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Traditional Highland Cottage Garden

Geo Designs Landscape and Garden

This unique and delightful garden has been totally transformed to create individual use areas with a distinct cottage garden personality. Scented herbs in hand-crafted sandstone planters create an outdoor kitchen space and an enclosed sitting area with shrub roses and perennials offering wonderful views over the adjacent farmland into the distance. A sense of journey around the garden is heightened with an abundance of ornamental shrub and perennial planting, adding year-round interest. Native hedging, hornbeam and holly, semi-mature crab apples, ornamental rowan trees, a pergola and timber arch for climbing roses and clematis, all provide vertical interest. The garden is located not far from the sea which is exposed to high winds. The garden is now enclosed and protected with a native hornbeam hedge.

Camelot Homes Bronco

Creative Environments

Creative Environments prides itself in providing cutting-edge professional landscape design services for residential and commercial settings.
Expansive modern backyard partial sun formal garden in Phoenix with concrete pavers and a metal fence for summer.

Lytton Park - Spacious Backyard

Infinite Possibilities Landscape & Design

Design ideas for a large transitional backyard full sun garden for summer in Toronto with natural stone pavers and a wood fence.

A Classic Country White Garden

Deborah Cerbone Associates, Inc.

All planting design by Deborah Cerbone Associates, Inc.
This is an example of a small backyard formal garden in New York with natural stone pavers.

Bold Outdoor Living

The Garden Route Company

A small cottage garden with dynamic textural contrasts. Photos by Rich Radford
Photo of a mid-sized mediterranean backyard partial sun garden in San Francisco with gravel.

Pergola in Spring!

Creative Interiors by Kim

This pergola draped in Wisteria over a Blue Stone patio is located at the home of Interior Designer Kim Hunkeler, located in central Massachusetts.
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun garden for spring in Boston with natural stone pavers.

Felicia aren't you faaabulous?!

Inspiring Landscape Solutions by Parveen Dhaliwal

The challenges in this project was to work with the existing 3m level difference in the front yard and keep the existing treelines already in place, with a heavy emphasis on preserving the large gleditsia tree which was protected by local regulations. We designed in an outdoor seating area where the clients can relax in whilst watching the children play. This is further complimented by a grassed area where they can picnic and rest under their beloved gleditsia. Whilst it is a largely cottage garden, this was balanced with introducing some low maintenance evergreen plants. The clients loved edibles so the plant palette also built in some edible groundcovers, shrubs and dwarf fruit trees. The flora selected compliments the existing blue and white cottage weatherboard build elements and colours. The design also squeezed in extra parking and driveway space! When I designed this project I immediately thought of playing with curves which is a design element I love playing with. I love the way the new levels came together along with the retained garden beds and grassed area. I used soft pastels (yellows, pinks) to compliment the blues and purples in the planting palette and love the client's choice of the curved steel arbour and subtle glass detail. One cheeky aspect of the project was surreptitiously building in a plant, felicia, as a soft reference to the little master in the house! As usual I used a heavy contrast with some of the materials chosen to set off the plants nicely whilst also celebrating each material selected.

Creating Space in Glassell Park

Urban Oasis Landscape Design

We built a striking new pergola with a graphic steel-patterned roof to make a covered seating area. Along with creating shade, the roof casts a movie reel of shade patterns throughout the day. Now there is ample space to kick back and relax, watching the sun spread its glow on the surrounding hillside as it makes its slow journey down the horizon towards sunset. An aerodynamic fan keeps the air pleasantly cool and refreshing. At night the backyard comes alive with an ethereal lighting scheme illuminating the space and making it a place you can enjoy well into the night. It’s the perfect place to end the day.

Stafford Retreat

User

Modern carport extends off face of home to provide cover for two cars. Poured in place pavers with gravel joints create an aesthetically appealing parking surface.

Outdoor Structures

Elise Landscapes & Nursery, LLC

Large traditional backyard formal garden in New York with natural stone pavers and a garden path.

West Coast English Retreat

Tierra Madre Fine Gardens

Design ideas for a small contemporary backyard partial sun garden in Other with gravel.

Pergola and Studio

Weeds Garden Design Build LLC

A nice view of the custom steel veggie beds - plenty of chard here! Dry set flagstones are inter-planted with Kurapia ground cover, both low water and low maintenance. This was a great little design-build project for some great clients! We oversaw the construction of the shed, designed and built the pergola, deck, outdoor kitchen, water feature, flagstone patio, as well as installing the plants, irrigation and landscape lighting. So pretty at night!

Burlingame Outdoor Living Room

Kristen Rudger Landscape Design

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional backyard garden in San Francisco with natural stone pavers.

Amersham Entertaining Garden

Chiltern Garden Design

Elegant dining furniture sets the tone on the main terrace, with contemporary planting enhancing the space. on the upper terraces are spaces for lounging, cooking and eating under cover.

Limerick Lane Nagambi

Clapham Landscape Architecture

Large country full sun formal garden in Melbourne with natural stone pavers for fall.

Seneca Residence

Verdance Landscape Architecture

The custom arbor creates a cool intimate sitting area thanks to a cantilevered steel canopy with die-cut panel by Parasoleil. Arizona flagstone pavers and a boulder fountain ground the space in lush plantings. 'Koi' artwork (acrylic on reclaimed glass windowpane) by owner. Photo © Jude Parkinson-Morgan.

Scarsdale Renovation

Legacy Construction Northeast LLC

Peter Krupenye
Design ideas for an expansive traditional backyard full sun garden in New York with concrete pavers.

Modern Backyard Landscape - Fox Point, WI

Ginkgo Leaf Studio

Nighttime view looking across the patio.
Mid-sized modern backyard partial sun garden in Milwaukee with natural stone pavers.

Weston Woodland

Sudbury Design Group

Richard Mandelkorn Photography
Inspiration for a large traditional backyard garden in Boston with natural stone pavers.

Pergola Garden Design Ideas

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.