Why Blue Claw in Dennis

A local crew, a long-view standard.

Dennis spans bayside beach communities and inland kettle-pond properties, and our work reflects the full range. On the bay-side beaches we focus on salt-tolerant planting and frost-protected hardscape. Inland — around Scargo Lake and the Dennis Village historic district — we restore stone walls, rebuild brick walks, and install bluestone terraces designed to age into the existing properties.

Dennis reads quieter than its neighbors but the standard of craft on the high-end properties here is just as exacting. We approach Dennis projects the same way we approach Chatham or Osterville: slow site visits, careful material sourcing, plantings that look right in every season, and stonework that reads as native.

Common Dennis projects: bluestone terraces on Scargo Lake and bayside properties; fieldstone wall restoration in the historic village; pool surrounds in thermal bluestone; and weekly maintenance programs covering lawn, horticultural care, irrigation, and seasonal cleanups.

On a Scargo Lake property we built a hand-set fieldstone wall that follows the natural slope down to the water — three terraces, each retained by its own wall, planted with species that handle the lake-edge moisture. Two seasons in, the walls already read as if they had been there for decades.

What we build in Dennis