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Yankee Garden Designs is a Medford, Massachusetts garden consulting and design business, run by its owner in a hands-on, personal style — the company describes itself as owner-operated, written in the first person on its own site. It offers everything from an initial garden consultation and design plan through installation, ongoing coaching, and maintenance, plus a service to keep a garden going while its owners are away. The one customer account on record so far is a June 2026 Google review from a homeowner in Malden's West End: hiring the owner (Andy) to help redesign an unusually shaped backyard, the reviewer called him easy to schedule, pleasant to work with, and quick to come back with a plan for a tricky corner of the yard. There isn't much of a public track record yet beyond that one account — worth asking to see examples of completed gardens or a couple of references before booking, since the written history here is still short. For a homeowner who wants a consultative, one-on-one approach to planning and shaping a garden rather than a full landscaping crew, this looks like a reasonable fit — just confirm scope, timeline, and pricing for your own yard before signing on.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Yankee Garden Designs. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
I hired Andy to help me establish a garden in my very out-of-the-ordinary backyard in Malden's West End, and from Day 1, he was a delight to work with. He was easy to schedule, pleasant to talk to, and quickly came up with a plan to transform a corner of my weird yard into an exciting garden. I wanted to not just have him come up with a plan or even build the garden for me - I wanted him to teach me what he was doing. And that's precisely what he did. What am I left with? A really special, growing garden that I understand how to maintain...but also with a tremendous resource to reach out to whenever a question comes up. I'm finding that they do (frequently), but that Andy's always available to answer and help. Strongly recommend!!
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