A beautiful escape in your edible garden. Fruit trees create a privacy screen around a cedar pergola and raised vegetable beds.
Design ideas for a country backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Boston with a vegetable garden and gravel.

Rustic Barn

VanderHorn Architects

Design ideas for a large country courtyard full sun formal garden in New York with a water feature and brick pavers.

Grow zone wider view from patio - built

Metamorphic Design

Raised planter boxes arranged to maximize light and micro climate conditions
Photo of a large country backyard full sun formal garden in Vancouver with a vegetable garden and gravel.

Arts and Crafts Woodland Home Gardens, Phoenixville

Donald Pell - Gardens

This is an example of a large country backyard partial sun formal garden in Philadelphia with a fire feature and natural stone pavers.

Potomac Kitchen Garden and Outdoor Living Area

Landscape Projects, Inc.

Home Orchards - Espalier Fruit Trees

River Road Farms

Imagine walking outside your home and pulling fresh fruit off the stem. Espalier fruit trees are like having an orchard in your own yard. Plus, in addition to producing delicious fruit, the ornamental shapes have a high wow-factor and require a small footprint. Fruiting espalier trees are available from River Road Farms in a variety of designs. Please call 800-297-1435 or email RIVERRD@USIT.NET for availability.

Spanish Style Hacienda

Olmos Landscape

Meandering paver walkway through front yard
Inspiration for a large country front yard partial sun formal garden for spring in Los Angeles with with path and concrete pavers.

Enclosed vegetable garden

Landsburg Landscape Nursery

Photo of a large country side yard full sun formal garden for summer in Minneapolis with a vegetable garden, mulch and a wood fence.

Paleface Ranch

Van Wicklen Design

Large country backyard full sun formal garden in Austin with a container garden and mulch.

The Gatehouse

Stefano Marinaz Landscape Architecture

Country garden at night
Design ideas for a country backyard partial sun formal garden in Other with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Lucy Cotes' Beautiful Gardens

Inspiration for a country backyard partial sun formal garden in Sussex with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Cape Ann Farmhouse

Hilarie Holdsworth Design

Design ideas for a country backyard shaded formal garden in Boston with natural stone pavers.

Curved stone retaining walls and huge boulders on hill

Home & Garden Design, Atlanta - Danna Cain, ASLA

This lush and colorful hillside was once a barren, dry slope full of weeds and briars. We created the river rock stone terraced walls mainly to retain the truckloads of good garden soil that we added so that this hill could be planted successfully. The curved design is very attractive and the rustic style blends well with the log cabin architecture of the house. We also added large boulders nearby. You can see a few to the far right. Photographer: Danna Cain, Home & Garden Design, Inc.

Classic Courtyard

Linden L.A.N.D. Group

Rebecca Lindenmeyr
Photo of a large country backyard full sun formal garden in Burlington with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.

Starter Farm Project

AAA Landscaping LLC

Photo of a country partial sun formal garden in San Luis Obispo with a water feature, gravel and a wood fence.

Cumbrian Farmhouse Formal Garden

Carole Berryman Design

old walls and yew hedges
Photo of a country backyard formal garden in Other with with raised garden bed.

Midway

KP Landscape

This is an example of a mid-sized country front yard partial sun formal garden for summer in Salt Lake City with a water feature and mulch.

Melrose- Historic home front wall, steps & brick path

Village Stonesmith Gardens & Masonry

Dry laid fieldstone and reclaimed granite retaining wall for a historic New England home. Photo credit: Adam Rourke
Design ideas for a mid-sized country front yard formal garden in Boston with a retaining wall.

Outdoor Entertainment

Domum

Unused backyard space has was terraced with new stacked rock retaining walls and lawn creating large usable open spaces.
Inspiration for a mid-sized country backyard partial sun formal garden in San Francisco with a retaining wall and mulch.

Barly farm

Paragon Gardens

This is an example of a country full sun formal garden in Other with natural stone pavers.

Country Formal Garden Design Ideas

Get Inspired by Country 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 country 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 Country Garden for Your Home

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