Larosa Landscaping

LaRosa Landscaping is a Norwood company Joseph LaRosa founded in 1981, after growing up doing landscaping work as a teenager; he still owns and runs it, by his own account. Its crew handles landscaping, stone masonry, asphalt paving, tree and shrub care, and commercial snow removal, and the company says it keeps Massachusetts certified arborists on staff. Google shows a 3.4-star average from 8 ratings. In a recent review, from August 2026, a customer called a company driver rude and described unsafe driving on the road. In a 2021 review, a customer complained about rude treatment from whoever answers the phone. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #171313, is registry-verified expired. A federal violation tracker also records a $5,570 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration penalty against the company on January 30, 2018, for a motor vehicle safety violation. Worth a call for a straightforward landscaping or masonry job, but confirm the HIC registration is current before signing anything, and ask directly about the driving and phone complaints.