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SWS Services is a Brewster-based landscape design and hardscape construction company that has served Cape Cod's outer towns — Provincetown to Barnstable, plus Dennis, Chatham, Harwich, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham and Orleans — for what owner Sam W. Southworth describes as over 20 years. The company is small and locally run, with Southworth himself leading design and overseeing crews on site. Homeowners who have hired SWS consistently praise the same things across eleven five-star Google reviews spanning 2021 through 2025: hands-on hardscape craftsmanship and a strong design eye for difficult lots. Reviewers describe boulder retaining walls, granite and bluestone walkways and patios, stone driveways with granite paver aprons, and full new-construction landscape packages including grading, sod, sprinklers and plantings. One homeowner with a steep-sloped lot said Sam was the only contractor of several who proposed a plan that actually made sense; another in Provincetown credited the company with maximizing a tight yard for privacy from neighbors. Several reviews also mention responsiveness and follow-through — staying in touch during the project, finishing pool and hardscape work on time even during, in one reviewer's words, 'a world of delays and shortages,' and continuing to maintain properties for repeat customers over multiple years. The reviews point to a wider range of work than a typical mow-and-blow landscaper: pool installation and pool-area hardscape, irrigation repair, fencing (a split-rail fence in one job), hedge and tree pruning, and lawn seeding and maintenance, alongside the stonework and driveway work that recurs most often. The company's own site backs this up, listing driveways, stonework, pools and conservation/erosion-control plantings as core service lines beside standard landscaping and seasonal cleanups. Before booking, it's worth confirming pricing and scheduling directly — the review record, while consistently positive, comes from a single platform (Google), and only a couple of reviewers touch on price (one noted SWS beat a prior landscaper's quote). Ask about current lead times for larger hardscape or pool builds, since several reviewers describe multi-month projects. SWS Services looks like a solid pick for homeowners on the outer Cape who want design-driven hardscape or a full-property landscape overhaul rather than routine mowing alone — the review record shows a company that takes on ambitious, custom stonework and delivers it, then keeps coming back for ongoing maintenance once the big project is done.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from SWS Services. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
Sam and his crew just completed a large hardscaping project for my home in North Chatham. I couldn't be more satisfied with the work, the price and the professionalism. Sam gave us numerous great suggestions which we implemented before and during the project. His pricing was also very good and beat my incumbent landscaper but a significant amount. I'm having Sam quote our next big project for this winter after seeing these results.
Sam was great to work with and did great work on a patio project. We are very happy with the end result and will use him again in the future for any other outdoor projects we have. He is a perfectionist and makes sure that his work is always exceptional.
SWS has done great work for us. Sam and his crew are hard-working, reliable, and polite. They installed a split rail fence in our yard, renovated our stone driveway, pruned our hedges, hand-weeded and mulched our gardens, re-seeded parts of our lawn, and repaired our auto-sprinkler system that had sprung a couple of holes underground. Sam has an excellent eye for garden design and gave us good advice for solving problems like creating screening in areas of the yard we'd like to make less visible from the street. Highly recommend!
Sam and team are the best! Sam did an amazing job of designing our Provincetown yard to maximize the space and provide a good level of privacy from the neighbors and the street. The place was a mess before Sam and now looks like a million bucks and we get many compliments. We can't wait to use it this spring and summer. The neighbors all think Sam is the best, he built strong relationships and ensured everyone felt good about the work and changes. On top of it all, Sam is the nicest more genuine guy and I consider him a friend.
Sam and his team completed all of the landscape and hardscape on our recently built house and they did a fantastic job!! Our lot is particularly challenging with a steep slope on one side. I had several landscapers provide their input and Sam was the only one who had a comprehensive plan that made sense. Here is a list of what they did for our lot: 1) installed front steps & back patio (all bluestone), 2) installed metal edging for our long gravel driveway (~100 ft) & added bluestone gravel, 3) regraded the slope so it was less steep, 4) rebuilt a retaining wall so the soil doesn't erode, 5) installed a sprinkler system on the entire property, 6) added loam to part of the backyard and installed sod, 7) hydroseeded the remainder of the property with native grasses for a meadow, 8) designed a landscape plan for the entire property while checking in with us for our input, 9) completed all of the plantings with a lot of trees, bushes, & perennials that are either native to the area or compatible with the cape climate, and 10) mulched all of the relevant areas. His crew were meticulous and paid attention to all of the details important for landscaping. They cleaned up when they were finished and I found everyone on his team to be personable and hardworking. Sam is enthusiastic and has a positive outlook. I highly recommend SWS Services for all of your landscape and hardscape needs.
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Added 11 new comments, added 31 new photos, established 4.3 rating
Retaining walls & hardscaping4.8
Complex hardscape work4.4