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TruGreen

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services scheduled automatically without consent - Aug 26, 2024

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Spring-Green Lawn Care

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We liked them, but always shop for the best deals. We are not committed to... - Aug 10, 2024

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Naturescape Lawn & Landscape Care

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Have used them for years - Aug 29, 2024

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TruGreen

525 Busse Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068 847-318-9770

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Says they show up but don't. - Sep 24, 2023

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Spring-Green Lawn Care

PO Box 1529
Plainfield, IL 60544 815-436-8350

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new this year and satisfied so far - Aug 26, 2024

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Green T Services

1600 Mountain St
Aurora, IL 60505 630-231-0007

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They have done a great job tasking care of my lawn and improving my landscaping - Sep 04, 2022

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Lawn-Tech

7320 Duvan Dr
Tinley Park, IL 60477 708-532-7411

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Highly recommend! - Aug 26, 2024

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TruGreen

1075 Carolina Dr
West Chicago, IL 60185 630-231-8770

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They are the best - Aug 31, 2024

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TruGreen

7650 W 99th St
Hickory Hills, IL 60457 708-430-5550

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On subsequent visits they damaged the lawn and now are blaming everything and... - Aug 19, 2024

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TruGreen

13520 S Kenton Ave
Crestwood, IL 60445 708-597-4000

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I don’t think they always do a complete job - Aug 18, 2024

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Davey Tree Service

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We had a few trees trimmed in our backyard by Davey. The pricing was a little... - Aug 24, 2024

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TruGreen

14405 S Rte 59
Plainfield, IL 60544 815-439-0469

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They will come back free of charge when called about svc not successful - Aug 29, 2024

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TruGreen

840 Commerce Pkwy
Carpentersville, IL 60110 847-844-1440

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Sill have weeds in certain areas - Aug 26, 2024

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Weed Man Lawn Care

574 Wheeling Rd
Wheeling, IL 60090 847-459-9333

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We still have weeds - Aug 26, 2024

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TruGreen

28557 N Ballard Rd
Lake Forest, IL 60045 847-680-8088

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It is like pulling teeth to get these guys to spray the whole yard - Sep 29, 2023

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Tee Time Lawn Care

23736 W 119th St
Plainfield, IL 60585 815-609-6969

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Great customer service, friendly technicians. - Aug 27, 2020

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Naturescape Lawn & Landscape Care

1261 Wiley Rd #A
Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-923-1961

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After 17 years of decent lawn fertilization /weed control service, I was... - Dec 01, 2022

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Turf Care Enterprises

8 Hillside Dr #A
Barrington, IL 60010 847-304-4144

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Good fertilization and weed killing - Dec 02, 2024

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Naturescape Lawn & Landscape Care

121 Airport Dr #A
Joliet, IL 60431 815-725-2800

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Good service with good results - Aug 31, 2024

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A & J Landscaping & Design

17221 W Oak Ave
Lockport, IL 60441 815-740-0949

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These are not landscape architects, they are lawn and landscape maintenance... - Sep 10, 2015

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How we gather (and how to interpret) our data

Kermit the Frog once crooned “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” If you have a lawn, you can relate: It’s not easy keeping things green. Here's how to plot a course, whether you call in the pros or go it alone.

The proposals Checkbook's undercover shoppers get from lawn care services rarely agree on identification of weed species, presence of disease, need to correct soil acidity, and recommendations on core aeration.

Lawn care services work with different products and techniques, but the results they promise are similar. Companies usually offer customers a selection of “packages” that include specified treatment plans to take place over the course of a year.

Since most garden centers buy—rather than raise—most of what they sell, there is room for tremendous variation in buying standards and the quality of plants being sold. The opinions we collected from consumers on garden centers reflect these big differences.

On occasion your trees might become shady characters, done in—and perhaps ultimately brought down—by disease or damage or both. Here's how to find a great branch manager.

Once you have chosen a company that can do the work well, price becomes your primary consideration. Our undercover shoppers found huge company-to-company price differences for the same jobs.

You don’t have to be an expert to spot many potential tree problems. Like most plants, trees have ways of indicating distress. Examine your trees several times a year for these signs of trouble.