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            Business ProfileforAvant Gardening & Landscaping

            Landscape Architect
            BBB accredited business

            At-a-glance

            Customer Reviews

            1/5stars

            Average of 1 Customer Reviews

            Customer Complaints

            This business has 0 complaints

            BBB Rating & Accreditation

            Accredited Since: 4/7/2010

            Years in Business: 29

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            Overview of BBB Rating

            Overview

            This company offers landscaping, design services, maintenance, commercial, nursery, recycled landscapes, lighting, holiday decor, ponds.
            Retail Nursery offering mainly shrubs, a wide selection of perennials and some trees.  

            Business Details

            BBB File Opened:
            5/19/2005
            Years in Business:
            29
            Business Started:
            1/1/1995
            Business Started Locally:
            1/1/1995
            Business Incorporated:
            12/11/1992
            Accredited Since:
            4/7/2010
            Licensing Information:
            This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
            Type of Entity:
            Corporation
            Alternate Business Name
            • Avant Gardening & Landscaping, Inc.
            Business Management
            • Elizabeth Lightfoot, Owner
            Contact Information

            Principal

            • Elizabeth Lightfoot, Owner

            Customer Contact

            • Elizabeth Lightfoot, Owner

            Customer Complaints

            0 Customer Complaints

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            Customer Reviews

            1 Customer Reviews

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            Most Recent Customer Review

            Sam S

            10/20/2021

            Expensive and if anything made our backyard water/drainage issues worse. We understand it's not always an easy problem to solve but the standing water in our yard is as bad as it's ever been (multiple neighbors have mentioned noticing this-completely unprompted). We wouldn't be as disappointed with the lack of help with drainage issues if we feel like the work had been done according to the original plan/agreement, but the "grading" we paid for was barely actually done save for a few piles of dirt that didn't come up nearly high enough to do anything, and the landscaping areas that were also done (mulch, bushes, rain garden, rock bed) don't even look good and we will basically be starting from square 1 ourselves next summer $6000 in the hole. Wish we would've just done the project ourselves as I think we could have done a better job for 1/4 of the cost. They also broke our hose and just left a note about it which we didn't find out about until I went out to water the next day. Waited half the summer for them to be able to come do the project then spent the rest of the summer going back and forth with them about what we were unhappy with, they came back again and did some more lackluster work, and we eventually settled on receiving a very small amount of money back for our troubles/lack of work being completed. Would recommend doing the project yourself if you're considering going with them, I wish we would have.

            Avant Gardening & Landscaping Response

            11/12/2021

            Thank you for taking the time to detail your opinions and experience. As we discussed, we completely disagree with your claim that anything we did made your drainage issues worse. We added multiple infiltration measures to help alleviate the problem as you described it to us. We detailed all proposed work in writing, you agreed to the measures, and they were completed as outlined as promptly as possible. When you expressed concerns after the project we returned, at no cost, to address them. We acknowledge your hose was damaged during the project. Our crew was wrong to use your hose. When the situation was discovered, we apologized, and you were compensated for it. As a homeowner, you know your property better than we ever could. We rely on homeowners to disclose the full extent of their problems up front. Unfortunately, that was not the case with your project. Once the full extent of your drainage issues became clear we recommended a different, more appropriate solution, which you declined.

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