Organic forms mesh with contemporary angles in this modern Albany California back yard. Concrete steps poured around Napa basalt boulders enhance the composition and form of each material.

Natural Stone Patio

Yoder Lawn

Design ideas for a contemporary backyard garden in Other with with rock feature and natural stone pavers.

Steep Grade Here!

Aria Alfresco

This outdoor living space is built on a steep grade, so access to each living area was necessary by installing natural siloam slab steps.
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Contemporary Landscape

Inspiration for a contemporary garden in Orange County with with rock feature.

KEYSTONE HOUSE

DECCO

Front exterior & green house
This is an example of a contemporary garden in Other with with rock feature.

Titirangi

LANZSCAPES

A contemporary, Asian inspired garden featuring boulder retaining and extensive use of subtropical and native NZ plants within a natural, coastal kauri bush setting.

Un jardin vallonné | 400m²

Audrey Volpelier | Conceptrice de jardins

Pas japonais dans la pente, graminées stipa
Design ideas for a large contemporary sloped full sun garden for spring in Paris with a garden path, with flowerbed, with rock feature, a container garden, with a gate, gravel and a metal fence.

Contemporary Curb Appeal & Outdoor Living

GO Designs Inc.

Completing the Vibe...Cool & Contemporary Curb Appeal that helps complete our clients special spaces. From the start...it feels like it was here all along. The perimeter tree line serving as a partial wind break has a feel that most parks long for. Lit up at night, it almost feels like youre in a downtown urban park. Forever Lawn grass brightens the front lawn without all the maintenance. Full accessibility with custom concrete rocksalt deck pads makes it easy for everyone to get around. Accent lighting adds to the environments ambiance positioned for safety and athletics. Natural limestone & mossrock boulders engraves the terrain, softening the energy & movement. We bring all the colors together on a custom cedar fence that adds privacy & function. Moving into the backyard, steps pads, ipe deck & forever lawn adds depth and comfort making spaces to slow down and admire your moments in the landscaped edges.

Sebastopol House

Geoffrey Holton and Associates - GHA

This is an example of a large contemporary backyard xeriscape in San Francisco with with rock feature and concrete pavers.

A Sweeping Transformation

Green & Gorgeous

Fire pit space surrounded by striking architectural planting with rock garden and stepping stone pathway.
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Australian Native Front Yard

City Botanics

Photo of a mid-sized and australian native contemporary front yard full sun xeriscape in Sydney with with rock feature and brick pavers.

Идеи для современного сада.

Авторские сады

Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary courtyard partial sun garden for fall in Yekaterinburg with with rock feature.

Key

Banyon Tree Design Studio

Urban landscape masterplan and installation. We created continuity of color, texture, and form starting at the street and front yard, and reaching to the rear yard and alleyway. Contemporary and naturalistic plantings blur the lines of rigidity and formality of this modern garden, while the structure of hardscaping holds the composition together year-round.

Berkeley Slope Transformed

Sarah Herman Landscape Design

Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary front yard partial sun xeriscape for spring in San Francisco with with rock feature.

Villa M&G

manuarino architettura design comunicazione.

Giardino antistante l'ingresso con palme, ulivi e piante grasse
Design ideas for a contemporary front yard formal garden in Other with with rock feature.

Boulder Retaining Walls

Big Rock Landscaping

Using boulders as a retaining wall in this modern backyard gave us space to add lawn and ornamental grasses to the space.
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary backyard garden in Salt Lake City with with rock feature, concrete pavers and a wood fence.

Faces of Mother Nature

Mustang Landscape & Design

This house is a stunning new contemporary home and the client wanted a garden design that showed innovation and individuality. The art work featured on the front corner of the garden is consistently pedestrian- and car-stopping!

Parkland Flood Resilient House

neil design

The Parkland House is located in an existing flood zone, and the spaces under the existing home and extension are at risk of flooding. Finishes throughout have been selected for their flood resilience, and the spaces have been designed with ease of recovery in mind. The family pass through the new central stair daily to access the garage, laundry and garden spaces. The secure screening around the garden stair provides a safe transitional zone between the family spaces and the public spaces. The indoor garden also has positive impacts on air quality and temperature, as well as emotional wellbeing. In the event of a flood, the permeable and flood resilient construction will allow water to freely exit the spaces.

Labyrinth Garden

K. Dakin Design Inc.

Dakin has been working with the owners of this site realize their dream of cultivating a rich and meaningful landscape around their home. Because of their deep engagement with their land and garden, the landscape has guided the entire design process, from architecture to civil engineering to landscape design. All architecture on site is oriented toward the garden, a park-like, multi-use environment that includes a walking labyrinth, restored prairie, a Japanese garden, an orchard, vegetable beds, berry brambles, a croquet lawn and a charred wood outdoor shower. Dakin pays special attention to materials at every turn, selecting an antique sugar bowl for the outdoor fire pit, antique Japanese roof tiles to create blue edging, and stepping stones imported from India. In addition to its diversity of garden types, this permacultural paradise is home to chickens, ducks, and bees. A complex irrigation system was designed to draw alternately from wells and cisterns. 3x5lion.png Dakin has also had the privilege of creating an arboretum of diverse and rare trees that she based on Olmsted’s design for Central Park. Trees were selected to display a variety of seasonally shifting delights: spring blooms, fall berries, winter branch structure. Mature trees onsite were preserved and sometimes moved to new locations.

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Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary side yard partial sun xeriscape for fall in Moscow with with rock feature and gravel.

Contemporary Garden Design Ideas with with Rock Feature

Get Inspired by Contemporary 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 contemporary 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 Contemporary Garden for Your Home

Depending on which style you’re going for, be sure to know what makes a contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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.