I recently bought a home with a very steep backyard. It was just grass (barely) and pretty much unmowable due to the extreme slope. I had always wanted a water feature and nice landscaping so I found Refuge based on a lot of research and their high ratings and reviews. The reviews were not wrong. Matt came out and met with me and we talked for quite some time. As he got to know me, what I wanted (and didn’t want) in a backyard, Matt and his designer came back with a plan that I could have never conceived of in my wildest dreams. What blew my mind was how they made the rendering come to life in the final product. They created a very large berm with evergreens to address... read full review
October 2025
Our nightmare of a backyard needed serious help and expertise to remedy. The yard would flood after any rain that wasn’t a light drizzle and we’d quite literally have ducks swimming in our backyard. The yard was a disaster every spring after the snow melted until it was hot enough to clear it up. We have dogs and it was a muddy mess. We hated the yard and it was an eye sore.
We reached out to SO MANY landscapers over the last 2 years who gave us quotes and solutions that didn’t sound confident their work would solve it and they all had different plans. We didn’t know who to trust and this was going to cost a lot of money so we needed this project... read full review
September 2025
matt and his team at refuge have done work for me twice, installing a new retaining wall (after my old one collapsed) back in 2017 and again, some less demanding work, this past summer. on both the large project and the smaller one (mainly yard beautification), they were efficient, professional, and pleasant to work with. i remain very pleased with the results of their work in both the long and the short term. the earlier project was long and involved, and they built one heck of a retaining wall and drainage system! i was happy to have them back to keep my property looking great and to take care of what it needed. thank you, matt!
I recently bought a home with a very steep backyard. It was just grass (barely) and pretty much unmowable due to the extreme slope. I had always wanted a water feature and nice landscaping so I found Refuge based on a lot of research and their high ratings and reviews. The reviews were not wrong. Matt came out and met with me and we talked for quite some time. As he got to know me, what I wanted (and didn’t want) in a backyard, Matt and his designer came back with a plan that I could have never conceived of in my wildest dreams. What blew my mind was how they made the rendering come to life in the final product. They created a very large berm with evergreens to address... read full review
Our nightmare of a backyard needed serious help and expertise to remedy. The yard would flood after any rain that wasn’t a light drizzle and we’d quite literally have ducks swimming in our backyard. The yard was a disaster every spring after the snow melted until it was hot enough to clear it up. We have dogs and it was a muddy mess. We hated the yard and it was an eye sore.
We reached out to SO MANY landscapers over the last 2 years who gave us quotes and solutions that didn’t sound confident their work would solve it and they all had different plans. We didn’t know who to trust and this was going to cost a lot of money so we needed this project... read full review
matt and his team at refuge have done work for me twice, installing a new retaining wall (after my old one collapsed) back in 2017 and again, some less demanding work, this past summer. on both the large project and the smaller one (mainly yard beautification), they were efficient, professional, and pleasant to work with. i remain very pleased with the results of their work in both the long and the short term. the earlier project was long and involved, and they built one heck of a retaining wall and drainage system! i was happy to have them back to keep my property looking great and to take care of what it needed. thank you, matt!