SKAPARS DESIGN GROUP LLC

Skapars Design Group is a Cambridge, Massachusetts landscape architecture practice run by Sean Skapars, whose specialty shows up clearly in the company's own service list: full-site master planning, hardscape and streetscape design, custom planters and pergolas, and rooftop garden installation — the kind of design-build work aimed at urban lots and roof decks rather than routine lawn care. The written customer record is short but consistently strong. In a June 2015 review, a repeat client who used the company both for their own company's customers and on their own house called the results 'simply fantastic.' A second review from the same month praised custom-designed outdoor living pieces credited to Sean directly, saying they fit seamlessly on site. Both are five-star and now more than a decade old, so treat them as a look back rather than a read on current work. Outside its own client reviews, the company's expertise gets a second, independent voice: New England Condominium magazine quoted Sean Skapars explaining how his team builds lightweight rooftop planters — foam pellets and light potting soil instead of gravel — so a roof structure isn't overloaded, a detail that lines up with the rooftop-design work the company lists as a specialty. The credentials point the same direction: a professional degree in landscape architecture, candidacy for the R.L.A. (Registered Landscape Architect) designation, an HGTV feature, and a contributing credit at Fine Gardening Magazine. Worth confirming directly: current project timelines and pricing, since the record here leans on design credentials and older client praise rather than a large or recent volume of reviews. This reads like the right call for a design-driven hardscape, courtyard or rooftop garden project — less so for simple lawn maintenance — so bring photos or a sense of the space and ask to see recent work before booking.