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Outdoor Living

Outdoor Fireplaces – what fits your lifestyle

Outdoor Living

A Few Suggestions for Making the Ultimate Outdoor Pool Gathering Space for Family and Friends

Project Spotlight

Getting Into Hard To Reach Places: Properties with Poor Access

Tips & Ideas

Seasonal Decorating Trends 2022

Gardening

The Secret to Thriving Lavender

Tips & Ideas

Tips for an intensely vibrant spring bulb display

Tips & Ideas

2022 Trends: Outdoor Workspaces & Living Rooms

Gardening

Will climbing vines damage my home?

Landscaping

Protect your Landscaping from Cicadas

Outdoor Living

Covid Transformation: How the Covid-19 virus has transformed how we use our outdoor living spaces

Project Spotlight

Our New Project Using Indigenous Stone

Project Spotlight

New Dressage Arena

Outdoor Living

Cabanas, Pavilions and Pool Houses …which one meets your needs?

Project Master Plan

New vanishing edge pool project in Bucks County

Project Spotlight

Finishing up our Tewksbury stone courtyard project

Project Spotlight

Our new outdoor living space project on Clinton’s historic millpond

Gardening

When is the best time to fertilize daffodils, tulips and other spring flowering bulbs

In the News

Is Soil the new Prozac?

Tips & Ideas

How to Prepare Flower Pots & Containers for Spring

Project Spotlight

Redbank Riverview Hospital Rooftop Courtyard Design

Places we love

Wild Plant Hunting in New Zealand

Project Spotlight

Our New Vanishing Pool Project in Princeton

In the News

Discover the Secret of the Ginkgo Tree

Project Spotlight

Hanging a 14′ diameter, 1/2 ton Christmas Wreath, 5 stories high

Gardening

Spring Bulb Planting Guide 2019!

Project Master Plan

Meditation Garden in Princeton

Project Master Plan

Getting personal with a massive Red Oak on one of our new project sites

Pools

Asbury Park pool project at sunset

Gardening

The rewards of being patient…grove of Crepe Myrtle Natchez

Places we love

The Lake District in the UK

Gardening

Tree Form Hydrangeas at our Easton, Pa. project

Places we love

Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Project Spotlight

Our New Stone Water Feature in Lambertville

Project Spotlight

Our Asbury Park Pool Project

Gardening

A Kinder, Gentler Bamboo

Gardening

Our Strange Love-Hate Relationship with Wisteria

Project Spotlight

One of the largest American Ash Trees We’ve Seen in 27 years.

Events

Welcome Kevin Chung – Cross River Design’s New Jr. Landscape Architect

Maintaining Your Landscape

Early Spring 2019 Projects Underway

Maintaining Your Landscape

Maintaining your Landscape

Events

Lux Life Magazine Design Awards

Gardening

The Major Portion of the Clearing and Collected Writings by Landscape Architect, Jens Jensen

Gardening

Hellebores

Gardening

To Stitch or not to Stitch: Should You Wrap Your Shrubs in Burlap

Project Spotlight

In the Treetops, Above the Snow – It’s a Tree House

Gardening

A Quiet Reveal – the Garden in Winter

Places we love

Visiting Versailles Gardens in Winter

Places we love

Bow Bridge in Autumn

Events

Outdoor Landscape Structures: New products we’re excited about

Project Spotlight

Historic 1711 house in Rumson, NJ

Project Spotlight

Entrance Light Pier Details on Recently Completed Project

Gardening

First Crate of Bulbs Arrive: Narcissus, Crocus, Hyacinth, Muscari, Tulip – Oh My!

Project Spotlight

New Pool Pavilion and Gazebo: Breathtaking Views in Hunterdon County

Project Spotlight

Historic Restoration Project in Easton, Pa

Project Spotlight

Landscape Architecture and Construction: Restoration Project in Redbank, NJ

Gardening

Colors of Fall: Don’t Miss Autumn Waiting for the Maples to turn!

Tips & Ideas

Create Charming Garden Spaces in Small Yards

Places we love

Charleston: Design Architect’s View

Project Spotlight

Stone Garden Wall Samples for Our Historic Easton Project

Gardening

Hydrangea time!

Project Spotlight

Historic Easton Project: Limestone Garden Wall

Gardening

The Master at Work: Cross River Design Landscape Architect Identifies Cucumber Magnolia Tree

Outdoor Living

Searching Old Cast Iron Treasure

Gardening

The Peony: Huge balls of deer resistant gorgeousness!

Project Spotlight

With temps closing in on 100 deg. We’re just chillin at our newly installed granite fountain installation

Gardening

Clever Ways of Enclosing your Impressive Vegetable Garden or Cutting Garden

Events

Welcoming Ian Bydalek to the Cross River Design Team

Project Spotlight

What we’re working on: Landscape Master Plan for historic Greystone property

Tips & Ideas

Backyard canopy structures, pergolas, tents etc.

Gardening

Gardening: The new millennial pastime

Pools

Stainless Steel Pool Project in Morristown, New Jersey

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Soggy weather not slowing down Cross River tree digging schedule

Gardening

Extended winter weather has us longing for spring color!

Project Spotlight

Taking the time you spend “poolside” to the next level

Gardening

Sharing some of our favorite spring bulb combinations

Pools

South Orange New Jersey Pool Project

Project Master Plan

Cross River Design Creates Facility Master Plan for Historic Prallsville Mill Complex

Project Spotlight

Stainless Steel Pool

In the News

How trees, plants will not only improve your health, and help you live longer

Project Spotlight

Planting a Large Tree: Sugar Maple in Summit NJ

Events

Giving Back. The 20th anniversary Gala for the Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation at Ellis island.

Project Spotlight

A Glorious Restoration: Driveway layout, Planting and Landscape Lighting

Outdoor Living

A DIY Outdoor Shower

Gardening

Summer Planting Containers and Water Gardens

Project Spotlight

A Rain Garden in Short Hills, New Jersey

In the News

2017 HGTV Ultimate Outdoor Awards: Vote Now!

Project Spotlight

Granite Stairs Leading To the Fountain in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Project Spotlight

New Landscaping Project in Red Bank NJ

Gardening

Summer Plant Containers & Water Gardens

Project Spotlight

Stone Wall Progress Pictures

Pools

Lap Pool & Bocce Court Progress

Projects - Before & After

Landscape Makeover in South Orange, New Jersey

Landscaping

Moving and Planting Massive 30′ Evergreens is Both Science and Art

Stonework

Trial Run of our Granite Fountain Feature in Berkeley Heights

Gardening

It’s Rhododendron Season in Summit!

Pools

We are Approaching the Finish Line with this Pool Project in Clinton Township

Project Spotlight

Just a Place to Kick the Ball Around – Synthetic Turf Field

Project Spotlight

Progress Pics from our Lap Pool & Cabana Project

Gardening

Spend Time in a Garden and Live Longer!

Project Spotlight

Bocce Court and Long Lap Swimming Pool

Events

NJ Devils Crush Flyers at Cross River Christmas Party!!!

Events

Spring Bulbs: Sons of Dirt

Pools

Custom Pool Project in Monmouth Beach

Terrace, Decks & Patios

Cross River Patios and Decks

Gardening

Speeding up Spring’s Arrival – Forcing Plant Branches Indoors

Gardening

Tulipmania: Tulip and Narcissus Bulbs are In

Gardening

Using New Jersey Native Plants to Sustain Pollinators and Songbirds

Gardening

A Native New Jersey Plant Mini-Habitat for Pollinators, Butterflies and Songbirds

In the News

Cross River Design is now a member of Dering Hall

In the News

Cross River Design Awarded “Best of Houzz 2015”

Project Spotlight

Winter Wall Work – Stonework Project

Landscaping

Transplanting Trees

Landscaping

Serviceberry, Butterfly Bush and the Humble Catmint: A Community of Birds, Bees, Butterflies and Plants

Pools

Not your everyday concrete. Great for Pools and Patios.

Landscaping

Year 2 Of A Cross River Landscape Development Program

Stonework

A Solution To The Generator Problem: Fieldstone Shed Project

Pools

Vintage Swimming Pool: Can you feel the heat?

Outdoor Living

Fairchild Gardens – Jose Pardo Installation

Landscaping

Caring For Your Trees …What’s The Big Idea?!

Events

Incredible Day for Our 2012 Landscape Project Tour

Landscaping

The Building Blocks of Your Project (Literally!): How to Choose Material for your Terrace

Gardening

Liriope: An Elegant & Easy Care Groundcover

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