost, and to schedule your free, on-site assessment.
2. Assessment with Consultant
We can generally schedule our on-site assessments within a week or so. At the assessment, your Consultant will ask what your needs and wants pertaining to your project are and will help you with layout ideas and material options. They’ll make detailed notes and take precise measurements and photos of each project area. After the assessment, your Consultant will send you an Email (usually on the same day) with demolition/installation notes, square/linear footage measurements, and their recommendations for materials, plants, etc., along with a total approximate cost. Once any and all material and layout adjustments are made and a final cost is agreed upon, your Consultant will send you a finalized contract and deposit form to fill out digitally.
3. Walk-Through with Production
Once your signed contract and deposit are in, your Consultant will coordinate with our Production Team to set you up with a Walk-Through date. This can also usually be scheduled quickly, within a few/several days. At the walk-through, you’ll meet with your Consultant, our Chief of Production and a Foreman who will be in charge of your project specifically. The purpose of the Walk-Through is to smoothly turn your project over to Production and start planning the order of operations and schedule, and to go over the materials and layout. Your Consultant will still be involved with your project as needed.
4. Execution of Your Project
It will likely take anywhere from 1-6 weeks after your Walk-Through to start your project, depending on how our other projects are rolling along. Our Production Team works diligently to get projects started as quickly as possible, and they’ll let you know how the schedule’s looking along the way. Every demolition and installation item, and each material is to be thoroughly approved by you on site before each action is taken. Most projects will take anywhere from 1-10 weeks to perform. We pride ourselves on creating masterpieces that blow our clients away, and we don’t stop work at any home until that’s accomplished.
Rebates
Feel free to reach out to your local Water & Power (or other) team to go over their rebate programs for converting your grass (probably dead/dying) into a xeriscape. We don’t work directly with them, but you can use us as the middleman to get your approvals with our detailed measurements and quotes. Some cities have very particular (and annoying) requirements for their rebates, while others can be a bit more lenient. Sometimes, especially with smaller yards, the additional stormwater feature requirements might actually come at more of a cost than the rebate itself, so be weary of that. A $2/square foot rebate will rarely be worth it in our opinion, while $5 is solid.
Licensed and Insured
Our original license number was #474139 with Mike Baron (original owner), who acquired that license in the ‘70s. New license numbers are now over a million, so our low number was often shocking to clients and contractors. After rebranding in 2021, we finally updated our license and got a new number to keep up with the times, which is #1088490 under Tracy Baron (Mike’s son), and we have up to $2,000,000 in General Liability Insurance.
