We called LA Development as a referral from a friend and got in touch with Rusty who came out to our house to give us a quote and help us with some design aspects of our backyard remodel. All we had when we bought our house was a 10'x20' covered patio, one oleander and a bunch of dead grass/dirt. After getting a few quotes, we felt most comfortable with LA Development and their numbers also met our budget.
We went ahead and had them put in about 700sf of sod surrounded by 18 tons of granite/gravel and about 16-18 plants including one large tree. Rusty took us out to the nursery where we could pick out plants and see what we were picking at the same time. This really helped seeing the colors and with Rusty's knowledge of the plants, helped us pick low water, non-shedding plants for easy maintenance. We also went to look at the granite/gravel where they buy from so we could pick out the exact color we wanted in person.
We chose to go with a paver border around the new grass which they put in much nicer pavers than they had quoted for us which they chose because it matched our existing travertine tile on our patio. We had all this done last October and unfortunately with how hot it was when the plants went in and the few days of freezing temps shortly after, we lost several plants. We contacted LA Development who was more than happy to come back out and replant the plants that didn't make it. They also fixed a couple new drippers they had installed that had gotten clogged and did a little repair on the grass.
Now, just a couple months after all their repairs, our backyard is coming to life! It has so much color, almost every plant is in full bloom and our water bill isn't even that much. They installed new irrigation in the backyard and front and our front yard plants are flourishing now as well. I would highly recommend using LA Development, especially if you want artificial turf because what I've seen from facebook, they do some amazing work with that stuff and even install new pools! We will definitely use them the next chance we get!