Robert Ott Landscaping

Toms River-based Robert Ott Landscaping is Ocean and Monmouth Counties’ premiere landscaping company dedicated to providing quality landscaping, hardscaping, and lawn maintenance services. Read our complete history or scroll down to meet the people at the heart of our organization.

Bob Ott

Bob started Toms River-based Robert Ott Landscaping in 1978. As an ICPI certified, state certified, and state licensed landscape designer and contractor, Bob has been building, supervising, and designing landscapes for over 30 years. As one of Toms River’s most experienced and reputable businessmen, Bob is the president of the Ocean County Business Association—an elite group of Ocean County’s finest businessmen and women.

A happily married father of three, Bob lives with the loves of his life, wife Dr. Mona Yousef-Ott, and his youngest child, Aleia. His son, Jan, recently graduated from Eastern University and is working for an environmental consulting firm. While his oldest daughter, Jeanelle, attends college and works full-time. Jeanelle is considering landscape architecture as her curriculum, and may very well one day take over the family business.

Bob grew up at the Jersey Shore and spent most of his life in Toms River. He recently moved to Manasquan where he lives with his wife and youngest daughter.

Matt Hellow

“The Maestro” Matt started working at Robert Ott Landscaping in 1986 when he was just 17-years-old. Bob says, “His hard work, dedication, and loyalty has helped build Robert Ott Landscaping into what it is today.”

Matt runs the clean-up and lawn maintenance divisions from spring through fall, and works as a hardscape specialist in the winter. With over 23 years experience and being ICPI certified, Matt is “hands down” one of the most experienced and sought after landscape and lawn maintenance leaders in Ocean County.

When Matt isn’t working, he’s usually playing guitar and is an excellent jazz-blues musician.

Dan Torsiello

Dan has been working at Robert Ott Landscaping since 1989 and is also ICPI Certified. As our hardscape leader and with his extensive mechanical, engineering, and architectural abilities, he has been setting the standard for hardscape design and installation in Ocean County for almost 20 years. Through his efforts, Robert Ott Landscaping has become the area’s most sought after hardscape specialist.

Dan is originally from Northing Arlington but moved to the Jersey Shore in 1963. He lives in Island Heights with his wife of 23 years, Janet , and son Daniel. Daniel is an honors student at Rutgers University and is the manager of their basketball team. Daniel wants to teach history after he earns his Masters Degree.

James Strodel

James is the company’s “neat freak” and perfectionist. He came to Robert Ott Landscaping in 1994 and in his 14 years with the company, he has done it all. This jack-of-all-trades ran the lawn maintenance division for over 10 years, has run clean-up, maintenance, and landscape crews. Though an expert in every aspect of landscaping, he has recently become our master brick paver and hardscape specialist.

James grew up in Toms River and now resides in Bayville with the love of his life, Michele, and 2 year old son Jaden.