I had called a local landscaper for help with a landscape design for our home(which had none), and he referred me to Paula, the owner of Garden Song Design. From the beginning, she was very prompt in getting back to me, and her communication was stellar! She came out to my home and took detailed measurements and lots of pictures — she spent a great deal of time with me discussing what I was looking — low maintenance plants and flowers that look great, of course! :) She was also very respectful of my budget. A week later, she came back to my home with a full blow blueprint, detailing each plant and the placement — she made her recommendations taking into account the soil, sun, acidity, etc — all things I wouldn’t have known anything about — and we went back and forth about a few plants, and she was great about making changes. She also had some other ideas for our house that we could do ourselves to save money, which was so greatly appreciated! On the day of the install, Paula was on site and guiding the placement of the plants — she did a phenomenal job! Great communication throughout, very happy customer! If you’re going to spend the money that’s involved in really landscaping your house, do yourself a favor and hire a professional like Paula — otherwise, you’ll go to Home Depot, buy a bunch of pretty plants, they’ll all be dead in a month, and then you‘ll have to hire her anyway — I say that from experience :)