The guys at Green Apple Landscaping were amazing! They were a great to work with, professional and proactive at addressing issues. We couldn't be happier with the result of our parking pad and their help at navigating the permit process with the city!

I am very happy with all the work done by Green Apple Landscaping from the beginning to the end. I am so relieved to have a lovely parking pad, retaining wall, landscaping and the paving in the mutual driveway which blends in so well with the adjoining neighbours driveway. The lights look great too. Everyone involved went above and beyond my expectations.

Another great project by Peter and the team at Green Apple! They added a new walkway to connect our driveway to the front entrance on the other side. The combined walkways in Town Hall brick looks fantastic. Add in the lighting, stone edging and surrounding landscaping and we have a functional, fully transformed space.

We engaged Green Apple in the summer of 2021 because they advertised themselves as the leading experts in Toronto regarding Front Yard Parking Pads. We paid for a front yard design. In short, we received the absolute bare minimum level of support, a generic unusable design that was way over our budget, and lots of wrong information.

Build Cost: The design was quite generic and not suitable for our home. We reached out to 15+ landscaping contractors for a build quote, and every single one of them gave us a quote of at least 2-2.5x the budget we had told Green Apple for the design. 0/10

Design Cost: The design cost is significantly higher than other landscaping companies. They maintain that this is due to providing support and knowledge for front yard parking applications. It is not worth it as no support is really provided. Another minor issue is that we were told that if we paid in advance we would receive a small discount. However, when the landscape designer got on site, he told us we had to pay there and then or he would leave. We intended on paying in advance anyways, but it seemed strange to mislead us about payment options. 2/10

Design: Every single one of the contractors we contacted for a build quote identified the same issue with the design (which we flagged during the initial design review and were told it could not be changed). Essentially, the design is unusable for actually doing the work. We had to make significant modifications in layout and materials, which begs the question as to why we paid so much for the design in the first place. 2/10

Support during the application process: As mentioned, one of the key points they advertise is that they are experts in front yard parking applications. Be warned, the extent of the support is that they e-mail the application in then send you a short pdf on how to talk to your neighbors during the polling. 2/10

Timeline: The timeline between requesting a design and obtaining and submitting the design to the city was good. A total of a bit less than 2 months including site visit, design, one revision and submission to the city. 7/10.

Some additional details on issues we faced with the design:
- The front yard parking pad dimensions were wrong as it did not include the required 0.3m driveway (no-parking-zone)
- As mentioned before, the cost to build as per the design was over 2x what we told them our budget was.
- There is an excessively large planter that we flagged during design and were told it was necessary. Not a single landscaping contractor was comfortable with building it as per the design as they did not think it would look good.
- We were told to not request a curb cut until then end of the process. When we asked the city bylaw officer about the curb cut, they told us that we should have requested it at the start and now it will be significantly delayed.

We are so happy about how our backyard turned out - from a complete tear down to build a fence to match the existing one, retaining wall, stone paver path, and three-tier deck.
Peter has a fantastic team. Fred (landscape designer) was so creative to come up with the plan with our limited space and very patient to listen to our needs. Simon, Paul, Rob, and Shawn were true professionals. They are extremely detailed oriented and care about their craft. They certainly don't cut corners. Everytime we had unexpected issues, they were able to come up with new solutions. They were very patient, friendly, and very professional. We cannot praise them enough for the kind of service they provided us. Thank you so much!

I moved into a house where the parking pad wasn't "legal" and I had to work with Peter to work backwards to apply for it to be legalized. He was extremely knowledgeable, patient and helpful. We found out this week that our pad is now legal! Such a relief and I owe it all to Peter and his team. THANK YOU!!

We just completed a full backyard re-design with Green Apple and we are so impressed! From the get go, Peter responded quickly to all emails and answered all of our questions. From our first meeting with Fred, the designer, we knew we had chosen the right company. Their professionalism, friendliness, attention to detail and knowledge of all things landscaping is top notch. We can’tsay enough about Green Apple and their amazing work. We highly recommend them to anyone looking for a landscaping design company. Know that you will be a satisfied customer from beginning to end. A big note of thanks to Peter, Fred, Simon, Paul and the rest of the awesome team.

We are thrilled with our new front living space. The team at Green Apple are professional, very responsive and solutions-oriented when it comes to working in challenging conditions (especially tight urban spaces!). From our initial design, to dealing with an old tree and the City of Toronto, to our redesign and project execution, we were very impressed by Peter and his team's efforts to get our job done on budget. We get compliments on it everyday. We couldn't recommend Green Apple enough.

I am thrilled with my beautiful new front garden. Peter and Fred and the entire crew were professional and a pleasure to work with from start to finish. I was very happy with the design which reflected my vision. The material choices were beautiful, and the crew were careful, skilled, hardworking and very tidy. In addition, as a group they were just really friendly and seem to be a really well run organization. Thank-you Green Apple for a positive experience and exceptional outcome.

We couldn't be happier with our front yard. The workmanship and attention to deal exceeded our expectations. The onsite crew was great to deal with. We would highly recommend Green Apple Landscaping.