U Save Rockery – San Jose

Prices are slightly lower than elsewhere but where are the friendly staff being talked about in other reviews? All I’ve seen are unfriendly staff who are driving their delivery trucks around and left tons of dusts right in front of customers’ face!

I love these people. I am regular home owner that is doing some drought tolerant landscaping. I pulled up in me soccer mom mini van and assumed I would have to figure out how to strap these 20′ 2×4″ boarders strips to the roof of my van. The awesome crew spent about 20 minutes rolling and taping them into small rolls that fit into the back of the van. So happy!

Rocks were cheaper than other places but also I thought it’s not good quality (some stones). A guy behind counter was not helpful explaining about huge decorational rocks. Not friendly, not wanna explain attitude.

Nothing special here. Don’t make the trip unless you need something available everywhere.

I’m landscaping both my front and backyard. I went to U-​Save this morning for the first time. I took a look at some cobble choices (there are a few), paid and they loaded my truck. Very efficient. It was apparent I was new to the buying landscaping materials process but the staff gave very clear instructions about where to go for selection and loading and what weight my truck could likely haul. They made me feel very comfortable. If you’re a weekend warrior looking for a friendly place to buy materials this is a great place to go.

Went to U-​Save recently to get supplies for a new backyard path. The staff was very helpful and gave advice on exactly which materials would work best for our job.
The actual pickup experience was quite convenient. For small loads, you just drive your vehicle over to the appropriate bin and fill up with a shovel into the provided bags. For larger loads, their drivers will scoop and dump into your vehicle while you wait.
Definitely will use them again. One friendly suggestion: our project was very small, and under their threshold for delivery. However, we would have been happy to pay for delivery anyways at a standard rate just to avoid renting our own truck for materials. Would be great if they would offer this option in the future.

Service is excellent, but the product I bought i.e. veggie soil, is trash. They should have paid me to haul these away, not me pay them.
Should have read the comments before of the person who bought the same soil and ended up having to recreate his/​her garden (because of virus, etc)
The ‘veggie soil’ has some mix of concrete, sand, gunk! and little red pebbles/​rocks, not sure how or why. Now, when I water my gardens containing this soil, it’s as if I’m pouring water on wet concrete. I’m hoping to reintroduce other real soils into them to dilute this veggie mix out of the system.
So, be warned, do not buy veggie mix from this place — it’ll destroy your gardens.
*Service on the other hand, is excellent! Can’t complain about that. If only they knew about their soil, which I called them about to warn them about.

We recently landscaped our entire property and in so doing contacted several businesses in our area that sold sod etc. U-​Save Rockery (San Jose Location) was awesome to work with and we found their entire team to be very helpful and friendly. They are extremely knowledgeable and their prices are very competitive. I refer all friends and family to them and highly recommend you contact them as well.

I bought a ton of rock for a project in my front yard. The price was $ 113.00 for the ton. I paid the extra $ 68.00 to have it delivered because there was no way in hell I was going to rent a truck and go through all of that. They dumped the rocks in the street in front of my house (right where I wanted it). The driver was friendly.
The problem: As I was moving the rocks in my wheel-​barrel from the street to the part of the yard where I was going to put them, I had a feeling that I was not going to have enough rock. The more I moved over there, the stronger the feeling I had. And I was right. I didn’t have enough rock! AHHHHHHHHHH! How could that be? Obviously, I thought the guy at U-​Save calculated the amount I neededincorrectly. I called to let them know what happened and I talked with the owner on the phone. She was very kind and calm, but was confused as to how this could have happened since they sell these rocks and calculate quantities all of the time. What she did next was quite surprising, though. She offered to stop by my house to try to figure out what happened. Within 2 hours, she was knocking at my door. She checked out my work area, did some measurements, and found out the cause of the problem. I told them I wanted 4 inches of rocks so they calculated for that, but I actually had used 5 – 6 inches of rocks in some places. No wonder I came up short. It was my fault 100%. Still, she brought some extra bags of rocks with her to try to fill-​in the space and went way beyond what I would expect from some businesses. These are the companies I would use again in the future because they care about their customers and want to make sure they are happy. I am very impressed with this place. I am happy and I happily recommend them.

This place is the real deal… Its not your typical HD or Lowe’s. Ladies at the front desk were very friendly. But be fore warned… you dig your own rocks.

Very Good Establishment, Great customer service, very Friendly, the service and the product that I wanted is what I received!!!

Good selection, prices, and service. I was especially grateful for the service — from my initial phone contact to the guys in the yard. The people at the sales desk were knowledgeable and willing to educate me about the alternatives, even to the point of convincing me not to buy something that I thought I needed, which cost them some sales volume. Of course now they have all my future business for anything that they sell.

Great place if you use it for the right reasons.
I overhauled the entire front yard and had no idea what I wanted to do for accents/​hardscape. Spent a couple of hours at U-​Save looking at their huge inventory (largest I’ve seen in San Jose/​South Bay) of stones/​pavers to get some ideas. Eventually I found the perfect stones for a pathway, along with crushed rock and sand.
Prices are very cheap, and of course best if you haul it yourself. I bought my stuff over several trips in my little sedan since it’s close to work and in a convenient location right off the freeway. They provide bags and a loaner shovel for sand/​gravel if you don’t bring your own. Staff at the front desk are very polite and helpful; staff in the yard are usually busy moving materials though I’ve had someone come up to me, without having to ask, to help load my car when they weren’t busy.
***Be sure to bring some heavy duty gloves if you’re loading yourself, and also since you will likely be moving some stones around to the find the right pieces you want. (Their stones are kept in large wire bins).
Don’t know anything about the veggie soil people are being critical of, but I’d be cautious of any piles of uncovered soil for a veggie garden. Also have not used their delivery service so don’t know how much it costs/​or how quick they are to deliver.

I go to U-​Save Rockery for various things every year. It is a great place to get materials and ideas if you plan on re-​landscaping. The staff is always friendly and helpful. They have a wide variety of rock, sand, stone, bricks, soil, cement, pavers, mulch and much more. I like the fact that I can bag as much as I need without having to buy a truck load full.

We discovered a new concrete product on line and no one in the area carried it. The distributor said to call U-​Save and they ordered it for us and had it ready in 1 day. Their price was less than the big box store, who said it would take 5 days to come in.
The people are very friendly and helpful and patient answering all of my DYI questions.

I’m redesigning my backyard and am glad we came here. I had a vague idea of what type of rock I was looking for and the wide selection gave the choices I needed. There’s been a few trips so far and a couple more to go. The staff are friendly, even ushering in my dog (the owner has two), making the stops even better.

I ordered 5 yards of veggie mix. It came on time and the delivery guy was friendly but I am rating the product and not the service.
The worst. The soil was horrible, barren, and had a huge amount of lava rocks in it, the soil carried a virus that detroyed my vegetable garden and now I have to take all that rotten dirt out PLUS the now ruined native soil and dispose of it and buy bagged soil– I am kicking myself for believing the company’s description of their product.
Trust me– go look at what they are selling as a ‘premium product’ before you buy it. Learn from my very expensive mistake.

U-​Save rockery is the cheapest place to get rocks, gravel, stone
and sand. They are friendly enough to answer all your newbie questions.
They cater to professionals and also the weekend do-​it-​yourselfer.
I built an outdoor above ground pond/​fountain and U-​Save rockery
was the source for my pebbles and gravels. They are much cheaper than a home depot /​lowes.

If you need rocks or gravel this is the best place to go. It is half the price of Lowes or Home Depot. You can get it bagged or dumped in your truck. To get it bagged you grab a shovel and bags and head out to the rock you want. If you need help all but one guy would love to help you. Yes there is one guy that hates to bag the stuff and will not smile or thank you… just ignore him the other guys are real nice. (you know who you are sir-​seek counseling before you explode-​tick tock tick tock)

When I need a yard or a ton of materials, this is my place. They deliver, good selection, good prices. I got all my soil for my raised beds, gravel for my back yard, small boulders and wood chips from them.
They also carry large rocks and pavers as well.