Landscape design & install
From the first rendering to the last paver, True North designs and builds complete outdoor spaces for Monmouth County and Jersey Shore homes. One coordinated team takes your project from planning through construction, so the plan you approve guides every step of the build.
Every element of your landscape, planned together and installed by a single team.
A great outdoor space works as a whole. The patio is sized for how your family gathers, the walls create the level ground it sits on, the kitchen and fire feature land where people actually want to be, and the plantings and lighting finish it. We design all of it together and build it with one team.
The people who plan the space are the same people who grade the site, set the base, and lay the stone, so far less gets lost between a designer's drawing and a separate crew. You get one point of contact, one plan, and clear communication through the final walkthrough.
No two yards are the same, so we scope each project around the property and how you want to live in it, not around a fixed package. Some projects are a single patio with plantings and lighting. Others reshape the whole yard with retaining walls, an outdoor kitchen, a fireplace, and pathways tying it all together.
Most projects combine several of these into one plan.
Larger projects start with a design. We study the property's grade, light, and drainage alongside how your family uses the yard, then turn it into a coordinated plan, often with renderings, so you can see the space and make decisions before construction begins.
Read: Is It Worth Paying a Landscape Designer in New Jersey?
A patio is where most of the living happens outside, so we build it to do real work. Every patio and walkway starts with proper excavation, a compacted base, and the right slope for drainage, finished in paver or natural stone to suit the home.
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An outdoor kitchen keeps the cook in the middle of the gathering instead of stuck inside. From a built-in grill station to a full kitchen with counters and storage, we design cooking areas into the patio so they feel like a true extension of the home.
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A fire feature turns a patio into a place people stay long after sunset. We build wood-burning and gas fire pits into the surrounding hardscape, and masonry fireplaces that anchor a seating area, add privacy, and stretch the season into cooler Jersey Shore evenings.
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A retaining wall does real structural work: holding back a slope and creating level, usable ground. Built with proper base preparation and drainage behind it, a wall stays put through Northeast freeze-and-thaw. We build ours in block and natural stone, made to last and to look like part of the design.
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A paver driveway sets the tone for the front of the home, and because it carries vehicle weight, the base matters even more than it does on a patio. We build driveways on a heavy-duty foundation, graded to carry water away from the house, in styles that suit the architecture.
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Request a Design ConsultationThe layers that make a landscape feel finished, day and night.
Plantings make a landscape feel finished and alive. We choose trees, shrubs, and perennials for your soil, light, and exposure (salt air near the water, clay pockets that hold moisture, and steady deer pressure), then layer them into beds that look intentional on day one and grow in beautifully.
Mulch holds moisture and keeps weeds down, while decorative stone offers a lower-maintenance alternative. Either way, crisp edging keeps beds clean and contained.
Stone, paver, and stepping-stone paths connect patios, beds, and entrances, built on a stable base for even footing.
Lighting planned into the design makes the space usable after dark: path and step lights for safe footing and accents on patios, walls, and trees. Read our landscape lighting guide.
Where the grade or the home calls for a raised platform, a wood deck adds living space. We frame decks to stay solid and connect them cleanly to the house, patio, and plantings.
Privacy, boundary, and accent fencing that screens a patio, encloses a space for kids and pets, or finishes the edges of the yard, with posts set to stay straight and secure.
For the spaces we design and build, we offer seasonal care for plantings, beds, and hardscape, keeping the property looking the way it did the day the project wrapped.
Across central Monmouth County and the inner Jersey Shore, the ground changes quickly: sloped lots that drain toward the Navesink and Shrewsbury, sandy stretches near the bay, and clay that holds water after a storm. Knowing those conditions before we break ground is how we build landscapes that last.
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With separate firms, the plan is handed to a crew that didn't create it, and questions about grading, drainage, or materials bounce between two companies. With design-build, one team is accountable for both the plan and the result.
Earlier than most people expect. Design decisions and material selections all come before construction, so starting a season ahead gives you time to decide without rushing.
It starts with a conversation about how you want to use the space and a walk of the property to understand its grade, drainage, light, and existing features. From there, the design brings together the layout, the elements you want, and material options, and you review and refine it before construction is planned. The level of detail scales with the project, so a larger, multi-part transformation typically involves a more complete design than a single patio.
A sense of how you want to use the yard, any photos or ideas you've saved, known problem areas such as standing water or steep slopes, and a property survey if you have one. A general budget range also helps us recommend where to focus.
Images on this page are AI-generated illustrations of design ideas. They are not photographs of completed True North projects.
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