I had a fantastic experience working with Garden Goat! Nicholas was extremely communicative from the start, taking the time to really understand my goals for my backyard renovation. He stayed on schedule and within budget, and was available and responsive every step of the way—right up until every detail was complete. I was so impressed with the quality of work and professionalism that I referred two friends during the project! Before & after photos provided - 5 days for project. Thank you Garden Goat !

Nicolas and his team leads, Jose and Ezekiel, from Garden Goat Landscaping did a great job on my yard. We compared three landscaping companies before deciding, and Garden Goat offered a fair price with quality work. The project took about two months, with phase 1 in winter 2024 and phase 2 in spring 2025. They were very easy to work with, listened to my ideas, and provided helpful suggestions on grass, patio stones, boulders, and even a pergola and deck. At one point, Nicolas even redid the pergola because the original version wasn’t secure, which really showed their commitment to quality. They also fixed my old irrigation system and made sure everything was working well. I’m very happy with how everything turned out and would definitely recommend Garden Goat Landscaping to anyone looking for a reliable and easy-to-work-with landscaping team.

We had an excellent experience working with Nicolas and his team to rebuild our elevated pool deck. The team was punctual, hard working and reliable. They were very honest and professional through the process and we are delighted with the results. Thank you Garden Goat!

Scientific. Knowledgeable and very keen on sustainability and efficiency. Great to work with. Going to continue being a long time customer

Nicholas was very helpful from the planning to the finish. I’m very pleased with the beds, the rock lined ledge and the pergola. Can’t wait for spring to fill the empty canvas of my back yard.

As time goes by we realize just how comparatively expensive this uncaring multi-area hardscape and landscape job was. Garden Goat did mostly hardscaping for us last Spring and it was hit or miss but ultimately we are left with a bad taste from the experience. If this was the last outfit in town, I absolutely would not use Garden Goat again. He subcontracts out everything except for his 'design' and the minimal light installation. He barely instructed his crews and was always in a rush and not managing what was proposed and planned, not organized and careful. Our Spanish is almost nonexistent. One must always oversee landscape work carefully because so much unskilled labor is relied uponbut also so much of skilled labor also does not speak English. In the case of Garden Goat I felt like we had unskilled management. There was almost no oversight of the crews by Nic with Nic even being out of town for part of it. He was always in a hurry and we tried hard to be patient and make sure that he was listening. From the mess that resulted from their work in 2 irrigations zones that to this day cannot be figured out and has resulted in extraordinary usage of water there. Any leaks disappear under our West Austin geology so I am still hand watering those areas. Garden Goat somehow left us with not 2 separate zones in the area but 2 zones combined that run off either number, and a major leak. Whatever is going on, it is under huge planters so digging that area up is impossible. We will keep trying. Meanwhile, I am hand watering that area still. We did not call Nic back to handle any messes. He was not conscientous. He was easily defensive. He did not monitor or communicate carefully what was expected to his subs. I had to pick up trash and boxes that were blowing out of our yard from the low voltage lighting part of the project which was the only part that Nic himself did. He was in a hurry for every interaction and that seemed to take priority over dong things well or carefully. His proposals look so professional. The management is not. There are many 'landscape' businesses now that put up a website, call around for subs, and use good software for proposals and invoicing. Beware, they are not truly professional landscapers with the depth of knowledge and management skills or enough experience to professionally and conscientously execute a plan for a quality result for the customer. It felt like pulling teeth to get heard or get what was expected. He called one morning and asked what lighting we wanted from a supplier. He'd never even bought it and I had provided specific features to himand numbers and types many weeks before. We ended up just driving to S Austin and buying it ourselves. It was exasperating. How last minute was that!? It became too hard to bear so we just kind of wished for the end of having to deal with Nic. He did not seem to care about the customer. His welder sub showed up without notice to work the weekend with a very small piece of paper with the drawing poorly printed. It turned out OK enough because we had the common sense to adjust the plan after he had built boxes not to spec and they were lopsidededly positioned in the space but we changed out one planter and it looks fine becasue form the street there are plants in front. Thank you, google translate, because Nic was out of town! The landscape company that we used for years in the central ATX area has moved toward the suburbs and growth areas, leaving Austin due to the traffic congestion. Many reliable outfits have and others pop up. Since our sour experience with Garden Goat, we have found a team that is responsive to pleasing the client and directly employs their crews so we just had a huge new installation of most of our landscape by them.