Woodland Landscaping

Woodland Landscaping has been cutting, trimming and planting around Methuen since 2002 — a quarter century in one town, run with three employees, according to its Better Business Bureau file. The stars are the part worth pausing on. Google puts it at 3.5 across 11 ratings, and Porch shows 3.2 — though Porch says outright that its number is drawn from 19 reviews collected elsewhere on the web rather than from its own customers, so the two figures are not really independent of each other. Either way, this is a middling score in a trade where 4.5-plus is common, and the written accounts behind it are dated: the newest retrievable one is from 2020. The work is broader than mowing. Porch's listing runs to brick and stone driveway installation and repair, arbor construction, artificial grass, brush removal and lawn irrigation alongside the expected hedge trimming — closer to a full yard contractor than a lawn-care round. BBB files the company simply as a landscape contractor and has never issued it a rating, saying it lacks the information to do so; it is not an accredited business, and no complaints or government actions appear on the file. Two things to sort out before you call. The addresses don't agree — BBB lists 64 West St and Porch lists 42 Harvard Ave, both in Methuen — so confirm which one you're dealing with. And because the driveway and stonework side goes beyond mowing and planting, ask directly about registration and insurance for that portion of the job, and get the scope in writing. This is a plausible call for straightforward Methuen yard work from a long-established local outfit, but the public record is thin and the ratings are ordinary, so lean on references for anything larger than routine maintenance.