For 28 years, John's Landscape Service Inc. has been a landscape contractor providing highly recommended, reliable and reasonable landscape services to the Greater Boston, Metro North and Metro West areas including areas such as Boston, Belmont, Arlington, Lexington, Newton, Winchester and Cambridge.
John's Landscape Service carries an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. We are proud of our reputation as a high quality landscape company and we would love to work with you this season. With customer service and satisfaction at the heart of our business, we continue to grow and build our company.
Our highly qualified landscape design team, expert crew and strong leadership has more than 100 years combined experience in designing, installing and maintaining custom outdoor spaces for our clients' residential, commercial, corporate and institutional properties, as well as condominiums and townhouse developments.
John's Landscape Service carries an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. We are proud of our reputation as a high quality landscape company and we would love to work with you this season. With customer service and satisfaction at the heart of our business, we continue to grow and build our company.
Our highly qualified landscape design team, expert crew and strong leadership has more than 100 years combined experience in designing, installing and maintaining custom outdoor spaces for our clients' residential, commercial, corporate and institutional properties, as well as condominiums and townhouse developments.
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John Tighe, founder and President, founded John's Landscape Service in 1986 at the age of 12. He marketed his lawn mowing and clean-up services through flyers, which he created in his 7th grade printing class. He delivered flyers to houses on his paper route for the Boston Globe and all of the surrounding neighborhood houses.
John Tighe - Owner & President - John is entering his 28th season of operating John's Landscape Service, Inc. Customer service and satisfaction continues to be his main priorities. John provides hands-on, day-to-day management of all aspects of John's Landscape Service, Inc. He is always available for his customers' calls and meeting requests.
We are continually researching and purchasing the newest and best equipment that will allow us to serve all of our clients more effectively and efficiently. Our entire fleet is equipped with GPS tracking devices, which provides up-to-the-minute information about our crews' locations and easy tracking information for our clients.
This winter has been a fierce one and we are so grateful for John's Landscape for all of their help. They are very friendly, always on time and simply get the job done. We are so pleased with our new patio and the experience with John's Landscape was great. From start to finish working with them was an absolute pleasure and we plan to use them more.
The cold weather is still upon us and it is possible that we may see some snow and ice in our near future. Spring storms can be particularly hazardous to evergreen trees and shrubs, but there are several ways to protect these important assets in the garden. Although snow laden trees can look picturesque serious damage may occur due to heavy snow or ice accumulation on branches.
Reviews (25)
Neha Wasnik
May 31, 2021
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Jessica A.
Apr 22, 2020
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This landscaping company regularly comes to Cambridge and uses multiple loud tools on a single property for over an hour at a time in the mornings and afternoons. The fumes and dust they kick up with their leaf blowers is awful. We have complained to the company and to the residents, but that's what you get for caring about yourself more than others. Stop using leaf blowers on these small properties when you know you have a lot of neighbors. Where is your common courtesy and thoughtfulness for the environment?
Jessica Antoline
Nov 09, 2019
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This landscaping service sent 2 employees and two leaf blowers along with a commercial composting attachment to their truck to garden street in Cambridge December 1st. Not only are leaf blowers not allowed on a Sunday in the city, 2 are not permitted on such a small property that they were on. They do not respond to calls and I had to call the city (also not responsive on a Sunday) and eventually the police. Why do you think this is an acceptable way to operate? Your noise and environmental pollution is unnecessary for a property that small, and your disregard for the rules put in place for people
Mark Hewitt
May 20, 2018
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One of their drivers hit my vehicle and kept driving. They were driving too fast on a narrow and windy road and driving over the median lane. The trailer took out my rear view mirror. I had to follow the truck for about 10 minutes before they pulled over. The supervisor came out and accused me of making it up. I felt the whole interaction was very dishonest and unethical.
I cannot speak to the quality of their work, but based on this interaction, I would question the company's honesty and ethics.
I cannot speak to the quality of their work, but based on this interaction, I would question the company's honesty and ethics.
Mj Scott
May 14, 2018
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John's Landscape Service is excellent! I have an enormous oak tree on a corner lot. . . with its mass of autumnal leaves plus leaves dropped from neighboring oaks, I'd be at a loss without John's Landscape!!! I've used his service for years and every year, I'm so glad I do. The landscapers are very professional and everyone I speak with in the office is helpful and friendly!
Sue Bottino
May 03, 2018
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Lisa Rodda
Nov 29, 2017
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Worst landscapers I have ever dealt with.. asked them repeatedly to not block our driveway while working or to pull down our driveway as it widens at the end so we and the other residents in our house can access driveway .. they continued do the opposite.. came home with my infant and full car of groceries to them blocking me out with no safe place to park .. after 20 mins of looking for the driver , honking and calling the company phone with no response I got frustrated when I finally found the guy way back in a huge yard .. he gave me a hard time immediately and was rude when I asked him to not
Jenn J.
Nov 02, 2017
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(Note: I would leave zero stars if I could.)
If you want to overpay for mediocre service to a company that completely disregards their customer's requests and performs services you did not request and then makes you pay for them, John's is the perfect landscaping company for you.
We had been using John's for spring and fall clean-up for nearly three years. We would contact them a month or so in advance, request a quote for leaf pick up and removal, and basic trimming/pruning, and then approve the services we wanted, and schedule a time for them to come.
We specified the week we
If you want to overpay for mediocre service to a company that completely disregards their customer's requests and performs services you did not request and then makes you pay for them, John's is the perfect landscaping company for you.
We had been using John's for spring and fall clean-up for nearly three years. We would contact them a month or so in advance, request a quote for leaf pick up and removal, and basic trimming/pruning, and then approve the services we wanted, and schedule a time for them to come.
We specified the week we
Sara I.
Aug 23, 2017
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If you have a flat yard, lots of $, and low expectations hire them. Our experience was this: Edged 2/3 of the garden and left the rest untouched. it looked so weird, why would they do that? Cut own the perennials when using the trimmer to cut the grass. Our uneven sloped yard was cut with a big mower so in some spots the grass was 1/2 inch high and in other spots it was 6 inches high. They left tire tracks through mud in the yard - mud was where grass was 1/2 inch high. Often didn't even cut the whole yard, skipped cutting along the neighbors fence and around our shed. Spend no more than
Boston Strong
Aug 05, 2017
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Heather R.
Jun 08, 2017
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Southpaw
Jan 22, 2017
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To say he is overpriced is an understatement. I had no idea until I talked with a few of my friends who told me what they pay for snow removal....about 1/4 of what John's charges. They were shocked when I discussed his prices.
As far as $500 for a driveway as someone else stated, a much better price can be found for a driveway. As low as $100.....or less. Live and learn....like I did.
As far as $500 for a driveway as someone else stated, a much better price can be found for a driveway. As low as $100.....or less. Live and learn....like I did.
Elisabeth Strenger
Oct 14, 2016
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Deirdre H.
Sep 27, 2016
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Norma M.
Aug 21, 2016
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We used John's Landscaping Service for a substantial project at our home in Belmont which entailed stonework, landscaping, irrigation, some carpentry, lighting, tree trimming, paving, and wrought iron railing work. We are extremely happy with the final product and with the entire process. John's network of contractors and employees are professional - they show up when the say they will, are courteous and careful, and collaborative in solving problems. His designers and project managers, Lisa and Chip, understood the look we wanted, and with their experience and skill, helped us achieve
Deb D.
May 31, 2016
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Two years ago John's Landscaping created a beautiful garden for me. Their service was excellent. During the winter a representative came and planned. Before spring, the plans were presented for my approval. They came exactly when they said they would---in time for my garden party---and did a superb job. Everyone was prompt, respectful, hard-working, and took great care in the quality of the service. Now two years later, all the plants are thriving and my garden looks gorgeous. I couldn't be happier with the outcome. Never a bad moment.
Alison L.
May 03, 2016
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JLS did another stellar job for us. It is rare to find a company that places finding solutions for their customers over everything else. His design team was available and responsive throughout our project handling every issue promptly. I have used his maintenance team and have always received compliments from our guests. My property has become a cornerstone for the neighborhood and John is now serving many of the houses in our area. I highly recommend JLS without reservation.
Debra B.
Feb 23, 2016
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John's Landscaping has spent many, many more hours mailing, emailing, texting, calling and filing claims against me than he did doing any sort of yard work at our house. It's just baffling the time he has put into hounding me to pay for work he simply did not do. This guy is a true thief. His method seems to be endless harassment, including filing claims in court until you get so frustrated that you pay him off just so he goes away. His persistence shows me that unfortunately it often must work for him. It's not going to work this time however, I'm choosing to bite the bullet
Gabrielle G.
Nov 12, 2014
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John's created a ground cover front garden for us with a beautiful stone walking path. They also installed an irrigation system to our front and rear yard and did a soil amendment for a raised planting bed to prepare for vegetable planting. The work was beautiful, reasonably priced and very professional. We highly recommend John's Landscape Service!
Michael Cramer
Sep 09, 2014
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John has built a team of hard-working, honest and talented people. They have done simple cleanups for me and also completely redesigned my backyard. I recommend them to anyone in our area that is thinking of doing work on their yard. Fair prices, personal inspections from John and a nice group of people to work with.
Stephen L.
Sep 02, 2014
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John's Landscaping was very professional and prompt. John showed up on time and had some really creative ideas for a design. His design team does a great job and worked with us through multiple revisions of the project. The install was done on time and in a professional manner and the yard looks great. Would recommend and work with again!
Shevawn H.
Feb 14, 2013
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I hired John's Landscaping to mow my lawn and the job they did on that was fine. I have a small driveway (20 ft by 35 ft). Usually I shovel it myself but with this Nemo storm it was too much for me. So I called John. He gave me a price of $500 to plow the driveway! That is about 4 times what the price should have been. That is how he treats his existing customers. So I am looking for a new landscaper! Stay away from John's Landscaping.
JohnnyFoodface
Jun 11, 2012
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Joe F.
Feb 07, 2012
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We hired John's Landscape to mow our lawn one season. John had promised "the highest level of service and professionalism" but we got the opposite. I called one day to say that I was unhappy about how the lawn looked, they had missed several spots. They did return the next day and re-cut it and it looked fine. Then a week or two later, the same thing. I called again and they came out and re-cut it again. Then we had problems with the workers throwing their cigarette buts in the lawn as they worked. Overall the quality was terrible and when I complained, John called me and told me
Eric B.
Oct 10, 2011
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In the Spring we had our garden beds mulched by John's Landscape. I had heard great reviews from neighbors who use their service, however, I was not very impressed by the attitude of the foreman on the day of service. He was very unpleasant and had the attitude that he just wanted to do the job and get out of there-maybe he had a bad night. I have to compliment his team though, they did the job and seemed much more pleasant then their manager that day. Overall, they did a good job but based on attitude of the foreman alone-I dont know that I would pay for their service again.
