Blake Landscaping Co.

Blake Landscaping Co. runs on repeat calls from the same handful of towns around Arlington, and the thing that keeps coming up isn't flash, it's follow-through: on Google, the company holds a 5★ average across 22 ratings, and its 20 written reviews since 2024 read almost the same way every time — Jared showed up, explained the plan, and did what he said. It's a small, owner-operated shop; Jared runs it himself and covers Arlington, Belmont, Waltham, Newton, Winchester, Woburn, Medford, Stoneham, Lexington, Billerica and Burlington by his own account. Most of the work is the recurring stuff — mowing, edging, fertilizing, seasonal clean-ups — but reviewers also describe him taking on bigger jobs: laying sod and mowing a new lawn in a matter of hours, ripping out an old mulch bed and updating a front walkway, and walking one customer through plant choices for a tricky sloped backyard, weighing sunlight and maintenance before anything went in the ground. One reviewer had him design and integrate a larger landscaping project for the house rather than just maintain what was there. Communication comes up almost as often as the work itself — several reviewers single out quick text replies and jobs finished faster than expected, including a hedge-trimming visit. The one review that isn't a flat five stars still praises the same responsiveness and follow-through. There's nothing here to weigh against the praise, and landscaping-only work like this doesn't require Massachusetts contractor registration, so there's no license status to check. The main thing worth confirming before booking is simply whether your address falls inside the towns Jared lists as his service area.