Frank D. Porter, owner and operator of Almost Perfect Landscaping, began his early education at Hackensack High School. Next he attained his BA degree in Marketing at Saint Peters College of Jersey City. Following St. Peters, he attained certificates at Rutgers Cook College for Landscape Architecture. While running his company, his passion to help people drove him to further seek higher education in the School of Social Work, also at Rutgers.
This split level home in Cresskill N.J. was another landscape design and build project that turned out to be interesting and rewarding for both of us. Almost every homeowner has specific ideas and goals they want to achieve in choosing a landscape contractor.
This split level home in Cresskill N.J. was another landscape design and build project that turned out to be interesting and rewarding for both of us. Almost every homeowner has specific ideas and goals they want to achieve in choosing a landscape contractor.
almost PERFECT Landscaping is proud to announce our EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE AWARD WINNING year at Angies List of the “super service award” for delivering and maintaining quality products and services. This is a reflection of the caliber of employees and workmanship that APLNJ has instilled into its business.
Cresskill N.J. landscaping project by almost PERFECT of Bergen County featuring specimen plants and landscape design and build features
When a company finds its niche in business it is best to stay the course. When it comes to our landscaping projects, about 70% of our installs are small to medium size projects. Our expertise consists of choosing the appropriate plant material for the existing conditions, thereby enabling them to thrive within that growing environment.
Once the holidays are here and gone, go for a walk through any neighborhood and you’ll see Christmas tree after Christmas tree, with strands of tinsel blowing in the wind, dumped by the road awaiting garbage collection. This strikes me as somewhat befuddling when we can take a custom that symbolized life and the promise of rebirth in the spring and turn it into another aspect of our “throw-away society”
So you want to sell your house? All real-estate agents make it a priority to stress upon you, the seller, that in the end, curb appeal matters. Survey results show that landscape expenditures significantly increase perceived home value and often results in a higher sale price that home with minimal landscaping.
One of the criteria of being a landscape designer is that you need to have the ability to visualize and design in all spaces, big and small. Smaller areas require an understanding and knowledge of plant growth, habits and needs because you have limited space and timeless growth.
Getting it right… I recently became involved with this residential landscape re-design and build project when the homeowner called me and expressed displeasure with the way his property was landscaped and with its overall “lack of appeal”