Mid-sized contemporary front yard full sun xeriscape in Las Vegas.

Secret Garden

Craig Reynolds Landscape Architecture

Stephen Dunn
Design ideas for a mid-sized tropical side yard full sun garden in Miami with brick pavers.

Beautiful, Jupiter Front Yard

User

Lovely, clean-lined landscape by Pamela Crawford featuring lots of bromeliads, containers, and Mexican beach pebble borders. See over 2000 photos of Pamela's work at pamela-crawford.com. Photographed by Allen Rokach.

The Settings Hillside

Gardens for Living

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional sloped shaded garden for summer in Charlotte with a fire feature and gravel.

Contemporary Poolscape

Arbordale Landscaping

This is a Credit Valley ledgerock and flagstone raised patio and pool deck. The serviceberry tree is fruiting (edible) right now and adds a great splash of red in the late summer. The stained cedar fence has a plywood backer, which gives the illusion that it is vacant behind the slats. The cap-less ledgerock wall has a very unique feel to it, with the off-centre, sheer descent water feature. The planter for annuals has drip irrigation. Love how the rhododendron, to the left of the water feature, is really starting to stretch over the pool. We can see a sundial type garden ornament at the bottom of the photo, which was selected by the client.

GRASS PYRAMIDS

S I N G E R

Photography by Bret Gum
Mid-sized modern front yard full sun driveway in Orange County with concrete pavers.

Toronto High Park Modern Backyard

Green Apple Landscaping

Photo of a mid-sized modern backyard partial sun formal garden in Toronto with a retaining wall, natural stone pavers and a wood fence.

Suffolk Town Garden

Colm Joseph Gardens

Oversize sawn limestone paving units create two distinct seating areas, nestled amongst the naturalistic planting. Limestone gravel offers offers textural interest and lower maintenance gardening. A simple bowl introduces the reflective, calming quality of water. A unified boundary treatment of hornbeam hedge and pleached hornbeam trees give the garden improved privacy and visual harmony. Four multi-stem hornbeam trees offer sculptural form, helping to shape the space within the garden.

Midcentury Landscape

Mid-sized midcentury front yard full sun xeriscape in San Francisco with a vertical garden and concrete pavers for summer.

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Grounded - Richard Risner RLA, ASLA

Inspiration for a mid-sized modern courtyard full sun xeriscape in San Diego with a garden path.

Coastal Retreat

Tech Scapes Australia Landscaping

Mid-sized contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden in Sydney with decking and a retaining wall for summer.

Buck Residence

Open Envelope Studio

OES | Backyard with low concrete walls, Texas basalt, native plants, and jacuzzi
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard partial sun xeriscape in Austin with gravel.

Japanese Garden and Dojo

Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design

Carl Mayfield
Inspiration for a mid-sized asian side yard partial sun garden in Houston with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

West Los Angeles Lawn Removal Makeover

Urbafloria

This backyard used to be just plain, boring grass. Now it's a beautiful, low water garden with a space for night time entertaining around an eco-friendly fire pit. The fire pit runs on bio-ethanol which is very clean burning. Plants attract butterflies and hummingbirds. This photo is just a couple of months after planting, all from 1 gallon size plants or smaller. Photo by Jacky Surber.

Meditation Pavilion

Miriam's River House Designs, LLC

A close-up photo of the foundation stone work, and surrounding patio. Photo credits: Dan Drobnick
Inspiration for a mid-sized asian backyard shaded garden in Cleveland with a fire feature and natural stone pavers.

Lake Front Property

A J Miller Landscape Architecture PLLC

Jamie Young Photography
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary sloped partial sun xeriscape for fall in New York with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.

Dallas Residence 2

The Garden Design Studio

www.seeinseeout.com
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern front yard garden in Dallas with gravel.

Just a Fabulous Place to call Home

Hursthouse Landscape Architects and Contractors

After reconfiguring the drive, our team re-aligned the secondary walk toward the family parking area. Massed woody plants, perennials, and groundcover downplay the secondary entry from visitors, and are repeated around the property to create a consistent planting plan.

Coronado Island Craftsman

Gravel To Gold, Inc.

Mid-sized arts and crafts backyard full sun formal garden in San Diego with natural stone pavers.

Entertainer's Dream Backyard

New Vision Co.

What a transformation, from poorly laid, uneven turf to a useable space for entertaining & relaxing. This backyard is now the ideal place to entertain, spend the chilly months by the firepit or beat the heat under an open-air pergola with views of tropical garden beds and a water feature.

Mid-sized 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.