Verne Pershing, The Art Of Gardening

I highly and happily recommend Verne Pershing and his crew for work on your backyard pond. Verne and his experienced two person team spent about six hours restoring a lightly maintained 800 gallon pond. Verne knew what needed to be done, and advised me of their work as they progressed. I definitely will seek his team’s help for annual maintenance in the future. The pond and garden around it looks so good, and the fish, my wife, and our Labrador are very happy.

We have a small hillside in our front yard, which had a collection of sad attempts at "landscaping". During a visit to The Meadow in Placerville, their beautiful waterfall gave us an idea way beyond anything we could have imagined. Verne and his team have since made that hillside one of the most beautiful spots on our property. It also enhances our home and surroundings with the lovely sound of falling water. Verne and his team are truly artists and fascinating to watch. Deftly maneuvering boulders, rocks, and assorted stones into a special spot I have to visit a few times a day. Friends have commented that the waterfall seems like it should have always been here. It's one of the best investments we have made on our home. Thank You Verne, Juan, and Rodrigo.

After remodeling our home we needed to re-landscape, & wanted to use CA natives. We found Verne through a local nursery. Verne connected us with a landscape designer, Marcia Scott. The installation was done Fall of 2011 through Spring, 2012. We've been extremely happy with the results and the support we've had from Verne & his excellent team. We still rely on them six years later for monthly maintenance and occasional changes. The CA foothills are beautiful. If you want your home to fit into the landscape, using native plants is a natural solution. Using the expertise of someone like Verne & his team to help you makes sense too. I’d recommend Verne's The Art of Gardening to anyone considering this kind of project. Gary & Jane Andrew • El Dorado, CA

I can’t say enough about how wonderful the dry stream bed Verne Pershing and the Art of Gardening created for the front of our house. Verne and his small crew were efficient and creative with every aspect of the project. We love what he did and the rocks and plants beautifully enhance our home. I highly recommend “The Art of Gardening”. Susan Babson. Pollock Pines

Verne and his crew took my pitiful attempt at an Aquascape waterfall and turned it into an incredibly beautiful water feature. They used native rock, and California native plants to make it look like it has always been a part of the landscape. They were very knowledgeable, professional with great artistic vision. Great attention to detail, and meticulous in execution. They very carefully cleaned up after the job was completed. The photos don’t do it justice.