Simplee Gardens

Lee Benson of Simplee Gardens is not someone you want to be dealing with. She came across as very pleasant in the beginning, but it became readily apparent as time went on (and bills started to come in) that she is extremely opinionated, and will most certainly give you what SHE wants, in spite of asking you about your preferences. We painstaingly took photos of what we liked, a clean open look of grass punctuated by colorful border flowers. What did we get from Lee, after weeks of design work? Piles upon piles of perennial plants and trees. We realized what was going on after the fact, when she referred us to her high school classmate landscaper to build her design... the landscaper makes their money on plants, and we later found out this is a common ploy (the designer designs for plants for the benefit of the landscaper). Other landscapers laughed at the design, and said we would be building a jungle, and that it was CRAZY to have so many plants.
So, the bottom line is that Lee was stubborn, missed her deadlines and has questionable integrity. However, she firmly believes she is right in each instance. Very disappointed -- we used about 10% of the design and shredded the rest. What a waste of time and money!