Pungitore Landscaping

Pungitore is a Hingham landscaping business on its second generation: Mike Pungitore learned the trade from his father, Sergio, at Pungitore Landscaping, later started Pungitore Irrigation & Fertilizer, and the two now run under one name. The company puts its experience at 40 years; BBB lists 43 years in business. The work covers both halves of a yard. On one side, week-to-week maintenance, lawn installation and hydroseeding, fertilizer programs and irrigation. On the other, hardscape and masonry — stone and timber walls, walkways and patios, ponds and waterfalls — plus drainage, planting design, sod, and Bobcat and mini-excavator work, with tree and stump removal listed as well, for residential and commercial properties. BBB grades the Hingham business A+ and lists it as not accredited. Google shows a 5-star average from 3 ratings, and the company's Houzz page carries one project. The service area it claims runs down the South Shore — Hingham, Weymouth and Braintree through Norwell, Cohasset, Scituate, Marshfield, Hanover, Pembroke, Kingston, Duxbury and Plymouth. One company that mows, feeds and irrigates and can also build the wall and fix the drainage suits a homeowner who would rather not coordinate two crews. Ask which side of the business is doing your job and who runs the crew, get the scope and schedule in writing, and ask to see a wall or patio they finished nearby before you sign.