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Landscape Installation Cost in Massachusetts (2026)

Landscape installation in Massachusetts typically runs $4,800–$20,800 for a front-and-back-yard residential landscape install, with cool- or warm-season turf-dominant front-yard design as the dominant residential approach across USDA hardiness zone 5b-7a. Massachusetts's combination of acidic glacial-till soils across the Berkshires, Connecticut River Valley, and South Coast, mature deciduous canopy across suburban Boston from Newton to Concord to Wellesley, and 175-day growing season requires lime application as a standard component of every Massachusetts turf install — and the state's sandy outwash soils across Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket combined with restrictive Cape Cod Commission Land Use Bylaw require nitrogen-fixing native plants and reduced-fertilizer landscape design on every Cape and Islands residential property to protect coastal pond and estuary water quality.

State Massachusetts
Cities Covered 36
Typical front-and-back-yard residential landscape install $4,800 – $20,800
BLS landscape worker wage $19.84/hr

Massachusetts climate, water & plant-palette drivers

  • USDA hardiness zone: 5b-7a — drives plant-palette selection and frost-survival ratings
  • Annual rainfall: 47 inches/yr — drives irrigation system sizing
  • Growing season: 175 frost-free days per year
  • Drought tier: Moderate — periodic drought, advisory water-saving guidelines
  • Irrigation dependency: Low — irrigation optional, established plants survive on rainfall
  • Frost-line trench depth: 48-inch design minimum for irrigation backflow + bed prep
  • Dominant residential aesthetic: Turf-dominant — cool- or warm-season residential lawn as primary front-yard ground cover
  • Wildfire defensible-space rule: No WUI defensible-space requirement

Massachusetts licensing, pesticide & permits

  • License status: Statewide license required
  • License board: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Pesticide Program + Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs HIC registration (official site)
  • Permit: no permit required for landscape install; HIC registration required above $1,000 contract; MDAR Commercial Pesticide Applicator required for any chemical lawn care; municipal turf pesticide ordinances in 30+ Massachusetts towns

How landscape installation costs vary in Massachusetts

State-specific code or insurance rule: Massachusetts MGL Ch 132B §6F imposes the Massachusetts Children's & Families' Protection Act on every residential pesticide application — every Massachusetts commercial landscape contractor applying restricted-use pesticides on residential property within 75 ft of a child-occupied structure must provide 72-hour advance written notification, plus 30+ Massachusetts towns including Newton, Cambridge, Marblehead, and Wellesley have separately adopted municipal turf-pesticide ordinances banning synthetic pesticide application on residential lawns, making Massachusetts the most restrictive Northeast state on residential landscape pesticide use after Connecticut.

Cities in Massachusetts

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Attleboro, MA

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Barnstable Town, MA

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Beverly, MA

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Boston, MA

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Brockton, MA

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Cambridge, MA

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Chelsea, MA

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Chicopee, MA

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Everett, MA

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Fall River, MA

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Fitchburg, MA

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Haverhill, MA

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Holyoke, MA

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Lawrence, MA

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Leominster, MA

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Lowell, MA

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Lynn, MA

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Malden, MA

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Marlborough, MA

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Medford, MA

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Methuen, MA

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New Bedford, MA

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Newton, MA

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Peabody, MA

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Pittsfield, MA

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Quincy, MA

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Revere, MA

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Salem, MA

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Somerville, MA

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Springfield, MA

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Taunton, MA

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Waltham, MA

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Westfield, MA

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Weymouth Town, MA

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Woburn, MA

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Worcester, MA

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Pricing ranges reflect Massachusetts market labor (BLS OEWS landscaping & groundskeeping mean $19.84/hr) and Woogoro regional cost modeling. For the most localized estimate, see your nearest city page above.