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Backyard Garden Design Ideas
If you’re looking for great backyard landscaping ideas, you’ve come to the right place. Browse the Houzz image gallery to collect inspiration and brainstorm your design - once you have a better idea of what you’re after specifically, hop over to our directory to find a landscape architect who can help you bring your project to life!
A great backyard will make a real difference to your home - it’ll make you feel great to come home to a beautiful outdoor space, and offer a space to relax for the whole family. And if you’re ever looking to sell, a well landscaped backyard actually increases the value of your property. Ready to dive into our photo collection? Here’s some ideas to get you started:
English Garden Style
The English Garden style backyard is quite common for Australia - you’ll see white-wood fencing, a comfortable seating area surrounded by bushes and flowers, often shaded by a big tree. The furniture for the seating area looks great when it matches the dominant colour of the surrounding flowers. Even if you’re looking for backyard landscaping ideas for small yards you will find options here!
Pool Party Ready
Pool parties are all the rage in Australia, since temperatures are suitable through most of the year. Backyard designs with a pool are quite sought after. If you have limited space, a plunge pool may be your best bet. There are also options to cover your pool and turn it into a dance floor - talk to a pool specialist to explore your options!
The Room In The Great Outdoors
Your backyard can be an extension of your living room, with fully fledged outdoor kitchen and living room like setup. A pergola or other cover over your seating area will protect you from both harsh sun and sudden rain, and adding plants all around makes for great privacy.
So jump right in, collect ideas that resonate in an ideabook and use it to brief your landscape contractor - we can’t wait to see your finished project!
Whether you want inspiration for planning a backyard garden renovation or are building a designer garden from scratch, Houzz has 114,338 images from the best designers, decorators, and architects in the country, including Sarah Waller Design and Reece Keil Design. Look through garden photos in different colours and styles and when you find a backyard garden design that inspires you, save it to an Ideabook or contact the Pro who made it happen to see what kind of design ideas they have for your home. Explore the beautiful backyard garden ideas photo gallery and find out exactly why Houzz is the best experience for home renovation and design.
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An recreation area featuring a giant chessboard was designed and installed by Penfold Projects, with the checked chessboard created using paver steppers on turf, and giant chess pieces that were custom ordered.
Yard - annie129
Douglas Frost
This is an example of a contemporary backyard formal garden in Sydney with a garden path and concrete pavers.
Like the side garden and large pavers with mondo grass inbetween? - taniagoodman
Design ideas for a contemporary backyard garden in Sydney with decking.
STRELITZIA, SANSEVIERA, MOLLINIA - claudia_cimpeanu01
In a unique location on a clifftop overlooking the ocean, an existing pool and rear garden was transformed inline with the ‘Hamptons’ style interiors of the home. The shape of an existing pool was changed to allow for more lawn and usable space. New tiling, rendered walls, planters and salt tolerant planting brought the garden up to date.
The existing undercover alfresco area in this Dover Heights family garden was opened up by lowering the tiling level to create internal height and a sense of spaciousness. The colour palette was purposely limited to match the house with white light greys, green plantings and blue in the furnishings and pool. The addition of a built in BBQ with shaker profile cupboards and marble bench top references the interior styling and brings sophistication to the outdoor space. Baby blue pool lounges and wicker furniture add to the ‘Hamptons’ feel.
Contemporary planters with Bougainvillea has been used to provide a splash of colour along the roof line for most of the year. In a side courtyard synthetic lawn was added to create a children’s play area, complete with elevated fort, cubby house and climbing wall.
the cubby house and climbing wall - webuser_446831367
Photo of a small asian backyard full sun xeriscape in Other with gravel.
lose the lawn just keep square bit - lizpaulsen30
Roses on an arch frame the entrance to an inviting place to sit and relax
Photo of a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun formal garden for spring in Adelaide with a water feature and natural stone pavers.
love the gray pathway surrounded by red bricks - rfdutcher
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Landscape design: Bayon Gardens
Photography: Tim Turner
Design ideas for a large asian backyard partial sun garden in Melbourne with a fire feature and gravel.
Nice curved walk way to front door - dutschke1
Derek Swalwell
Inspiration for a small contemporary backyard garden in Melbourne.
Small garden w pool - webuser_619983885
@VillaStyling
Design ideas for a modern backyard garden in Sunshine Coast.
Outdoor bath ❤️ - tanialouise33
This is an example of a traditional backyard partial sun formal garden for summer in Sydney with a water feature and natural stone pavers.
The formality and the central urn - webuser_477960571
Maree Homer Photography
Photo of a transitional backyard formal garden in Sydney with a water feature.
Lounges situated around the yard Inspiration - bripolkinghorne
Patterson Group Architects
Peta-anne photography
This is an example of a contemporary backyard xeriscape in Perth with decking and with lawn edging.
In any landscape designs, simplicity is the key and how much efforts you put to make your ideas stand-alone. - alammar_designs
This is an example of a beach style backyard full sun garden in Gold Coast - Tweed with decking.
David Taylor Photography
Photo of a contemporary backyard full sun xeriscape in Sydney with decking.
If we did build a double garage - sarah_burke62
External & Landscape Works To 1930s Art Deco Queenslander
Photo of a large country backyard xeriscape in Brisbane with a vegetable garden and mulch.
This might work for Woki's herbies - webuser_330464539
Tim Turner
Photo of a contemporary backyard full sun garden in Melbourne with concrete pavers.
Mondo grass and bluestone random steppers. - brinzz
The Other Side landscapes was contracted to install the landscapes and pool surrounds to the rear yard of this recently renovated home.
We instralled travertine stone tiles, to the pool concourse and turf steps.
Retaining walls rendered and painted.
Frameless glass pool fence.
Photography Peter Brennan
Design ideas for a modern backyard garden in Gold Coast - Tweed with concrete pavers.
dont like the cacti or the white concrete walls. would rather a more cohesive and open area - webuser_794218646