Rumson, NJ Landscaping & Estate Landscape Design

Built for a river peninsula

Rumson sits on a peninsula between the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers, so many properties deal with salt air on one side and mature shade trees on the other. Riverfront lots near Bingham Hill and along the water often need plants that tolerate occasional salt-water flooding; Sandy-era flood damage taught a lot of owners to raise key beds and keep heavy features out of the lowest ground.

Estate-scale maintenance

Many Rumson estates run one to several acres with long hedgerows, boxwood parterres, specimen beeches and oaks, and formal entry courts. That scale needs a consistent weekly crew, hand-pruning instead of shearing, and two fall leaf passes because the big oaks drop late.

Deer and privacy

Deer browse heavily through Rumson's wooded lots, which is why arborvitae screens often look thin by spring. We plan mixed screens of holly, cryptomeria, eastern red cedar and Green Giant, and lean on deer-resistant perennials like catmint, Russian sage and ornamental grasses.