The Garden Route

After looking for over a year for a design-build firm that would fit our needs, we are so happy to have found The Garden Route Company. Rich and his team have delivered exactly the garden and backyard landscape we envisioned. Rich took our crazy vision and napkin sketches of an aesthetically beautiful, yet easy to maintain, yet dog-friendly backyard and converted into reality. He helped value-engineer it to keep it within our budget. On the build side, the professionalism and skill-level of his crew is beyond compare. Unlike most contractor experiences we've had, they required minimal oversight and their attention to the smallest detail was apparent (and they are genuinely nice people). Our ...

Rohit G.

I hired The Garden Route for a complete remodel of my Noe Valley terraced yard, including design services: - Demo existing concrete steps and retaining walls, and create two new retaining walls to make more usable flat space - Cover two patios with bluestone - Install fire pit connected to gas line - Remodel garden shed into kids playhouse - install lighting - install irrigation - new plantings to replace plants that couldn’t be saved in the demolition Plus a few other small things They did an absolutely incredible job. The crew was meticulous at following the design plans and doing high-quality work (the bluestone looks awesome). Access to my yard is through my house, so all the debris fr...

Erin Kim

We highly recommend The Garden Route Company for your landscape project. Richard and his team are highly knowledgeable landscape architects. They did an excellent job, starting with a stellar front patio and landscape design. They collaborated with us during every step of the process in the details and design so that it worked perfectly with our house, personal taste and lifestyle. Once the design was approved, the build process went smoothly and efficiently as they manage the entire project from start to finish without having to bring in outside vendors or contractors. They are able to control the quality of the work in this regard and their team was professional and respectful of our ...

LINDA H

The Garden Route did a fantastic job designing and building our yard. They came up with a beautiful, imaginative, and sustainable plan involving many components—a fire pit, pergola, outdoor kitchen, patio, decks, trellis, vegetable boxes, lighting, etc.—as well as an amazing array of plants, vines, and trees. Richard Radford and his staff are treasures. They have extensive knowledge, skills, and experience; they are easy to work with; and they have extensive relationships with plumbers, electricians, metalworkers, and so on. We were especially glad that Garden Route is a design/build firm: dozens of creative adjustments were made in the field during construction, ones that greatly improved o...

Joan Friedman

Rich and his crew have implemented an incredible transformation on a very disfuntional jobsite in Sea Cliff. His creative process takes in his many years of experience, but he still listens to the client, with regard to thier likes and dislikes. He is as good at hardscape as he is plants, and does railing, water features and accessory features. I will use him again on my future projects.

Buildergirl Design and Construction

After looking for over a year for a design-build firm that would fit our needs, we are so happy to have found The Garden Route Company. Rich and his team have delivered exactly the garden and backyard landscape we envisioned. Rich took our crazy vision and napkin sketches of an aesthetically beautiful, yet easy to maintain, yet dog-friendly backyard and converted into reality. He helped value-engineer it to keep it within our budget. On the build side, the professionalism and skill-level of his crew is beyond compare. Unlike most contractor experiences we've had, they required minimal oversight and their attention to the smallest detail was apparent (and they are genuinely nice people). Our ...

Rohit G.