Borst Landscape & Design

TL;DR: Effective yard grading solutions to prevent water pooling start with one simple goal: get water moving away from your home, your beds, and the spaces you use. The most reliable approaches include regrading the area around the foundation, building up persistent low spots, cutting in a vegetated swale, adding a berm, and terracin...

TL;DR: The most effective professional garden bed edging ideas balance beauty, durability, and a clear visual line between bed and lawn. Top designer-grade choices include a clean spade-cut edge, steel edging, Belgian block, cobblestone or fieldstone, traditional brick, weathering Cor-ten steel, poured concrete curbs, and living boxwood edges. The right ...

TL;DR: The typical stone walkway installation cost NJ homeowners pay falls between $16 and $35 per square foot installed, or roughly $1,600 to $3,500 for a standard 5’x20′ walkway, according to current national cost-guide data. Bergen County labor rates and high-end material choices often push projects toward (and above) the upper end of that range. Fina...

TL;DR: The best privacy landscaping ideas for backyard neighbors combine the right plants, the right placement, and a layered design that screens views without feeling like a fortress. Evergreen trees and shrubs (Green Giant arborvitae, American holly, Eastern red cedar, privet, skip laurel) form the workhorse layer. Flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses,...

TL;DR: The best low maintenance perennials for New Jersey gardens are tough, drought-tolerant, mostly deer-resistant, and reliable year after year in our Zone 6a/6b climate. Top picks for sun include black-eyed Susan, coneflower, Russian sage, catmint, and sedum. For partial shade, hostas, heuchera, and brunnera carry the season. Add hellebores and an or...