Presidential Park Landscape Inc.

Presidential Park Landscape is a Norwell hardscaping and landscaping company that people keep coming back to — one reviewer has used them for over 30 years, another for close to 20, and a local baseball organization has had them handling field work and maintenance for well over a decade. The company says owner John Carnes started it in 1985 with a pickup truck doing yard maintenance and built it into a full-service landscape and hardscape operation; the Better Business Bureau's own profile, by contrast, lists the business as starting in 2000 — the two accounts don't agree on exactly how long Presidential Park has been around, though both describe a long-running, owner-operated shop. What the reviews describe is real construction work, not just mowing: stone patios and walkways, retaining walls, a mulch-bordered play area built around a swing set, and — in one detailed 2026 account — a full yard regrading on a sloped lot that had been sending water into the customer's basement, after which the reviewer reported no more pooling and a healthier lawn. Another customer, also in 2026, hired the crew for a lawn installation after a new septic system and a large stone patio in the same season and called both jobs "perfect." Reviewers repeatedly single out John by name for walking them through material choices and pricing before work starts, and several describe the price as fair or reasonable rather than just praising the finished product. Houzz and Angi/HomeAdvisor don't add much yet: both list the business (Houzz shows a badge and four completed projects; Angi/HomeAdvisor repeats the 41-years-in-business claim), but neither platform has a customer review posted. Its BBB page carries an A+ grade, though the business isn't BBB accredited. Presidential Park fits a homeowner planning real hardscape work — a patio, a retaining wall, a drainage fix — rather than routine mowing, and the run of long-tenured customers is a meaningful sign for a project that needs ongoing upkeep afterward. Worth asking directly which founding date is accurate, since the company's own account and the BBB's differ.