Ferris Landscaping

Ferris Landscaping has been cutting and planting around Methuen since the Reagan administration — the BBB puts its start date at 1 January 1984, which makes it 42 years in business, run by David Ferris with four employees out of 464 Merrimack St. Four decades of work and almost no public paper trail. Google carries a single rating, and it is a one-star. That is one person's verdict over 42 years, not a pattern, and the written account behind it is dated — the newest written review on file goes back to November 2020 — so it can't tell you anything about how the crew works today. The BBB has not issued a rating either, saying it lacks enough information, and the profile is not accredited. There are no complaints on the file. What that adds up to: a long-established, small, word-of-mouth outfit whose reputation lives offline. If you're considering them, do the legwork the internet won't do for you — ask David Ferris for two or three addresses of maintenance or planting work nearby that you can drive past, ask about that lone one-star directly, and get proof of liability insurance plus a written scope and price before anything starts. Massachusetts exempts landscaping-only work from home improvement contractor registration, so there's no registration to check unless the job grows into patios, walls or paving — at which point ask again.