Lama Gardening Service

Tashi has a green thumb and my plants love him for it. I’m not a fan of the typical suburban rake and blow gardeners that are out there. And I’ve been pleased with his knowledge, and abilities. I am so happy I found him. Added bonus for his very reasonable rates and excellent service! I highly recommend him and his crew.

I highly recommend Tashi if you need anything in your garden done. Him and his crew gets the job done quick with a great price. Would call him if you need a polite, skilled gardener to fix up your place. (5 103 932 462)

Tashi is fabulous and we could not be happier with his work. He and his team are doing the best and most affordable maintenance of our garden — after an initial terrific clean up that was badly needed. The work was so thorough it took months for the weeds to come back, the vines to take over, etc.
Tashi also did a major job for our neighborhood to reduce fire danger and spent days cutting down, trimming and removing brush, branches, tree stumps, poison oak and so much more. We have had this work done for four years in a row and Tashi did by far the best job.
Tashi is also an incredibly nice man — we highly recommend him.
Rob and Eva in Berkeley

I contacted Tashi based on the terrific Unilocal reviews… and I’d like to pass the word that all the great reviews are well deserved. Tashi is delightful to work with, responsive to questions, and has a great eye for making even modest landscaping changes impactful and effective. He and his team did an outstanding job with updating my drip irrigation system, updating landscaping with drought resistant plants, and general pruning and cleaning.

Tashi was introduced to me by another gardener whose schedule was very overloaded, and he soon replaced him! Tashi is a wonderful, respectful man with a delicate sensibility. He has an artiful eye, and knows plants and drip irrigation quite well. He works every day, and now more than ever since his family home in Nepal was completely wiped out in ten seconds by the recent horrific earthquake. Because he is in great demand, it may take a while to make a connection with him, but once he arrives with his crew, they get the work done quickly and efficiently. I can’t recommend him enough!

Amazing company. Tashi, the owner is the best — so nice, and his team does a great job. His prices are amazing. I cannot recommend them highly enough! Tashi’s company is very popular, so he cannot always call back same day, but he is totally worth the wait!!!

I was excited to work with Tashi based on the reviews. We have an overgrown terraced garden in need of cleaning up, re-​planting, and possibly a nice seating area created at the top to take advantage of the view. I wanted advice about the watering system and setting it properly, etc. Unfortunately, the day Tashi came to look at it, we had to rush out because our son had fallen and hurt his elbow and we needed to go to Children’s Hospital. Tashi arrived as we were about to leave – I was actually calling him as we were walking out. I explained what happened and let him into the backyard. He said he would take a look and call me later. He never called even after leaving three messages over the course of a week. Finally today he answered his phone and basically rebuffed everything I said we wanted done by saying he didn’t really see what needed to be done… or he didn’t do that type of work… what? Everything I was asking for are things others have reviewed him for – that’s why I called him. He was not forthcoming about any real reason why he wouldn’t work with me such as being too busy or??? Maybe he’s too good for the Richmond Hills? Wow– really disappointed.

Lama Gardening is the best. Tashi and his guys tackled our overgrown garden and whipped it into shape. We bought a house which had a neglected garden and it was too much for us to do ourselves. It was not too much for Tashi! Thank you Tashi.

Tashi is a miracle worker. He transformed my barren mess of a backyard into a beautiful English garden. He knows plants and has a great eye for design. And he is a great guy. Very easy to work with and have around. What he did with my garden was brilliant. I’ll try to include some photos. I feel like I totally lucked out finding him and will have him maintain my garden forever. Another amazing thing is that he and his crew completely landscaped my garden built a small garden wall out of broken concrete (on his own initiative) and a flagstone patio, installed gravel paths and an irrigation system and bought and planted the whole thing in ²¹⁄₂ days. And his price was more than reasonable. I could go on and on. if only I could give 10 stars.

Tashi and his crew help me whenever I need a hand with my garden. They are quick, and neat. I will be getting help from Lama Gardening for many years to come.

My family has been using Tashi Lama for several years now and I highly recommend his services. We totally redid our old Berkeley craftsman yard and he and his crew assisted with putting down a beautiful new decomposed granite ground and mulch paths and when it was time to sell, they made sure we had just the right curb appeal. Now that we are on an acre and a half in Lafayette, Tashi is able to help us identify what types of trees and plants we have growing on our property, keep the poison oak at bay, and perform necessary tree maintenance. We look forward to planning the future use of our land with him as he is a knowledgeable landscaper who creates beautiful spaces and is such a joy to work with.

I cannot say enough good things about Tashi Lama and his crew. Their work is thorough and respectful of the environment, of the householder’s wishes, and of the pocketbook. I like the way Tashi listens, offers suggestions, and communicates with his crew, so they can do what has been decided. I look forward to regular gardening service from Lama Gardening Service for years to come!

I hired Lama Gardening after reading the awesome (perfect) Unilocal review and Tashi and his crew did not disappoint. They were here today and spent the entire time doing cleanup of my front– and back yards and they did a careful but thorough job; the only few weeds (no more than two handfuls) that were left behind were some that Tashi wasn’t sure about. I’ve hired him for monthly maintenance and am looking forward to his help in beautifying my yard and getting it to its potential.

This guy is a great gardener and honest. Money well spent. He did a great job on our lawn and ornamental garden. He really went out of his way to please! My wife was really impressed with the attention to detail in his work, especially pruning.

Tashi Lama is awesome! We had his team come out and do rock retainign walls for us, and they look gorgeous! We liked them so much we have recommended them to family and friends. On top of working hard and doing great work, Tashi is a really nice person and easy to work with.

Beautiful transformation of our lawnscape that was beforehand a «jungle». Polite, courteous, responsive and attentive to our needs. Highly recommend.

Tashi Lama is an excellent, reasonably-​priced gardener. He’s sensible and easy to talk to. He has over ten years experience in Berkeley, Albany, Oakland and San Francisco. Formerly, he worked at the Golden Gate Botanical Garden. He’s knowledgeable about plants both from his work and from classes at Merritt College.
Tashi does organic gardening as well as landscaping (making paths, walls, irrigation, sealing or painting a deck, etc.), monthly maintenance (including lawn mowing), one-​time clean-​up, planting, pruning, weeding, and poison oak removal.
I’ve known Tashi since 2003 when he had just moved here from Tibet. He took care of the huge garden at a house I rented. He did a terrific job and when I moved, I hung on to his phone number. I recently hired him again for a tough garden clean-​up job and he’s just as efficient, easygoing, and wonderful as ever. I couldn’t recommend him more.