Wellesley, Massachusetts · 02481 · 02482
Poison Ivy Removal in Wellesley, MA.
Wellesley yards are built landscapes: mature ornamentals, clipped hedges, edged beds, and hardscape that took years and real money to establish. That is exactly the setting where a spray tank causes collateral damage and where hand-pulling earns its keep. I remove poison ivy from Wellesley properties the same way I do in Weston, one root system at a time, working around what you've planted instead of through it.
§ 01 · Local Field Notes
Where poison ivy shows up in Wellesley.
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Ornamental beds and hedge lines. Poison ivy threads through pachysandra, ivy beds, and hedge bases where it hides in plain sight among plants you want to keep.
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Brook and path corridors. Properties near Fuller Brook and the aqueduct paths pick up seedlings from the wooded margins year after year.
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Shaded north-side foundations and fence lines. Close neighbors mean shared fence lines, and vines don't respect the property boundary.
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Pool surrounds and play areas. The spots where kids and guests are barefoot are the spots where a single missed vine matters most.
§ 02 · Engagement
The same engagement as Weston.
Every project follows the engagement I run at home in Weston. You send photos through the form on my homepage. If it's a fit, I schedule the on-site Poison Ivy Survey: $300 for properties under 1 acre, $450 for 1 to 3 acres, $650 above 3. I walk the property, document every active zone, and deliver a custom map with a fixed-price removal proposal. Sign within 7 days and the survey fee is credited in full against the work. Removal is hand-pulling: leaves, vines, crowns, and roots, bagged and hauled off-site the same day, with a 30-day return visit included. There is no travel surcharge anywhere in my standing service area.
§ 03 · Method Fit
Why hand-pulling fits Wellesley.
Spray does not discriminate between the poison ivy and the three-hundred-dollar ornamental beside it, and drift near a hedge or bed is unavoidable. Hand extraction takes the target plant and nothing else, and the urushiol hazard leaves in a contractor bag the same day instead of standing dead on your fence for years.
§ 04 · Reference Desk
Common questions from Wellesley.
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Do you charge extra to come to Wellesley?
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Do you charge extra to come to Wellesley?
No. Wellesley is part of my standing service area. Same pricing, same process, no travel surcharge.
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Can you work inside established beds without tearing them up?
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Can you work inside established beds without tearing them up?
Yes, that's most of what I do. Hand extraction lets me lift a root run out from under groundcover and around ornamentals. Where a root travels beneath something I can't disturb, I document it and tell you exactly what was left and why.
Send me the worst spot. I'll take it from there.
Or call or text photos to (617) 618-8928.
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