Happy Clients
The gold standard
“I just can’t keep this fact to myself – BrightShade Gardens is the absolute gold standard for all of your landscape, drainage/water management issues and design. Paige, Jose, and their team of magic makers patiently watched all of my “storm videos”, thoughtfully analyzed the numerous streams of water that seemed to be marching towards our basement, assured us it could be fixed, thoroughly explained their plans, pivoted when those plans didn’t seem adequate and then BAILED WATER FROM MY DOOR WELL AT 7AM BEFORE they had even started our job.”
— Courtney M.
Second generation client
“We are the second generation of our family to work with BrightShade Gardens. They are the most creative, enthusiastic, diligent design and build firm we’ve ever worked with – your project partners and collaborators from start to finish. Jose and his crew go above and beyond. Lots of people say that, but nothing could be more true. Jose is such an expert in landscape materials and horticulture, we’ve yet to find a species he not only can’t name, but also give you the entire history on! He really knows his craft!”
— Tom G.
Steely sloped yard
“We hired BrightShade Gardens based on rave reviews from the listserv. In addition, their quote came in right on budget. About a month later, Paige and her crew came over and in one day, they leveled and sodded the sunny side and hardscaped the shady side. We couldn’t be happier with the way this turned out.”
— Katie B.
Cooperative planning
“My experience with BrightShade Gardens was so rewarding that I returned to them for four separate landscaping jobs in 2021. They provide the perfect combination of expertise, hard work, and cooperative planning. The most spectacular and final job that the BrightShade Gardens team did for me was to design and create a beautiful outdoor patio with a curved sit wall that provides the ideal setting to sit and enjoy all of BSG’s hard work in transforming my yard into a place of beauty.”
— Joann M.
Upon our return
“After living abroad and renting out our home for 30 years, BrightShade Gardens was recommended by neighbors and we are so glad. Their team delivered what they promised – from management to the masons and gardeners – for drainage pipes installation, removal and new build of a degenerated 70-yr-old walkway, patio and retaining wall, a new side garden to screen our lot and installation of new foundation plantings, with a few of our existing. We appreciated their good humor, attention to detail, tidy work practices and consideration.“
— Kathy S and Alan M.
Tailor made yard
“I cannot recommend BrightShade Gardens enough. They are a pleasure to work with. Paige listened to my concerns and suggested tailored-made solutions. She and her project manager, Jose are really nice people to work with and their scope and quality of work are impressive. They solved our problems AND made our yard look so pretty. They are miracle workers!”
— Rose O.
Neighbor to neighbor
“BrightShade Gardens provided a vision (much better than mine) and executed the removal of a porch and put in a beautiful stone patio, leveling the yard to meet it perfectly. I continue to bring them back for additional jobs as I’m so happy to work with them.”
— Bill B.
“We highly recommend BrightShade Gardens. Paige Conrad is the designer and José leads the crew. BrightShade just completed our front yard installation yesterday and backyard was completed last fall. We love it! The full team is great to work with. Our neighbors just had their backyard redone by BrightShade Gardens and were also very pleased with the end result! “
— Torrey W.
On the Market
“I cannot offer enough praise to describe fully the level of professionalism, kindness, understanding and cooperation I received from Brightshade Gardens. Paige and BSG transformed my property from sad, neglected rental yard to spectacular plot of beauty within an incredibly tight schedule and poor weather. Further, she facilitated everything that needed to happen to get us on the market both inside and out while I was 400 miles away. BrightShade Gardens is no run-of-the-mill landscaping operation; Paige and Jose work from a place of caring in addition to efficiency and quality.”
— Laura S.
Old Town courtyard
We love the results in this Old Town courtyard.
“We love it, too! Thank you, Paige Conrad and everyone at BrightShade Gardens. You managed to make our little garden seem twice as big. Great design and execution.”
— Anne P.
Via the listserv
“Something wonderful just happened to our yard, and the entire experience with Paige and José and the crew couldn’t have been better! So grateful we found Paige and BrightShade Gardens through the many recommendations on our neighborhood listserv.”
— Dottie G.
High bar exceeded
“They exceeded my expectations on all fronts! Paige listened to my concerns, looked at pictures and videos, and brought in Jose to collaborate with us and our neighbors on a solution. BrightShade was a light at the end of a long, water-filled tunnel! Jose and his team were amazing to work with once the work began — answering questions and putting in impressive long days of work to move the project along quickly. I could not have been happier.”
— Holly H.
Back yard worthy
“BrightShade Gardens helped me take back my yard by clearing at least 100 yards of overgrown woods in multiple stages. I now have a very beautiful tree lined back yard full of usable space. Paige and José are knowledgeable, honest and hard-working people. I cannot recommend highly enough.”
— Jill S.