Starving Artist Landscape Design

5.0
based on 18 reviews

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18 reviews about Starving Artist Landscape Design

23 Apr 2015

As you might expect by the name of the company, David is very artistic in his designs - he designed our garden for our new house and it looks great. It's almost all native or edible plants, which makes it sustainable as well and fairly easy to maintain. We started with dirt so the design also included paths (including one path made from railway sleepers that David also installed for us), lawn, benches.

18 Apr 2015

We selected Dave over other landscapers because of his creativity and ideas in designing our garden. He is a lovely, hard working and honest guy who produces wonderful work. We would highly recommend Dave for the quality, design, and timeliness of this work!

verified email - 30 Nov 2013

I had David come & quote me on laying 27 square meters of artificial turf in a small section of our back yard. David is a pleasure to deal with, he promptly called me, arrived on time the next day to quote and advise me. Once I received the quote and accepted he started work the following day! The job was completed without delay and it looks fantastic. He also gave me some free advice for other areas of the garden. I will not hesitate to call David if & when I need more work done.

18 Oct 2013

David laid some turf, a small path, edging and mulch, also removed some shrubs and pruned some trees. He and Nick did an amazing job and our garden has never looked better. From the time David arrived to discuss a plan and take measurements to when the job was done, he was a pleasure to deal with.

verified email - 26 Oct 2012

We've just had David return to work on our garden for a second time! The first time was weeding and shifting dirt so it was ready for us to plant out. This time it was to weed, lay weedmat and mulch, lay garden edging and install a putting green! We really valued David's input and suggestions for further improvements - all of which were appropriate for our budget, ability to maintain and our interests. David's willingness to listen to us, develop solutions and then execute them so quickly and diligently left us feeling delighted with his work.

verified email - 06 Jul 2012

Dave did a total makeover of our garden. His ability as an artist was very valuable during the design phase - Dave had fantastic ideas that he could easily demontrate with a sketch. He listened carefully to our vision and we really felt that he understood what we wanted. Dave worked hard, was very reliable and always approachable. We really LOVE our new garden - it's really improved our home. We would highly recommend Dave.

Approximate cost: $6000

verified email - 17 Jun 2012

We found David from WOMO and contacted him based on the positive reviews. He was prompt in his response and came over to see our barren courtyard. Since we had moved in to our place we had done nothing to the courtyard except putting a big Bbq and a set of table and chairs. We hardly used it as we thought it was simply bland and just did not found it entertaining.
To ensure we could add value to our home and extend it to an entertaining area we discussed with David the importance of the area to look something different and also child friendly.

David was quick to hear us and provide us with his own ideas. He was super professional in bringing along his iPad to give us an understanding of his previous work and ideas of making the most of the courtyard. After our initial discussion David went back and sent us a sketch and a detailed plan of what he thought would look best. We immediately knew he was passionate about his work and we felt really positive. After discussing the finer details we agreed on the final look and product. He was excellent in giving us a price breakdown and then working around our budget. When we did advise that some of the stuff was a bit expensive he found products which could give the same look and feel but save us $$.

Overall David started everything under a week and completed the job in 3 days as promised. his ideas, colour scheme and funky use of tea tree screens, railway sleeper beds has given our courtyard a new life. We simply love it and everyone who comes over just cant believe the look.

We would highly recommend David to anyone who is keen in transforming their backyard. Thanks David for your wonderful input and amazing output! Excellent 5 stars!!

REDMARTINI 02 Jul 2013

I have already used up my allowed compliments for the day, but wanted to tell you how impressed I was with your review!

fulton 29 Aug 2014

Lots of great info here that I found very helpful. Thanks. I had a look at his website and his art is also amazing! I have also contacted him about our garden and we will meet soon to discuss ideas and work that needs doing.

verified email - 03 Apr 2012

We needed someone to come in and clear some weeds so we could do what we wanted to in the garden. Our neighbours had used David and recomended him. David came around to quote on clearing up the blind side of our house but as we started telling David what we wanted to do at the end of our decking area he couldn't help but offer idea's and advice. Within minutes he had drawn a sketch of what we were decsribing and my husband and I were nodding. David started the following week and as he finished each section we couldn't help but ask him to come back and do the next. All in all he did three area's. He cleared weeds from the side of the house and applied topping, cleared the end of our decking area and landscaped including topping, river rocks, sleepers and a bath believe it or not. Once this area was finished we also asked him to do our drive area where he also laid topping and planted citrus tree's for us. We are absolutely thrilled with Davids work. He is polite, quiet and quick, this was all done in about 6 days. We have already given his number to a friend!!!

verified email - 08 Oct 2011

Our front, side and back garden needed a hard landscaping design and build, along with plant selection and planting. David did all of this and I am super-pleased with the result. He had some great ideas - particularly building in a sunken sleeper path in the front yard which we get loads of comments on - and he was able to incorporate our very vague spec into something we love!
As he is a landscape artist his perspective on our garden was different than that of the other landscapers I had interviewed. I appreciated this difference as it aligned best with my own ideas on how I wanted the garden to look and feel.
The overall experience was great and I would recommend him to anyone requiring landscaping services.

verified email - 29 Jul 2011

I've needed some help on my small court yard for some time now and read about David's review on womow. David came and studied the area and provided a sketch that captured the needs and dreams that I have for the area. I did nit proceed to engage David to work on the area as plans changed and offered to pay David for the services that he had provided so far. To my surprise, David declined payment and was very kind and understanding to my predicament. All in all the services rendered was good and to top it with honesty, kindness and integrity which makes David highly recommended.

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