Land Management Services

As part of our mission to be responsible stewards of the land, Land's Sake has a an experienced, dedicated crew that offers private homeowners and institutional land owners land care services. We enjoy working collaboratively with our clients to educate them on environmentally-sound land care practices. Land's Sake has become a trusted name for many homeowners in Weston and surrounding towns over the years. For an estimate for your project, please call our office (781.893.1162).

We offer the following services:

Consultation:

  • weekly/monthly garden maintenance programs specific to client needs
  • organic pest management plans targeted to specific pests
  • soil health assessment
  • ecological management work plans for the entire property from front yard to "back forty"
  • native and naturalized plant design and installation to accommodate the natural surrounding landscape for homeowners
  • plant design and recommendations for encouraging pollinating insects
  • preventative plans to reduce winter injury from cold winds for property vegetation

Installation:

  • kitchen and vegetable gardens
  • garden design with assorted annuals, biennials, perennials and woody plants
  • walkways, retaining walls and garden ornaments
  • permaculture installations

Maintenance/management:

  • garden bed weeding and edging
  • dead-heading of garden annuals and perennials
  • renovation of old and/or overgrown gardens
  • seasonal pruning of trees, shrubs, and vines
  • corrective pruning of overgrown woody plants, particularly near buildings, pools and other structures
  • seasonal application of various organic fertilizers and soil amendments for soil improvement and enhancing natural soil fertility cycles
  • spring and fall clean up
  • storm damage clean up
  • planting and transplanting of herbaceous and woody plants
  • application of horticultural oil to control scale insects and the hemlock woolly adelgid
  • design and building of compost bins

Reclamation:

  • invasive plant removal with replacement recommendations
  • erosion control using site-appropriate plants and barrier structures
  • ecological management of natural communities (large and small scale)
  • plant salvage program specific to client need