Smart Yards Co-op - A Sustainable Landscaping Cooperative

Liliana Rossmann _{on Google}

Jul 10th, 2019

Our native and edibles yard/garden, which was designed by another landscaper 11 years ago, suffered throughout the drought. A few years ago, Smart Yards Co-Op came into existence and they have been rehabilitating it slowly but surely. They have installed more vegetables boxes, removing useless (albeit native) ornamentals and replacing them with edibles. Our plan is to use up most of the yard for food growing. Elizabeth Sarmiento is very knowledgeable about native and drought tolerant plants and advises me on how and where maximize the growing space for highest yield.

Olivia Iannicelli _{on Google}

Dec 26th, 2015

Smart Yards Coop told me they could fix my gray water system for $1100. I agreed and they sent a contract which stated they would "fix the system and take advantage of gray water from three sources" It also listed specific tasks. One of the specific tasks listed in the contract ared was installing a value in one of the showers. This was a critical point for us as the shower was backing up and was unusable. They didn't' do it and then tried to claim it wasn't covered even though it was specifically listed in the contract they had drafted. When I refused to make the second payment until this was done, they finally did it. Then - unfortunately, within a week, one shower backed up and we learned that for the other shower, most of the gray water was going to the sewer. Within 2 weeks, the laundry gray water system had stopped working as well meaning that I paid $1100 to literally have NOTHING work. When I asked them to fix, I got a rude and dismissive response that it was somehow my fault and they had warned me ( which they hadn't, nor would anybody spend $1100 to fix something if they had been told the fix might not work and might make things worse). So, now I am out $1100 for a system that works not at all - which is quite a bit worse than before, and no remedy. Further, I might be sympathetic if they were trying to fix it and struggling but they completely blew me off. Don't use these guys!!!!