Dana Landscaping & Design

My wife and I moved to Elk Grove a little over a year ago, into a new home. The landscaping was the normal builder installed crap. Since neither of us are creative types, we had been keeping an eye on homes in our neighborhood who’s landscaping we liked. As it turned out, we found it right across the circle from us. Dana had done one of our neighbors home and we really loved his vision. Lots of texture (large boulders) and elevation changes. We do not have a flat yard anymore!
Unlike our back yard where we got a computer generated drawing, Dana designs sort of in broad concepts with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper. Rough sketches with our consultation. Unlike our previous experience where contractors send their guys with printed plan and a truck load of bushes, Dana comes with his guys and directs, tweaks, balances, on the fly. If something doesn’t look right as he had it planned, he changes it until it does. For example, he used boulders (3+ feet in diameter) in the elevation transitions. He had an idea of roughly how many and where he wanted to use them, but only made the final determination as he was placing them.
Dana has a team of two guys who worked on our project and they are top notch. They have both worked with him for years and they know exactly what he wants and do it almost without direction. Both are very nice and work fast and hard, The difference between this crew and the guys who did our back yard was night and day. They came in on time every day, and worked a full day every day. I was continually amazed at how much they accomplished in one day.
I can’t say enough good things about Dana and his crew. I have very little experience with how much landscaping work should cost, but we felt his fees were very reasonable. The job was done fast, on schedule, and professionally. No hassles at all, and honestly, that’s priceless. As a matter of fact, after he finished the front, we had him back later to re do the back yard that we had just had done.
Thank you Dana!