Copley Wolff Design Group

Copley Wolff is a design studio rather than a landscaping crew — it draws the plazas, parks and roof decks that other firms then build. The posted work is public-realm: the Ink Block roof deck and St. James Park in Boston, Assembly Row in Somerville. The corporation dates to 1997, and its BBB file lists six employees with John Copley as president and Lynn Wolff Assoc as an alternate name; the studio works from 234 Congress Street and puts climate resiliency at the centre of how it describes its practice. What clients have written is thin and old. The one review anywhere dates to December 2016, and it came from a collaborating green-roof firm rather than a homeowner — they called working with Copley Wolff a pleasure and credited an eye for detail. Porch shows 4.8 from four ratings it describes as aggregated online reviews, with no text behind them, and the BBB file carries no rating because BBB says it lacks enough information to issue one. One practical snag: the addresses do not agree. BBB lists 10 Post Office Square, Houzz and Porch both show 160 Boylston Street, and the studio's own site gives 234 Congress Street — so reach them through copley-wolff.com rather than a directory listing. The natural fit is institutional and multi-family work — a condo association's roof terrace, a developer's plaza, a municipal streetscape — more than a backyard planting plan. Ask to see two recent projects at your scale, find out how fees are structured, and be clear about who will build what the studio designs.