Katherine Murphy

Review of Gibbs Landscape Company

I highly recommend Gibbs Landscape Company with wh...

I highly recommend Gibbs Landscape Company with whom we have worked on two huge landscape projects, the second of which was the complete overhaul of our backyard this May (2019). Gibbs excavated an unwieldy space which had a 4-foot tall, tricky-to-mow hump extending half the length of the property, flattening the lower side of the hump into pristine, grassy play space and building a beautiful, 2.5 ft sittable, serpentine wall the length of the property, behind which sits a gorgeous layout of varied plantings. Gibbs highly creative landscape architect Nathan Kloos designed the project, tying it into his original plan for the front yard which was executed 2 years prior. Careful attention was given to elevation, drainage, soil and plant types, sun and shade, etc. in order to produce a functional as well as beautiful backyard. Nathan is a delight to work with; he is a good listener, grasping well our desires and dislikes. He shared his ideas upfront, spurring our imagination and broadening our thought process. The crews who worked on installation were equally as delightful. These extremely hard-working and highly skilled men clearly took pride in their work as they did everything with meticulous precision. Excavating the yard and setting grades, digging a ditch with pick axes for an underground drainage system, checking the wall with a level from block to block as it was built, having 5 men surround a large tree, each tweaking its position from his perspective until it was set just right are all examples of Gibbs personnel at work. These gracious men cleaned up thoroughly each day, even rinsing my dust laden home with our hose at the project s completion, negating the need for separate house washing. In addition, the plants that Gibbs provides are stunning far larger than ever dreamed of and in pristine health. Gibbs is not inexpensive; however, the quality of its designs, materials and workmanship is simply stellar. From beginning to end, Gibbs Landscape Company is a class act.