Testimonials for Our Landscape Designs
Mae Clark is a Renaissance woman - just give her a site
and let her vision guide you. Ten years ago, she designed and installed
all the landscaping for our yard. That included retaining walls, paths,
fences, stairs, irrigations system, raised beds, lawn, patio, fruit trees
and vegetable garden. She
did our job on time and within budget. Her creativity and commitment
have exceeded all our expectations. She returns periodically to evaluate
our maturing gardens and keep things growing beautifully. Mae is intelligent,
witty and simply a joy to have in our lives!
-Jim and Sandra Earl, Orinda, CA
Over the years Mae Clark has worked for us, she’s transformed our garden
into a daily source of food and pleasure. Our landscape is truly part of our
life. We rarely buy produce, and find color and interest in our garden year
round. Our garden testifies to the scope of her skills, from masonry and stone
work, carpentry, terracing, stairs, lighting, irrigation, soil preparation
and planting, to skilled & timely maintenance for fruit trees and perennials.
She’s always willing to do any special project I request, including ‘oddball’
repairs and maintenance. Her crew helps us keep up with our composting, turning
almost all of our green waste into rich compost. Although she used to joke
that given the heavy clay soil we started with I really should have taken
up pottery, she’s used the compost to create planting beds with lovely, friable
soil that yields an abundance of delicious produce. We recommend her for her
horticultural expertise, and value her friendship.
- Jean and John Hearst, Berkeley, CA
We are very pleased with the work that Mae and Plenty Productive Landscapes
did for us. They took our back yard and turned it into a beautiful,
plentiful nanofarm (with tomatoes and lettuce enough to share). We love the produce we get year round, and we love the beauty of the landscape
design. Mae worked on the irrigation to make it water efficient, and has organized
it so that the vegetables and fruits get what they need. Mae was on time and on budget. If you want a nanofarm, Plenty is a great landscaping company. But
judging by the beauty of our back yard, if you are looking for a landscape
design, Mae would also be great!
- Muriel and Jon, Kensington, CA
Mae transformed our backyard into delicious garden full of treats for us almost year round. All Spring we have been enjoying an abundance of large, delicious strawberries, and it looks like we will be having a large blueberry and blackberry crop this year as well. The plum tree is producing marvelously juicy and delicious fruit, and the apricot tree is so full of fruit its branches are hanging low. The backyard was single level, but Mae broke up the old concrete pad and used it to build a curving wall, creating a multi-level garden that is easier to harvest from and more appealing to the eye. She put in a beautiful new rock patio and pathway. She lowered the entire back yard and corrected the grade so that it will drain properly and water won't flood back up against the house. The garden is almost completely self-maintaining - we do almost no work back there. She put in an automatic irrigation system throughout the garden and her team comes out several times during the year to help keep everything in order. We have been completely thrilled with Mae and her wonderful team.
- Geoff Gowan and Edith Haritatos, El Cerrito, CA
Mae Clark of Plenty Productive Landscapes prunes my fruit trees and does my landscaping. She and her crew are terrific. All my fruit trees bear more fruit since she's been pruning them and my front and back yard look better and better with her selection of flowers and plants. She shows up when she says she's going to show up, she answers my calls and emails promptly and she and her crew clean up after the job is done. Plenty also does paving, stonework and fencing among other things. I highly recommend them.
- Susan Zemanek, Richmond, CA