Matthew R. Foti Landscape Design & Construction

Matthew R. Foti Landscape Design & Construction works out of 36 Linnell Cir in Billerica and describes itself as a full-service landscape construction and tree care firm: landscape design and installation, planting and transplanting, ornamental pruning and other tree care, diagnostic and remedial work on declining trees, and masonry walkways, patios and retaining walls. The company says it has operated since 1977 and that owner Matt Foti has held a Massachusetts Certified Arborist credential since 1978, and it lists memberships in the American Society of Consulting Arborists, the Massachusetts Arborist Association and the Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals. Those are the company's own statements. The customer record is small but consistent. Google shows a 5-star average across 6 ratings, and all four retrievable review bodies are positive. In a 2022 review a homeowner who had four large trees planted in their backyard described Matt Foti as very knowledgeable about trees and plants and said he made suggestions based on their needs. A 2023 reviewer who had run several projects with Matt Foti, Mark and the team called them responsive, respectful, efficient and professionally knowledgeable, and said they listen to the client and stay flexible in planning and design. A 2025 reviewer singled out Mark's patience through the process and said he kept both the financial and the aesthetic side of the job in view. The tree work also shows up away from the review platforms. A 2023 Reddit thread in r/Thisoldhouse described Matt Foti arriving at a fire-damaged Billerica house to take down large white pines and milling them into boards on his own mobile sawmill. That is a bystander's account rather than the company's claim, and it is the only open-web comment on file. What is worth asking about is the depth of the record rather than anything a customer complained of. Four reviews spread across four years is a thin file for a firm claiming a history this long, and the newest five-star entry, from August 2026, is an event organizer thanking the company for bringing a dump truck and a bobcat to a community touch-a-truck day rather than an account of hired work. The right call for a homeowner who wants a planting and tree-care specialist who also builds the hardscape around it. Ask for references on a job like yours, and confirm the arborist certification and any required registration with the state before booking.