Northwest Botanicals

I really hoped the best from this company even though the person who recommended them to me said she stopped using them because they became too pricey. I thought, «pricey is good» and I took a risk because I really wanted a major garden transformation and because I like them are from West Seattle. The initial clean up went fine, not spectacular but just as good as the last gardener I used to do the same thing (weed, deposit mulch) but I was quoted a price of $ 250 for monthly maintenance and the first monthly bill after clean up came to $ 700. This and the fact that during this first return visit I was told that the workers would leave early because it was raining and return later, and then billed, and then told that they would not in fact return unless the billing was started again at $ 45/​hour, made me realize I apparently had misunderstood how much work would be performed and when. I am left with several shrubs unpruned that I had understood would be part of the work initially performed, but then told that this would not be the case. I felt they just didn’t care and Pat said my expectations on garden transformation were unrealistic as to the cost as she stood firm in her billing for time performed for work performed. She emphasized they do not bid by the project, but by the hour. I guess she was right.

Pat, Dennis and their team are true geniuses for the transformation they did to my front and back yards. I think instead of 10 fingers they must have 10 green thumbs! They gave me a great sketch with lots of ways to dial the price up or down, depending. Once I signed off, they began work and were done in under a week. They really took into account the fact that I wasn’t very knowledgable about plant care and offered solutions that were low maintenance yet still beautiful. I’m indebted to them for their talent and thoughtfulness. I recommend them highly!

I contacted this firm to help me design a garden plan. I saw some work they had done that was lovely, and I’m sure they do a very nice job for folks who want to have a garden designed with minimal input.
I love to garden and I wanted a very consultative approach. They wanted to charge me to speak with the designer of the garden before I signed a contract. They accidentally sent me this internal email about my desire to talk with them about the design. «We would need to bid this pretty high since she obviously wants to tell us what we should do…»
Not the firm for someone who wants to have input into their garden!