Small traditional backyard full sun formal garden in Surrey with a garden path and natural stone pavers for summer.

Dramatic plant textures, modern hardscaping and sharp angles enhanced this mid-century modern bungalow. Soft plants were chosen to contrast with the sharp angles of the pathways and hard edges of the MCM home, while providing all-season interest. Horizontal privacy screens wrap the front porch and create intimate garden spaces – some visible only from the street and some visible only from inside the home. The front yard is relatively small in size, but full of colorful texture.

Traditional Landscape

Photo of a formal garden in DC Metro with a garden path and gravel.

Unilock Beacon Hill Patio and Walkway Installation with Flagstone Coping

Landwork Contractors, Inc.

What a transformation! The light colors of the patio really brightened up the space!
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional side yard full sun garden in New York with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Ducktrap Garden & Wildflower Meadow

Redtwig, llc

Stone stepper path with Astilbes
This is an example of a mid-sized transitional front yard partial sun garden for summer in Portland Maine with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Taos Projects

Taos Landscaping

Photo of a front yard full sun xeriscape for summer in Albuquerque with a garden path and gravel.

Magnolia Residence- Hillside Renovation

Kim Rooney Design

Hillside Garden Designed by Kim Rooney Landscape architect, located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle Washington. This photo was taken by Eva Blanchard Photography.

Climbing roses in full bloom

Everett Garden Designs

©Melissa Clark Photography. All rights reserved.
Mid-sized modern backyard partial sun formal garden in DC Metro with a garden path and natural stone pavers for summer.

Contemporary Landscape

This is an example of a small and desert look contemporary courtyard full sun garden for summer in Los Angeles with gravel.

French Country Estate

Kristen Rudger Landscape Design

Inspiration for a large traditional front yard garden in San Francisco with a garden path.

California Seaside Cottage Landscape | Santa Barbara CA

Natural Concepts Landscaping Contractors

design | Erin Carroll, Landscape Architect, Arcadia Studio photography | Kurt Jordan Photography
Photo of a beach style front yard partial sun garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and brick pavers.

Landscape Architecture | Beverly Hills

Studio H2O

Soon the ground cover will fill in between the concrete pavers, and among the planter cubes filled with succulents. With lines and shapes, we created a visually pleasing design to bring this large space together as one.

Clematis partners with pink roses on a wrought iron obelisk.

Urban Habitats Landscape Studio

Clematis and roses entwine on a wrought iron obilisk.
Photo of a large arts and crafts backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Vancouver with a garden path and gravel.

Valley Club Mid-Century

DD Ford Construction

Jim Bartsch Photography
Large midcentury backyard full sun formal garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and concrete pavers.

Traditional Westport

Oliver Design Associates

This is an example of a large arts and crafts backyard partial sun formal garden for spring in New York with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Wood Fences

Dakota Unlimited

Photo of a mid-sized country backyard partial sun garden in Minneapolis with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

A Traditional Landscape Loses the Lawn & Overgrown Shrubs To Low Water Plants

Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

The traditional fountain and surroundings are embellished with a variety of drought tolerant grasses, flowering plants and succulents. The removal of the dense and overgrown shrubs provides more outdoor living space for dining and entertaining for the homeowners' enjoyment. And now with site-appropriate plants and no lawn there is less maintenance and a lower water bill. Full color Blue stone and small mexican pebbles replace the lawn and pathways resulting in an updated and contemporary transformation. A variety of low-water plants including succulents offer year-round appeal and interest throughout the seasons to include Sedum rupestre 'Angelina', with chartreuse foliage, other varieties of sedum along with Echeveria succulents, Echinacea and grases. Photos and Design © Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

Avondale

Ross Garden Design

Photo of a traditional backyard partial sun driveway for winter in Jacksonville with a garden path and gravel.

Contemporary Country Garden Essex by Aralia

Aralia: Innovation in Landscape Design

This sociable family, with busy professional lives, invited Aralia to do a complete overhaul on their rural country garden approaching around 1 acre in total. The country garden was split into several garden sections including: Southern Terrace & Orchard Gardens, Rose Garden (to the front of the property), Zen Garden (central garden courtyard), pedestrian entrance front garden, driveway and further lawned gardens including vegetable garden. The southern terrace and Orchard Gardens benefitted from a beautiful existing walled garden area which has been enhanced and complemented with many beautiful features including: large 3m outdoor fireplace using natural stone paddle-stones; a row of magnificent Pleached Trees (Ilex quercus), curved natural sandstone sawn paving with setts and borders crammed with a beautiful array of sculptural buxus spheres and herbaceous planting. The Zen garden is an area for quiet contemplation, and includes Acers and Buxus balls, with a real Japanese slant to the planting scheme – offset by a beautiful central metal sculpture. A mature Photinia Red Robin hedge was installed along the new driveway to provide privacy to the Orchard Garden. Aralia provided a full Landscape Design & Build service, working with a multi-functional team of sub-contractors. They work in extensively in London & The South East (including Hertfordshire & Essex) but work across the Uk & Internationally.

Unique Hillside Landscape designed and installed by Bragar Landscaping.

Bragar Landscaping

A gravel path leading to broken concrete steps, a landing, board walk and terminating at a crushed rock patio at the top of the hill. Notice the boulder garden walls used to form terraces. The plantings are drought tolerant.

Desert Look Garden Design Ideas with a Garden Path

Get Inspired by 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 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 Garden for Your Home

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