Alternative Lawn Care has long been a leader in the lawn care and landscape industries in the Grand Rapids, MI area. We have grown our scope as well as our customer base because we are able to provide these landscaping and lawn care services with unmatched work quality. Though we originally started out as strictly a fertilizing company, we soon decided that there was no advantage to us or our clients to limit ourselves to just one task.
Our blades are sharpened on a daily basis. Providing the best service not only requires using the best products, but the highest trained staff. In contrast to many lawn care companies that will immediately throw their new employees out there on equipment in order to learn on the job, our people go through an extensive training program before they are left to operate a professional grade mower or stump grinder.
Our blades are sharpened on a daily basis. Providing the best service not only requires using the best products, but the highest trained staff. In contrast to many lawn care companies that will immediately throw their new employees out there on equipment in order to learn on the job, our people go through an extensive training program before they are left to operate a professional grade mower or stump grinder.
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We live up to our slogan of, "Your environmental choice." If you are ready to improve your home or business' outside picture, do not trust your investment to just any lawn care services. Our long-standing place in the community speaks to our ability to give you unsurpassed quality in lawn care and landscaping in the Comstock Park area.
Landscaping is a truly unique area of service. This is where art and science really blend together, probably the most of any other sector of maintaining outside property. From an artistic point of view, you need to know what plants will look good where, and from a scientific aspect, if it will be able to thrive in their prospective spot in the landscape bed.
Your lawn is often the first thing that people notice about your home or business. If you have a browning, over grown, or weed filled lawn, people will get a poor first impression, even if your building or home is impeccable. Alternative Lawn care is a lawn care business located in Sparta, MI that is dedicated to exceeding expectations with our lawn care services.
Though we started out as a lawn fertilization company in Sparta, MI, Alternative Lawn Care has quickly expanded and grown into more than that. We offer an extensive lawn maintenance program, which includes weekly, bi-weekly, and one-time mowing services, edging of sidewalks, curbs, and beds, and spring and fall cleanups.
At Alternative Lawn Care in Sparta, MI, we take great pride in your lawn. We treat every lawn as if it were our own with all of our programs, and our lawn fertilization program is no different. We offer premium lawn fertilization services to the Sparta, MI area. Our lawn fertilization program is a 6 application program.
Reviews (10)
Cynthia Brown
Jun 03, 2021
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What a horrible experience!! Scheduled time for an in-person quote. No show/no call. I called an hour after the scheduled time to be told “he must be running behind and doesn’t carry his cell phone on jobs so we can’t contact him”. Decided to give them one more chance so rescheduled for the next day. Same story - no call/no show ...no way to run a business. DO NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL!
Client
May 15, 2021
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This was our first year using Alternative Lawn Care and we were very disappointed. Initially when they came out to tell us what we needed, the man was very nice and said with their help our yard could look great. So I prepaid for spring to fall for the fertilizer/weed control. The first time they came it went fine. But it was the follow up that was awful. I called at the 5.5 week point between treatments and was told they would be out there by the end of the week, they never showed. I then called and left a message reminding them we were due and I never heard back. I called back two days later
Minnie Mosley
May 14, 2021
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Positive: Punctuality
This is my first year with this company. They always send a bill after the work is done. I really do appreciate that. I appreciate them being on time every week. I can’t understand why in certain parts of my grass it looks light brown? Aeration treatment completed seeding I believe was completed. Thanks for your service over all.
Services: Lawn pest control, Lawn mowing/maintenance, Seeding, Weed control
This is my first year with this company. They always send a bill after the work is done. I really do appreciate that. I appreciate them being on time every week. I can’t understand why in certain parts of my grass it looks light brown? Aeration treatment completed seeding I believe was completed. Thanks for your service over all.
Services: Lawn pest control, Lawn mowing/maintenance, Seeding, Weed control
Emily Verduin
Apr 25, 2021
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I used this company to remove some bushes and build some new mulch beds on the side and front of my house. At first glance the work seemed fine and they were very timely. However, within a week plants that had been in the area where the mulch beds were made were already growing in and it looks like nothing was actually dug up or any kind of barrier put down. Just some mulch was applied. I guess I had assumed new mulch beds meant the area would have the old plants removed. Large bald patches were left in the yard from the machinery used and I was told that it would be fixed by the person that completed
Kelly Komejan
Nov 13, 2020
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Alternative Lawn Care has been doing our lawn fertilizing for years. We've always been really happy with them. When it came time to sell my parents house, their landscaping was overgrown with weeds. I contacted Dusty at Alternative Lawn Care. He went right out to the house and gave me a quote. The price was really reasonable compared with other quotes I received so we went ahead with the job. They were quick and did a fantastic job! From the time I first contacted them to the time the job was done was less than a week! So pleased with how the yard looks now. Will make the curb appeal and first
Rebecca Jung
Oct 17, 2020
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This company does not focus on communication and their customer service needs improvement. While they were efficient in mowing in a timely manner, their ability to remember the correct equipment is lacking. On a few occasions, they forgot the equipment to mow our backyard and instead used a string trimmer and charged for a full mow. This made our yard uneven and bald in some areas. We installed cameras to check their work and the video was proof of a lack of quality.
D. Divine
Oct 11, 2020
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Positive: Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality
So very happy with Dusty Martin at alternative lawn care. Professional crew, Dusty and his crew listened to my needs for my front yard landscaping and came through big time. Definitely 5 star service and will no doubt be referring my friends and family to alternative lawn care. Thanks again for the great job.
So very happy with Dusty Martin at alternative lawn care. Professional crew, Dusty and his crew listened to my needs for my front yard landscaping and came through big time. Definitely 5 star service and will no doubt be referring my friends and family to alternative lawn care. Thanks again for the great job.
Byron
Sep 10, 2020
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I have to admit I’ve not had great experience with lawn care companies. However, when almost at wits end with trying to get issues taken care of with the yard, Dusty from Alternative Lawn Care came out to my home and discussed with me face to face the items that needed to be done. He communicates really well and gets back to you within a day if not sooner. I would highly recommend him and Alternative Lawn Care.
Jane Haradine
Jun 02, 2020
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Positive: Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Great service. A tree problem (2 dead) unresolved since April was solved in less than 2 weeks in late July by Dustin Martin, landscape supervisor for Alternative LawnCare. Great recommendation on 3 new trees that the skilled team installed within days. Also replaced new bushes from last year that never quite made it.
Great service. A tree problem (2 dead) unresolved since April was solved in less than 2 weeks in late July by Dustin Martin, landscape supervisor for Alternative LawnCare. Great recommendation on 3 new trees that the skilled team installed within days. Also replaced new bushes from last year that never quite made it.
Dennis Johnson
Dec 11, 2019
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Last year I used them but they mowed to fast and dug up the dirt around a tree. Later in the season they used dull blades and the lawn looked terrible. But the worst was them cutting down flowers with the weed wacker. I alerted them. Put steaks around the flowers and they still cut them down.
This year I switched companies, invested in new plants, put stakes all around just to protect them at the property line. But since my neighbor also contracted with them they did it again. No return communication, no apology, no offer to resolve. Small claims is my only option.
This year I switched companies, invested in new plants, put stakes all around just to protect them at the property line. But since my neighbor also contracted with them they did it again. No return communication, no apology, no offer to resolve. Small claims is my only option.
