Testimonials
We would like to share some of our clients' thoughts about us.
"After losing a portion of our lawn during the summer of 2011 and attempting unsuccessful remedies by other contractors, we met Anna from Happy Gardens. It was immediately evident we'd found someone passionate, knowledgeable and committed to her work. After a thorough evaluation of our needs, she explained her techniques. Her approach was thoughtful and intuitive, yet common sense and methodical. It was great to hear of her organic methodology.
When the job began, Happy Gardens arrived on time, were efficient, neat, and got the work done. They replaced sod and plantings and corrected several trouble spots. They also did a thorough clean up, irrigation and soil testing.
Being favorably impressed with our initial work experience, we've since had her redesign and update other areas of our yard. Each project has been a rewarding experience with complete satisfaction on our part. We now have a serene, natural backyard, with abundant wildlife and both native and adapted plantings. Anna's designs totally work with our yard, and truly feel like a personal expression of our thoughts and ideas instead of a cookie-cutter approach. It's very important to her and her team to achieve the client's vision and goals. We can't thank her enough for her efforts or recommend her more highly."
Debra & Terry Patriquin
Keller, TX
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“When we built our home seven years ago, we knew that we wanted to create a lawn-free landscape with Texas natives even though all other homes in our neighborhood had grass front yards. With no formal plan, we muddled along for a couple of years; and the landscape was becoming a huge disappointment. We hired a professional designer; and with formal plans in hand, we figured we finally knew how to create our dream landscape ourselves. In actuality, we were still overwhelmed and unable to generate anything close to the formal plan. In the ensuing years, our organic wildscape was out of control, not giving us any pleasure, and had essentially become more work than we ever expected. Our bigger expectation became one that the HOA would demand that we conform to the rest of the neighborhood!
Fortunately, Happy Gardens came to our rescue. First, Anna and her crew diligently cleaned up the excess growth in the front and backyards. That alone was a huge relief, and the results gave us a taste of what our landscape could become. With complete confidence in Happy Gardens, we asked Anna to help us bring our dream to reality. During the clean-up phase, she had already come to understand our goal – utilize Texas natives with enough structure and definition to prevent an unruly appearance, while still being an organic wildscape that attracts butterflies, birds, and other small wildlife. Anna clearly understood our need to blend my more formal vision with the wild preference of my Master Naturalist husband.
In just one day, the Happy Gardens crew transformed our front landscape into a phenomenal space! We are so happy and excited about our beautiful yard, which is so much easier to maintain now. Anna definitely achieved a harmonious blend of our personal design styles, and her remarkably intuitive landscape design expertise created harmony within our neighborhood as well.”
Corky McCorkhill
Arlington, TX
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" The beautiful herb garden Agnieszka designed for our backyard has truly been a perennial show! It is very low maintenance but allows for periodic harvesting for cooking. The vegetable garden has plenty of room for all our experiments, and the rich compost has yielded a variety of food. The American Beautyberry she put along the fence 2 years ago has filled out and created a backdrop we continually enjoy. The front yard now complements our house with shrubs appropriately sized. and we are eager to see the growth this year as our new plants take hold. I recommend Happy Gardens whenever I can, as we have been so pleased. "
Sandra Soria
Fort Worth, TX
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"When we bought our property we knew that one day we would have to replace the collection of rail road ties, random blocks and fence panels that someone had cobbled together as a “retaining wall” with a proper structure; a huge and expensive undertaking. For five and a half years we talked about it, we fretted about it, we ignored it, but finally the day came when we could ignore it no longer. Who to get to do the work though? We were gun shy after having a couple of less than pleasant experiences with various contractors, we needed this wall done right, we needed to trust the company we hired. Then I remembered Happy Gardens… “Hum, I wonder if they do retaining walls?” Well they do and they do it right!
Anna and her engineer designed both a functional and beautiful wall. They both took a lot of time to understand our needs and the engineer was especially conscious to understand what we might want to do with the area to “future proof” the wall to ensure that it will function properly for many years to come. Anna’s team was great -- professional and very considerate.
We are very happy with the finished product (and just as importantly, so are the neighbors), it’s beautiful, but more importantly it was done right – what a relief! Thank you Happy Gardens!"
Kate Kilmurray
North Richland Hills, TX
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" My vegetable garden was poorly laid out and invaded by bermuda grass when I went to Happy Gardens for help. The first consultation was very efficient and focused on what I wanted out of the space. I told them I was totally overwhelmed by the upkeep because of the grass and that I wanted a bigger planting area. The result of their work was a cleaner, much larger area with a well-defined border that can easily be maintained with a quick pass of the string trimmer. They also helped me get my grapevines under control by training them along my fence with twine. This year my garden is beautiful and lush with many large clusters of grapes, and I am easily able to keep the bermuda grass out. I would recommend Happy Gardens to anyone because they are professional, practical in their designs, and they really know what they're doing. I am grateful for their work each time I see my transformed vegetable garden! "
Meredith Chacin
Fort Worth, TX
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" We love all the work Anna and her crew have done in our yard. She started by tidying up our backyard which was kind of a mess. We liked what she did so much that we asked her to give us some ideas on how to fix up our overgrown front flower beds. She quickly came up with a great plan in which she was able to incorporate all my favorite plants. She also added a beautiful pea-stone path with concrete stepping stones that looks lovely. Our house now looks a million times nicer and I can't wait to see all our new irises, roses and sages grow up in the spring. The best part about Anna is that she plans years into the future so you know that what she plants is a practical choice that will look beautiful for many years. We highly recommend Happy Gardens to anyone looking for a talented team that is committed to using organic gardening methods."
Amy McNutt & James Johnston
Fort Worth, TX
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"Anna, I am so pleased and excited with my landscape design. When you said it would be luscious you were absolutely right!
The design is beautiful, the work was done timely and to perfection. I couldn't be happier. I really have a happy garden at last. Thank you so much."
Donna Bonenberger
Arlington, TX
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"I am so happy with my new garden. I went from working hours everyday to maybe 30 minutes a week! Now, I can really enjoy all the beautiful plants. Anna presented her plan but she was happy to incorporate some of my existing plants. I like that she only uses organic methods. Her crew is professional and hard working. I would happily recommend Happy Gardens for any landscape projects!
P.S. Even after installation, Anna is always quick to answer any questions whether they are about my plants or other plant questions."
Judy Parsons
Grand Prairie, TX
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"We recently contacted Happy Gardens to help us with a few “problem” areas in our yard:
30+ year old oak trees shading our yard to such a degree that the grass would no longer grow; a drainage problem in a bed on one side of our house allowing water to seep into our house and the recent harsh weather killing a lot of my flowering plants.
At our first meeting, it was obvious we had made a good decision – the first thing we were asked was “how do you use our yard”. Once that was established, we were given options for correcting each problem and creating a look we could enjoy and be proud of. Anna and her associates are trustworthy, courteous, friendly and efficient. We’re both very pleased with the work that was done for us by Happy Gardens and there is no doubt if we need more landscaping in the future, we will not hesitate to use their services again."
The Stephens
Grand Prairie, TX
