Landscaping Services Boston, Ma - Commercial & Residential Landscape Contractors

Spring Clean-Up

Spring in Boston is messy. There's no nice way to put it. After months of snow, ice, and salt, your property looks like it went through a war. Dead branches everywhere, leaves matted down in corners, mulch scattered across walkways. The grass underneath is pale and patchy where snow sat for too long.

Spring cleanup is about getting rid of all that winter damage so your property can actually grow again. This means raking up the soggy leaf piles that have been sitting there since November. Picking up branches that snapped off during ice storms. Clearing out flower beds that are full of dead plant material and debris.

Fall Clean-Up

Fall cleanup is probably the most important thing you can do for your property all year, and it's the one people skip most often. Here's why that's a mistake: all those leaves that fall? If you leave them sitting on your grass through winter, they create a wet, moldy mat that kills the grass underneath. Come spring, you've got dead patches everywhere.

Boston gets alot of leaves. If you've got mature trees on your property or nearby, you're looking at multiple rounds of cleanup. The leaves don't all fall at once they come down in waves through October and November. One cleanup isn't enough.

Bi-Weekly Weeding

Weeds are the thing that make properties look neglected faster than anything else. You can have perfect grass and nice mulch beds, but if there's weeds popping up everywhere, the whole place looks sloppy.

The problem with weeds is they don't take breaks. Pull them once and they come back. Miss a week and suddenly you've got weeds going to seed, which means next year you'll have even more weeds. It's a cycle that gets worse if you don't stay on top of it.

Bi-weekly weeding means someone comes to your property every two weeks during the growing season and pulls weeds before they get established. This includes weeds in mulch beds, between pavers, along fence lines, and anywhere else they pop up. The goal is to catch them while they're small and easy to remove.

For properties in Dorchester or Roslindale, you're probably dealing with a mix of common weeds - crabgrass in the lawn, dandelions everywhere, maybe some bittersweet or poison ivy trying to creep in from neighboring lots. Each type needs to be handled differently.

Mulching

Mulch does more than just make your beds look neat. Good mulch keeps moisture in the soil, prevents weeds from growing, regulates soil temperature, and breaks down over time to improve your soil. But old, faded mulch doesn't do any of that very well.

Most properties in Boston need fresh mulch every year or every other year. The freeze-thaw cycles we get break down mulch faster than in places with milder weather. By the time spring rolls around, last year's mulch is thin, faded, and not doing much.

Fresh mulching usually happens in late spring after spring cleanup is done and the soil has warmed up. You want to put it down after you've pulled winter weeds but before summer weeds start germinating. The timing is usually late April or May for most Boston-area properties.

The depth matters too. Too thin and weeds grow right through it. Too thick and you can suffocate plant roots or create drainage problems. Most beds need about 2-3 inches of fresh mulch, but you have to account for any old mulch that's still there.

Pruning & Tree Trimming

Pruning and trimming keeps plants healthy and your property looking intentional instead of wild. But there's a right way and a wrong way to do it, and the wrong way can actually hurt your plants or make them look worse.

Different plants need pruning at different times. Spring-flowering shrubs like forsythia or lilacs get pruned right after they bloom. If you prune them in fall or early spring, you cut off all the flower buds. Summer-flowering plants usually get pruned in late winter or early spring. Evergreens can be shaped in early summer.

For properties in Charlestown or the Seaport, you're probably dealing with a mix of ornamental shrubs, maybe some small trees, and hedges that need shaping. Each one has different needs and different timing.

Snow Removal

Snow removal in Boston isn't optional if you own commercial property. It's legally required, and if someone slips and gets hurt on your property because you didn't clear the snow, you're liable. Beyond the legal stuff, uncleared snow just makes your property unusable and inaccessible.

Boston winters are unpredictable. Some years you get buried in snow for weeks. Other years it's mostly cold rain with occasional dustings. You need snow removal service that responds when it actually snows, not on some fixed schedule that doesn't match the weather.

Most commercial properties need plowing for parking lots and walkways, plus shoveling for entrances, stairs, and areas where equipment can't reach. You also need salt or sand for icy conditions. Some properties need snow stacked and hauled away if there's nowhere to pile it.

Hardscape Materials

• Natural Stone: Granite, bluestone, fieldstone sourced from New England quarries
• Pavers: Concrete and brick options resistant to freeze-thaw cycles
• Mulch: Organic materials that retain moisture during Boston's dry periods

Soil & Amendments: We provide premium topsoil and compost blends. Boston's coastal location requires specific soil treatments to counteract salt exposure and improve drainage.

Irrigation Components: Our systems include weather sensors and efficient sprinkler heads. These materials help manage Boston's uneven precipitation distribution throughout the year.

Plant Materials

These are some examples of plant materials we use:

Trees

• Maples, Oaks
• Withstand coastal winds

Shrubs

• Rhododendrons, Azaleas
• Thrive in humid conditions

Perennials

• Hostas, Daylilies
• Survive Boston winters

Grasses

• Fescue, Bluegrass
• Handle temperature fluctuations