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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from SEAN PAPICH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
Sean Papich Landscape Architecture is a Hingham, Massachusetts landscape architecture studio founded in 2003 by principal Sean Papich, who brought prior experience from firms in Chicago and Kansas City after graduating from Iowa State University. The firm, which also includes senior landscape architects Scott Garvin and Lara Ajemian, focuses on residential and commercial landscape design. The strongest evidence of the firm's standing is its press record: its residential work has been featured repeatedly in New England Home magazine, most recently in 2025 and 2026, describing landscape designs that blend contemporary elements with a classic New England style and specific decisions like preserving an existing oak tree off a dining terrace. A 2019 feature described Papich's familiarity with one Cohasset property he'd worked on for close to a decade — a sign of long-running client relationships rather than one-off jobs. The formal written record is thinner and older: two Houzz reviews, both from 2014, are the only customer accounts on file. One, from a fellow architect who has collaborated with Papich on multiple projects, called his work thoughtful, creative and professional; the other, from a client, praised the firm for completing a full property-use analysis and base plan before starting the landscaping design, and specifically for listening carefully to what the client needed. Houzz lists a Massachusetts landscape architect license for the firm, though it hasn't been independently verified against the state registry. BBB gives the business an A+ rating (it isn't BBB accredited), and Houzz shows a perfect rating from its two reviews alongside 14 featured projects and 6 Houzz Awards. For a design-driven residential landscape project, especially one calling for a thoughtful, site-specific approach, Sean Papich's press record and long client relationships speak to real standing in the field — though with only two written reviews on file, both over a decade old, it's worth asking for more recent references directly.
“The property’s landscape design blends contemporary components with a classic New England style. “We wanted a timeless, functional aesthetic of elements reflective of the design vernacular of the region,” says landscape architect Sean Papich. ... The outdoor architecture opens to a terraced landscape and pool that blurs the boundary between indoors and out, creating a seamless transition to exterior living. ... Formal plantings—low evergreen hedges with hydrangea backdrops and boxwood hedges—are kept closer to the house and treated as sculpture. The design “loosens up” as you move further from”
“It was important to the homeowners to preserve the oak tree off the dining terrace, says landscape architect Sean Papich: “Aside from adding character, it also screens the home from the harbor.” ... So the old house came down in a manner sensitive to the neighborhood and the environment; the wife’s father is a lifelong conservationist, and preserving a gnarled waterfront oak tree was paramount, says landscape architect Sean Papich. Add to those considerations a slew of FEMA requirements and an extraordinarily confined area, and you have a project that architect Patrick Ahearn says was one of t”
“## Sean Papich ... Founding Principal, Landscape Architect Sean Papich Landscape Architecture ... After growing up in Iowa and graduating from Iowa State University, Sean practiced in Chicago, Arizona, and Kansas City. It’s notable that while in Kansas City, he worked with Ochsner Hare & Hare, the oldest active landscape architecture firm in the country. Hare & Hare were contemporaries of the Olmsted Brothers and helped Sean galvanize a strong work ethic and an attitude that anything can be accomplished with an open mind and an unrelenting desire to meet a client’s needs. In 2003, he establi”
“Sean Papich has a deep familiarity with this Cohasset, Massachusetts, property, having worked on various parts of it for close to a decade now.”
“Project Team Architecture: Mark Cutone, BPC Architecture Interior design: Jim Gauthier and Susan Stacy, Gauthier-Stacy Builder: Bob Winterson Landscape design: Sean Papich Landscape Architecture”
As an architect I have worked with Sean on many projects. He is thoughtful and creative towards his clients needs with respect to budget, scheduling, attention to detail and overall project scope. His work is solid and professional.
Sean and his team completed a thorough analysis of our property use needs and a complete base plan before beginning the landscaping plan for our property. Not only were Papich and his associates professional and thorough, but they LISTENED. Interpreted both the uses and needs of both my wife and me helped us come to an agreement both on how the finished project would look and its planned functionality. After the plan, Papich managed the oversight of the landscape contractors. The end product was great and stress free. Thank you, Sean Papich, Doug M. Property Owner, Hingham, MA.
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