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Anthony Vanaria & Sons has been working Waltham yards for generations — a 2008 Waltham newspaper piece described Anthony Vanaria Jr. heading the landscaping company his father started in 1939, and in 2012 Patch named the outfit as the landscapers for the city's Commander's Mansion. Its BBB profile lists 75 employees and landscape contracting. The people who hire them tend to write well of the work. All seven of its Angi ratings sit at 5 stars: a customer in May 2024 described Joey and his team replacing grass that had died and putting in a small patio, kept inside the budget; another that same month said Joey came out right away to estimate, scheduled the job for the next day, and had the crew done by lunchtime; a third wrote that they redid the pathway afterwards so everything blended seamlessly. Angi also lists concrete flatwork repair, poured concrete wall repair and retaining wall installation among the services. The friction is with the neighbors. Google sits at 2.6 stars from 21 ratings, and the one-star reviews are written by people who live and drive near the crews: gas equipment running for hours (November 2024), street trash put into a parked car's cracked window and under the wiper of the car beside it (October 2024), truck air brakes on Main Street that one writer in April 2024 said they called the police over, and, in January 2026, a worker who pulled out behind a woman's car on Felton Street and called her a derogatory term. An April 2025 review blames a mulching crew for breaking several planters five yards away. A 2022 reviewer, writing in Spanish, called them a good option on the central side of Waltham but put their prices a bit above the competition's. For a patio, a retaining wall or a lawn rebuild in Waltham, the customers who hired them came away satisfied. Before booking, settle what hours the crews will run gas equipment and where the debris ends up — that is what the neighbors write about — and take a second quote, given that 2022 note on price.
“This will be done with the help of Anthony Vanaria & Sons, the Commander's Mansion's landscapers.”
“Anthony Vanaria Jr. headed up the Waltham landscaping company Anthony Vanaria and Sons Inc.”
“Anthony Vanaria & Sons, Inc. As Trustee Of Hammond Place Condominium Trust Et Al”
This morning, my wife was driving home from work on Felton Street when a worker pulled out behind her tailgate and aggressively called her a derogatory term. When she attempted to address the individuals in the trailer, they informed her that no one drives a Ford in that area. In response, she took a photograph of a work vehicle in the parking lot, which is indeed a Ford. I strongly advise against patronizing this business due to its discriminatory and disrespectful behavior towards women in the neighborhood. This incident is not an isolated occurrence.
Broke several planters while mulching 5 yards away. Seems like intentional vandalism.
They are loud and obnoxious. Try actually picking up a rake. And be considerate about the people around you enough are the gas power motors going for hours at a time. You're hired to do a job but not annoy the residents
Had my car parked in Briar Glen Village in waltham while i was redoing a bathroom. I had my window cracked and this fine group of gentlemen thought it was proper to put trash off the street in my window, then place more trash under the wiper blade of the car next to me. Confronted them about it and responded with 'no me'. He knew.
Great company & great people! Gabby is always so sweet to interact with & extremely accommodating. I can’t recommend this business enough!
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Anthony Vanaria & Sons. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
Retaining wall along a 75-foot driveway4.6
