The Midnight Gardeners

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1215 Wellington St
Oakland, CA 94602

History

Rain Dove first established this business two years ago while coming here to pursue school at UC Berkeley for Genetic Engineering. The tuition rose 30%, and barely able to afford basic living, she realized the time and loans school were demanding were impossible. Thus using her expertise in tree work from her previous years of firefighting, she created an all student base of tree workers and landscapers. The concept of the business was to allow students flexible work while they're in school, provide fair wages that would sustain them, and aid the environment. Also, it turns out- getting their hands in the dirt (literally) helps to build profiles of

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2.56 reviews
Elena B.
10/7/2011

The Midnight Gardeners surely exceeded my expectations by their efficiency, attitude and work ethics. A big project was accomplished in just 2 days on a very modest budget. Well done, guys.

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Sparkles D.
4/9/2012

I rarely give this poor of a review... Hugely disappointed! I wanted to like The Midnight Gardeners, particularly because their work ethic is to support student gardeners in their apprenticeship....

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RJ G.
2/14/2014

I have used The Midnight Gardeners for several years. They are primarily good at basic cleanup and nothing more. Reliability is not their strong suite, and I even question their skills. I once...

Harry H.
9/8/2011

I thought you were going to send me $35.00 for taking my plywood and tie downs and not returning them ? , but I never heard from you. You did a good job with the clean up but not filling the...

kinly l.
6/5/2012

Do not hire this company!!!! They do not even pay minimum wage for grueling manual labor. They paid me 5.75 an hour. Made me volunteer 5 hours. One of the "owners" CC just decided to stop...

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