About Us

Tony and Ali Haralson - Highlands Ranch, CO

“I would like to thank you for our amazing new backyard. This transformation has truly changed our lives and how we enjoy Colorado. From the amazing design to the way your crew worked with the pool company and implemented Greg’s design and plan with their unwavering hard work and commitment. Above and beyond my expectations from my first meeting with your highly professional team. I enjoy my new backyard every day. I feel so lucky I choose the best team for this challenging task and have also added tremendous value to my home’s equity.”

John Kurowski – Kurowski Development Co.

“It was a pleasure working with your staff. They are very professional, knowledgeable and courteous. Thank you for an excellent job. Please pass along my appreciation to your crew. We enjoyed working with you.”

Bill Roth, Chief Advancement Officer - Mount Saint Vincent Home

“I am pleased to have the opportunity to provide you direct feedback regarding the great value and vision your Designs By Sundown architectural design team’s provided Mount Saint Vincent Home. We have been planning to add a children’s pavilion to connect our cottages, playground and sports field but did not have a clear picture in our minds how best to use our space and provide our children a great learning and recreational experience. We brought out several landscape and construction companies to present their ideas. We are so thankful for all the time and expertise Designs By Sundown put into their formal and detailed rendering and design. Thanks to your superior creative design and construction abilities we have an amazing children’s pavilion that will serve us for many years to come.”

John Kurowski – Kurowski Development Co.

“It was a pleasure working with your staff. They are very professional, knowledgeable and courteous. Thank you for an excellent job. Please pass along my appreciation to your crew. We enjoyed working with you.”

Ken Salazar – United States Senator

“I would like to personally congratulate you for being selected as the 2008 Small Business of the Year by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. I am very pleased to hear of your high honor and know that this is an accomplishment for which you can be proud. This award honors the impact you have made on the lives of people in Colorado. Your exhibited leadership in economic and community development is commendable. I wish you the best in the future as you continue to make a difference in the world.”

Jack and Jan Cantrell – Littleton, CO

“The TOTAL experience felt like an HGTV show – the entire neighborhood got in on the excitement! Every step of the process was exceptional!”

Patty Spivack – Spivack Vision Center

“I just wanted to drop a quick note letting you know how impressed I am with the care and service I have gotten from the team that has helped re-design my landscaping. Everyone has been so hard-working, professional and helpful. As former owner of Spivack Vision Center, I know excellent work when I see it.”

Parrish L. Webb – Rain Bird Corporation

“On behalf of Rain Bird, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional grade irrigation equipment, I would like to recommend Designs By Sundown for your landscaping needs. I have worked with the professionals at DBS for more than ten years and know they are a reputable company committed to providing their clients with the highest possible product and service available. Rain Bird has a Select Contractor Program nationwide and Designs By Sundown has been a member of this elite group of contractors for more than 15 years. In addition to being one of our Select Contractors, Michael Hommel is also a valued member of our Contractor Advisory Council – Michael is one of only eight contractors in the nation invited to participate. His insight into the needs of the Green Industry plus the reputation and respect Designs By Sundown has earned during their 23 years in business, is the reason we selected them to participate on our advisory council as well as the Select Contractor Program.”

Jeff and Janice Hanson

“The landscape crew was one of the most efficient and hard-working crews of our entire construction project. The landscaping was installed in 1-1/2 weeks and made our house a home. Our designer answered questions and helped solve problems in a most timely fashion as well.”

Lou Malandra (condensed from a thank you note written by Lou for a community outreach project in Littleton, CO.)

“On September 18th, 2003, my house burned down due to an electrical fire. My whole neighborhood helped me rebuild my dream house and all I had to do was finish the backyard. It sat in this state since I ran out of money. On November 20th, 2007, twenty of the finest and strongest people from Designs By Sundown showed up in the early morning hours. By 2:00, my yard had been transformed. Designs By Sundown is a great company. Their sensitive and artful approach coupled with their generosity in giving us this Sacred Sanctuary is rare in the world in which we live. This is a company that gives to its community in thoughtful, quiet, and humble ways. I can only offer my complete and unconditional support of Designs By Sundown from concept to maintenance; they’re the finest, most professional ‘from the heart’ company any person could want in building the landscape of their dreams. From first meeting to the realized dream, Designs By Sundown offers a personable quality, complete professionalism, and lasting beauty for any landscaping needs.”

Terrell A. W. Curtis, Executive Director – The Delores Project

“The Delores Project is lucky to have developed a partnership with Designs By Sundown to help us with landscaping the grounds of our new building. As a privately funded overnight shelter for women, The Delores Project operates on a very tight budget. We received many generous donations for the construction of our building, but our budget had no room for landscaping. In stepped Designs By Sundown. With your enthusiastic and generous support of materials and labor, you have helped create a welcoming and comfortable environment for women who come to us in crisis and fear.

Thank you and the Designs By Sundown team who gave many hours of free time to work on this project. You have made a difference for hundreds of women in need!”

Dan Clawson

“Installation/operation support and warranty service were outstanding!”

Cynthia Camp

“We are so pleased with our total Sundown experience. The design was superb. The construction was outstanding. Everyone we came in contact with excel at what they do. We are so happy, we’ve hired Designs By Sundown to maintain our yard. Thank You!”

Brian Husmann - Diamond Homes, Inc.

“Designs By Sundown is a first rate / professionally run company – thanks. Good to see the follow through – not enough companies are good at this in our industry.”

Mike Shanahan – Former Head Coach of the Denver Broncos

Mike Shanahan, ex-coach of the Denver Broncos, offers his testimonial on Designs By Sundown. See and hear his thoughts on this website under the “News” tab to the left.

Rod Carter

“Overall product much better than we expected. We feel we got great value for our money. Great attention to detail by our designer, foreman, and the entire team. Very hard-working laborers. Treated this small job like it was your only job. Thanks!”

John Scully, Chief Executive Officer – Denver Botanic Gardens

“Designs By Sundown continuously exceeded our expectations as we worked together to repair and redesign the pond in the Japanese Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens. Their design engineering expertise is exceptional. They are a highly professional organization and their attention to detail and quality makes them leaders in the field of landscape design.”

Kristen Anderson

“Designs By Sundown was the most professional company we have worked with on our new house. The crew arrived early and worked hard all day. Those who scheduled appointments arrived on time and were always very courteous.”

Laura Romero, Assistant Vice President - 1st Bank

“Thank you for your hard work and dedication toward completion of our new landscaping. Your commitment to quality and service is greatly appreciated and reflects greatly upon First Bank. Thanks.”

Dr. Rick Barger

“Designs By Sundown recently completed a landscape project for my wife and I at our home. We could not be more pleased with the project. Having selected a short list of three firms to interview, your designer was the first to come to our home. We were so comfortable and confident with our designer that we cancelled the other two appointments.

As with all construction projects, there were issues that emerged and unexpected problems to solve. Your team acted with complete professionalism throughout. Without exception, every person associated with your firm, from the site workers to the follow up people, were first class in every way.

You have something quite special that is going on with the people you have. I know that such teams do not perform like they do and exhibit the class that they have without great leadership from you. Thank you.”

Terry Bannick

“I have been doing business with your firm for several years now and would like to take this opportunity to let you know how pleased I have been with the quality of your products and the employees that you employ. I have homes in the Cherry Hills and Preserve areas and Designs By Sundown have maintained them both. The firm performs work for me year-round.

I am particular and am careful with who I do business. I have lived in Denver over 30 years and am well acquainted with different landscape companies. I know that a prospect often times is treated differently than a client. Your firm has been consistent with their attitude toward my business.

I always feel comfortable and can be guaranteed that if I have scheduled Designs By Sundown to do work at one of my homes, that I can be assured the job will be done to my satisfaction. Thank you for a job well done.”

Richard Long

“Designs By Sundown designed and installed the landscape for our home with the highest degree of skill and professionalism. Our grand water features, swimming pool, and tennis court are accented by hundreds of colorful perennials as well as an abundance of deciduous and pine trees to provide us a country club setting in the foothills. The installation crew was efficient and professional and the service follow-up has been knowledgeable and dependable.”

Mike Underwood

“Not only did the project exceed our expectations but the professionalism shown throughout the project by all representatives of the company deserves commending as well. The fabulous water feature and overall design are enjoyed not only by us but the neighborhood and our community. The construction and follow-up services have all been conducted in a manner which will surely cause us to use Designs again.”

Edward Diamond - Diamond Homes, Inc.

“Designs By Sundown has set a new standard of professionalism and performance. Members of Designs By Sundown’s staff have consistently operated at an extraordinarily high level in the areas of customer service, responsiveness to changes, interfacing with other subcontractors in the field, and quality of construction and workmanship.

Key personnel from Designs By Sundown have initiated and engaged in valuable dialogue with both the owner and the General Contractor to improve the project. When changes were required, Designs By Sundown offered a multitude of positive, forward-thinking suggestions. Deft handling of difficult and challenging situations has been a trademark of Designs By Sundown. This has been accomplished because there has always been very open, frank, and constructive channels of communication between the owners, architects and builders. I would feel comfortable referring Designs by Sundown to anyone and would rate them superior to any other landscape firms that I have ever done business with.”

Ray Whiting & Debbie Miller

“Last spring and summer, we contacted at least a half dozen landscaping companies ranging from one-man shops to large companies hoping to find someone with ideas compatible with our needs and the capability to carry out the job. We did not want a run-of-the-mill job or an ordinary look either. Your company was the final one we talked with and to our pleasant surprise, was the only one we found that had both the capability and the imagination. After seeing several completed jobs in nearby Castle Pines, we wondered if your company would even want to bother with our measly little suburban lot.

When the job commenced last summer, we were amazed from the get-go at the scale of the operation and how quickly things changed. It was truly an industrial-strength operation. Even though some days were crammed with equipment in our little backyard, we never felt ignored as each piece fell into place. Designs by Sundown is an extraordinary company. Each person we met was friendly and seemed genuinely interested in our job. Not only that, you continue to follow-up even after being paid, which is not the usual process nowadays. We love our landscaped yard and will continue to add to it and enjoy it for the years to come. The design was bold and a formidable transformation of our lot, for which the neighbors have complimented us many times, and hopefully will add much value to our property as the years go by.”