Designscapes By Drislane

Designscapes By Drislane is a two-person shop in Danvers whose work is mostly stone and water: patios, sitting walls, walkways, steps and firepits, plus irrigation systems, sod and seed lawns, creative plantings — and firewood in the off-season. The company says it started in 1993 in Lynnfield as a lawn maintenance outfit and shifted toward hardscape and irrigation, growing by word of mouth. Its Better Business Bureau file, opened in 2017, lists Chris Drislane as owner, an LLC incorporated in 1997, and two employees; the same file carries an A+ grade while showing the business is not BBB accredited — two separate facts, not one. The company describes itself as Massachusetts Certified Horticulturists. The written record is thin, and that is the main thing to know. One Google review, from February 2025, covers a firewood order rather than a landscape project: "Bought firewood from these guys! Great communication and prompt delivery!" Beyond that, a customer account on a business-listing page describes hiring the company for a multi-part property job, and a Massachusetts design blogger named Chris Drislane as the person she would call for landscape design work — a recommendation, not a customer's account of a finished job. Word-of-mouth is how this company says it grows, and the public paper trail matches that: a long-running local business with almost nothing written about it online. If you are considering them for a patio, wall or irrigation job, ask for addresses of recent projects and speak to those homeowners directly — the consultation is the natural moment to ask.