"Urban Garden Design" their ad in Boston Homes proclaimed this spring, and is exactly what they do…read more They are landscape architects but are foremost gardeners who know plants and horticulture. They can turn your roof deck into a garden, or your urban yard into a garden room. Botanica bostonia is the rare confluence of a garden designer and a horticulturist who knows what will grow in your soil, your light conditions, and what it will look like in a year and 5 years from now. This South End based business first helped me with winter planting for my condo association's street side containers, and then next my own garden. Not offended by small jobs, they can also handle building a pergola, and complete redesign and planting of a yard. They've built flagstone walks and granite topped brick planters. Owner-designer Dan LaBarre knows his plants, and delivers gardens that look great the day he finishes up, and even better months later.

Dan from Botanica Bostonia just re-did our South End patio. He's got a great eye for design, and…read moreis extremely knlowedgable about plants and horticulture. He's reasonably expensive, but you can't argue with the work. He even added a few "extras" for us at no charge. All in all, BB delivered on what they promised. Definitely recommended.

Victor and his crew are amazing. Very reliable, honest and good hearted individuals. I enjoy seeing…read morethe great work he does online for customers, and what he does to help individuals in need. This company is worth checking into for your landscape needs. Highly recommended. Excellent value for their services.

We had a new fence installed and the fence installer recommended Victor. VCO worked closely with…read morethe fence company to coordinate clean up work in our yard before the fence was installed and then returned after the fence went up to finish the work. They installed sod, put in a pea stone walkway with cobblestone border, patched up asphalt along our driveway and installed all new mulch. The crew was efficient and courteous and everything looks beautiful. We feel like we have a brand new backyard! We would gladly work with them again next time we need landscaping services.

This is my second year with Solomon landscaping great communication…read more Fair price does a perfect job I recommend him to whomever I can lucky to hv gotten him recommended by a friend

I've never posted a negative review about a local business, and am sad that I have to leave a less…read morethan stellar one here. I think the issue boiled down to poor communication. Despite me asking several times before our service date to detail what the work included specifically, I was left with a yard that feels unfinished and now have to spend more money on. I contacted Jeff's landscaping because we purchased a house several years ago with a lot of landscaping that we have never had professionally done. I was hoping to have a landscaping company come and edge both the front and back yard areas to make it look polished, and to have everything re-mulched. Jeff came out to the house for an estimate and I explained what we wanted- everything edged and mulched as a "reset and refresh" to all the areas, including the backyard which had not been edged in at least 5 years. I had already done about 50 bags of leaf cleaning and weeding myself before calling him. Jeff articulated understanding what we wanted as we did a walk through, specifically pointing out all the areas that needed to be edged and understood I wanted everything to be clean lines; a fresh start. Jeff sent us a quote shortly after that included both "Spring Cleanup" and mulching. I emailed him back several times asking for details/clarify info what the "spring cleanup" involved because I wanted to be sure it was what I thought it was- blowing out remaining leaves and making a clean, polished edge in both the front and back. He responded that it included Thatching of the lawn, edging of the beds, raking and general cleaning of all areas." I emailed back responding that we had saved up a long time to get this done professionally, and that we were excited to work together. He even kindly got me brown mulch which he doesn't typically carry but I had requested. The day that his team showed up, when I looked out the window I saw the workers edging first thing in the morning- the lines looked pretty haphazard and I was confused- lots of curving lines and right angles and turns and waves in an areas that should be generally straight lines across a mulch bed. Additionally, some things just didn't make sense- for example they cut a mulch bed on the left side of our shed door but not on the right. I went outside to the workers twice and asked if they could just make the lines straight or a gentle curve- I thought they understood. By the time I looked outside again it was worse. I got my phone to call Jeff to see what was going on, but by that time they drove away. Soon after Jeff came with the truck of mulch, ready to spread it. I told him why I was confused, and not liking what I was seeing. Jeff explained that often he comes out and sprays a line for where his workers should edge, and the client can see before it's done- he said "in this case that didn't happen". He didn't explain why. What he did say was that his workers must have "followed the lines where the weeds were growing and stopping", resulting in the strange shape that they chose. I tried to remain fair and calm but expressed how this was frustrating to me, as we had saved a long time for our lawn to look polished and clean and that I felt it wasn't right that a step that normally happens didn't, resulting in a less than optical result. Especially when we had communicated that this was a big deal for us financially. Jeff's reply was that the quoted price included edging of existing beds and that what we should have asked for was that we wanted new beds to be dug since these had been neglected for so long. I am not a landscaper and I'm a first time homeowner- I think I was very clear in stating what we wanted (both in person and via email) and I feel this should have been brought to I my attention before the workers started cutting. Jeff finished mulching, and I again came out after reflecting and expressed my frustration as I looked at the finished product. He said he would come back and fix what he could, which meant tearing out more grass to straighten the lines, and that that was more labor than was originally quoted. Jeff did come back and things look improved- however still not great. And because he fixed the edging after he mulched, I am now left with multiple large areas that require more mulch. I am happy to pay for that mulch, but he is also quoting me an additional amount to have the truck come back to spray the mulch- otherwise I have to do that labor myself. Either way, several hundred of dollars more and there are still areas which don't look like they were professionally landscaped.

Always reliable. Jeff and his crew have been awesome to work with this season. I look forward to…read morehaving his crew work on my property in the 2020 season!

Remarkable design and implementation. Offshoots delivers great design, estimating and working…read morewithin budget and schedule framework. Friendly and professional owners and staff. Giambastiani Design, for Friends of the John Harvard Mall, Charlestown, Ma.

The garden has been a work in progress since we moved into our 1950 remodeled ranch-style house in…read moreNewton, MA. Offshoots has been instrumental in designing, suggesting, and implementing everything from a new patio in the back to enhanced curb appeal for the front of the house and everything in between, including building an enclosed raised bed vegetable garden. Everyone from the principal to the newest hire has been friendly, knowledgeable, and full of great ideas. Outstanding service.

Luis does an amazing job. Very detailed, organized and very talented. I get a lot of compliments…read morewhen he does my garden. It always looks so neath and clean. I highly recommend him. A very happy customer

Prompt in communication. Worked quickly. In three days we had a beautiful driveway installed. They…read moreworked with us and even made adjustments during the process. Reasonably priced and thorough. I will use them again without hesitation.

Leo and His Helper Came today and did a fantastic job with early spring lawncare service. Our yard…read morewas a mess but looks great now ! Hard workers, Reliable and Leo is Very Nice and Pleasant Guy. Highly recommended. Frank and Deb Medford

Wisteria & Rose is a Boston-based business, based on its own website. On the Yelp page, it shows…read morethat Boston is a coverage area. When you visit the website, it has a Jamaica Plain zip code and a JP phone number. However, when I called I was told they serve only the northern parts of the city, Charlestown, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, South End, Newton, Wellesley. Last time I checked, those last two places are not Boston neighborhoods.... and South End/Back Bay aren't necessarily northern neighborhoods. I live in Mattapan and it's apparently too costly for a JP business to serve this neighborhood. When I pushed the representative on this point, I was told "I appreciate your feedback." "We will have to work on our website because I don't know why it says that or doesn't explain our coverage area." "It would be too expensive for you...etc". Draw your own conclusions from this one. I certainly have and will be going elsewhere to have my window boxes filled, where what I can afford hasn't already been determined for me based on my zip code.

Wonderful in every way. Great with the communications, prompt service. Very much recommended. They…read moredesigned and planted a new garden for us and the results are beautiful. Highly recommended.