Woodlands Escapes

Tracy Pullan

a month ago

We had a wonderful and highly educational experience with Leo. He was on site every step of the way, provided us with detailed plans, loads of native plant knowlege, and he even came back to check on how well the plants were holding up.

Christopher Lowman

6 months ago

I hired Leo and his team for a complete makeover of our tired-looking front yard. He came up with a very thoughtful design utilizing native plants and large stones which completely transformed the place! I highly recommend Leo and his company.

Brendan Hoffman

6 months ago

After installing a pool we had Woodland Escapes coordinate the repairs to the sprinkler system and redo our landscaping. They did exactly what they said they would do in an extremely timely manner and provided great communication throughout. I would highly recommend Woodland Escapes for your landscaping needs.

Miguel Figueroa

a year ago

Quick, and great work. Woodlands Escapes came through for me, and I highly recommend them.

Robert Young

a year ago

When my normal lawn service fell through for the final time after eviscerating my lawn and breaking my sprinkler system, I turned to woodlands escapes and they got my yard inspection ready in a short turn around for my wife and my gender reveal.

Chad Jones

2 years ago

Leo and his team recently completed a complete yard design makeover in March of 2022. Leo is incredibly knowledgeable and gave me a thorough analysis of my yards current condition and what improvements could be made to enhance the look and health of the yard. It took him about a week to get a quote and team lined up. This was a sizeable job and the team assigned reflected this. A swarm of workers showed up on a Friday and completed the entire job in less than a day. I was amazed. We had a light freeze right after the job was completed but the plants Leo used were all hardy varieties purposely used due for their ability to survive the wild fluctuations in Texas weather. Now that things have settled in for a month or so, the yard is flourishing and looks great. I would highly recommend Woodlands Escapes for your small or large landscaping needs.

Cathy Anderson

2 years ago

I cannot say enough good things about this company. We purchased a new home with a bland backyard consisting of just two trees. Leo turned it into a sanctuary for us to sit, relax and enjoy. I asked him to install trees, vines, shrubs and flowers that were native and hardy and I wouldn’t have to do a lot of maintenance. He not only did this but planned to have seasonal colors (and scents) emerge throughout the year, provided privacy from the house being built next door, installed drainage so that my yard would not flood, and added some ambiance by adding a beautiful walkway throughout the yard. He looked at every detail considering things I had not thought of such as how to create a path so that I could take off the spa cover without stepping on plants and mow the yard in a continuous path, again without disturbing the plants. The original builder had, as is typical, put shrubs in the front that look good for the first year but are quickly overgrown or inappropriate for a front yard. Leo removed these but rather than getting rid of them, he put them in various locations in the back or side yard to save money and not waste the plants. Even after Leo received his final payment, he returned to the house to make sure the sprinkler system was watering appropriately and all of the plants were taking hold. I plan to use Leo to maintain my yard going forward and highly recommend his business without reservation. A gem.

Jade Michael Thornton

2 years ago

Careless and destructive, are the words to describe Woodlands Escapes. They killed at least five of my plants and destroyed a planter, broke my fence gate and ruined my lawn. They pruned two more plants which I had explicitly said to leave alone, in writing. Pruning where they were actually meant to was lazy, often only touching one side of plants and forgetting about the rest. They deliberately killed a huge patch of some of my healthiest grass. When I asked Leo about it, he said he the workers thought the grass was a patch of weeds. I cannot fathom how a lawn care company can mistake a healthy lawn, which looked just like the rest of my lawn, for a patch of weeds. One week I came home to find one of the hinges to my fence gate ripped apart. Apparently I had forgotten to unlock the gate, and so they broke their way in. Since they never said anything about it, I only know what happened because of security camera footage. I talked to Leo about it and he promised to have it fixed by the end of the week. That was more than a year ago. My grave mistake was talking to him on the phone rather than getting the promise in writing. Luckily I was able to repair or replace most of the damage after firing them. Before all the damage had been done, we had wanted to improve water drainage and asked Woodlands Escapes for a quote, as well as two other companies. Through another company, we were able to have the work scouted and completed before Donna even responded to my email. When she did, she quoted me at almost three times more than the actual work was done for. On top of all this, Donna is an absolute nightmare to attempt to communicate with. She doesn’t listen, never responds in a timely manner, treated me rudely and constantly got confused about what we were even talking about. She made it very difficult to cancel service, but doing so was a fantastic decision. I would never advise working with Leo or his companies again, and have warned everyone I know against them as well.

Ryan Paul

2 years ago

They shot a huge rock out of their mower and badly damaged my vehicle parked on the street at a home across from a yard they were mowing. They left the scene without telling me (I was inside the home). I asked the crew the next week on site and they brushed me off and told me to contact the office which I did and now they won’t contact me back to address the situation or even offer any apology. Very unprofessional of them for not owning up to and ignoring one of the liabilities of their industry.

Jason M

3 years ago

Woodlands Escapes has been fantastic. Leo and his team took our vision for the yard and flower beds and created an action plan to get it all up to speed over the last few months, and the work has been awesome. Their promises were pretty high to begin with and they continue to overdeliver at every stage, we truly couldn’t be happier with our decision to work with them.