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- 1 review in the last 6 monthsNo negatives
- 18 customer photosOf completed work
Highlights
- Design before build — drawings and an in-person review first
- Plantings that mature — a five-year-old front yard colours year-round
- Hardscape work — stone patios, fire pits, walkways, cobbled driveway extensions
- Budget discipline — tight budgets held on residential and commercial jobs
- Owner on site — Shane works install days with the crew
In a 2023 review, a homeowner looked back five years at the large front yard Groundswell had redone — 13 trees and more than 200 plants — and said the selection was paying off: colour across the whole year, on what had been a boring yard. That is the argument for hiring a landscape architect rather than a crew with a truck, and it is what this Georgetown firm sells. Shane Mahoney founded it. By the company's account he took a landscape architecture degree from UMass Amherst in 2004, ran the design-build department at an established North Shore company, and belongs to the Boston Society of Landscape Architects. The work runs from planting plans through hardscape: stone patios, fire pits, retaining walls, walkways, drainage, irrigation, lighting, poolscapes and outdoor structures. Customers describe the process before the shovels. In a 2022 review, a couple weighing a backyard pool and patio project said Shane gave them drawings and an in-person review and was more thorough and collaborative than the other landscape companies they had talked to. A homeowner in June 2026 said he took time to understand their vision, then brought ideas they would never have come up with. In a 2024 review, another wrote that he works out how the space will actually be used and designs backwards from that. Then he turns up for the build. In a 2023 review, a customer with what they called a pretty small project said Shane was hands-on with the crew on install days and checked in often on progress. In a 2022 review, a stone patio, fire pit, deck and planting scheme came together with design elements matched to the house. In a 2021 review, another homeowner had a cobbled driveway extension and front-yard lighting put in alongside a garage and yard project. Budget comes up almost as often as design. A 2022 reviewer handling a commercial property in Andover said sticking to a tight budget was what made the job possible. A 2025 customer with a large mulched bed in need of planting had a plan built to their budget and the work finished quickly. On Google the company holds 5 stars across 23 ratings. For a yard that needs a plan rather than a plant list — a patio, a retaining wall, a planting scheme meant to look right in five years — this is a direct call. Ask at the first meeting what the design phase costs and whether it is billed separately from the build, since the drawings and the site review come before any price on the work itself.
What does landscaping cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Groundswell Landscape LLC. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Estimated range
$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
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