Inspiration for a large transitional front yard full sun driveway for summer in Miami with with flowerbed and mulch.

Scandinavian yard built on a slight slope with sandy soil. A concrete driveway was poured with dark grey concrete and white gravel. It includes a small grass play area, planters made out of CorTen steen, a wood deck entrance and a succulent wall.

Front garden in a modern housing estate - meandering path access through generous planting beds
This is an example of a mid-sized country front yard full sun driveway for summer in Other with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

This Berkeley property had overgrown vines, concaving fences, rotted deck, dead lawn, broken concrete, and poor drainage. After removing about 30 yards of soil from this lot, we were able to begin leveling and sculpting the landscape. We installed new concrete pathways, synthetic lawn, custom swing and arbor, Thermory wood decking with metal railings, paver patio with masonry stone wall seating, and stone mosaic water feature with stainless steel wire to match. Many elements tied together nicely in this modern Berkeley backyard.

This grade 2 listed home has been given a front garden with Gertrude Jekyll roses and Lutyens inspired bench, arbour and obelisks. Classic twists are evident in this large front garden in Sevenoaks, we have repeated the same colour 'theresa's green' a farrow and ball colour throughout. Obelisks, arches, a Lutyens bench and arbour have been placed in this garden. We have used 'old style' stock bricks for border edges, defining the driveway and elevated brick platforms with statement pots. The drive is finished with a modern resin bound gravel.

Design ideas for a large country backyard partial sun driveway for summer in Florence with natural stone pavers.

Paul Kiefer, Specialty Gardens LLC
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional front yard partial sun driveway for summer in Grand Rapids with a garden path and brick pavers.

Photo of a large traditional front yard full sun driveway for summer in New York with a garden path and mulch.

Blue/grey granite path and driveway leading to house
Photo of a small contemporary front yard full sun driveway for summer in London with a garden path and gravel.

Fotosold
Inspiration for a mid-sized mediterranean front yard full sun driveway for summer in New Orleans with a garden path and concrete pavers.

Photo of a mid-sized arts and crafts front yard partial sun driveway for summer in Denver with mulch.

Classic urns filled with seasonal flowers make a striking first impression at the driveway entrance. Photo by RStarovich
This is an example of a traditional front yard partial sun driveway for summer in Chicago with a container garden.

Beautiful accent landscaping in the Midwest countryside. Tall ornamental grasses, pine trees and blooming perennials in a well mulched and edged space. Photo by Wayne

Lantana, ornamental grasses, salvia and shrub roses are easy to maintain and look lush through most of the year here in North Texas. Large stones and river rocks are placed among the plants as a contrast in textures.

Marty Ruona
Design ideas for a mid-sized front yard full sun driveway for summer in Austin with natural stone pavers.

Designer drive way remodel, landscaped with California Native Plants for a drought tolerant design. With new zero edge pool and spa with sweeping Pacific Ocean views in the backyard.

A small courtyard garden in San Francisco. • Creative use of space in the dense, urban fabric of hilly SF. • For the last several years the clients had carved out a make shift courtyard garden at the top of their driveway. It was one of the few flat spaces in their yard where they could sit in the sun and enjoy a cup of coffee. We turned the top of a steep driveway into a courtyard garden. • The actual courtyard design was planned for the maximum dimensions possible to host a dining table and a seating area. The space is conveniently located outside their kitchen and home offices. However we needed to save driveway space for parking the cars and getting in and out. • The design, fabrication and installation team was comprised of people we knew. I was an acquaintance to the clients having met them through good friends. The landscape contractor, Boaz Mor, http://www.boazmor.com/, is their neighbor and someone I worked with before. The metal fabricator is Murray Sandford of Moz Designs, https://mozdesigns.com/, https://www.instagram.com/moz_designs/ . Both contractors have long histories of working in the Bay Area on a variety of complex designs. • The size of this garden belies the complexity of the design. We did not want to remove any of the concrete driveway which was 12” or more in thickness, except for the area where the large planter was going. The driveway sloped in two directions. In order to get a “level”, properly, draining patio, we had to start it at around 21” tall at the outside and end it flush by the garage doors. • The fence is the artful element in the garden. It is made of power-coated aluminum. The panels match the house color; and posts match the house trim. The effect is quiet, blending into the overall property. The panels are dramatic. Each fence panel is a different size with a unique pattern. • The exterior panels that you see from the street are an abstract riff on the seasons of the Persian walnut tree in their front yard. The cut-outs illustrate spring bloom when the walnut leafs out to autumn when the nuts drop to the ground and the squirrels eats them, leaving a mess of shells everywhere. Even the pesky squirrel appears on one of the panels. • The interior panels, lining the entry into the courtyard, are an abstraction of the entire walnut tree. • Although the panel design is made of perforations, the openings are designed to retain privacy when you are inside the courtyard. • There is a large planter on one side of the courtyard, big enough for a tree to soften a harsh expanse of a neighboring wall. Light through the branches cast playful shadows on the wall behind. • The lighting, mounted on the house is a nod to the client’s love of New Orleans gas lights. • The paving is black stone from India, dark enough to absorb the warmth of the sun on a cool, summer San Francisco day.

Inspiration for a mid-sized front yard partial sun driveway for summer in Los Angeles with with path and concrete pavers.

This is an example of an expansive transitional courtyard partial sun driveway for summer in Los Angeles with a garden path and concrete pavers.