Artist Landscapes

Mark and his team did an incredible job on our project. Their scope of work was a 5' retaining wall with drainage to control a large hill we have in our backyard, a pvc drainage system, pavers on the porch and patio, a dog run, a putting green, and artificial turf across the whole yard. They also designed the landscaping perfectly with plants and low voltage lighting which really makes our backyard spectacular at night. Additionally, on the porch they performed some framing work that has turned out amazing for our entertainment. Guests we've had over say it feels like a resort.

Throughout the project Mark communicated very well and was honest and upfront of all costs associated with the project. With such a large investment I was always asking Mark questions and he always picked up the phone to take the time to answer my questions. Mark knows the construction business extremely well and that wealth of knowledge made our backyard a little piece of paradise. I couldn't be more enthusiastic in recommending Artistic Landscapes for your next project, they truly know know so much about every aspect of the business.

Mark did a great job at extending my patio and some retaining walls. It was a struggle to find matching pavers as the manufacturer stopped producing that color in the tumbled version and the next close color was out of stock everywhere too. He drove half a day to get the last pallet of pavers from a far away location and did not charge me anything extra for it.

The same thing for the retaining wall blocks. The one I had was not in production anymore, so he came up with the idea to use a nice boulder as a separation between the 2 different size of the retaining wall blocks (they were the same color, but different sizes). The end results was perfect and all my guests mentioned that boulder as a nice touch to the design.

Everything is out of stock now with the covid. It's very hard to find the materials and I'm glad that Mark did his best to help me extend this in a short period of time before my daughter's first birthday party. I now have a very nice gardening place now right next to the grilling area. So happy with the outcome. They don't seem like a big company, but from what I have seen on their website, and from my experience, they do some amazing work. And the guys do work hard. They were not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either. Highly recommended.

It's been about 5 years since Mark designed and did a makeover of my backyard and we still enjoy it every day. Especially now with the covid when we stay at home all the time. My backyard had a bad slope and I had no idea on what to do with it. Mark turned it into something beautiful and listened to my needs for a garden place, installed an irrigation system with Rachio.

This summer we ate tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers all summer from this small garden and it is not over yet, I just took this attached pic with the tomatoes, peppers and eggplants and it is Aug 25th. Fire pit was a hit too. With all the parties and my BD being in the winter time, we all gather around the fire pit. Just wanted to say a thank you to him through this review as this project was a great improvement fir our house.

Probably I would have sold the house by now if not for the backyard. They are a small company. It was around Thanksgiving and I remember my project took a little longer than anticipated. But the price was right and they did a great job. If you can wait, probably it's best to hire them in the winter time when all the landscaping projects slow down a little.

I had a deck installed and they used the best products. They were professional, kind, on time. They have the best customer service. I love my deck and it added great value to the home. I would highly recommend this company to anyone that needs any type of landscaping or construction done. Service: General construction

We engaged Mark and Company to complete a multi-faceted project: 1) Redesign Front and back yard landscaping 2) Replace sod in back and side yards 4) Add Sprinkler system to landscape areas 5) Install Haven Landscape light to the front of the house The project was completed over weeks and each stage was completed timely and professionally. They cleaned the site up well after completion.

Mark was also flexible and responsive to our last minute changes and additions to both the front and back yard landscaping. He was really good follow up with our questions as we swapped out certain plants and bushes. He also stands by his work and quality of plants installed. He quickly replaced a few bushes that didn't take and small areas of sod in the back yard where the sun doesn't hit the yard very long during the day.

I would recommend Mark and his landscaping company due to his personal touch, flexibility and agility to change colors and designs, and finally he truly warranties his work and plants. After completion, we have recieved many compliments from neighbors and passers-by. At night our house is lit up professionally and have custom colors for Halloween, Christmas and other holidays.

Mark @ Artistic Landscaping did a phenomenal job on my back yard. He is an expert at what he does. I had him do hardscapes (Patio picture below) as well as landscaping. Both turned out beautiful. Season after season, I had a "problem hill" that I never knew what to do. Mark came up with a plan, and in one day he installed the perfect bushes/plants/flowers and made my backyard a sanctuary!

I love it! Mark also added onto my current sprinkler system so that my new plants would always be well hydrated. They also periodically check back with me to see how everything is looking. I would highly recommend Mark @ Artistic Landscaping. He stands behind his work and he knows his stuff! I can say this because unfortuantely I have had many people over the years tell me that they could help me, only to take job - partially do it - then never show back up again. Artistic Landscaping is always worth the wait!

We hired Mark/Artistic Landscapes to redesign our yard with flowers and plants; to install two small patios with pavers; and provide for corresponding drainage controls (we are uphill from two other homes). Mark failed to create a plan and submit the proper permits to adhere to City of Atlanta requirements for hardscape installation and drainage. A stop work order was then instituted which left both our sides and rear yards a MESS for 11 months until a proper drainage proposal could be submitted and permits issued (a process that included us hiring a second landscape professional, even though Mark represented that he could handle the drainage portion of the project).

It was frustrating to learn that he hadn't thought thru the drainage piece of his work -- and only once a stop work order was issued -- he discovered (with my assistance) that permits were needed. The entire purpose of hiring a professional is for him to do the thinking and I had to act as a liaison between him and the City to figure out what went wrong.

During the 11 months the project was "frozen" to get the permits, Mark left our yard in the condition you can see in the photos and failed to provide for ongoing, temporary drainage measures aside of a simple erosion fence. In fact, we never heard from him again. We ended up spending hundreds of dollars in wheat straw to control erosion while the project proceeded thru permitting.

We had overpaid Mark by approx. $3K by the time the stop work order issued and sent a letter to recoup this but he never replied. This whole mess caused a lot of issues with my neighbors and stress within our family. Another issue we had is that Mark installed a round patio in the center of the yard before finishing the side yard. So when we finally hired another landscaper to finish the side yard, the entire patio had to come up because it was installed in the middle.

Mark should have finished the side yard (which required drainage work and machinery) BEFORE installing the patio. In essence, we paid for the patio twice due to paying Mark first then the second landscaper a year later. In short, he might be good for basic plantings but anything involving hardscape or permits should be avoided. We believes he likes to do work in North Fulton/Cherokee because permit requirements are lax, as he was completely overwhelmed and under-educated when dealing with the stringent requirements of the City of Atlanta esp. regarding water runoff, downspouts and impervious surface calculations for patios.

Just left us to figure out the requirements and find someone else to finish the job. Frankly, the photos speak for themselves. Who leaves a person's yard like this and disappears? Project Cost: Approx. $20K

We unfortunately worked with Mark and his crew. We had terrible communication from them through out the entire project. They started 3 weeks late and took over twice as long as he quoted us. He miscalculated how much sod we needed for the project we requested. He then tried to make it seem like he was doing us a favor by getting more. He then tried to leave us with a terribly steep hill off our patio.

He told us it was about $3k more to fix. We negotiated to $1k more making this a $12,600 project. We paid this for a patio expansion, drainage issues, regrading, and sod. Yet now we are left with worse drainage issues than we had prior to his work and we are still out over $12k. Mark and his crew also ruined a lot of our existing sod. He told us he'd come and plant seed and fertilizer to fix the sod he damaged and he never did.

His workers hit our pillar and they did not come fit it like they said they would. Do not use this company unless you want terrible communication, worse drainage issues then you had prior your project, half your existing yard ruined, and him to squeeze more money out of you throughout the job due to his "miscalculations" in the initial quote. I am utterly disappointed with this company and the job they did. It's disgusting charging people thousands of dollars of their hard earned money all while providing terrible service.

We hired Mark to redesign our landscaping, build a walkway and an oversized fire pit as well as install stone steps at various locations. We are very happy with the work Mark and his crew did. After he started our project we asked him to do some additional work, including install landscape lighting and adding a drain pipe and repairing others, which he did.

It's been almost a year and all the plants are filling in nicely and looking absolutely beautiful. We get compliments often from family and friends. There were a few plants that did not take and Mark replaced them without question. He stands behind his work. This project was $36k. We would definitely use Mark again.

I hired this company to remove my old back deck that was on its way out and they did a tremendous job. The old deck was removed and cleared with no issues. The new deck is well built and sturdy. I am no longer hesitant to have more than a couple of people on it at one time. The team also found an issue with our front porch and were able to remedy it before we had a major problem down the line. The pricing was very reasonable and the entire crew was very professional. Highly recommended!