Hilltop Gardens of Huntington

My desire to love this place was squashed by Randy the owner and Philip his first mate.
Ahoy? No.
Oh yes, he has great trees. Randy is a nice guy and will even walk the property with you and discuss his great trees. Yet in some sort of strange or deranged power play, as soon as you say that you like a tree and want to buy it – Randy will say these words: «You don’t want that tree!» It’s actually kinda funny if you’re not really serious about buying trees. But I was serious about buying trees. So after a few of these such visits, I left and came back and spoke with Philip instead.
Now, Philip is also nice. Philip WILL sell you trees. The only issue here is that Philip will sell you the in-​ground trees that you carefully select off the property and then he will deliver trees that they dug up last season and left caged and roped up (un-​earthed in the elements) instead. Not knowing this, I contracted Philip to plant the trees that I selected and then I waited. He had been out to my property to survey the work that needed to be done. I told him that he would need to come back with another person or two because the work was labor intense and back-​breaking. He insisted on doing the job solo and in the end half-​assed it. Within six months, thousands of dollars worth of trees were deader than dead. When I dug up the trees, it wasn’t hard at all because I discovered that he actually barely set them into the earth, left them caged in heavy wire, burlap and rope. Didn’t even cut the rope that was tightly wrapped around their necks. I now have what we have dubbed — the Philip Graveyard. He didn’t guarantee his work and he didn’t listen to me. On top of the fact that he brought trees with major dead spots and gave me his word that they would recover. He gave me his word… I believed him and I was wrong to do that. I could beat myself up for not being more insistent but what good is that? So, I will now just use my very expensive mistake as a lesson to pass on to the rest of y’all.
Caveat Emptor.
If you want to buy a nice tree, they might sell you one but you better watch them dig it up and for sure… plant your own trees. Don’t end up with a Philip Graveyard like mine.
*Please see photos to accompany this review.