Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional backyard partial sun formal garden in New York with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Maltese Road

Aralia: Innovation in Landscape Design

An award winning Victorian garden design that featured in ITV’s ‘Britain’s best gardens’ programme. The design features Victorian paviours, a metal pergola, a slate bench and traditional raised brick beds. Unusual down-lighting and a mixture of cottage garden and architectural planting complete the design. Photography by John Glover

Building a Block Wall in La Jolla

Landscape Logic

Landscape Logic creates amazing designs and installations. Most or our projects include a shade structure, an outdoor kitchen, a firepit, sometimes a fireplace, pool and spa, artificial turf, plants, trees, outdoor lighting, and drip irrigation.

Project | Woodland Edge

flaura

A young family desired the perfect garden to grow alongside their rural lives in Surrey’s countryside. We designed a meaningful space for our clients to journey through their garden and reconnect with the native woodland encompassing their home. We felt it was important to perforate the boundary, to open up the scenic views and incorporate the borrowed landscape.

Marblehead Residence

Sudbury Design Group

This is an example of a traditional formal garden in Boston with a garden path and brick pavers.

Magnolia Shade Garden

Orion Rockscapes

Design ideas for a small backyard shaded formal garden in Seattle with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Our Work

Jslandscaping

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional side yard partial sun formal garden for summer in Baltimore with a garden path and gravel.

Spanish Colonial Whole House Renovation

Allen Construction

The project included new landscape and hardscape to reflect a more formal garden setting. Architect: The Warner Group. Photographer: Kelly Teich
Design ideas for a large mediterranean front yard full sun formal garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Modern Front Yard Landscape - Racine

Ginkgo Leaf Studio

'Taylor' juniper were chosen for their narrow, upright habit. Renn Kuhnen Photography
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern front yard full sun formal garden for summer in Milwaukee with a garden path.

Hamptons Landscape

Topaz Design Group

Front landscape to give the front of this hamptons home some life!
Photo of a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun formal garden for summer in New York with a garden path and mulch.

A Japanese-Inspired Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland

Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio (JMMDS)

A pair of world travelers with a deep love of Japan asked JMMDS to design a Japanese-inspired landscape that would complement the contemporary renovation of their home in Edinburgh, Scotland. JMMDS created a plan that included a handsome cut-stone patio, meandering stepping stone paths, sweeping bed lines, stony mounds, a grassy pool of space, and swaths of elegant plantings. JMMDS was on site during the installation to craft the mounds and place the plants and stones. Julie Moir Messervy set out the ancient pieces of gneiss from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis. With the planting design, JMMDS sought to evoke the feeling of a traditional Japanese garden using locally suitable plants. The designers and clients visited nurseries in search of distinctive plant specimens, including cloud-pruned hollies, craggy pines, Japanese maples of varied color and habit, and a particularly notable Japanese snowbell tree. Beneath these, they laid drifts of sedges, hellebores, European gingers, ferns, and Solomon’s Seal. Evergreen azaleas, juniper, rhododendrons, and hebe were clustered around the lawn. JMMDS placed bamboos within root-controlled patio beds and planted mondo grass, sedums, and mosses among the stepping stones. Project designers: Julie Moir Messervy, Principal; Erica Bowman, Senior Landscape Architect Collaborators: Helen Lucas Architects, Steven Ogilvie (garden installers) Photography: Angus Bremner

Princeton Junior League Showhouse & Gardens

Ronni Hock Garden & Landscape

Design ideas for a large asian courtyard partial sun formal garden for spring in Philadelphia with a garden path and concrete pavers.

Landscape

Twin Oaks Lawn and Landscape, Inc.

This beautiful Asian inspired oasis is the perfect place to relax!
Design ideas for a mid-sized asian backyard partial sun formal garden for fall in New York with a garden path and gravel.

Front and Side Yard Entrance Gardens in Reisterstown

Garden Architecture, LLC

Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional front yard partial sun formal garden for summer in Baltimore with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Our Work

Earth Green Lands

Inspiration for a large traditional front yard partial sun formal garden for summer in Dallas with a garden path and brick pavers.

Front Facade-Summer

Chalet

Inspiration for a large traditional front yard partial sun formal garden in Chicago with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Boulder Country Modern

Native Edge Landscapes

This is an example of a mid-sized modern front yard partial sun formal garden in Denver with a garden path and concrete pavers.

Arbors

Viking Fence

Mid-sized traditional backyard shaded formal garden in Dallas with a garden path and concrete pavers for spring.

Custom Cut Lueders Stone Walkway

Eden Garden Design

Eden designed and fabricated this lueders limestone paver walkway; each stone was meticulously hand cut on site. Photographer: Greg Thomas, http://optphotography.com/

Landscape Design & Build | Randy Graves

Martinson's Garden Works

Design ideas for a large traditional backyard full sun formal garden in Jackson with a garden path and gravel.

Formal 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.