5 Tips to Finding Good Lawn Care Services
It’s about that time of year again – the dead of summer – when people become disenchanted with their lawn care services and start shopping around in hopes of finding a better company to work with. The question is, what did you learn from your last experience? Do you know what you’re looking for in a lawn care company? Here are a few tips on what to consider when looking for a good lawn care services provider.
- Consistency – You should have one person in charge of, and ultimately responsible for, the health and beauty of your lawn. This person should be at your property on a regular basis, determining and communicating with you what your lawn care program entails and when various treatments and services will be performed. At Bonick Landscaping we have a team of garden managers, each of whom is assigned to a small portfolio of properties that they are responsible for.
- Expectations & Accountability – Make sure when choosing lawn care services that you speak with the lawn care services manager over all the lawn care technicians (in our case, garden managers). What processes and procedures do they have in place to ensure accountability, good communication with clients and ultimately, excellent customer service? Do their processes and oversight indicate that they will be on top of potential issues before they become problems? Will they be good at responding to and anticipating your needs?
- Products & Plantings – How knowledgeable are they about various products and treatments? A good landscaping company should have enough experience with different products and ingredients to know the shortcomings and benefits of various choices. They should be staying on top of new products. Plantings should be high quality and the selection of plantings should be above and beyond what you find at your local nursery.
- Attitude- Look for lawn care service people who are happy, have a passion for what they do, and have been at their job for a while. If the personnel seem to just be going through the motions rather than being genuinely engaged, enthusiastic, and proactive, chances are they may be issues with management such as poor pay or lack of recognition for employees that ultimately leads to high turnover. At Bonick Landscaping we believe employees come first, and if your treat employees well they will, in turn, treat clients well. We pride ourselves on living our core values that define how we treat our clients and each other.
- Reputation – How did you find the lawn care services companies you are talking to? Have you heard of them before? Online reviews can be helpful, but should be taken with a grain of salt. A lone disgruntled customer should likely be dismissed but a preponderance of bad reviews could be a red flag. Have they won any awards as a result of their lawn care services? At Bonick Landscaping we are proud of the fact that we have been voted “Best Lawn Care Service” by D Magazine readers for years and have been awarded Best of Houzz Awards for both services and landscape design every year since 2013.
For over 30 years, Bonick Landscaping has served Dallas area clients with the highest standards looking for out-of-the-ordinary luxury landscape design and pools by offering the best in service, workmanship, and plantings. Services include hardscape and landscape design, pool designs, pool construction and installation, lawn care services and garden maintenance, pool maintenance, and more. For discerning clients in Dallas who want to express their own distinctive style through their landscaping, Bonick Landscaping can help you realize your dream. Call us at 972-243-9673 or visit our website at www.bonicklandscaping.com.