The Guide: Hardscaping & Outdoor Living in Somerville, NJ
How to Use This Guide
This guide lists the hardscaping and outdoor living businesses that work in Somerville, NJ, with where each is based, what its own website says it builds, and what the New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor register shows for it. Landscaping and lawn care businesses are in a separate guide: Landscaping & Lawn Care in Somerville, NJ.
The Builds column lists up to four things each business’s own website says it builds, such as patios, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, pergolas and pavilions, fire features, pool surrounds or driveways. In Based in, Local means the business is based in these towns, Very Close means in a bordering town, Somerset County means elsewhere in the county, and Regional means outside it.
This guide covers Somerville and Hillsborough. A business is listed when it has its own website or Google Business Profile, does the work with its own crews, says it works in these towns or the county, and is not a national franchise or lead marketplace. Businesses are listed alphabetically.
About This Guide
This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Hardscaping and outdoor living businesses appear here because they meet the criteria described above — a website or Google Business Profile of their own, crews that do the work themselves, work in these towns or the county, and independence from a national franchise or lead marketplace. That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. No business can pay to be included in this guide, to be listed higher, or to change what the table says about it. Businesses are listed alphabetically, and every detail in the table was verified against each business’s own website or Google Business Profile, and its registration against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, in October 2026.
Everything under the heading that begins this guide is governed by the rules above, on every guide we publish. Garden State Circle is supported by the businesses that participate in it. Participation pays for our ongoing work: keeping a business’s entry accurate, re-checking its record, and publishing a page of its own details that the business maintains. There is no paid placement in this guide. Participation does not buy a place here, a position here, or anything the comparison table says. Where a row carries a verification date, that is when we last checked that business’s record ourselves. A row without one has not been checked recently — that is a fact about our work, not about the business.
Garden State Circle is published in New Jersey by Tiffany and Jake Slowinski and covers Somerville and Hillsborough. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.
The Hardscaping and Outdoor Living Businesses, Compared
| Business | Based in | Builds | NJ HIC registration, registered to | Certifications, as published | Services, as published | Best For | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEV Landscaping | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; retaining walls; driveways | 13VH04548300 · Active · AEV ENTERPRISES INC. DBA AEV LANDSCAPING · Hillsborough · register read Oct 2026 | Techo-Bloc and Belgard logos shown on their site, Oct 7 2026 | design; walkways; outdoor living features | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| American Landscaping Inc. | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; retaining walls; driveways | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | walkways; drainage/grading | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Castle Point Landscape Design | Basking Ridge, NJ · Somerset County | patios; retaining walls; fire features; outdoor kitchens | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | design; pergolas/pavilions; driveways; lighting | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| Christopher Construction, LLC | Not published | patios; retaining walls; outdoor kitchens; fire features | 13VH00969500 · Active · CHRISTOPHER CONSTRUCTION, LLC · Milford · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | driveways; pool surrounds | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| D. Panetta Contracting, LLC | Randolph, NJ · Regional | patios; retaining walls; outdoor kitchens; pergolas/pavilions | 13VH00899200 · Active · D. PANETTA CONTRACTING, LLC · Randolph · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | design; fire features; walkways; driveways | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| DeFeo’s Landscaping of Central New Jersey, Inc. | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; outdoor kitchens; fire features; pool surrounds | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | ICPI, Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers logos shown on their site, Oct 7 2026 | design; driveways; lighting | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| JC Landscaping & Hardscaping LLC | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; retaining walls | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | design; walkways; paver steps | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Levato & Sons, Inc. | Morristown, NJ · Regional | patios; retaining walls; driveways | 13VH00228300 · Active · LEVATO & SONS INC · Morristown · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | walkways; design | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Lou Porchetta Paving | Scotch Plains, NJ · Regional | patios; retaining walls | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | walkways; drainage/grading | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| LTD Nursery & Landscaping | Bernardsville, NJ · Somerset County | patios; driveways; pergolas/pavilions | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | design; lighting | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Mike’s Hardscape Design LLC | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; retaining walls; fire features; driveways | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | design; walkways; drainage | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Moss Landscaping, Inc | Branchburg, NJ · Very Close | patios; retaining walls; outdoor kitchens; pergolas/pavilions | 13VH03030500 · Active · MOSS LANDSCAPING, INC. · Branchburg · register read Oct 2026 | ICPI, NCMA and Techo-Bloc logos and ‘Authorized Belgard Contractor’ shown on their site, Oct 7 2026 | design; fire features; driveways | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| Nature’s Edge Landscaping | Bridgewater, NJ · Very Close | patios; driveways; lighting | Not found by us under this name, Oct 2026 | Not published | design; walkways | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Parker Landscape Design | Warren, NJ · Somerset County | patios; outdoor kitchens; fire features | 13VH03396000 · Active · PARKER HOMESCAPE LLC · Warren · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | design; pool surrounds; lighting | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| Sage Landscape Contractors | Watchung, NJ · Somerset County | patios; outdoor kitchens; pergolas/pavilions; fire features | 13VH00324500 · Active · SAGE LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS, INC. · North Plainfield · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | design; driveways; lighting | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
| Stone Master Paving & Construction Corp. | North Brunswick, NJ · Regional | patios; retaining walls; driveways | 13VH12844400 · Active · STONEMASTER CONSTRUCTION CORP · North Brunswick · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | walkways; design | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Sultan Services | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; retaining walls; driveways; lighting | 13VH13130200 · Active · SULTAN SERVICES LLC · Hillsborough · register read Oct 2026 | Not published | design; walkways; pool surrounds; outdoor kitchens | a paver patio and wall | Oct 2026 |
| Twin Oaks Landscape Design, Hillsborough | Hillsborough, NJ · Local | patios; retaining walls; outdoor kitchens; pergolas/pavilions | 13VH03058200 · Active · TWIN OAKS LANDSCAPE DESIGN, LLC · Hillsborough · register read Oct 2026 | ‘A Techo-Bloc Certified Hardscape Contractor, ICPI Certificated, & NJLCA Partner’, as published on their site, Oct 7 2026 | design; financing offered; fire features; driveways | the whole backyard, kitchen included | Oct 2026 |
Towns, builds, certifications and services are each business’s own, taken from its own website or Google Business Profile in October 2026. Registration numbers, registered names, statuses and towns were read on the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs register in October 2026. Not found by us under this name means we did not find a registration under the name the business uses; it does not say the business has none. Certifications are each business’s own statement on its own website, and we have not confirmed them with the issuing body. Not published means the source we read does not say.
Common Questions
Does a hardscaper need a license in New Jersey?
No. New Jersey does not license hardscaping. A business that does home improvement work for homeowners is required to register as a Home Improvement Contractor with the Division of Consumer Affairs, and the table prints the registration where we found one.
How do I check a registration myself?
Use the NJ Home Improvement Contractor registration lookup under Additional Resources, search the business name, and compare the registered name and status with the table.
What does the Builds column mean?
It lists up to four things the business’s own website says it builds, such as patios, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, pergolas and pavilions, fire features, pool surrounds or driveways.
Why are paving and masonry companies listed?
A business is listed when its own website sells patio, wall or similar work. The Builds column shows which.
What does “Not found by us under this name” mean?
We searched the register under the name the business uses and did not find a matching registration. It does not say the business has none; it may be registered under a different legal name.
When was this list last checked?
The Record checked column shows the month we last read each row. If something here is wrong or has changed, write to admin@gardenstatecircle.com.
Page built and verified: October 2026.
Additional Resources
NJ Home Improvement Contractor registration lookup
Something out of date?
This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — a name, an address, a registration number, or whether a business has closed — tell us and we will check it. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly.
And if you run a hardscaping or outdoor living business that should be on this list and is not: the test is the same one every business here cleared — that you build in Somerville and Hillsborough, that you publish that work as a service on your own website or Google Business Profile, and that you do it with your own crews. Show us that and you go on the page.
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