The Picot Company

The Picot Company is a landscaping outfit based in Needham Heights whose work has been written up alongside well-known architects: it's credited as the landscape contractor on a Bulfinch Award-winning Charles River Estate profiled in Period Homes magazine, and turns up again on several other Dan Gordon Landscape Architects and Patrick Ahearn Architect projects around 2019 and 2020. The written customer record is thin and dated. A 2019 Google review called it a "top quality full service landscape contractor," while a 2017 review complained about one of the company's vehicles cutting a driver off on the highway — an incident about a company vehicle rather than the landscaping work itself. Google shows 4 stars from just 4 ratings. Worth asking about before booking: the company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 138991, is on record with the state as expired, so it's worth confirming current standing and insurance directly. The Better Business Bureau rates it A+ but the business isn't BBB accredited. With only a handful of public reviews but a track record of estate-scale collaborations with known architects and designers, The Picot Company looks like a fit for homeowners taking on a substantial landscape project who want to see recent work and ask for references before signing on.