Everything green in Budd Lake begins at the water: the lake is the head of the South Branch of the Raritan, and in April the whole basin turns at once. Lawn Art Landscaping LLC times the first cut to that turn, then stays after it — mowing, edging, trimming the fence lines and mailbox posts that usually get skipped. Spring cleanups come first, the winter's litter carried off so new growth has room to move. The name is not an accident; there is a real satisfaction in a crisp edge holding a curve all the way around a bed. By June the yards along the lake roads read as one long continuous green.