Down East Landscape

Down East Landscape is a Peabody company built around hardscape construction — the paver patio, the retaining wall, the excavated backyard — rather than routine lawn care. Its BBB record puts the business at 18 years old, started January 2008 and owner-run by Andrew Mushrush with six employees. The company's own site ties that experience to formal training: a degree in Landscape Contracting from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture backs its design and installation work, alongside construction of walls, paver driveways, pool areas, outdoor kitchens, new lawn and plant installs, and excavation. It names Peabody, Andover, Marblehead, Boxford, and Salem as the towns it works in. On reputation, its BBB profile carries an A+ letter grade even though it isn't a BBB Accredited Business, with no complaints listed there, and its Google listing shows a perfect 5-star average — though from only a handful of ratings, too small a pool to call it a settled track record yet. One thing worth flagging before calling: this listing surfaced in a search for fencing contractors, but neither the company's own site nor its BBB profile mentions fence installation as a service — its stated work is patios, walls, driveways, pools, outdoor kitchens, planting, and excavation. Anyone specifically after a fence should confirm that's actually work they'll take on. For a hardscape or planting project on the North Shore, the BBB grade and stated training are reassuring, but with so few independent reviews it's worth asking for a couple of recent local references before committing to a larger job.