Ground Truth
What the review data actually shows
Surveyors call it ground truth: the measurement you take on site to check whether the map is lying. We run the numbers on 471 valley landscaping companies and 35,859 public reviews, and publish what we find — including the parts that make our own rankings look worse.
What artificial turf actually costs in the valley — and why every quote you get is different
Published Phoenix turf prices range from $5 to $20 a square foot. Here is what drives the spread, what belongs in a written quote, and the rebate rule that disqualifies people before they start.
38% of valley landscapers have a perfect 5.0. That number is close to useless.
Of 373 ranked Phoenix-area landscaping companies, 140 hold a flawless five-star average. Here is what that actually tells you, and what it hides.
Every figure in these pieces is computed from the same dataset the rankings use, refreshed monthly.