Level Green Landscape and Design has been offering professional residential and commercial landscaping services for the past several decades. Level Green Landscape and Design has an office in Lansing, New York and serves communities throughout Tompkins County and Central New York. Our landscaping tips are designed for weather and land conditions in this area, including Syracuse, Ithaca, Elmira, Norwich, Lansing, and Corning.
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Level Green has been offering professional landscaping services (including residential and commercial landscape design, repair and maintenance) throughout Ithaca and Tompkins County, New York over the past several decades. Since its establishment, Level Green has become a major industry leader in Tompkins County.
We offer a free, no obligation, consultation to discuss your needs and how we can serve you. We encourage you to call or email us to talk about your plans and ideas. Level Green has the expertise to enhance the natural beauty of your own backyard with natural stone and timber designs. See what we can do for you.
Planning, implementing and maintaining your outdoor space involves many elements: plant selection and care, insect control, deer management, lawn maintenance, and many other areas. This section of our site offers help for you in these areas. Browse our seasonal tips for ideas related to each season, news for issues of the moment, our continuing series on deer resistant options.
Your outdoor areas should be just as much a reflection of what's best about you as your indoor areas. Jim VanBuskirk is an expert designer with 16 years of landscape design experience in a variety of residential and commercial settings. He holds a degree in Plant Science from Cornell University and has hands-on experience as a third generation stonemason.
Reviews (3)
Joanie Mackowski
Jan 01, 2020
Last year, they did a good job with a spring clean up, mulching, and wood chips, so I called Jim again about this year. He submitted a proposal with a price 50% more than last year's. When I called to ask him about this, he seemed to get angry; he raised his voice and said that he got "burned" on my job last year because of the hassle of getting wood chips. So, I told him to forget the wood chips and just do mulch.
He said he'd resubmit the proposal. The new proposal was still priced higher than last year's, even though now it was a smaller job. As it can be a hassle to find people, to go through this process, I decided to go ahead with it. So, a crew of two was here for about four hours. They got up most of the leaves, but they missed some places. They did not pick up the tree limbs that had fallen on the lawn or in the garden beds, and they didn't cut back the remaining dead flower stalks, as they had last year.
They mulched, but missed some places. A sub-par, incomplete job. And very expensive. I understand that it's really hard to make a living these days, but this is bad business.
He said he'd resubmit the proposal. The new proposal was still priced higher than last year's, even though now it was a smaller job. As it can be a hassle to find people, to go through this process, I decided to go ahead with it. So, a crew of two was here for about four hours. They got up most of the leaves, but they missed some places. They did not pick up the tree limbs that had fallen on the lawn or in the garden beds, and they didn't cut back the remaining dead flower stalks, as they had last year.
They mulched, but missed some places. A sub-par, incomplete job. And very expensive. I understand that it's really hard to make a living these days, but this is bad business.
Meda Ling
Sep 06, 2018
Level Green has been taking care of our landscaping needs for decades, including installation of a storm water management system (bioretention "rain gardens"), restoration of flagstone sidewalk, seasonal cleanups, mowing, & snow plowing. Jim is a knowledgeable & skilled professional who we have come to trust & value for his advice & creative problem solving. Wonderful crews - we recommend them highly.
Kate Lyons
Jun 05, 2016
