WHITMORE'S YARD CARE

On Google, Whitmore's Yard Care holds a 4.9-star average across 79 ratings — a number built largely on customers describing relationships that run a decade or more. The company says it has been in business in East Bridgewater since 1986, founded by Cary Whitmore, a Massachusetts Certified Landscape Professional since 1997; his wife Julie and daughter Leah now work alongside him, per the company's own account. Most of what people hire Whitmore's for is the recurring route: mowing, fertilization, and spring and fall cleanups, plus tick and mosquito spraying that several reviewers credited with actually working — one 2023 review said switching to Whitmore's for mosquito control meant not seeing a single mosquito in the yard all season. The crew also takes on bigger jobs: a 2023 review described an irrigation system and landscaping install from about six years earlier with maintenance ever since, and another mentioned patios and walks built alongside the usual cleanups. When one family's yard had been worn down to dirt and rocks by years of dogs, Whitmore's reseeded it — the homeowner wrote in 2023 that their grandkids could finally play on grass instead of bare ground. The relationships people describe run long: a 2023 review cited 15-plus years of landscape design, installs and hardscape work, and another said 20-plus years, adding that Whitmore's throws in dethatching and aeration beyond the standard mowing route. One storm story stands out — a tree came down across a driveway a few years back, and a 2023 review said the crew was out within the hour to clear and clean it up. Before calling, it's worth knowing that recent activity has thinned out. The most current review, from April 2026, is a one-star warning that reads more like a change of heart than an account of what went wrong ("good start, horrible finish... you'll regret it"), with no specifics attached. A more detailed complaint from 2024 described several hundred weeds spreading through the yard over one season — the company acknowledged the problem when the customer called about it, though the review doesn't say whether it got fixed. Whitmore's looks like the right call for a homeowner who wants one crew to handle the whole yard year-round rather than piecing it together — long-tenured clients keep coming back for exactly that. Given how sparse the last two years of reviews are, it's worth asking how current crews and scheduling compare to the string of five-star write-ups from 2023.