Photo of a mid-sized beach style front yard full sun xeriscape in San Diego with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.

Beachy country garden with window box plantings
Photo of a beach style front yard full sun garden for summer in New York with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Long Beach

Scott Anderson Design

The was a house that was worked on after Hurricane Sandy, the existing patio was capped in bluestone and got a new veneer stone look. We added low maintenance, beach side plantings and ornamental grasses.

Cottage style Cape Cod planting and stepping stone path

User

Stone and planting design and installation and photography by Chris Kolb of Ark Gardens. Chris first designed and installed the tumbled bluestone walkway for this aromatic Cape Cod cottage style garden. He wanted to give it a little flare so he inflected the curve as opposed to creating a straight line. Chris flanks the pathway with two native female berrying Eastern Red Cedars and two native blooming Rhododendron viscosum (Honeysuckle Azalea) cultivars, one pink one yellow. The client requested a fragrant garden, hence the native Azaleas and foundation border lilies among Lavender and many fragrant native plants.

Westport Cottage

Minglewood, LLC

Cottage Shrub and Perennial Garden
Design ideas for a small beach style front yard full sun xeriscape for summer in Providence with a garden path.

Lakehouse

Windscapes Landscaping

Bluestone walkway. Summer flowering perennials and annuals. Lighting by Night Tide Lighting.
Photo of a beach style front yard full sun driveway for summer in Grand Rapids.

Shore Home 4

By Design Landscapes, Inc.

Photography: Axial Creative
This is an example of a large beach style front yard driveway in New York.

Seabreeze Cottage

Woodburn & Company Landscape Architecture, LLC

Vicky Martel
Photo of a mid-sized beach style front yard full sun garden for summer in Boston with natural stone pavers.

Dalkey - Front garden gravel driveway

Maximize Design

Large front garden with large lawn and gravel driveway.
Inspiration for a large beach style front yard partial sun garden in Dublin with gravel.

Beach House, Bainbridge Island

Bliss Garden Design, LLC

Bliss Garden Design
This is an example of a beach style front yard full sun garden in Seattle.

Coastal NJ Residence

Sudbury Design Group

Fred Forbes Photogroupe
Inspiration for a mid-sized beach style front yard garden in Newark.

Seaside

a Blade of Grass

Circular peastone drive with cobble edging and banding Photo by Pete Cadieux
This is an example of a large beach style front yard full sun driveway in Boston with gravel.

Coan Waterfront Landscape, Camano Island, WA

Lankford Associates Landscape Architects

A small stone patio with fire pit sits next to the water. The stone walkway is carefully used to tie the garden to the residence across the street. This is a unique seaside, low maintenance garden. Drought resistant and salt friendly plantings were used throughout. This garden has become the focus of the neighborhood with many visitors stopping and enjoying what has become a neighborhood landmark. Located on the shores of Puget Sound in Washington State. Photo by Ian Gleadle

Xeriscape Install With Dry Creek + Low Water Plantings

Yachats Yardscapes, LLC

This gorgeous landscape install was designed to minimize runoff into the client's driveway. We chose plants with low-water needs, beautiful + ethically-sourced river rock, and hand-selected landscape boulders for this property.

Front Yard Landscape

Stephanie D Poole

The vertical garden provides a small scale herb and vegetable garden with edible flowers. It's located close to the kitchen for ease of use and care.

Fairfield Beach

Barbara Wilson Landscape Architect, LLC

Photo by Barbara Wilson Landscape Architect, LLC A small residential, seaside property located on Fairfield Beach, Fairfield was renovated by the new owners and adapted for their active family. Barbara was the landscape architect in charge of all of the landscape elements upgrades. She designed new bluestone curving paths to access the front and side doors and designed new landscape lighting to enhance the walks. The existing trees were saved and she designed new shade and salt-tolerant plantings which were added to provide seasonal color and interest while respecting the existing plantings. Along the beach front additional native beach grasses were added to stabilize the dunes while removing some invasive plantings. This work will be phased over the next few years in an effort to keep the sand stable. Beach roses were incorporated into a hollow in the dunes. A small lawn area was renovated and the surrounding Black Pines pruned to provide a small play area and respite from the sun. Beautiful reblooming hydrangeas line the edge of the gravel driveway. Rounded beach stones were used instead of mulch in the island planting along the edge of the adjacent road planted with Miscanthus, Mugo pine and yucca. Barbara designed a custom kayak rack, custom garbage enclosure, a new layout of the existing wooden deck to facilitate access to the side doors, and detailed how to renovate the front door into only an emergency access with new railings and steps. She coordinating obtaining bids and then supervised the installation of all elements for the new landscape the project. The interiors were designed by Jack Montgomery Design of Greenwich, CT and NYC . Tree work was completed by Bartlett Tree Experts. Freddy’s Landscape Company of Fairfield, CT installed the new plantings, installed all the new masonry work and provides landscape maintenance services. JT Low Voltage and Electric installed the landscape lighting.

Seabreeze Cottage

Woodburn & Company Landscape Architecture, LLC

Vicky Martel
Mid-sized beach style front yard full sun garden in Boston with natural stone pavers for summer.

Landscaping

Dan Viehmann Landscaping

The use of pea stone for this driveway compliments both the granite lamp post and the stone wall, but is balanced by the surrounding beds and well manicured lawn.

Saugerties, NY

Philippe Soule Landscape Design

Spring welcoming alley of perennials, Salvias, Nepetas, Lamium...
Inspiration for a mid-sized beach style front yard full sun garden in New York with natural stone pavers and a garden path.

Beach Style Landscape

Inspiration for a large beach style front yard full sun formal garden in Seattle with a garden path and gravel.

Beach Style Front Yard Garden Design Ideas

Get Inspired by Beach Style Gardens on Houzz

A lot of the time when you get home from a long day at work, all you want to do is wind down. Where better to do this than in your very own beach style garden at home? If you do it right, a great garden design can send you right into holiday mode. But where to start? There’s so many styles to choose from when it comes to garden design. Whether you want to create a tropical, modern, contemporary, beach style or country garden - or something else entirely - the large garden image gallery on Houzz has got you covered. Get inspired and collect your ideas to narrow down your desired garden style and features.

How to Create a Beach Style Garden for Your Home

Depending on which style you’re going for, be sure to know what makes a beach style garden and if it’s appropriate for your climate. You may want to consider adding a deck or other landscaping features, but the plants you choose will mostly dictate your style and what kind of ongoing maintenance is required. Don’t worry if your backyard isn’t very spacious - there are many plants that can thrive even in a small space and allow you to turn your space into a little paradise of your own, regardless of size.

Decide which plants to use

The greenery you choose is critical to your look. For example, if you’re trying to create a tropical garden palm trees and bamboo are your go-to options. Other popular options are golden cane palm trees and fern for ground cover. From there you can add some colour with bright flowers like frangipani, hibiscus or bromeliads. All these are actually quite hardy plants, so once established, your tropical garden is actually quite easy to maintain. Use this structure and apply it to your style. Research which plants you need to set your base for a beach style garden and go from there.

Add some decor

If the plants don’t quite do it for you yet, or if you want to add some extra wow-factor, consider adding some extra features. Even if you can’t accommodate a swimming pool, hot tub or pond, you could look at smaller water features. Simple rocks can also have a great effect, while statues and gnomes will add some extra character. Don’t forget to add some furniture so you have a nice place to sit and enjoy your garden!

Need some help?

Once you know what you want your garden to look like, it may be hard to make it a reality on your own. If that is the case for you, consider consulting a professional to help you with your beach style garden design. Every photo you find on Houzz will lead you to the local pro that did the job, so you won’t have a problem picking the perfect person to help! Whether you need a gardener in Brisbane, a landscape architect in Melbourne or a fireplace installer in Sydney, you can be sure to find one on Houzz.