Jon Gross Building Arts

Jon did an amazing job of replacing our front porch and reworking our landscaping. His design really brightened up and beautified our front yard. He took out the old front porch and created a much more functional and beautiful area. The curb appeal on our house has gone up 100%. He added a few fun extras such as lighting and a river of rocks to redirect my water flow. He redid the beds in the front and part of the backyard and everything flows so much better.
Mar 8th, 2022

Sunken Garden/Patio Remodel Years of overgrowth and a few missed opportunities left us scratching our heads after moving into a house with a sunken garden / walkout basement patio. Good referrals for Jon sparked an on-site ideation session and it was clear he had both the vision and the skillsets to transform our space. The project was massive and ended up being multiple phases; which Jon did forecast in those initial meetings. We began talking at the height of the pandemic, so flexibility and patience was key to mutual success. We're glad we collaborated so heavily through all the phases! It's now a super special, unique space that seems like it's always been there! List of projects embedded in the phases: new retention wall, excavation behind existing walls, excavation of bottom level and regrade, brick + flagstone patio, custom pergola, stone and walkway lighting, new patio on upper level, serving table, additional staircase, fire pit, planters with topsoil and mushroom compost, trees and shrubs, downspout extensions, regraded and relaid flagstone walkway from drive/lane. Services: Walkway landscaping, Landscape design construction, Gardening services, Grass seeding, Landscape installations, Patio design, Grading & resloping, Outdoor step construction, Garden design, Retaining wall design, Custom landscape design, Garden landscaping, Stone masonry, Sod installation, Garden decorating, Landscape architecture services, Driveway or walkway paving
Jun 16th, 2021

I spoke with Jon about designing a patio area for our backyard. I sent him pictures to follow up our conversation as well. He told me he would try to get out to our house in the next couple of days to measure. He never came out and I never heard from him again. I realize that our project was going to be more challenging than just pouring a simple patio. If he wasnt interested, I wouldve preferred he just say so.
Feb 25th, 2021

Jon was great at providing the perfect balance of his own design ideas with our requirements and budget. He encouraged us to visit nurseries to find inspiration as well as look at what he envisioned for our yard. He was able to landscape our front yard so that it was in keeping with the aesthetic of the neighborhood, used existing plantings when he could, and even buried our downspouts. The backyard is where Jon really excelled. He performed some excavation work around an existing concrete slab to regrade the slope and placed a new stone border around it, which finished the overall look of the hardscape. He also planted screening trees and shrubs around the perimeter of our yard that worked with existing sight lines and provided quite a bit of privacy.
Dec 18th, 2020

Jon has an unbelievable eye for transforming outdoor living. He completed a space definition around my hot tub spa with a brick patio, privacy custom cedar trellis, up-lighting, custom powder coated steel bench, and landscaping to all encompass an appropriate fit to my mid-century historic home. In my small community, his project is the talk of the town. I will be hiring him again for any future landscape renovations.
Jun 27th, 2020