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Mid-sized Garden Design Ideas with River Rock

自然と暮らす家
自然と暮らす家
國本建築堂 株式会社國本建築堂 株式会社
Photo of a mid-sized courtyard shaded garden in Other with river rock.
Golf Course
Golf Course
Blooming VistasBlooming Vistas
Gorgeous modern landscape with clean lines and exquisite detail.
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern side yard partial sun garden in Dallas with with rock feature, river rock and a wood fence.
CM01
CM01
Peterson LandscapingPeterson Landscaping
This is an example of a mid-sized front yard full sun xeriscape for spring in Nashville with with raised garden bed and river rock.
Ocean Beach Craftsman
Ocean Beach Craftsman
Marilyn's Dreamscapes L.L.C.Marilyn's Dreamscapes L.L.C.
Grasses planted to create shadows against the architecture.
Design ideas for a mid-sized and desert look arts and crafts backyard partial sun xeriscape in San Diego with river rock.
Naples Reserve Tropical Landscape
Naples Reserve Tropical Landscape
Custom Outdoor CreationsCustom Outdoor Creations
Front yard design in Naples Reserve with modern tropical plants lined with a Mexican beach pebble border. Included larger bromeliads, bird of paradise with multiple blooms, multiple 14' foxtail palms, an agave, red ti, foxtail ferns and mammy crotons. This design is supposed to look full after plants mature.
Water Loving Creatures
Water Loving Creatures
Mystic Water GardensMystic Water Gardens
Inspiration for a mid-sized beach style backyard full sun xeriscape for spring in Los Angeles with with pond and river rock.
Lawn to Garden Conversion
Lawn to Garden Conversion
Good Thyme Landscapes LLCGood Thyme Landscapes LLC
1200 square foot lawn removed and replaced with flowering perennials and low maintenance shrubs.
This is an example of a mid-sized country front yard full sun formal garden in Portland with with rock feature and river rock.
Ocean Beach Craftsman
Ocean Beach Craftsman
Arcadian LandscapeArcadian Landscape
Inspiration for a mid-sized and desert look arts and crafts backyard partial sun xeriscape in San Diego with river rock.
Water Garden Landscape
Water Garden Landscape
Masterpiece Gardens & DesignsMasterpiece Gardens & Designs
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary courtyard full sun garden for spring in San Francisco with with waterfall and river rock.
Gardner Residence
Gardner Residence
Frederico Landscape ManagementFrederico Landscape Management
Trex deck bridge leading from flagstone pathway to expansive lawn area
Photo of a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun garden for summer in Salt Lake City with river rock.
Cherrywood Charmer - Custom Water Feature
Cherrywood Charmer - Custom Water Feature
Native Edge LandscapeNative Edge Landscape
Beautiful 3-pump concrete fountain with wooden frame that recirculates through a bed of river rock.
Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional backyard partial sun garden for summer in Austin with a water feature, river rock and a wood fence.
Xerigardens
Xerigardens
Greenbee Landscape, Inc.Greenbee Landscape, Inc.
These are some of our design and build landscapes with sustainable, eco-friendly design practices in mind. Many of these were Cash for Grass rebate customers or Waterwise Conversion programs where money was awarded through local water districts and agencies.
Bespoke Moon Gate
Bespoke Moon Gate
Stark and GreensmithStark and Greensmith
A bespoke moon gate. Created using Corten steel cladding, the dimensions were 2100x2100x250mm with a 50mm face.
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern backyard partial sun garden in Surrey with a garden path, river rock and a metal fence.
Two Area Project with Egg Rock Path in Preston Hollow
Two Area Project with Egg Rock Path in Preston Hollow
Texas Turf DesignTexas Turf Design
Here is another beautiful turf project that had two area's. There was an area that was by the pool and a area along the other side of the house. This we created a path with egg stone. All done in 3 days with our Super Soft, Antimicrobial, American Made Artificial Grass that comes with a 15 year product warranty!! Contact us today for your next Turf Project!!
Stream Renovation
Stream Renovation
PetrowGardens Landscape DesignPetrowGardens Landscape Design
Before we came on site, this stream drained the watershed on coastal Connecticut . We removed the pachysandra that was clogging the waterway, rebuilt the stream bed with large boulders and planted native grasses and perennials.
Low Water Love
Low Water Love
Sweet Smiling LandscapesSweet Smiling Landscapes
Tiered of the looking out at a shabby brown lawn in their front yard and unwilling to use the water to keep it green these homeowners decided to go for something different. The wife in this household worked from home and was motivated to have a better view from her home office. As an enthusiastic bird watcher, I wanted to give her a view that included happy birds fluttering about. The husband was annoyed by the fact that some of the neighbors allowed their dogs to use this corner lot a toilet without having the curtesy of cleaning up after them. My job was to create a low water landscape (also known as xeriscape) that attracted birds, bees and butterflies but kept the dogs off. We started with directing down spouts in to catch basins called infiltration swales. These swales capture water storing it in the soil where it can be accessed by plants months after the rains have stopped. Then we integrated primarily California native plants and succulents into the design. Special attention was payed to the water needs of the plants and the ideal growing conditions for each species so that the combination of earthworks and plant choice and placement this landscape can get by with zero supplemental irrigation after the period of establishment this landscape. By incorporating flowering California native plants, native birds and insects flocked to the site in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by lifeless landscapes. By surrounding the garden with decomposed granite and succulents we created a space that was unpleasant and unappealing for dogs to relive themselves while remaining appealing to more human sensibilities. Today this property sits on the corner in a suburban neighborhood of Goleta, California. Hopefully serving as inspiration to take out lawns and build beautiful gardens that work to integrate the man made landscape with the natural ecosystem in which it is built.
Midcentury Rustic
Midcentury Rustic
Sweet Smiling LandscapesSweet Smiling Landscapes
These clients bought a Mid-century house with a vintage landscape that left something to be desired. Both the clients as well as myself have a great appreciation for midcentury design and its clean lines but the majority of the landscapes found in Mid-century housing developments across America miss the mark when it comes to more current sensibilities. The midcentury American philosophy was that man should exert dominance over the land and that hedge trimmers and lawn mowers are mans best friends. Today more enlighten landscape designers strive to create landscapes that work with nature and not dominate it. In this project we did just that. These home owners loved the view of the mountains from their back yard in Santa Barbara, the way the warm colored sand stone boulders peak through muted greens of the Chaparral. We designed this landscape to be of its place. Sourcing local sandstone boulders like to ones found in the mountains behind the house we used then to build a low retaining wall. By breaking the sloping land into two flatter sections we are able to slow down the speed at which water evacuates the property giving it a chance to soak into the soil. This allows the landscape to work like a natural mini water shed, keeping the storm drains and then the oceans overwhelmed with polluted water and providing more water to the plants with less irrigation. When it came to the plants, the clients wanted low water color and texture. To celebrate the fact that the house is located in Santa Barbara county we wanted to incorporate the muted green tones, with pops of colorful foliage. Using a mix of course lots of California native plants and Mediterranean adapted plants we created a plant plate that is beautiful, low maintenance and flutters with native fauna such as bird, and butterflies and bees.
Basalt Walls
Basalt Walls
Prestige Landscape & Tree Service LLCPrestige Landscape & Tree Service LLC
Our customers main reason for this project was erosion control, we built this basalt wall to help retain the soil. We also planted lots of Vinca Minor to help with retention as well!
Hllside Reno
Hllside Reno
Barski HardscapingBarski Hardscaping
Brought functionality to this side yard by adding this ledgestone step system from Unilock, natural sandstone, river rock and low maintenance planting.
Dry Creek Native
Dry Creek Native
Eden's Garden DesignEden's Garden Design
Photo of a mid-sized front yard xeriscape in Salt Lake City with with rock feature and river rock.

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