Complete Landscape Design & Installation Services

From onsite consultations and garden coaching to digital design, expert plant selection, specialty ordering, professional planting, and full landscape installation, we handle every step of the process. With more than 500 completed landscape design projects across Northern New Jersey, we understand the region’s unique climate and conditions—and how to create outdoor spaces that truly thrive. Each design is carefully tailored to your personal style and needs, whether you’re dreaming of an English Cottage Garden or a tranquil Japanese Zen Garden. Our designers create layered, multi-season landscapes while thoughtfully solving challenges such as deer pressure, erosion, wet or dry soils, privacy concerns, and deep shade.

Sustainable & Beautiful Landscapes

Our design philosophy emphasizes pollinator-friendly plantings featuring native species that are naturally deer-resistant and low-maintenance. We avoid high-maintenance plantings and invasive exotic species, instead creating resilient, ecologically friendly landscapes that are both healthy and stunning. The result is a sustainable outdoor environment that thrives with minimal intervention while supporting local wildlife.
From something as straightforward as a privacy screen of native trees to complete foundation redesigns or entire property transformations, we have the expertise to convert your ordinary landscape into your own beautiful oasis that will flourish for years to come.

Meet Our Designers

Erik Maietta
Lead Designer Passionate, Artistic, and Ecologically Minded Landscape Design

Erik is a passionate landscape designer with deep roots in the Northeast, combining extensive knowledge of native plants with a commitment to creative, sustainable design. A Rutgers University graduate with a Master of Landscape Architecture, he has completed more than 400 landscape installations with Country Mile Gardens and is known for transforming even neglected properties into thriving outdoor spaces. A 2025 NJNLA Landscape Design Award winner, Erik brings firsthand experience with deer pressure and challenging site conditions from growing up in Randolph, NJ, allowing him to select resilient plant materials and craft designs tailored to each site’s sun exposure, soil, moisture, and environmental needs. His lifelong love of plants, paired with a background in high-level, concierge-style project management, results in budget-conscious, high-impact landscapes delivered with exceptional attention to detail and client care.

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Amy Susko
Enthusiastic, Knowledgeable & Eco-Conscious Landscape Design

After working in-store to help customers choose the right plants for their spaces, Amy now guides homeowners through the full landscape design process—from initial concept to plant selection and installation. She holds a Landscape Design Certification and earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Kentucky, giving her a solid foundation in plant health, soil systems, and sustainable design practices. Passionate about native and environmentally friendly landscaping, she creates outdoor spaces that are both beautiful and designed to thrive naturally.
With a genuine love for plants, Amy approaches each project with enthusiasm and a practical mindset. She enjoys working with homeowners of all experience levels, creating a flexible, collaborative process that’s easy to navigate. She believes great design helps homeowners feel confident caring for their landscapes, turning curiosity about plants into lasting enjoyment. Her work helps homeowners turn their ideas into landscapes they love and can care for with confidence.

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What Clients Are Saying About Our Landscape Designs

  • Jenn Thomas (Landscape Designer) and her team just completed the design and installation for the front of my house, and we couldn’t be more pleased. Jenn was excellent to work with—personable, attentive, and with a great eye for plants. Her design was both thoughtful and beautiful. Country Mile’s installation crew did an outstanding job as well. The area was a minefield of electrical conduit and drainage pipes, yet they worked efficiently and carefully, handling everything seamlessly. We’re delighted with the results.
    R. Sullivan
  • I recently had my front yard redesigned and landscaped working with Erik, lead designer at Country Mile Gardens. Erik was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, patient, and answered every question. His design talents and suggestions were outstanding, and he personally oversaw the entire installation start to finish. I couldn’t be more pleased with the result.
    J. Kuchera
  • I recently had the pleasure of working with Erik from Country Mile Gardens to completely redo our front landscape, and I couldn’t be happier with the results! From the very beginning, Erik listened attentively to all our concerns and desires, crafting a unique and beautiful design that met all our needs, including being deer resistant. He and his team of landscapers worked incredibly hard to plant all the new plants and even move several of our existing plants. It’s like an entirely new property!
    C. Rotondo

Portfolio of Select Projects

Modern Farmhouse Foundation Planting

This beautiful farmhouse was a blank slate, in need of a foundation garden for full sun. The homeowner loves hydrangeas, and generally wanted white and lavender flowers to soften the hardscape but needed deer resistant plants. The finished landscape has year-round seasonal interest.

Year Round Curb Appeal

This driveway’s hydrangeas looked great in summer but left the entry bare for months. We replaced them with evergreens, providing spring blooms from PJM Rhododendron and dwarf Azalea, and year-round winter interest with varied evergreen foliage.

Poolside Retreat

This backyard got a fun mix of plants, with a variety of textures and colors. This full sun planting plan was laid out so that flowering shrubs invite bees away from the pool, while evergreens and grasses surrounding the pool deck attract fewer stinging insects to address the family’s concerns while providing a welcome landscape throughout the winter, when the fire pit is in full use!

Deer Resistant Foundation Planting

This Harding residence was in desperate need of a makeover. After clearing weeds and regrading the challenging slope with new drainage, Erik transformed the front entry using Dark Knight Caryopteris, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Walker’s Low Catmint, and Dwarf Pennisetum to create a welcoming, sun-loving landscape.

Sunny Island Delight

After staring at a dead boomerang-shaped island in front of her house, this Mendham customer consulted with our Lead Designer, Erik, to help rebuild the space with sun-loving and deer-resistant plantings including Hameln Grass, Catmint, Longwood Blue Caryopteris and Goldfinger Potentilla.

Woodland Edge Enhancement

This Basking Ridge homeowner was tired of looking at the boring, messy edge of her backyard.  We redefined her view by adding clusters of Brandywine and Seibold Viburnum, native Itea, Double Play® Big Bang® Spirea and Green Giant Arborvitae for an added sense of enclosure.

Deep Shade Front Makeover

This Jockey Hollow Residence was also in need of a refresh that tolerated north-facing, deep shade… and of course deer too!  The shrubs along the foundation were overgrown and spindly while the plantings along the walkway sprawled out creating a messy, undefined look.

Backyard Privacy Screening

The owners of this recent Chatham rebuild, were looking to remove a row of small, recently planted azaleas along their backyard fence line and replace with evergreen privacy screening.

Spruce and Flowering Shrub Fantasy

Erik, was presented with an interesting challenge by one of our Morristown customers:  Turn a useless lawn area into a whimsical spruce forest reminiscent of the Northwest.

Foundation Update

This project is the 3rd for Erik with this local Bernardsville homeowner.  After adding privacy screening for the pool area and refreshing their driveway island, it was time to address the front foundation entry area.

Multi Seasons of Color

This local customer consulted with Erik to wrap his front yard in new planting beds to provide color and texture throughout the season.

Post Storm Backyard Refresh

In this project we utilized all the best deer resistant and shade tolerant shrubs to create a clean, simple and low-maintenance design.

A Unique Foundation Planting

The owners of this stately Colonial home were ready to replace overgrown shrubs with a fresh, refined approach. Working closely with the homeowner, our Lead Designer, Erik, created a balanced design featuring low shrubs and grasses flanking a central massing of Limelight Hydrangeas, which will mature to 6–8 feet tall and wide. Overgrown spirea were also relocated to give existing dogwood and Stewartia trees room to thrive.

Deep Shade Planting Strategies

Nestled among mature oak trees in the hills of Basking Ridge, this charming Ranch was overgrown and ready for a refresh. After simplifying the home with a new coat of paint, our designer, Erik, mirrored that approach with shade-tolerant foundation plantings to create a fresh, inviting view from the driveway. The layered design will mature gracefully and provide years of enjoyment.

A Morristown Makeover Strategy

Erik helped solve snow- and ice-damaged boxwoods at this cozy cottage by recommending Duke Gardens Japanese Plum Yews. These compact, finely textured evergreens line the foundation beautifully, offering flexible branches that better withstand heavy snow while remaining ideal for small gardens and low borders.

Homewood

This local residence was another “blank slate” in desperate need of a makeover! Each side of the house required specific, low-maintenance design strategies such as deer/sun tolerant, deer/shade tolerant and deer/shade/wet tolerant.   By working with the homeowners’ needs, we were able to create a finely-tuned design within budget that the homeowners will continue to enjoy for years to come.

A Classic Colonial Front Garden

The owners of this charming Morristown home wanted a front garden that matched the home’s style while reducing lawn. Our Lead Designer, Erik, created wraparound planting beds featuring panicle hydrangeas, spirea, boxwood, and Bloomerang® Dark Purple Reblooming Lilac, adding enclosure now with room to grow in the future.

Adding Serious Curb Appeal

The design request for this charming Bernardsville home was to add a stunning Eastern Redbud along the barren driveway.  Our designer, Erik, worked with the existing grade to create an aesthetically-pleasing cascade of plantings using native itea and Brandywine Viburnum to soften the view and provide privacy during the spring and summer.  The showy, burgundy-purple new growth on the Double Play® Red Spirea pairs very well with the existing Japanese maple in the background.

Explore More of Our Recent Landscape Design Work

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Ready to Transform Your Landscape?

Interested in learning more about our landscape design process or scheduling a site visit? We’d love to hear from you! Give us a call at 973-400-0303 to get started. Let’s bring your vision to life!