Professional Help and Advice

Garden Centers and Plant Nurseries

Below is an alphabetical list of garden centers and nurseries in the area that can help you interpret soil test results and/or sell slow-release fertilizers. You may want to call ahead to ensure that the appropriate staff will be available to help you with your soil test and fertilizer questions. Also, keep in mind that the staff in the UMass Soil Testing lab can answer questions about the specific results of your soil test and the accompanying fertilizer recommendation.

Note, this list is not an exhaustive list! Please let us know if there are other businesses in the Assabet River region that should be added to the list - click here.

Agway
411 West Main St.
Northborough, MA
508-393-8100

Curtiss Garden Concepts
205 Turnpike Rd, Rt. 9 West
Rt 9 West at Jct of Rt 85
Southborough, MA
508-460-1440

Fiske's Garden Center
Rt 20 Northborough, MA
508-393-6861

Harveys Farm and Country Store
120 South St., Rt. 135
Westborough, MA
508-366-1545

Homestead Farms
34 Massachusetts Avenue
Boxborough, MA
978-264-4417

Lenox Nursery & Garden Center
1 Keefe Rd.
Acton, MA
978-287-5777

New England Nurseries, Inc.
216 Concord Rd., Rt. 62 W
Bedford, MA
888-268-6402

Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening, Inc. (Priscilla Williams)
35 Turner Road, Townsend, MA 01469
(978) 597-3005 (home), (978) 660-3492 (cell)
priscilla@seedlingspecialist.com

Russell's Garden Center
Rt 20 Wayland, MA
508-358-2283
info@russellsgardencenter.com

Weston Nurseries Garden Center
Rt 135 Hopkinton, MA
508-435-3414

Ecological Landscaping Businesses in the Area

All of the businesses listed alphabetically below describe their approach to landscaping and lawn care as "ecological," and some, but certainly not all, describe their methods as "organic." They offer a range of services and no two are the same so you need to call them to get more information.

Again, this is not an exhaustive list. Let us know of other area businesses that should be included on the list Click here.

Cornucorpia Gardens
Mary and Francis Jeseh
18 Carver Road
Framingham, MA 01701
508-879-1822

Designer of Greens
Catherine Rooney
136 Fountain Street
Ashland, MA 01721
508-881-7080

Ewing Landscapes and Gardens
Has so Ewing
299 Strawberry Hill Road
Concord, MA 01742
978-371-7479

Gardens Are…
Donald and Patricia Bishop
100 Violetwood Circle
Marlborough, MA 01752-6493
888-526-7771
info@gardensare.com

Gardens for Life
Dori Smith
6 Half Moon Hill, Acton, MA 01720
(978) 635-1145
dsmith@newview.org

Groundscapes Express Inc.
John D. Engwer
715 East Street, P.O. Box 737
Wrentham, MA 02093
508-384-7140
john@groundscapesexpress.com

KSO Landscape and Design
Kathy Sargent-O'Neill
60 Lanewood Ave
Framingham, MA 01701
508-897-7888

Minglewood Designs
Angela Kearney
29 Oxbow Road
Concord, MA 01742
508.572.2812

Small Planet Landscaping
Nick Novick
6 Meadowbrook Lane
Ashland, MA 01721
508-881-1517
smallplanetlandscaping@verizon.net

Twinleaf Associates
Ecological Landscape Design
Selina Rossiter
PO Box 380902
Cambridge, MA 02238
508.758.6648
selina@twinleaf.info

Waterflowers Ecological Design
Terry Bastian
56 Island Street
Lawrence, MA 01840
978-557-0137

Whole Earth Landscape and Design
Mark Saydah
Box 2195
Littleton, MA 01460-3195
508-655-0722 & 978-456-8968

You can also try the Organic Land Care Committee of
Massachusetts and Connecticut's list of accredited
landcare professionals:
http://www.organiclandcare.net/professionals.html#MA