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Garden Design Ideas with a Water Feature and Decking

Pool Side Outdoor Living
Pool Side Outdoor Living
Southwest Fence & DeckSouthwest Fence & Deck
Inspiration for a large modern backyard garden in Dallas with a water feature and decking.
Emerson Mountain Waterfall
Emerson Mountain Waterfall
DreamScapesDreamScapes
Our client in Emerson has a beautiful home, perched on a magnificent mountain slope with incredible views. They asked Dreamscapes to design outdoor living spaces for them in order to fully utilize the property. Their wish list included a water feature, a deck for outdoor living, a patio to take in the distant views of the mountains, a place to garden, and a natural and native planting design to fit into the existing southeastern native woodlands and mountain environment. Living on the side of a mountain means bedrock. The design incorporates the natural slope and stone and works with the terrain. A new deck was constructed to extend out from the house, floating over the bedrock where it meets the new pond. From the top of the hill, a waterfall cascades down through the native plantings into the pond below. Natural boulders were used to build seating along the pond’s edge, where you can watch the fish, tend to the aquatic plants, listen to the frogs, and even take a dip to cool off. Two natural flagstone patios were built at two different elevations to sit and enjoy the views of the landscape and the mountains. Both patios are accessible by cut stone crab orchard steps set into the slope. The space at the end of the driveway was a blank canvas and the perfect place to design and build a garden of raised beds, enclosed in a traditional picket fence. It is now filled with vegetables, herbs, and cutting flowers. The local bees and butterflies love it too. And the beautiful landscape takes on a magical look after sunset. Landscape lighting was expertly placed, using a variety of fixture types to enhance the pond, waterfalls, trees and plants, bringing the spaces to life after dark. The homeowners are both multi-talented and wanted a place to incorporate their skills. They create original art, build detailed wood work and plant edible gardens, just to name a few. This new landscape gives them and their family and friends a place to work and play and relax. It has become a haven for people and wildlife alike. Outdoor living at its finest!
Melville courtyards
Melville courtyards
Cultivart Landscape DesignCultivart Landscape Design
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Design ideas for a small contemporary courtyard full sun garden in Perth with a water feature and decking.
Modern Eclectic
Modern Eclectic
dp environmentsdp environments
A custom build water feature is the focal point of this small landscape design. Flanked by Papyrus, the colorful sky blue tiles are offset by rust tone accent tiles to match the custom steel troughs. The water spills into a custom basin with rocks and pebbles for a natural pond look while maintaining a contemporary shape. Lily Pads and other bog plants can be grown in here.
Asian Garden
Asian Garden
LanaiscapesLanaiscapes
Designed by Brian Cordero LanaiScapes.com
Inspiration for a mid-sized asian side yard partial sun formal garden for summer in Hawaii with a water feature and decking.
Rooms With A View - West Los Angeles
Rooms With A View - West Los Angeles
Bosler Earth DesignBosler Earth Design
Front entrance fountain
Mid-sized front yard partial sun xeriscape in Los Angeles with a water feature and decking.
West Hampstead Garden
West Hampstead Garden
London Garden DesignerLondon Garden Designer
This property in the heart of Hampstead has stunning views due to its elevated position. The clients were keen to maximise this and ensure that the garden and roof top skyline remained visible from the ground floor. A steep slope at the rear created a dangerous fall that was fenced off for safety, and some very oppressive overgrown conifers cast heavy shade across the garden. Permission was obtained to remove the conifers and the light flooded in. To ensure continued privacy from the neighbours’ raised adjoining terraces, we planted a row of pleached X Sycoparrotia semidecidua, an unusual variety of semi evergreen tree with attractive early flowers. A decent size lawn area was retained around the central ornamental cherry tree, and a 3 metre deep, herbaceous borders span the full width of the garden, creating a diaphanous backdrop above which skyline is visible. A full height glass window vertically spans the 4-storey house, creating a strong visual link with the garden from each floor. We echoed this feature by creating a mirror image of the tall window across the patio and lawn, using lines of hardwood deck and full width stone treads through the lawn, culminating in a water feature suspended above the steep rear slope. A cantilevered deck off sets this and provides an outdoor lounge area to capture the setting sun over the Hampstead horizon.
Chelsea 1
Chelsea 1
EGG GROUP LimitedEGG GROUP Limited
Daniel Swallow
This is an example of a tropical backyard formal garden in London with a water feature and decking.
Exterior Services
Exterior Services
Interior & Exterior Environmental DesignsInterior & Exterior Environmental Designs
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard partial sun garden in San Diego with a water feature and decking.
MODERN BACKYARD REMODEL
MODERN BACKYARD REMODEL
Envy Landscape Design Inc.Envy Landscape Design Inc.
Photo of a mid-sized modern backyard full sun xeriscape in San Diego with a water feature and decking.
Woodland Residence
Woodland Residence
STIMSONSTIMSON
Photo of a contemporary garden in Boston with a water feature and decking.
Northwest footbridge
Northwest footbridge
MW Design WorkshopMW Design Workshop
Josiah Zukowski
Design ideas for a contemporary garden in Portland with a water feature and decking.
Water Features
Water Features
Urban Gardens, Inc.Urban Gardens, Inc.
Modern backyard garden in Denver with a water feature and decking.
Weessies
Weessies
Land Mechanics, Inc.Land Mechanics, Inc.
Above ground Jacuzzi and custom deck photo by Bronwyn Miller
Inspiration for a mid-sized eclectic backyard partial sun garden for summer in Orange County with a water feature and decking.
East Village Roof Garden
East Village Roof Garden
pulltabpulltab
Waterfall. Photo: Bilyana Dimitrova
Photo of a large modern rooftop full sun garden in New York with a water feature and decking.
karrinyup courtyards
karrinyup courtyards
Cultivart Landscape DesignCultivart Landscape Design
subtropical contemporary courtyards Perth Australian photos Peta North
This is an example of a small contemporary courtyard garden in Perth with a water feature and decking.
Evocative white Ginger
Evocative white Ginger
Outside InStyleOutside InStyle
Tropical Hawaii-inspired plantings flank the new waterfall.
This is an example of a large tropical backyard partial sun xeriscape for summer in Los Angeles with a water feature and decking.
Hilltop Modern
Hilltop Modern
Urban Oasis Landscape DesignUrban Oasis Landscape Design
Another view of the jacuzzi and Ipe deck. All that's missing is a cool drink.
Inspiration for a large modern backyard partial sun garden in Los Angeles with a water feature and decking.
MODERN BACKYARD REMODEL
MODERN BACKYARD REMODEL
Envy Landscape Design Inc.Envy Landscape Design Inc.
Photo of a mid-sized modern backyard full sun xeriscape in San Diego with a water feature and decking.

Garden Design Ideas with a Water Feature and Decking

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