Ivy Studio

Ivy Studio is a Canton design-build landscape studio built around one idea: the same team that draws the plan also builds it, from a first walk of the property through the last stone set. Founder Vern Chellberg says he started in landscape construction as a teenager and built the studio so design and construction wouldn't be handed off between separate outfits, and the company reports serving the greater Boston area. The reviews back up the design-build pitch with real project lists rather than adjectives. One homeowner had Ivy handle a fence, a new deck, a patio, sod, irrigation, and outdoor lighting on the same property and called the final layout "terrific," noting the crew worked through a drainage issue that turned up mid-construction. Others describe Vern and studio partner Jaryd by name managing difficult sites — one reviewer, writing in 2023, called a tricky lot turned into "an unbelievable design" delivered on time and on budget; another, in a 2026 review, described the pair staying "attentive" from concept through the finished build. A 2017 review of a Wellesley outdoor-living project and a 2008 review both describe the same hands-on pattern, so this isn't a recent reputation — it stretches back close to two decades across Google and HomeAdvisor alike, and HomeAdvisor's own profile credits the company with 21 years in business. One thing worth confirming directly before booking: BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts contractor license (#187024) for the company that expired in February 2021 and still shows inactive on its most recent check. That's worth asking about up front, particularly since Ivy's projects run past pure landscaping into pool construction and larger hardscape builds. Ivy Studio fits a homeowner planning one big backyard overhaul — deck, patio, pool, lighting — who wants a single studio to own the whole thing from sketch to shovel, provided they confirm current licensing before signing.