Wollaston Development is a Woburn-based landscape design, hardscape, and masonry construction company the business says Michael Pallone founded in 2011, building on an earlier family lawn-care business, and now runs together with co-owner Meredith Pallone. Google shows 4.9 stars from 73 ratings and Houzz shows 5.0 from 6, and the write-ups behind those numbers are unusually deep for a landscaping outfit — 39 quoted reviews running from 2022 through mid-2026, all but one of them five stars.
The recurring project type is a full hardscape overhaul rather than a simple mow-and-mulch job. A recent review from a 25-year homeowner described a large multi-part build — a stone patio, a fieldstone retaining wall, drainage and irrigation systems, and stone walkways — done responsively and on budget. Another recent review had the crew demolishing an old garage and replacing it with a brick patio, walkway, new lawn, shrubs, and fencing. Older reviews tell a similar story: in a 2025 review, a customer whose custom bluestone patio needed stair work, drainage, and leveling said Mike listened to their design ideas and the crew stayed tidy and on schedule; in a 2024 review, a homeowner said a bowing, 50-year-old fieldstone wall was rebuilt along with a new walkway and paved patio, all within budget with no pressure to add extra work. The company also holds down longer commercial relationships — in a 2023 review, a manager said Wollaston had handled snow removal, seasonal cleanups, mulching, and weekly mowing at a property for three years and was, in their words, the best of the landscape companies they'd used.
The one serious exception is worth knowing about before booking a big project: in an April 2025 review, a customer who hired the company at the end of 2023 for a large patio and outdoor kitchen with a fire pit said the job was rushed and poorly communicated, with uneven stones, poor drainage, and irrigation lines that were cut and never reconnected. It stands alone against three dozen much more positive accounts, but it's a real complaint about the same kind of large, complex hardscape project the company is otherwise praised for, so it's worth asking pointed questions about the project plan and timeline up front, especially for a big-ticket build.
For a homeowner planning a serious backyard transformation — a stone patio, a retaining wall, a full landscape redesign — this is a company with a long list of customers happy with exactly that kind of work, alongside one clear reminder that a big project can still go sideways.
