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Apex Green Roofs is a Newbury, MA green roof design, installation, and maintenance company at 17 Parker Street, in business since 2006 (20 years) and BBB Accredited with an A+ rating since 2014. The company works with general contractors, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and homeowners on residential, commercial, and institutional projects, and reports over 100 eco-roof installations across New England. Trade and local press coverage spans more than a decade of specific, named projects: a 22,000-square-foot green roof at Doane Stuart School (2016), the Simmons College School of Management green roof (2014), Middlebury College's squash center (2014), the Hotchkiss School Biomass Treatment Facility (2013), and installations at Harvard University (including the Chao Center, Shad Hall, and the Rowland Institute) and at MIT's Sloan building. In 2013, company owner Charles Sinkler was interviewed by Ocean Home magazine about residential green roof work in Cambridge and Gloucester, and in 2013 the company helped install Somerville's first green roof at St. Polycarp Village. The Procore Construction Network lists Apex Green Roofs Inc. as a specialty contractor with 27 tracked projects since January 2025 across commercial, healthcare, industrial, institutional, and residential sectors. This is a well-documented, long-established specialty firm with a strong institutional and press track record. There's no customer-review record on file, so it's worth asking directly about current project timelines and residential pricing before booking.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Apex Green Roofs. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
“Companies like Apex Green Roofs are harnessing this knowledge as demand for sustainable building design solutions skyrockets. The company’s portfolio features over 100 eco-roof installations ranging from intricate residential rooftop gardens to extensive “living roof” systems in commercial areas. Apex’s work has been featured in various universities across the country, including Harvard where they led green roof projects in the Chao Center, Shad Hall, and the Rowland Institute.”
“The 60, ... that have taken root ... " atop the three ... it a growing attraction. ... The 22,000-square foot roof, created by Apex Green Roofs of Boston, with fieldstone paths and undulating mounds, has the feel of the popular High Line in Lower Manhattan, a garden park built on abandoned raised railroad tracks along the west side of Lower Manhattan. ... The Boston firm previously built vegetative roofs on the campuses of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Deerfield Academy. ... The mild weather meant fewer plants died this winter, although Apex is under contract to”
“Installed by Apex Green Roofs, the Roofmeadow Type II design has primarily drought tolerant sedum species with mounds of flowering perennials and grasses”
“The modular green roof system will be delivered fully grown by Prides Corner Farms, the regional grower for the LiveRoof system, and will be installed by Apex Green Roofs. The green roof was designed by ARC / Architectural Resources Cambridge to look like an extension of the greenery of the athletic playing fields which surround the squash center.”
“Apex owner Charles Sinkler says while Europe has been a pioneer in residential green roof construction, public interest has been steadily rising”
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