Sage Landscapes in Oregon City

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Safe landscaping was very professional, delivered exactly as promised. Definitely will hire again when another project arises. Also happy to find someone local!! Great work!

Great job! Very punctual, great communication, friendly, and flexible. The job was done very quickly. We love it!

I was very impressed with the quality of the work done by Sage Landscapes. They built a basalt wall and steps for me, in addition to extending my patio and vibrating poly sand into the joints to prevent future weeds. The result was beautiful and the wall was artistically done. Thank you, Matt!

I recently hired Sage Landscapes for a paver installation project, and I couldn t be more pleased with the results. From start to finish, Matt and his team was professional, efficient, and highly skilled. They took the time to understand my vision, offered valuable suggestions, and delivered beyond my expectations. The craftsmanship is top-notch; the pavers were laid with precision, creating a beautiful and durable outdoor space that enhances the overall aesthetic of my property. The attention to detail was evident in every aspect of the job, from the careful preparation of the site to the final cleanup. Communication throughout the project was seamless, and the team was always on time and respectful of my property. I especially appreciated how they kept me informed at every stage and were willing to make adjustments as needed. Overall, Sage Landscapes exceeded my expectations, and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for high-quality landscaping and paver installation services. Their expertise and dedication to customer satisfaction truly set them apart.

Sage landscapes just redid our front landscaping in Oregon city. I would recommend them for anyone planning a landscape construction project. They did our sod, plant design, and grading work and were a joy to work with! They communicated very well, were highly responsive and the customer service was top notch! Highly recommend Sage Landscape!

Highly recommend Sage Landscapes!

Extremely happy with my new English rose garden.

Matt and his crew are awesome, and they did an excellent job. They changed my crappy front yard into something very beautiful. They built an amazing retaining wall for me and a nice little desert landscape for the rest. There was great communication and the work was done quickly and efficiently. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a facelift to their current landscape absolutely. Update: I also use Sage for upkeep to my yard that they work on and they do wonderful work. Highly recommended.

Matt and his crew were did a great job on your yard. They were professional and prompt and really helped us out on our yard.

Absolutely a pleasure to work with. Highly recommend Sage Landscaping, you will not be disappointed!.

Sage Landscapes did an amazing job. The crew were amazing and completed the job very quickly. I highly recommend anyone to hire sage to complete any projects. They were amazing.

Sage Landscapes did a great job in repointing a brick wall and adding pavers to our courtyard. Matt and the crew do quality work and a reasonable price.

Sage Landscapes gave us a new front yard. They are easy to work with and helped us to come up with a good plan. The job turned out great. We highly recommend them.

They did a great job with my sisters front yard slope, and brought in some nice boulders!

I love my new extended patio. Their work is excellent and prices the best out of three bids. They also dig out my old front lawn and replaced it with new dirt seed and mulch. They were very quick, courteous, and great to work with!

Matt came out and fixed a water feature in our backyard. He did it quickly and with high quality. Really appreciated working with him.

Matt was able to come out two days after we connected and he went above and beyond repairing my fountain!

Work is quality! My friends property looks amazing! Highly recommend.

I can t express what an amazing job they did. Prompt and hard working. Highly recommend

Matt and his crew were amazing! They communicated well, showed up on time, and completely transformed my neglected yard. We are so appreciative of the help and highly recommend!

Poor communication.

Matt and his hardworking team did an excellent job re-landscaping my front and back yards. Matt is knowledgable, thoughtful, and has a great eye for design and how everything needed to look when completed. He (along with the designer I hired) transformed my yard into exactly what I had envisioned years ago. Matt and his team were also delightful and easy to work with. The bid he provided was very reasonable and fair. Id rehire them in a heartbeat.

Our project with Sage just wrapped, and I hate to report that it was a mess. Before I get into the reasons why, I d highly recommend reading Christine s review here she touched on several issues that my wife and I faced during our project. For starters, their communication was incredibly spotty. It took me weeks to initially reach Matt, despite calling, texting and writing via contact form on their site until he finally replied. Communication temporarily improved at that point, but remained impersonal and unreliable throughout the process. Their designer met us at home to discuss our budget and vision, which we approved after a few iterations of their proposal. This was our first landscaping endeavor, and the most expensive project we ve tackled yet as first-time homeowners. Given the sterling reviews on Google, we thought Sage would be responsive, precise, thoughtful and professional. However, this was not the case. Their order of operations, for instance, would seriously hamper this project and cause plenty of problems that easily could have been avoided. Instead of waiting for our Acrylite patio cover to arrive, they rushed right into the demolition of our existing concrete patio and installed cedar steps and pavers. In case you were curious: no, we weren t in a rush to get this completed, and expressed that when we were first discussing the project with Sage. This was back in April, which proved to be an erratic and wet month weather-wise. The steps and pavers were exposed to the elements for weeks before the patio cover arrived. As a result, we had mold on the cedar and efflorescence all over the pavers, which they didn t offer to seal until after the fact. On top of this, we found a bunch of metal shrapnel and plastic strewn throughout the yard after they installed the patio cover. When I told Matt about this, he didn t apologize or offer to clean it up, so we had to do it ourselves. Highlighting obvious issues to Matt, cleaning up after his team, reminding him of work yet to be completed, and reiterating unanswered questions were motifs throughout our experience in working with him. I must also note that the overall quality of their sourced materials is subpar. The cedar they brought included an actively rotting plank that I asked to be replaced for structural integrity. Matt reluctantly accepted. In the case of a damaged paver on the main patio, however, Matt s first response was that it isnt that noticeable, which isn t exactly what you want to hear after spending $20k on a project. In fact, we had to fight tooth and nail for Matt to even consider charging less for replacing this paver. He told us it s not fair that he compensate us for this remedy and whined about how much money he s already spent on our project. His compromise on the paver was to have us pay for and fetch another one along with sealant so he didn t have to incur the expense. Keep in mind, this minor fix was less than a fraction of a percent of our project s budget. This conversation in particular revealed an ugly side that made us feel like nothing but a check deposit to Matt. He already got our money and didn t care about making things right. This leads to my final point, which is the complete lack of professionalism. You d think a business owner would possess some accountability and try to remedy a rocky situation like this. Matt took the opposite approach, taking zero ownership and unwilling to maturely mend things with us as we closed the job out. All of that being said, I would simply suggest that you save yourself a headache and consider another local landscaper. Sage was not worth the hassle and their execution left plenty to be desired.

I sent an inquiry to through Sages website in early July and was scheduled for a consult on 7/12. Kate came to our home to scope the job, and said shed provide a quote within the next week. I realize this was not a huge job we were wanting, just to update a few spaces in our yard. She was a bit aloof and then said I could probably inquire with a landscaper to have the work done because they were booked out until fall. I said Id wait and was interested to see what she could come up with. I followed up on 7/25 and Matthew replied saying it would be another week or so until they could get me the bid. Needless to say, its now a month later and I never heard back from either of them. If they werent interested in our business, I would have had a lot more respect for their up front honesty, rather than them just ignoring us all together. Consider taking your business elsewhere.

Matt and team did a great job on our new deck!

We hired Sage Landscapes to create a boulder retaining wall and gravel pad for parking between the road and our front lawn. It looks beautiful, were really happy with the result. The price was reasonable and they were fast (this took 2 work days). It was great working with Kate to discuss what we should do for our yard and house and well definitely be hiring Sage again when we have other landscaping projects that need to be done in the future.

This group came in prepared, worked hard, stayed active the whole time, and did an exception job. They needed zero supervision, their bid was detailed, and they were a pleasure to work with. 100% would use again

Sage Landscapes worked their curb appeal magic on our property for a bargain. They were highly communicative & professional and did a beautiful job with our landscapes.

Beautiful work! And under adverse circumstances as they did their project at a time when the water and electricity happened to be shut off. They never complained or asked to reschedule. Made do and brought there own water to mix concrete for the fence posts. Will be using them again!

Easy to work with. Very friendly and communication was great. Love the work done. Obviously takes pride in the work done.

We worked with Sage to put in a patio. The team worked extremely hard and the end result was more beautiful than we had imagined! They have an eye for detail and do quality work!

matt and the team did an amazing transformation of our backyard! we went from a sloped lot of mulch to a gorgeous patio, firepit and level lawn space. we couldnt be happier!

I had Sage landscapes take care of both my front and backyard as well as install a fence and gate and a pad for a shed. They also installed bark chips and river rocks. The work they did was exceptional. They were professional and did quality work. So excited to see the finished product. Prices were reasonable and Matt was great to work with.

I m very sad to see all the wonderful reviews for Sage Landscaping because it was the opposite of my experience. So many say how communicative Matt was and didn t leave them hanging and how wonderful it was to work with them. This is what I expected, as they came highly recommended; however, I found them very uncommunicative before and during the project. They left us hanging several times. We had to sometimes text/call 3 or 4 times to get a response, and we had to have them redo several things, as they didn t adhere to what was in their bid and contract. The resulting path is beautiful for sure, but it was a struggle from beginning to end to get it done (at least almost) right. Now as I m about to plant in the prepared beds, I find that it s all still mucky clay under a mere 1 of topsoil, even though their bid stated they would dig 6 down (which they did), amending the soil beneath (which they didn t do) before topping it with 2-4 of topsoil (which they also didn t do). Again, when I brought this to their attention, my email goes ignored. Had I the energy, I would bring a suit against them, as it was expensive for subpar work. Heartbroken, really, especially after seeing how everyone else appeared to get the kind of service and quality promised to me.

They were able to do the work quickly. The team was efficient, friendly, professional and did an awesome job. We would recommend them and hope to hire them again for other projects.

This was the first time my company has used Sage Landscape and we will definitely be using them again! From my first phone call and email communication about the project, their quick turnaround on the the bid, to scheduling and then completion was so easy. They did a beautiful job! I look forward to working with them again!

Matt is always so good about getting back to me in a timely fashion. His prices are reasonable and the work is top notch. I could not recommend him more highly.

Job done perfectly, on time, cleaned up beautifully! What more could you want!

GREAT experience. I was referred to Matt at Sage Landscapes by Portland Rock and Landscape. I had started an ambitious quarantine project of re-doing my front yard with a winding paver path. We got about 70% of the way through the path before realizing we were over our skis and needed a professional to finish the job with a flourish. Matt called back promptly and made a day work within my short notice timeline (within a week) and came out on time with 2 guys and spent the whole day finishing the path. It looked absolutely incredible and it was not an easy thing to just pick up where we left off. They re-did the parts we did poorly and left us with just a really polished, professional looking end product. I love the path and get compliments constantly. Very reasonably priced in my opinion. He even upgraded the equipment to something that would leave less dust and did not charge me, even though I chose the cheaper option to begin with - this didnt go unnoticed and frankly was refreshing to work with a company that didnt try and gouge you at every turn possible.

Crew and Matt did beautiful work, even better than I was expecting. Everything was done in a timely fashion.- Would recommend them for a landscaping project. Ruth Jones

Today Sage Landscaping completed our front yard. My house had a total transformation. No longer an ugly duckling. You all know that story. I absolutely cried happy tears. My little house in Southeast Portland looks like $1 million. What a dream. Matt and his team are true professionals, certainly respectful, work site was always tidy and the project was started and completed on time. Absolutely Outstanding! Great start to 2021. Going to enjoy coming home from working at OHSU everyday even more! Stay safe and healthy and hire these guys!

Matt and the crew were very fun to work with. Excellent craftsmanship. Friendly. Flexible. They were able to modify the original proposal with material suggestions and design ideas to help us stay within our budget. They turned our mud pit into a beautiful poolside patio! Love these guys!

Matt Bowman and his crew are super landscapers and gardeners! I have had them weekly now over a year and couldnt be happier. I love Matts ideas. He is so knowledgeable about all the plants and shrubs and knows just how to treat everything and when to do it. I highly recommend Sage Landscapes!

I couldn t be happier with the work Matt at Sage did for us, spreading mulch and pruning our Japanese Maple. His attention to detail, even for the little things, was exceptional. I will definitely be hiring him again and will be recommending him to friends and family.

These folks are the best! Always on time, do what they say, and the best clean-up of any lawn service. Fair pricing and they are very prompt when scheduling times for extra service! Thanks Sage!

Matt Bowman of Sage Landscapes has completed several projects for us this past year and we have been very pleased with all of them; weekly lawn maintenance, installing a new irrigation system, planting our blueberries and creating rabbit proof fencing, among other items. In addition, he structurally pruned several shrubs, which transformed them into beautiful, healthy plants again. Matt s pricing is fair, he is very knowledgeable and he treats his employees with respect. I highly recommend him. Rhonda Sater

FANTASTIC. A+++++++ Wow, beautiful! What a wonderful backyard. We had such an ambitious project to build a patio, yoga deck, swinging couches, and water feature. Matt and Kate immediately understood the vision and were building on it. The execution was remarkable. The team worked 10 hour days 6 days a week and were extremely hard working with excellent craftsmanship. I connected and received quotes with several other contractors and agencies for landscape bids before choosing Sage Landscapes. It was clear Sage Landscapes with Matt and Kate was the only company capable of our project on time and on budget, and they surely did amazing work. Now, everyday in our backyard feels like vacation!

Sage Landscapers can do just about anything one might need! Matt is very collaborative in his approach to fulfilling ones needs. He and his crew do an excellent job and are very sincere and caring. They are thoughtful and respectful of ones property and of the neighbors. It is wonderful to have knowledgeable professionals on whom one can depend. Well done! Very happy.

I was very happy with the work Sage Landscape did. They put in a water feature (which the birds love) and a flagstone patio. I would recommend them and plan to use Sage Landscape again when I need some other landscaping service.

Matt and Kate showed up on time, worked cheerfully in the inevitable October rain, finished in a timely fashion, and cleaned up thoroughly. Their plan for the front yard was simplified, which is what I wanted, but also with a bit of drama. I intend to hire them again soon.

Matt was prompt in replying to my request for an estimate for specific services. His estimate was reasonable, the wait time for implementing the service was appropriate. Matt and Kate cheerfully arrived in less that optimal weather conditions to do the work which made our yard look GREAT for fall and winter. I look forward to having him do more work for me.

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We had an excellent experience with Matt and his team. We contacted them to help us install a 30 foot winding flagstone pathway from the back of the house to our back and front gates. They installed the flagstone in just the style we wanted, with a natural but professional look and it looks wonderful. It has been a few months now since they installed it, and every time I walk on my new path way it beings me joy. Matt was easy to talk to over the phone about details and gave us a great price, and Kate his assistant was very professional with scheduling. Also, not only did Matt did a great job in laying the flagstone, he also knew what looked right and what didn t. Juan, Matt s helper, was so nice to talk to and he explained to me the process of laying the path as well. Matt and Juan were fun guys to talk to, especially in Spanish! They were both very polite, professional and hard workers, and I will definitely call them again for my next project. Many thanks, Monica