Great American Landscapes

The crew did a wonderful job with a patio and walkway project for my home. I am thankful for the great service.

Scott was a complete professional who was able to guide us through the whole transformation of our backyard and provide insight on what landscaping plants would thrive best with our sun/shade jungle of a yard. Our garden path is wonderful and the shed pad he also provided us with is perfect. He was available throughout the summer to help with any questions we had and checked in with us regularly. A great experience!

Great American Landscapes did an amazing job from start to finish! Cullen worked with us and designed everything we asked for. He also helped us decide which projects to start with. We can’t wait to have him help us with the next phase of our landscaping! The crew was very nice and respectful as well. Kristin

Very much enjoyed working with Great American Landscapes. Listened to my ideas and applied their expertise to create a lovely landscaping design.

Responsive, professional, helpful with recommendations, understands cost constraints, flexible and stable. Very easy to work with and provides valuable service year after year.

Can't say enough about every aspect of our experience w Great American Landscapes. Every single interaction and employee we dealt with was focused on quality and integrity. Their work was done on time and at the budget we had agreed to from the beginning. Their construction design and build team as well as their electrical partner started first thing every morning and were hard working and very considerate. We are thrilled with the results from the deck to screened porch to landscaping and electrical work. They are thorough and professional and we have recommended them to everyone who has asked for a company that is dependable, accountable, and will deliver on time.

We had the absolute pleasure to work with Steve Talcott from Great American Landscapes when it came to beautifying the area around our home. Steve met with my wife and I and listened to our 'needs and wants' and was able to offer a customized solution for the front, sides, and back of our home. Specifically, we wanted to utilize the existing plants, but transplant them from the front to the back and install a custom field stone patio and stone veneer at the front of our home. We also wanted to expand our beds and bring in Maryland native plants both in front and behind our home, and we needed a solution to the down spouts and massive amount of rainwater we got from our large roof when it rains. Steve's team from Great American Landscapes was able to not only re-use and transplant our existing bushes in a manner that made the back yard pop, they also moved all our rose bushes to the side of our deck where it now serves as a beautiful visual break and hides the underside of the back deck. They planted a mature crape myrtle which tied the back yard together as it was a natural anchor for the corner of our deck; they also installed a dogwood tree near our lot line which abuts a state park, and the tree blends seamlessly with the surrounding old-growth and we can't wait to see it in bloom next year. Finally, his team were able to bury down spout pop up drains so that the massive amount of rainwater has a far easier way to get downhill and away from the home. Taken together, Steve and the team at Great American Landscapes provided us with a custom landscaping solution, performed the significant amount of work in around a week, and we were able to have frank and open conversations in order to get what we wanted at the budget figure we had in mind. We simply can't recommend them enough.

Scott Saylor and his team are top-notch. I brought a design to them for bid. Scott worked with me to scope the project to meet my budget and needs, adapting as plans changed. They weren't the cheapest and they weren't the most expensive. It was a 6-figure project that included re-grading part of the lawn, replacing the parking pad, putting in a new patio, installing new sod, and planting new trees/bushes/plants. I liked that the crew was on-site from day one until the project was finished (no jumping between projects day-to-day). The crew was on-time, professional, and collaborative. I'm delighted with how my project turned out and confident Great American Landscapes was the right choice. Zero hesitation in recommending them.

We recently asked Great American Landscapes to build an outdoor fireplace to enhance our patio area. We thoroughly enjoyed working with them, from design to logistics to construction. They had great ideas and were receptive to our input. The job was completed on time and on budget. We would highly recommend them and will look for additional opportunities to work with them again.

Great American Landscapes is a wonderful company to work with. The final product turned out exactly as we planned. Scott was very easy to work with, and there was great communication with all members of the company. I would gladly use them again for future projects. Highly recommended!

Great American Landscapes work crew arrived on the date and time promised. Their Spring Cleanup processes were efficient and thoroughgoing. Their pre-departure cleanup and debris removal was completely excellent. In all, the place has never looked better, and we are delighted! Mike Risell is/was a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended.

Great American Landscapes was the answer to 8 years of flooding in our home. After working with another company for many (disastrous) years to try and fix our flooding issues, a friend told me about Great American. They came and regraded our yard, added a French drain, and replaced our deck with the loveliest paver patio. In 4 DAYS! They were fast and did beautiful work and we haven't had flooding since then. Now we have a beautiful backyard and SO much less stress! Thank you, thank you, Great American!

We had rather an ambitious project and knew more or less what we wanted out of the space but had few ideas on specifics when it came to finishes and overall design. Steven from Great American Landscapes was able to bring our vision to life both on paper and in reality, answering any questions that we had or the desire to make adjustments along the way with the only goal being our happiness. Enough cannot be said about the quality of work that was done and the precision and efficiency with which our dream patio was achieved. We would highly recommend their services for any of your needs in creating an outdoor space to enjoy.

Casey and his team did an outstanding job of completely revamping our front and back yards, after a renovation designed to update a traditional DC brick colonial to a modern Scandi/Zen oasis. Converting a shady backyard to 3 different gathering spots has been ideal, esp. during the pandemic. Their work was timely, professional, exacting, and beautiful. They were also very responsive to our questions and suggestions, but they also provided expert guidance and sound reality checks. Casey and our landscape designer worked perfectly together. It was a pleasure working with GAL and I would do so again.

We were looking for a company to help us replace our front walkway, landscaping and install a play area in our backyard. We met with designer Steven Talcott and he was amazing to work with. He listened to all of our requests and created a design that was exactly what we asked for with a number of great ideas thrown in, all under budget. Great American Landscapes was prompt and professional with their installation and finished ahead of schedule (even with few days of absolute downpour). We would highly recommend both Steven Talcott AND Great American Landscapes for any project you need.

We have used Great American Landscapes on a number of our projects, with fantastic results. They have built 2 beautiful stacked stone fireplaces, and a flagstone patio for us. I can't say enough great things about the work they did for us or what a pleasure it is to deal with their designer, Sam McCombs. I look forward to working together with them again on our next project.

I hired Great American Landscapes based upon the recommendation of the landscape designer whom I had engaged to redesign my backyard. What a recommendation!!!! The company did an incredibly beautiful job and followed the design perfectly. The work crew was polite and friendly; they worked tirelessly on the stone patio, stairs. and tiered stone walls. The result was perfection and at a reasonable cost!.

We have worked on several projects alongside Great American Landscapes. They are professional, responsive and deliver top quality craftsmanship on their projects. We look forward to working with them again this year.

Outdoor Illumination has worked closely with Great American Landscapes for more than a decade. We consistently find their work to be innovative, detailed and thoughtful. And their clients love them!

Steve Talcott of Great American Landscapes did an outstanding job planning and overseeing hard scape and landscape improvement to our front yard. We had a series of gorgeous stack stone walls built and complimentary landscapes that great.y increased the attractiveness and maintainability of our home . Steves's design was exactly what we wanted. His crew was incredibly talented and thorough in their implementation. I would not hesitate to call Steve again for our project.

Stephen and the crew did a great job at designing my patio and bringing it to life. They were on time, on schedule, within budget, proactive and professional. I highly recommend them.

Great American Landscapes has installed a number of projects from my designs over the last 1.5 years. Craig, Casey, and their teams of landscape professionals are wonderful to work with. They use good materials, perform detailed, high quality work, and communicate well both with me as a designer and with our homeowner customers. They are service-oriented, responding well to post-installation inquiries and upholding their guarantee pledges. I highly recommend them as landscape contractors.