Emerald Bay Succulents

The living art by Dwona is a treasure. The two large beautiful pieces I commissioned have received admiration by all my visitors. They are one of a kind. Dwona is a talented artist.
She left clear instructions for maintainance and checks back periodically to be sure they are thiriving.

We paid Emerald Bay Succulents a great deal of money which the owner, Dwona Downes, demanded upfront ~ our first mistake. We feel we did not receive value in kind. Dwona created a time line which she failed to live up to. She consistently failed to communicate with us when she was either a ‘no show’ or hours behind schedule. We found the maintenance of the garden to be unsatisfactory.
In addition, part of our garden design included four 4′ (64 square feet) of succulent ‘walls’ to be placed against an existing glass divider between our yard and the neighbors. Due to later concerns over a possible installation problem with our neighbors, we decided to relocate the design and accepted a much smaller succulent wall of 18 square feet at the same price of $ 1400. The ‘wall’ which was actually installed was 3 and ¾ square feet, 17 times smaller than the original four panels and we had still paid $ 1400 for it. In addition we were charged $ 75 as an installation fee.
We hired Emerald Bay Succulents because a business in the shopping center below us highly recommended them and the installation I saw was impressive. Now, as I sit here typing this review, I see the owners of this business removing part of that same installation and putting it in their dumpster.
The one part of Emerald Bay Succulents services which I can recommend are the drought tolerant pots Dwona creates. They are outstanding. Beyond that, Emerald Bay Succulents sucks.