Natural Environments

I am very pleased to recommend Ron Zander and Natural Environments to anyone considering their landscaping and lawn maintenance services. Working with Natural Environents for more than eight years, Ron and his team have been an invaluable asset to the care of our home in ways that we could not have predicted when we began working together. Ron's creativity and keen eye for exquisite garden landscaping is unmatched. Most guests to my home comment on the unique and welcoming look that he created for our home. more

We used Natural Environments at two houses for a variety of projects. We found Ron to be extremely professional and knowledgeable. In our most recent project, Natural Environments designed a plan and installed 117 cedar trees in rocky terrain, together with a drip system. The trees look great and, without question, Natural Environments replaced the 3 trees that died. We found Ron fair and easy to deal with, and recommend him for all your design, installation and maintenance needs. more

We had a great experience with Natural Environments and my wife could not be happier. As everyone knows if the wife is happy everyone is happy. Our beds look the best they have ever looked and the design Ron suggested included color, water features, and a family area for entertaining and relaxing. I would recommend Natural Environments because of the results, the professionalism, and the reasonable cost of a project well done! Looks like I may be back for more soon! more

When it came time to sell my Preston Hollow home, every potential buyer mentioned our landscaping designed by Natural Environments. It really improved our property's drive up appeal. Their landscaping really added value to the place at sale time. For many years Ron and his crew maintained our yard with a painstaking attention to detail. If you want a beautiful yard that enhances your home's value, you can't do better than Natural Environments! more

We bought a gift certificate from Natural Environments at a silent auction for $280/4 hours worth of consulting and 60 plants. After an initial visit to look at our property and talk to us about our yard, Ron Zander and his designer left to go do some drawings. There was no quote, no invoice, no estimate provided during that visit. We assumed that we'd get the drawings, then get sold implementation and planting services for a price above the $280 gift certificate. Instead, we Ron dropped off the drawings and an invoice for over $1000, after the $280 credit, and said he needed to get paid within the next two days so he could go on a cruise. He was rude, contentious, and not empathetic when we responded with shock that he would invoice us for $1,000+ without providing a quote. We tried being reasonable in negotiations, but he held fast. We made a final offer, he countered. We cut off negotiations. 18 months later, he has hired a collections agency who has claimed to put a lein against our property. Natural Environments/Ron Zander is also apparently taking us to court. So for a $280 gift certificate toward services that was supposed to include 60 plants, we got two drawings, zero plants, a $1,000+ bill that we didn't pay, and pending legal action. We've bought a lot of services at silent auction. It's generally a good way to get started, but this one was a really bad experience. All of this has nothing to do with the ""services rendered"". We hated the experience so much, we've never looked at the drawings or considered implementing them. more

My wife has a degree in landscape architecture and is quite picky about her garden. After we found Natural Environments, no other yard service will do. We love them. more