Garden View Landscape & Pools

When Mark and his team said they wanted us to have a «wow» experience, I thought — sure we would. Well, the results are even better. They took our ideas, made some suggestions to take full advantage of our back yard and then presented two designs. Both were good; but, the free form pool they suggested took it up a notch along with the landscape design.
The construction process took less than 3 months. The quality of the workmanship, particularly the small details, were better than I’ve seen from any other contractor. The lead designer was also our project manager. He did a great job of communicating with us every step of the way. No issue or question was left unresolved.
Best of all is the final product. It’s awesome! We have a resort in our own back yard. We could not be happier with the results and the people at Garden View. I would highly recommend them to anyone interested in a pool or landscape.

I don’t not recommended this company to anyone. I’m considering adding a pool to our house and decided to give them a call. First I had to call them twice in order for someone to give me a call back. Once I did get a call back I would have to say that the experience with the representative was very disappointing. I have never known of a representative talk themselves out of business. Let me explain. The representative starts by comparing pools they design to cars. He says that they would be considered to a Lexus or Mercedes and they do not do Honda or Toyota work. im like ok great he does quality work. He says that they don’t just install pools but patios and bbq islands and if I didn’t plan on adding those to the design, then I should go somewhere else. Not only does this idiot, just just tell me that he doesn’t want my business he tells me again that he only does Mercedes work. So basically he’s telling me that people from El Monte can not afford his services. Well its good to know how this person feels about the people from El monte. I wonder if I told him I was from San mario if the conversation would have been different. Oh well guess my $ 60k isn’t good enough for him.

We just finished a job with Garden View and we were absolutely amazed. Jeff and his team miraculously transformed our backyard from a drab to fab. The job was completed in a 3 month time span which is unheard of! The perfection and personal service we received was above and beyond anything i have ever experienced. They did a phenomenal job! Thank you!

I have mixed feelings about this company. I wished I could give it 5 stars.
Mark and Richard did a good job in the beginning. The landscape makeover turned out to be amazing. I continued to use this company for maintenance in the past few years. They weren’t cheap. But the thing I couldn’t stand the most was they changed flowers based on their own schedule without giving a notice or sending a quote before the service. I was anxious every time I saw new flowers in my garden. That meant I had to write a big check in the following month. I never knew how much it would be until the bill arrived. I didn’t like to deal with this kind of uncertainty.
The maintenance crew wasn’t professional. I witnessed the leader washed his truck in my front yard. He thought no one was home so he could have a free car wash there. :D Overall, the maintenance service was not impressive, but it was not bad either. I considered the service wasn’t good value for the money, so I wanted to try someone else…
It was shocking that my grass turned brown and dried out within a few days after Garden View provided last service. It was too dramatic. The grass was always green for years ever since I used Garden View, but it was dying after they left. My new gardeners came right away and tried to find out what happened. They checked the sprinklers and control. They found out the sprinkler setting was wrong. It was set to only water the lawn with 1% of water instead of 100%. Wow, someone was kidding me, right? Only ONE percent of water for the grass!!! No wonder why it almost died.
It’s sad that I can never use Garden View again. I really want to like them. :_(I am glad I decided to try someone else. With the care of new gardeners, everything is more beautiful now.

We’ve had lots of contracting work done on our house over the years but no one has met the standards set by Garden View.
We stumbled upon Garden View on the internet looking for a company that did both landscaping and pools
We had our pool designed and installed by them about 7 years ago. They did all the landscaping around the pool as well as some light work on our driveway. We loved the plan, we loved their professionalism and speed of work and we loved the final product. From start to finish I think the entire project took about 3 months. That included the planning, the putting in the pool and doing all the landscape cement work and landscape planting.
Can’t say enough about Mark and his attentiveness. Truth be told, Garden View wasn’t the cheapest place but when we saw the final product we were more than satisfied with the price. Most importantly, over the last 6 years we have had a few issues come up regarding both the pool and some fencing we had put in. Both times Mark came out immediately to inspect the problem and he had both issues repaired within a week. He did so at no cost to us even though neither were under warranty.
If you are looking for a professional company that does high quality work but also has creative visions and unique planning — Garden View has got to be your choice.

Garden View turned our blah backyard into an outdoor paradise. They did our driveway, deck, fencing and wonderful landscaping which includes a water feature that is unique and inviting. Absolutely first class in all areas of the company. Design, production, and personal integrity were outstanding. After visiting their website and meeting with Mark in person we knew that we had found a“team” that played with an «everyone wins» philosophy. Mark and Richard studied our project from all possible angles and came up with a plan and final product that exceeded what we believed possible. His entire crew took pride in their daily tasks and carried out every phase with care, professionalism and talent. We loved what they did so much we now look forward to what they can do for our front yard!

Anyone who is about to embark on a major landscaping project should know that they are about to kick off a project that will take many months and will in no small way affect their way of life — because it involves one of the most personal possessions we all have — our homes.
We bought a house we love with a backyard we tolerated. The pool looked OK but the pool equipment was in disrepair. There was basically no grass, everything was aggregate concrete that I’m sure was pretty cool in the 60’s. In fact that’s how you could sum it up — I’m sure our backyard was THE place to be in the 60’s and 70’s (one of the contractors we turned down actually confirmed this when he said, «I know I’ve partied here when I was a teenager»… I thought that was hilarious). But for today, it was not a happy sight.
Enter Mark Meahl and Richard and the whole Garden View team. I could tell within minutes of meeting Mark that he was an honest businessperson, a sincere man, and that he would treat this project for what it was which was the 2^nd biggest thing my wife and I have ever spent our hard-​earned money on. Most importantly I believed that he would listen to us and then bring an artistic eye to the project to give us the feeling of what we wanted vs. just buying the plants we say we like.
I’ll fast-​forward and just say that we were not only THRILLED with the results, but that I actually very much enjoyed the process of working with the entire Garden View staff as well. A project of this scope happens through teamwork, through give-​and-​take, and through tens of thousands of little decisions along with hundreds of big ones, and it really requires a team mentality. I felt like Mark and Richard were our partners in the effort to make our backyard safer, more energy-​efficient, and most importantly more of a haven for us to re-​energize and re-​center from our busy work days.
And if that’s not enough, our three crazy pound-​rescue dogs came to like the GV crew and now they have a much prettier place to play as well.
There were challenges, there were change orders, there were things that we could not anticipate. But that’s every project. When it’s your house you want to know that the people on the other side of the tables are not thinking of themselves as vendors, but as your true partners on a path. As you can tell, that’s exactly how I feel GV treated us. I would recommend them with absolutely no hesitation!