Greenough Landscapes
Landscaping in Essex, MA · ★ 5.0 Google rating
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- Address
- 198 Western Ave, Essex, MA 01929
- Phone
- (978) 375-8037
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About Greenough Landscapes
Greenough Landscapes is a Landscaping contractor based in Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 198 Western Ave, Essex, MA 01929. It has a Google rating of 5.0 out of 5. Its website is linked above. A listing here is not a license or insurance check, so verify both directly before hiring.
Service area
Based in Essex, Greenough Landscapes is within a short drive of Hamilton (2 mi), Wenham (4 mi), Manchester-by-the-Sea (5 mi), Beverly (5 mi), Ipswich (5 mi) and Gloucester (6 mi). Most Massachusetts landscaping contractors work a 25-mile radius, so homeowners in those towns can reasonably ask for a quote.
Hiring a Landscaping contractor in Essex
Retaining walls over four feet at the footing require a state building code permit and engineered drawings. Coastal projects — seawalls, riprap, dune work, even substantial native plantings on the bank — go through a Notice of Intent with the Essex Conservation Commission and typically MassDEP. Building anything in a FEMA velocity zone has freeboard and anchoring rules that affect even decks and freestanding structures. Plan on six to twelve weeks of permitting for anything serious near the water, and longer if a chapter 91 license is in play for the tidelands.
Essex pricing skews higher than central MA because the labor pool is the North Shore — Gloucester, Ipswich, Beverly — and access on narrow village streets is real. A standard season of lawn and bed maintenance on a half-acre lot typically runs $2,800–$4,500; a coastal-grade paver patio with proper drainage lands $20,000–$38,000; full design-build waterfront work with native plantings, retaining elements, and erosion control often runs $40,000–$150,000 once permitting and salt-tolerant species are factored in. Chapter 91 and ConsCom restoration plantings drive the high end.
Massachusetts requires a written contract and a Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential landscaping work; ask for the registration number and check it before paying a deposit.
More on permits, costs, rebates and common questions, plus every other landscaping contractor serving the town, on the Landscaping in Essex page.
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