Simply Lawn Care Services

Simply Lawn Care Services is a landscaping outfit working out of 802 Main St in Melrose, and its crews turn up across the surrounding suburbs for mowing routes, hedge and shrub trimming, mulching, weeding and full yard cleanups. Homeowners hire it two ways: as the regular lawn service that comes back every week, and as the company called in when a property has gotten badly away from its owner. The most consistent thread in what customers write is the crews themselves. Reviewers name the same people over and over across months — Jimmy and Deacon, Nic, Manny, Matt, Louie and Chris — and describe a routine rather than a one-off: walking the property with the homeowner before starting, asking questions about what should stay and what should go, then ringing the bell again at the end to check the result. One customer wrote that the crew took a last look with him after the first hedge before moving to the second, and pointed out a plant crowding its neighbours that was not part of the job. The work described is mostly maintenance and restoration rather than design. Customers report mulching and rebuilt garden beds, weed and vine removal, reshaping of mature yews and holly, pruning of small trees and removal of a large branch, and lawns mowed, dethatched and edged. Several describe yards that had gone to seed being cleaned up in a single long day, and repeat customers say the second and third visits matched the first. What is worth settling in writing before booking is price. In a May 2026 review a customer who had already mowed before the visit disputed a $20 overgrown-grass surcharge, and in a June 2025 review a homeowner said that after signing up the quoted price rose to nearly double what other landscapers had bid — while still crediting the crew that did the work as courteous and hard-working. Ask what triggers a first-cut premium, and get the recurring rate confirmed rather than quoted verbally. The review history is recent and deep, running from 2024 through 2026 with over a hundred comments in the last six months alone, so the picture of how the crews behave on a property is current rather than historical. They are a straightforward call for routine mowing, hedge work, mulching and overgrown-yard cleanups on the North Shore; the thing to nail down first is the billing, not the workmanship.