Bloom and Lawn Landscape

Bloom and Lawn Landscape did an incredible job installing permeable pavers in our front yard in San Francisco. Because of the permanent drought, we had let the lawn go brown. We needed another solution. Plus we had a severely cracked cement driveway that needed to be replaced. After talking with Denton Bullard at CalStone and visiting the CalStone showroom, we decided to install CalStone permeable pavers plus several raised cement planting boxes with a stucco finish to match our home. Denton recommended Bloom and Lawn Landscape. Please note that MOST landscaping contractors do NOT know how to install them properly. They do not use the proper bedding material, they do not put the proper material between the pavers, and they seal them so they are not permeable. They do not have the proper equipment to tamp down the bedding material. These companies will say they will install permeable pavers, but the final product simply isn't permeable.
Joel Lopez from Bloom and Lawn Landscape with whom we negotiated the contract was always friendly and available. The foreman on the job named Raul was a perfectionist. He handled the complex installation including creating the proper slopes and angles perfectly.
Bloom and Lawn Landscape has all the technical know-how and equipment to do the installation properly. We could not be happier with the result.

B&L did a great work all through the process from estimation-actual work and follow up work.

What can I say.. I grew up in the trades in SF and the Bay Area and know when a company has pride in their work, cares for their employees, and treats their customers with respect. Joel, Cesar, and the whole Bloom team check these boxes in every way. Bloom has done such a great job with our projects. We have excavated the backyard, added multiple retaining walls to the front and back including finish cedar fencing. I would not recommended doing this anywhere but I took ideas with no drawings and described what I wanted to do with to the Bloom team and they had no problems bringing the structural and design visions to life. That includes working with things like Verdura retaining wall blocks for the first time and installing everything to a T. True professionals with workman like quality to all steps of the job.

Update: After having no luck of getting hold of anyone in this company for many months, I hired another landscape company, thinking it could simply be ground movement causing the pavers to collapse.

With the other company, as they were working in the garden, we discovered that 1) the retaining wall for all 3 tiers( with one tier supporting surrounding fence as well ) were curving, creating the gap on the edges. We spent $$ to add additional post between existing posts, instead of every 4 feet, we have a post every 2 feet now.

2) Our base-rocks was only 2-3". In our contract with Bloom and Lawn Landscape, it was supposed to be 5". Instead of paying additional $15000++ to fix this problem, somehow, miracles happened that I managed to get hold of Joel, the owner. He came with his new hire, Cesar to evaluate the problem. It seemed that Cesar responded to "my email", except he did not send it to me but only to his own team. I don't know what went wrong in the initial work. I decided not to pursue , we just want the repair done. Too much time and money wasted already.

As per today, all the pavers and tuff have been reset. No original ground was removed, but instead they compacted existing ground, and they brought in more base rocks to top up. I did not get to check if it went up to supposedly 5" , I hope they are honest this time.

Initially, the crew came once a week, on Saturdays to do the repair, so it took them over a month to complete our garden. After the 3rd Saturday, they came on weekdays too. It could have been done in 6 days. I was getting frustrated, I had to clean the pathway to garden almost every weekend in July after the crew left!

I am giving 3 stars because they did a good job to reset the pavers . The crew are courteous and careful enough not to damage our interior ( backyard is lower than basement, with only entrance at street level). Cesar is responsive to my text messages and professional. I do think they are good at what they are doing. I have respect for the crews, not an easy job to be working outdoors in hot sun and strong winds, or foggy cold days.

All and all, I am just glad that this is over. Now I just need to repair all the badly scratched up wood planks of retaining wall and wood stairs!

Bloom and Lawn was very professional and was sensitive to our tenants who were living there during the install of the new Front and Back yard. They also smoothly dealt with change orders that were needed in order to get the best results. Looking forward to working with them on other projects in the future.

We had a big, old Monterey Cypress tree removed. It was at least 100 years plu old and on it's way out. We lived with it for almost 50 years and broke our hearts to see it go. Joel came and gave a very reasonable estimate. His crew did an amazing job removing it. They were extremely careful of our Spa and plants etc. I highly recommend them and very glad we chose Bloom & Lawn. There are not enough words to express how happy we were.

This company comes highly recommended. Joel and his staff are very professional. Communication was excellent throughout the course of construction. They managed to complete the project in a timely manner with no long delays throughout the project milestones. Joel did not hesitate to ask questions to make sure we resolved issues that were not clearly detailed in the landscape architects drawing and offering advice on what he recommends. Joel did an excellent job of capturing the changes and adds to the project both in scope and cost. His staff left the job site safe and clean everyday. Overall I could not be any happier with the outcome. My family and I spend much time in the back yard and my front finally has curb appeal.

Joel was also the one who recommended Tammy. The landscape architect that prepared my project plans. She also comes highly recommended. Great communication even after the project has been completed.

I completed my project almost a year ago. Joel and his staff have continue to maintain the landscape and they do a great job at making sure the site looks tip top.

Every single guest we've had to our house since Bloom and lawn landscaped our backyard has commented on how nice our yard looks. This included many people who never saw the "before" state, which was a mass of weeds in a sloped dirt patch. Now we have a beautiful patio, turf, pavers, new fencing and plantings with drip irrigation - we really couldn't be happier.

Joel's team does excellent work (and I am a notoriously picky customer).

Communication while getting the project started was a little tricky, but once the work began, everything went smoothly with no drama.

I would recommend Bloom and lawn highly to anyone looking to landscape their yard - they are pleasant to work with and provide high quality at a fair price.

Joel and his crew did an excellent job redoing my backyard with drought resistant plants. They worked well with the landscape consultant and were patient with my requested changes in the plan. They paid good attention to detail to execute the plan and were always gracious with feedback, suggestions and questions. The back yard looks beautiful and held up well for the last 4 years. 2 years ago, Joel also redid my front yard with an equally excellent result.

Quick! Great crew of guys and price was a great deal. I would strongly suggest them to ANYONE that needs work done. THANKS AGAIN FOR AMAZING JOB!

Our interactions with Bloom and Lawn Landscaping have been an odd and disappointing experience.

We have a small backyard that requires hardscaping and landscaping work. We were excited to find Bloom and Lawn because they advertise doing both, and that was hard to find.

We texted with Andrea in mid-March to set up a consultation with Joel. Joel came to our house and provided great guidance - he shared that they could complete the job within our budget. For next steps, he instructed that we would set up a meeting with Spears, their designer. We never heard from Spears, so I texted back and forth with Andrea to check on the status of meeting with Spears, and he did not reach out to us. B&L essentially ghosted us after that. I sent a few messages in May and June to potentially move the project forward, and never received any responses. There is no answer on the phone listed on their website, and the voicemail is not set up.

Don't waste your time reaching out.