Landscapers near Blue Mounds

“UNDER BUDGET!! Yes, the work came in under budget. I'll talk about that a bit later....What Kittleson never knew is that we only bid out the job to Kittleson and another landscaping company. The other company never got back to us and we really wanted to get the retaining walls put in because out house was finished the year before. I should also mention that we researched if we could do retaining walls on our own but all of our research led us to the same conclusion that we really need a professional. Thus, I was happy the retaining walls were getting put in, but I had no expectations for Kittleson. Recently we had some awful experiences with contractors so I prepared myself for a subpar job that would come in over budget so I would neither be shocked or disappointed. Boy was I wrong!!!My impression changed once the guys started working on yard. The gentleman working on the retaining walls had been working for them for years. He is a local guy and he lives in Barneveld too. He also explained that his brother worked for Kittleson. It really means something to me when local companies use local talent. He said he was treated well by Kittleson. That meant something to me too. I have no idea how he stacked rocks so quickly with one piece of construction equipment but he did it. It looked great.In addition to the retaining walls, the yard had to be prepped for grass seed. There were more guys who worked on it. One of them was the owner's son. That kid wasn't getting any special treatment. He was working just as hard as the rest of the team. It was such a hot day. It was probably over 90. I was nervous that they were working when it was so hot. They were able to wrap it up early that day which made me SO happy but I was impressed with their work ethic.Kittelson worked around some shrubs that I had planted. Some of the shrubs were in the way and they offered to move them for me. I expected line items charges for the shrubs that they replanted. I was not charged by them. I was shocked.We also opted for them to put grass seed on our lawn. I was a bit concerned about the grass seed. We were in drought this past summer and grass seed requires a tremendous amount of watering. We often had three sprinklers going at the same time. We had to keep moving the sprinklers around to keep the grass moist. I probably was able to do about 90% of what they specified for watering. Sometimes I just ran out of time to get every part of the lawn watered. I mean that the sun had set and I could not work at night. I really was concerned that I wasn't doing a good enough job and the grass would die especially with the drought. It didn't die. It grew!!Kittelson did something else that impressed me. I had purchased three spireas. They looked completely dead. I have no idea why I still continued to water them. However, Kittelson thought that they would come back to life if I watered them. Well, I took their advice and they were right. By the end of the summer there were flowers blooming and they looked normal.Now going back to the budget issue. When working with previous contractors everything came in over budget. We felt taken advantage of on numerous occasions by previous contractors. I was just waiting for the surprise "charges" from Kittleson. That never happened. The told us that the work they performed did not take as long as they anticipated so they did not charge us. I am beyond grateful for the work they performed.Services: Grass seeding“

“Tim did a great job opening up areas of our property so now we can really use it. I can't wait to have him back next year to do more stuff.“