Bliss Garden Design
Traditional shaded garden in Seattle with gravel for fall.

We planted a variety of Japanese maples as accent trees.
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional front yard garden in San Francisco with natural stone pavers.

Photo by Patrick Redmond
Large asian front yard xeriscape in Melbourne with a garden path and natural stone pavers for fall.

Inspiration for an asian garden for fall in San Francisco with natural stone pavers.

Hanselman Landscape and Gardens
Design ideas for a large traditional garden in Philadelphia with a water feature.

A series of outdoor garden rooms — each created based on the site's topography — pull the architecture of this beautiful Georgian home into the landscape. The spaces open and close as you walk through the site, which empties intoa concrete swimming pool draped in lawn and accented by a James Carter-designed open-air pavillion at one end. These outdoor rooms are terraced with native stone walls, the most dramatic of which is the elliptical boxwood garden with an allee of Winter King Hawthornes connecting it to the pool garden. GLA took meticulous care to retain as many of the mature boxwoods and trees as possible, evidenced by the 30-foot-tall Japanese Maple. It had been slated for demolition before we convinced the client that it was worth the time and effort to simply relocated the beautiful tree. It now sides 20 feet from its original location in a side garden — a splendid specimen visible from the front of the home.

On a flagstone patio/deck overlooking woodlands, a carefully placed Japanese maple provides a focal point. ©Melissa Clark Photography. All rights reserved.

Uplighting adds a spectacular effect to a unique Japanese Maple. Rye, New York
This is an example of an exterior in Bridgeport.

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.

I designed and installed this "fence" using serpentine and hooked blue atlas cedars. I built an adjustable height support out of painted PVC, threaded steel rods, bamboo, nuts and washers so that the cedars could be trained in an appropriate way. This is one week after installation. The color of the cedar foliage perfectly complements the smoke tree, the Japanese maple and nearly any flower color. This is the back side, from the neighbor's property.

Reading garden. 4x4 'Tennessee Tumbled' cobblestones and blue slate chips. Bloodgood Japanese Maple. Architect: Drawing Dept Contractor: Camery Hensley Construction Photography: Ross Van Pelt

Acer palmatum 'Specimen' - Specimen Japanese Maple
Design ideas for a modern garden in Salt Lake City.

Japanese Maple, Boxwood Labrynth, Heuchera
This is an example of a contemporary backyard formal garden in San Francisco with decking.

Outdoor furniture: EMU from Room & Board. Photography by: Chris Martinez
Design ideas for a mediterranean garden in Albuquerque with with lawn edging.

Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' - Bloodgood Japanese Maple
This is an example of a modern garden in Salt Lake City.

Asian garden / Japanese Maple
This is an example of an asian garden in San Francisco.

A series of outdoor garden rooms — each created based on the site's topography — pull the architecture of this beautiful Georgian home into the landscape. The spaces open and close as you walk through the site, which empties intoa concrete swimming pool draped in lawn and accented by a James Carter-designed open-air pavillion at one end. These outdoor rooms are terraced with native stone walls, the most dramatic of which is the elliptical boxwood garden with an allee of Winter King Hawthornes connecting it to the pool garden. GLA took meticulous care to retain as many of the mature boxwoods and trees as possible, evidenced by the 30-foot-tall Japanese Maple. It had been slated for demolition before we convinced the client that it was worth the time and effort to simply relocated the beautiful tree. It now sides 20 feet from its original location in a side garden — a splendid specimen visible from the front of the home.

The walk from the driveway is flanked by beds of Liriope as a substitute for turfgrass. With two large dogs, keeping the old lawn in good shape required constant effort. The new planting scheme meets the client's goal to reduce maintenance

Gurley's Azalea Garden
Design ideas for a large traditional side yard partial sun garden for summer in Nashville with a water feature and natural stone pavers.