April in this corner of Bergen County comes up through old sandstone — the low walls and Dutch-colonial footings around Midland Park hold the cold a week longer than the open lawn does. Carrera Landscape & Design LLC starts right there, pulling winter out of the beds, cutting fresh edges, laying mulch dark against the first green. Through the season, mowing and trimming keep the shape, and planting fills the corners the sun finally reaches by May. Design on ground this close-set is a matter of small space used well: a bed line that follows the grade, shrubs set where they will not crowd the walk in three summers. The day a yard stops looking merely cut and starts looking composed is the day the drive was worth it.