K & D Landscaping, Inc. — Local services in Watsonville

Our front lawn was a complete mess (gophers despite a great gopher guy; "grass" was mostly weeds; irrigation created many dry areas and also "too wet" spots; the lawn was way too big and the railroad tie borders were very unsightly. Most of the plants in the beds bordering the lawn were very over-grown and the wild African daisy ground cover had also over-run into the beds and regularly tried to take over the lawn as well.

We got a few bids and decided to go with K&D based mostly on the size and expertise of the crew and equipment they have. It would have been a very hard job a smaller firm and at least one such firm said it was too much of a stretch for them. K&D was the most expensive but I'm glad we made the decision to work with them.

Our lawn is now truly beautiful with a nice concrete border and a large well-mulched set of bordering beds. There are no RR ties left to be seen although some of them are still there. (Weed fabric and heavy mulching extended the borders and is helping keep the African Daisy in the wild meadow and not in beds/lawn.)

As with any large and relatively complex job, there were some issues that came up but they were resolved satisfactorily. With all the rain this Winter and Spring, the new plants/trees haven't grown much so it's hard to say how well they will look and do. They need to get through at least this growing season before I can assess them.

Overall, you won't go wrong with K&D. I recommend asking alot of questions and writing down the answers. A mistake I made was not understanding where all the valve boxes would go; once placed, it's way too expensive to fix. So we ended up putting mulch over the boxes to hide them. And we needed to change the planting design & add more at the very last minute which was OK and turned out better than the original design...

This past September (2017) we hosted my son’s wedding at our home. Of course we wanted it to be perfect for the couple, so we decided to overhaul our upper garden and install some hardscape features in our courtyard, where the reception was to be held. The upper garden was a hot mess of overgrown weeds and brambles, scattered rocks and a horrid shrub/tree that I was severely allergic to. I had contracted with K&D before on a small project, so decided to use them for this large redo. I worked w/ Shane on the design, which included a clean scrape of the existing space (except for a couple trees), leveling, debris removal, lighting, hardscape, and new plants/groundcover. Once we started work, his crew executed my vision flawlessly. Even when we had to do some off the cuff design modifications because of lighting placement issues, it was solved quickly, without impacting our finish date. In the courtyard, we replaced grass with flagstone, removed a three tier fountain, and installed a stone mosaic compass rose as the centerpiece. Josh and his hardscape crew were fabulous, making thoughtful design suggestions that really improved the flow of the new elements into my existing brick courtyard. Professional, responsive, deadline-oriented and respectful. I couldn’t be happier with the K&D Landscape team and will definitely be using them again for...

Review of Residential work in Santa Cruz, 2021. New lawn, irrigation, landscape design, installation of plants and trees, and stone work.

The end to end experience from Jeremy and the team at K&D was top notch. Jeremy engaged with us early and we worked through the plan and schedule for the upcoming project. Note: Jeremy was very busy and booked months in advance but set aside the time to get us scheduled and start the process. Shortly after getting the initial plan together, Jeremy connected us with the landscape designer to convert the vision into a plan. Liz (Wildflower Landscape I believe) was amazing to work with as well.

Once the work started, Jeremy and Josh put a very skilled and attentive team on the project. The team was flexible in working through a few open items and unplanned changes to ensure we were happy customers. Josh was on top of it and Jeremy was available via text/call when needed.

The stonework quality is phenomenal. We get many compliments from visitors and love using the outside space as an extension of our home. Many thanks Jeremy and team! Worth...