Gachina Landscape Management

I manage several properties throughout the bay area and there are few landscaping vendors who are as experienced and as efficient as Gachina. Stacey Nerison is a great help in managing each of our accounts. Thanks Gachina!

One of the crews just parked in five parking spots including the only handicap parking spots at a restaurant in Cupertino. I tried to call the company several times and only received a general mailbox which I left a message. Not only is this not acceptable but it’s also against the law you might want to talk to your people and have them know they can’t just pick up whatever spots they want just so that they can eat and forget about the rest of the people including handicap!

From my experiences –I have had experiences with this company using excess chemicals & with no protection for humans/​animals.
I am very chemically sensitive-​more than the normal. There was no regard for that when someone came & threw Snap Shot over the Garden in front of my Condo.
*Then denied it was there company. Said it must have been someone else doing it &I should call the DCPD.
I have restrictions that Chemicals not be used at any time because of my condition.
I personally saw it & had to make the worker leave.
I called Dow this is a chemical with side effects.
I see-​smell-​hear gas blowers for everything. Why?
The trucks roll up here to my Condo complex loaded with chemicals .
Animals-​Children-​Adults-​step in the Chemicals track it into there residencies .
I don’t feel this is safe.

We, at Stanford West, have nothing but good things to say about Gachina Landscape Management. We have been using them since 2001 to take care of the expansive landscaping we have on our property. They arrive on-​time, stay on budget, and always deliver quality work. They are extremely reliable, trustworthy, and the crew is very professional and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this company for professional landscaping services. Their first rate professionalism, skills, and friendliness makes them a joy to deal with.

I’ve worked with Gachina Landscape for seven years on some major business parks. I manage a very large portfolio across California working with numerous contractors and I think they are one of the best in the business. They have demonstrated consistent quality and proactive communication with all of my properties. John Gachina and Craig Van Dorp always take good care of me and I plan to continue doing business with them well into the future.

I work for a municipality and we contract wtih Gachina Landscaping Management for landscaping needs. The current contract has been in place for one year, and during that year Gachina has performed very well.
Their managers maintain clear lines of communication and are responsive to our requests and concerns. Our community has high expectations and Gachina has worked hard to meet those expectations and often exceed them. Their field staff work hard and efficiently, and perform quality work.
They have made good use of mulch to help minimze our need for hebicide, and help us achieve many of our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) goals.
All in all, we are very pleased with Gachina.

The Gachina team may be doing great work elsewhere, but at my condo complex they are a disaster. Everything is trimmed to excess. Bushes have been so over trimmed that many have never fully recovered. Just as a plant starts to recover it is hacked to near death. It appears that many of the workers do not have an understanding of how and when to trim: no idea of how much to trim and how much to leave; no distinction of when to prune and when to use a hedge trimmer. Who to blame? Well proper training from the upper management would be good. The landscapers (or bush hackers) on our property need to be properly educated. They work very hard only to achieve ugliness. They also work under harsh conditions. Mr. Gachina may bath in glory of dubiously obtained accolades, but his employees are forced to breathe toxic fumes from two-​stroke gasoline engine powered equipment, whether it be the hedge trimmers or worse yet leave blowers. I can smell the emission from these devices in my home fifty feet away in a windy hilltop. I can imagine what these toxic fumes are doing to these poor people. Gachina’s web site claims promotion of «Environmental Stewardship» by «Reduc[ing] our greenhouse gas emissions». Clearly that is a bold face lie.

Gachina services and maintains the grounds of our HOA. They have done a great job for the past five years doing the weekly maintenance. We recently took on the project of re-​landscaping the entire development (the initial landscaping company did a very poor job landscaping appropriate plants for the development). What a great experience working with Gachina through this entire process. They have gone above and beyond our expectations… hats off to our project manager, Edgar! The employees are extremely courteous, always friendly, and really strive to keep everyone involved impressed. They’ve set the bar very high for their competition!

As a commercial property manager for over 14 years, I am extremely impressed with the customer service and response of this landscape company. With over 20 acres of native and drought tolerant Class A office campus area, and a very challenging budget, they have been able to improve the appearance and water conservation on property over the past 2 years. If and when hiccups occur (as they always do in property management), the crew and supervisor have been attentive and committed to remedy. Our foreman is proactive, manages his crew diligently, and even works on weekends to keep up with the demands of the season. They are flexible, well informed on horticulture choices, pests and the necessity of arborists when applicable. I certainly recommend this vendor!
Stephanie, The Muller Company
Monterey, CA

As a commercial property manager, I have been working with Gachina Landscape for a few years now. Our Class A properties are well landscaped and quality maintenance is key to their appearance and atmosphere. The staff is meticulous and, when needed, provides fantastic suggestions for improvements. I have worked with other landscape companies in the past and have never before experienced a company owner who is so available to his clients. We are proud to have Gachina as part of our team and thank them for all of their hard work.

Extremely poor customer service, will not accept responsibility, lie to cover up their wrong doings.
One of their employees damaged our personal property when using a blower aimed at our car. Took them over a week to respond to multiple contacts by our homeowners association. When the representative finally came out to assess the damages, he lied to my husband about making multiple attempts to assess the car and the car was not available, I have email documentation that the car sat in the same place for 5 days after the incident. He told my husband that they would get back to him in 1 week, 2 weeks later there was still no response. I contacted them again and they had to spend time searching for the paperwork because he never turned it in.
They immediately denied the claim and then after speaking to someone they said they would forward the claim to their insurance company. After a holiday weekend and a sick toddler we were able to get 2 estimates both around $ 720. Even the owner of the auto body shop said the paint chips were not deep enough or even in the right location to be caused by road hazard. Even before reviewing the claim the insurance company told us they most likely wouldn’t pay, they denied the claim before even seeing an estimate.
I now have $ 720 worth of damage to my car and a company that will not take responsibility. I am currently working with my insurance agent as well as attorney to attempt to right their wrong doing.
While our grounds are well kept, it is difficult to give a company with dishonest employees a good review.

I met John Gachina back in 1994 when bidding out a large portfolio of properties including office, R&D and industrial. From just a few contract awards during that initial bidding process to now managing several million square feet of our portfolio, I have found the enitre organization to be responsive, pro-​active, cost effective and most importantyl customer service focused! Whenever we have a challenge to improve curb appeal, they come up with cost effective ways to accomplish our task. They are one of our core landscaping contractors throughout the Bay Area.