Jr’s Creative Landscaping

This is a review a decade in the making. JR’s did the original landscaping for our new construction home in Wheaton back in 2005. It was extensive and included a lot of trees and shrubs and a huge patio uni-​lock hardscape with firepit, as well as huge front walk uni-​lock hardscape walkway. Some readers may remember that the summer of 2005 was very hot, and we had a significant drought. Not ONE plant died. Realistically I expected at least some loss, but not one. I guess it did not matter because the owner Jim Rose told me he would stand by any of his plants for the 12 months and all his hardscape work permanently. Over the years JR’s work blossomed and our outdoors look great. Many neighbors would mark our home as the ‘house with the great landscaping’. Fast forward to 2015 and as I expected there was significant settling around the foundation of our 2004 – 2005 built house. That settling caused JR’s patio and front walk to collapse in several places. Finally this spring I decided to get quotes on repair (that really means rebuild); all quotes came in multiple 4 figures. I remembered what Jim Rose had told me back in 2005, but frankly my expectations were low when I decided to call JR’s. Not only did Jim stand by his word and rebuild ALL our brickwork for free — he did it immediately (crew was at our house within 10 days) and with the same quality as the original 2005 work. As a small business owner myself I can not express how impressed I am with this organization. Ultra high quality and work they stand behind. With proof.

They performed a landscaping project in our backyard last year. From the first meeting to the end, Jim was amazing to work with. He went through step by step the process and his guys took extra care, both in quality and cleanup. I am a local builder and have seen alot of stonework, NONE as good as JR’s. My advise to neighbors and friends is to look at other landscapers work (make sure it has been through a couple years of weather) and compare it to JR’s – there is NO comparison. He is not the cheapest, nor the most expensive (he was the middle bid), but for the quality they were the best and an extreme value.

Yes, they do a beautiful job and with an endless supply of money, it can easily go way over the top.
My complaint was not getting a response to phone calls after the job was complete and then the guys show up one day to do some replacing. Obviously you could hear the messages because they knew what to replace but communicating with the home owner would have been ever so much more palatable.
Do your homework and set a budget AND THEN call the landscaper.