Sylvan Gardens Landscape Contractors

Sylvan Gardens has created the landscape design and property maintenance in our large condo building in Oakland for the last three years. Prior to that John Friend/Sylvan did all of the outdoor work at our home in Shadyside. They are a most professional, talented, experienced, reliable and cooperative company. John stays in touch about his plans, sends color computer photos of his design plans, accepts changes, and our property looks beautiful all four seasons. They have a great crew and they work within our condo building budget. From many years of experience I can highly recommend Sylvan Gardens Landscape Contractors.

We had a wonderful experience working with Sylvan Gardens implementing a large project in our backyard. They worked with us to implement a design we hoped to achieve, modifying and iterating multiple times. They gave us great visuals for what it would look like and walked us through everything step by step. Everyone that we worked with from John who managed it all to the men who came each day were kind, friendly and responsive. They took out a retaining wall made of railroad ties and terraced out the space with large boulders. It is absolutely gorgeous and achieved all we had hoped for and more. They connected us with (and managed) people to install lighting and a railing. The planting was all wonderful and we are excited to see how it looks this spring when things are fully in bloom. All

We recently asked Sylvan Gardens to design and install a Pollinator Garden to replace a very scruffy lawn and a hillside full of weeds. The entire experience from beginning to end was so much more than we had expected. The design was done quickly and very professional. We had plenty of opportunities to fine tune it if needed. Which was rare. The crew that came in to do the actual design implementation were excellent. They removed existing foliage and prepared the soil in 2 days and then the next 5 days transformed our yard from ehhh to a lovely garden. When completed they left the yard immaculate. Highly recommend this company for any landscaping needs,

John and the team at Sylvan was great! I knew what I wanted, and John made the design and the plants happen, even if my request for native-only plants was difficult to source at times. The landscaping team was polite, neat, and did a fantastic job. When I had any issues, someone was at the house to rectify. I would highly recommend Sylvan!

We've been working with John for several years now improving the property at our condo building. He's done an excellent job designing our beds and his crew are clean and efficient. He responds promptly to our requests and keeps us well informed on their schedule and what to expect. We're proud of the way our property looks now.