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Conolly Gardens and Landscape Design is a Sandwich-based landscape design and maintenance firm run by a mother-and-son team, Barbara and Ben Conolly. The company's website says Barbara started it in 2003 in Rochester, New York, moved the business to Cape Cod in 2014, and that Ben joined in 2015; Barbara holds an ISA Certified Arborist credential along with Massachusetts and Proven Winners landscape-professional certifications. In a March 2026 review, out-of-state owners of an East Falmouth vacation home describe the team handling Conservation Commission permitting to close out a building permit, doing extensive tree work and pruning, installing more than 150 plantings, and setting up temporary irrigation while the owners were away — the kind of full-service, remote-client management the company markets itself on. Not every account is as smooth. In an August 2024 review, a client said the subcontracted crews did good work but that project oversight fell short: trees, bushes and plants died after installation, stepping stones were laid poorly, and a lawn reseeded over crabgrass in June left bare, weedy ground through the summer rather than the green lawn promised — the two sides ultimately agreed to end the contract. Earlier reviews from 2021 and 2023 describe the team as responsive and easy to work with on smaller garden projects. Given how few reviews are on file, it's worth asking pointedly how a project will be supervised day to day, and getting a written timeline for anything time-sensitive like lawn seeding, before signing on.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Conolly Gardens and Landscape Design, Inc.. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
We chose Barbara and Ben at Conolly Gardens & Landscape Design for our East Falmouth vacation home because, as out-of-state owners, we needed a full-service team that could handle permitting and work directly with the town. They helped us address Conservation Commission requirements to close out our building permit, while also creating a much more beautiful landscape design than the town required. So far, their team has done extensive tree work and pruning and installed more than 150 plantings in our backyard. Since we were out of state during installation, they even set up a temporary irrigation system to help the new plantings take root. Barbara also stood behind the work and assured us that a few plants that didn’t survive would be replaced in the spring. We’re now moving into the next phase, which includes a post-and-beam fence and hydrangeas in the front yard. Barbara and her team have been wonderful to work with, and we’re very pleased with the quality of their work. We highly recommend Conolly Gardens & Landscape Design.
Fabulous!
If I could give less than 1 star I would. The subcontractors she hired did great but her project leadership and attention to her crew's installation of our trees, bushes, plants, stepping stones and lawn was horrible. Her installation left us with dead and dying trees, bushes and plants. We removed all the stepping stones as they were more like longjump stones. On top of all this, they seeded our lawn in mid june over crabgrass so we had a bare soil and crabgrass lawn through the summer (we were promised a green lawn by mid June). Ultimatley, we jointly agreed to exit the contract though we had to find another contractor to repair, replace stock and complete our yard. Fortunately, we found an amazing, knowledgable contractor who gave us the yard we wanted.
Best Garden Design, installation, renovation and maintenance in the Falmouth / Mashpee and Sandwich area!
Barbara and her crew are wonderful. Always responsive, pleasant and even kind when delivering sad news about problems in your garden. She is a partner in helping you envision and then make your property perfect for you!
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