Steve Earle with partners Kevin O’Neill and his wife Carol started Great American Landscapes in 1984, armed with Master’s degrees in landscape design from George Washington University. Customer by customer, they have built a company culture committed to consistently delivering superior products and services with a personal touch. More than 75 percent of their business comes from referrals and repeat customers—a testament to the company’s extraordinary level of customer service. “At Great American, our focus is you,” O’Neill says. “We are far more interested in getting to know you and what you want than we are in telling you about us. That is our difference.”

Today, Great American Landscapes is a full-service, design, build and maintenance company serving the Washington Metro area. No job is too big or too small. The company recently won a 2014 Landscape Contractor Association Grand Award for Residential Maintenance of a property in Northern Virginia.