Contemporary garden in Melbourne.

This garden showcases the amazing results you can achieve if you design your kitchen extension and garden together at the same time, especially if you will have large glass sliders looking at into the garden. This garden’s transformation started as bare bones block-wall & dilapidated fence. Designed for a young family in Cabinteely. The small footprint is tasked with serving multiple roles: from kids play areas to evening entertainment space, storage shed, privacy buffer to the surrounding houses as well as being the aesthetic backdrop to a new glass-wall extension. Bearing in mind the compact area the privacy screening is selected as slimline evergreen Espaliers along the back wall, effectively blocking out all onlooking windows to the rear. This drastically improves the privacy of not just the garden but also the client’s kitchen & family area. Living with kids through the Irish seasons means that the lawn is not just essential to keep in place for play but to also ensuring it is usable throughout the year. A space like this justifies the use of artificial lawn so come rain, hail or shine the garden is never off limits. To achieve multiple uses within the garden we have carefully set the size of the terrace. The terrace protrudes into the lawn just enough to feel generous without compromising the overall balance. By keeping the levels of the lawn & terrace flush with one another allows them be treated as one continuous surface. A limestone border draws the eyeline around the overall perimeter of this compact space. To ensure that the hard landscaping does not dominate we have foliage between each surface, slim flower beds in front of the shed & freestanding pots of luscious evergreens by the floor-to-ceiling windows. This ensures a lush view onto the garden throughout the year.

Paul Debois
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Contemporary backyard partial sun garden in Madrid with with lawn edging.

A contemporary front garden with a restricted colour palette of white, grey and green. © Simon Orchard Garden Design
Inspiration for a contemporary garden in Hampshire.

The new lawn makes the garden seem bigger and deeper. It's a shallow garden with a point to the left, now concealed by trees and the swing seat. New planting contrasts purples, greys and greens. Jane Harries

John Davies
Photo of an asian backyard garden in London.

Photo of a contemporary garden in London.

The Meadow Garden in summer featuring a mild steel moon gate
This is an example of a large country partial sun garden for summer in Oxfordshire.

Fotografía: Carla Capdevila / ©Houzz España 2022
Inspiration for a garden in Other.

Upper patio, lawn and borders in stylish London garden with outdoor dining furniture and sunshade
Mid-sized contemporary backyard full sun garden in London with natural stone pavers for summer.

A new build garden for a modern terrace house built in a clean and contemporary style. With slatted fencing, a modern pergola, clean, porcelain paving, this garden is relaxing and attractive.

Using a refined palette of quality materials set within a striking and elegant design, the space provides a restful and sophisticated urban garden for a professional couple to be enjoyed both in the daytime and after dark. The use of corten is complimented by the bold treatment of black in the decking, bespoke screen and pergola.

Gold Granite Patio and Lollipop Bay Trees and Fern planting in urban Garden Design 014060004 Amazonlandscaping.ie
Small contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden in Dublin with a garden path, natural stone pavers and a wood fence for summer.

Danetti Palermo corner bench in grey and Palermo coffee table. The back garden was designed to include a round deck and lawn area and is surrounded by a stone path, a further flower patch and a natural green fence. Outdoors cushions by Penelope Hope, new for SS18. In the back two large ash trees are providing shade in the Spring summer. Two younger ash trees were removed to avoid overcrowding or entirely blocking the sun. The shed is painted in Green Smoke (Little Greene) while the bistro set is painted in Cuprinol Garden Shades Berry and Emerald. Photo: Jenny Kakoudakis

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary backyard full sun garden for summer in London with with pond and natural stone pavers.

Ruth Willmott
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern backyard formal garden in London.

Photography: Gerard Warrener, DPI Photography for Atkinson Pontifex Design, construction and landscaping: Atkinson Pontifex
Inspiration for an industrial front yard partial sun garden in Melbourne with concrete pavers.

Nigel Gomme
Inspiration for a contemporary garden in London.