North Star Landscape Contractor Inc

One written review, from March 2021, and a Google average of 3.7 across three ratings — that is the whole public trail behind a two-person Essex landscaping company that has been at it, by its own account, since 1993. James T. Woolaver owns it and works it out of 81R Eastern Ave, with Elaine T. Woolaver listed as co-owner and a staff of two on the company's BBB profile. The range they describe covers both halves of the trade: maintenance and lawn care on one side, installation on the other — new lawns from seed or sod, shrubs and trees, patios, and ponds with waterfalls. The written history is dated rather than absent. The single comment on file is a five-star Google review from March 2021 — "North Star provides excellent service" — brief, and now more than five years old. Google's own average sits at 3.7 across three ratings, which means at least one of those three ratings is well below the one comment anyone wrote out. Two things are worth pinning down on the call. The BBB profile gives the company's age two different ways: established in Massachusetts in 1993 with thirty years in business, and Business Started / Incorporated on 6/14/1996. It also carries a second address — a PO box in Prides Crossing — alongside the Essex street address, so confirm which location handles the work and the billing. For a homeowner in Essex who wants a small, owner-run crew for seasonal maintenance or a straightforward planting or patio job, this is a reasonable call. Ask for references from jobs in the past year or two, and get scope and price in writing before anyone starts.