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Mid-sized Garden Design Ideas 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.
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!!
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.
Boulder Wall Make-Over and Dry Creek
Boulder Wall Make-Over and Dry Creek
Tamate Landscaping San FranciscoTamate Landscaping San Francisco
Completed boulder wall and dry creek make-over.
Photo of a mid-sized asian front yard xeriscape in San Francisco with with rock feature and river rock.
Cranston Cozy Privacy Screen
Cranston Cozy Privacy Screen
Twisted Rock Terrascape & Design, Inc.Twisted Rock Terrascape & Design, Inc.
The goal of this project was to provide privacy for a gas fire pit area in the back yard and to create a nice and clean look that was relatively easy to maintain while providing great curb appeal. We built a cedar privacy screen with contemporary lines and ran the gas line to a Rundle fire pit area that had the potential to upgrade to a paver patio in the future if desired. We finished with trenched downspouts, concrete edge, an engraved address rock and natural stone steps down the walkout.
Stradella
Stradella
Pasetta StudiosPasetta Studios
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard full sun xeriscape for summer in Los Angeles with with rock feature, river rock and a metal fence.
Mid-Century Modern Sacramento Home
Mid-Century Modern Sacramento Home
Benning Design ConstructionBenning Design Construction
Photo of a mid-sized midcentury front yard partial sun xeriscape for summer in Sacramento with with pond and river rock.
Contemporary Townhouse Garden
Contemporary Townhouse Garden
Plantology LtdPlantology Ltd
Contemporary townhouse wildlife garden, with meandering gravel paths through dynamic herbaceous planting with corten water features.
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary backyard full sun formal garden in West Midlands with with flowerbed and river rock.
Incredible Award winning Lafeyette Garden
Incredible Award winning Lafeyette Garden
Garden Lights Landscape and Pool Development Inc.Garden Lights Landscape and Pool Development Inc.
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional front yard partial sun xeriscape for winter in San Francisco with a water feature and river rock.
Lawn to Garden Conversion
Lawn to Garden Conversion
Good Thyme Landscapes LLCGood Thyme Landscapes LLC
Dry Creek bed with waterfall, Stone bridge, bermed planting zones, mica quartzite stepping stones, mahogany stone seating area, and a useful 1/4 minus pathway
BENGE RESIDENCE
BENGE RESIDENCE
Promise Path Landscaping IncPromise Path Landscaping Inc
Concrete squares with mexican beach pebble between them and drought tolerant garden
Mid-sized contemporary side yard xeriscape in San Diego with river rock.
Drought Tolerant Lush Landscape
Drought Tolerant Lush Landscape
Treehouse Landscape DesignTreehouse Landscape Design
Design by Taryn Tree
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional front yard full sun xeriscape in Los Angeles with with flowerbed and river rock.
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.
Gardner Residence
Gardner Residence
Frederico Landscape ManagementFrederico Landscape Management
Beautiful cascading water feature, paver patio, stone walkways, and a variety of shrubs and perennials
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun garden for summer in Salt Lake City with river rock.
Landscape Design Front Yard Planter Upgrades in Solana Beach
Landscape Design Front Yard Planter Upgrades in Solana Beach
Landscape LogicLandscape Logic
We are giving this outdated landscape some new curb appeal. We flanked the sidewalk with trees that we will light up at night with LED landscape lighting. The property line will be lined with small, low-maintenance, shrubs. The front sidewalk will be lined with river rock which will keep the sidewalk clean from debris and will help to keep the animals out of the yard.
Culham Cottage Garden
Culham Cottage Garden
PLT DesignPLT Design
The water cascades down the stream to the pond from a smaller top pool creating the relaxing sound of moving water
Mid-sized country backyard garden in Oxfordshire with with waterfall and river rock.
Water Feature
Water Feature
Moose MetalMoose Metal
Custom Water Fountain
This is an example of a mid-sized modern front yard full sun xeriscape in San Francisco with a water feature and river rock.
Project | Quartz
Project | Quartz
flauraflaura
This is an example of a mid-sized country backyard partial sun formal garden for summer in Other with with fireplace, river rock and a wood fence.
Garden Landscaping in Austin, TX
Garden Landscaping in Austin, TX
YardDocYardDoc
This expanded view of the courtyard in the last picture shows how the whole design comes together. The wildflower theme carries over to the water feature. The water feature itself is reminiscent of nature, almost appearing as a rock balancing on top of a boulder. While the primary plant colors are yellow and green, we broke this up slightly by planting low growing purple flowering plants. This garden landscape design demonstrates how much planning goes into areas that appear deceptively simple.
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.

Mid-sized Garden Design Ideas with River Rock

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