Groundmasters Landscape Corp.

GroundMasters Corporation runs its landscaping and grounds-care work out of Billerica, and the two written accounts on file are both hard ones. In a 2024 review, a homeowners' association described the aftermath of GroundMasters' work on a new 20-plus-home development: poor lawn installation and haphazard plantings that left many shrubs and plants dead, plus hydroseeding the reviewer called unacceptable. Once the company's contract with the development's builder ended, the reviewer said, not a single owner or the HOA itself brought GroundMasters back. A separate 2024 review described an unsettling moment at a public park, where a visitor said a GroundMasters crew member kept mowing close to them and their girlfriend in a way that felt intimidating, calling it a case of the company needing to work on its people skills. Google shows a broader 3.6-star average across five total ratings, though the two detailed accounts here run well below that. The company, incorporated in November 2005 by President Bryan Last with Laura Craven as Vice President, describes itself as a residential and commercial landcare firm handling maintenance, construction, design work and commercial snow and ice management, and states MCLP and ISA arborist certifications on staff. Given the specificity of both complaints — a large installation gone wrong and a customer-facing conduct issue — it's worth asking directly about references from a comparable recent job, and about who exactly will be on site, before signing on.