Ten written accounts of this company's work, and the same first name turns up in nearly all of them: Ben. Capstone Landscape Services is a Boxford design-build outfit where the owner is the person customers deal with, start to finish.
The company says Ben Dunham founded it in March 2024, after a Horticultural Business degree from the University of Maine and time at other landscape firms, and that he brought in two experienced colleagues as partners. The work runs to hardscape construction, planting and landscape maintenance across the North Shore and southern New Hampshire, plus commercial snow and ice management in winter. Its stated coverage spans Boxford, Middleton, Topsfield, Danvers, Beverly and Newburyport, and crosses the state line to Seabrook, Exeter, Stratham and Greenland, NH.
Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 219043, is active and held in the company's own name.
What customers describe most is hardscape with the design worked out first. In July 2026 one wrote about an old uneven walkway being pulled out and replaced, and singled out the thinking behind it — the owner "designed it so it would drain and last" — and priced it quickly. A September 2025 reviewer described going back and forth on a new driveway design until it matched what they wanted, while staying inside their budget. Running through the rest is response time and cleanup: a June 2026 customer wrote that Ben's response time to questions or concerns stood out, and a May 2026 one described the site being left spotless.
On LinkedIn in July 2026, someone managing multiple properties north of Boston wrote that he uses Capstone for all of them.
Two things to weigh before calling. The company is young — it dates itself to March 2024 — so the decade-deep history you can check on an established landscaper does not exist here yet, and all ten written accounts sit on one platform. Nothing negative has been written about them, but the sample is small and recent.
For a walkway, driveway, patio or planting plan on the North Shore, this is a straightforward call, and the owner is who you will be talking to. Ask to see finished work close in size to your own project, and confirm scope and drainage in writing before the crew starts.