TLC
Photo of a small midcentury sloped shaded garden for fall in San Francisco with a retaining wall and concrete pavers.

Black Oak Mountain Vineyards

Meraki Create LLC

Brad’s vision for Black Oak Mountain Vineyards was to cultivate a sustainable, organic landscape that guests and visitors would be nurtured by. You’ll get a ‘feeling’ when you visit you won’t know quite what it is, but you won’t want to leave. Our team worked with Brad to see his vision come to life making Black Oak Mountain Vineyards a Couples Choice award winner! Relatively new, and pristine, with unusual desert mountain landscaping and architecture. We integrated an arid desertscape into the natural setting around this 150 acre estate property designing several ceremony sites and photo oportunities to capture the best moments of your life!

Santa Cruz Mountain Elevation

·ecology by design, LLC

These clients have a house where no exterior wall corner is 90 degrees! All angles are 60 or 120 degrees! So.. the stairs were going to be the same in order not to look out of place or thoughtless. The angle looks sharp, and now my clients can get down to the lower yard. Some native redwood forest plants in the side and front yards as well.

Ocean Bluff-Winner Santa Barbara Beautiful 2013

Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates

Ocean view landscape with Bocce court, Stepstone pavers and pebbles make for a great outdoor living space. Holly Lepere
Mid-sized midcentury sloped garden in Santa Barbara.

Mid-Century Modern Landscape

Inge Daniels Design LLC

IDDLA’s Mid-Century Modern Landscape features an architectural gem nestled within acres of conservation land. While many of our landscape interventions are happening close to the house, we are working with our clients to steward the property including planting successional canopy trees and transitioning areas of lawn to meadows & woodlands. On this natural mound in the foreground we’re encouraging this flush of fern and supplementing new low-bush blueberry plantings with white pines and sassafras transplanted from elsewhere on the property.

Arthur Erickson - West Vancouver

Terraform Landscaping

Nicole Gurney Photography
Photo of a large midcentury sloped driveway in Vancouver.

Mid-Century Makeover

Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture

Mid-sized midcentury sloped garden in Los Angeles with a retaining wall.

Bonifield Residence

Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

Midcentury sloped garden in San Luis Obispo with gravel.

San Rafael Eichler Front and Back Yard Remodel

Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

The "Gracie Modern Arbors" (by TerraTrellis) offer eye-catching focal points. Three installed to bring interest and needed height over a long pathway ramp with grape vines. Another frames a stairway to the hillside with a flowering Passion vine. The sloped hillsides were revamped to include low-water and low-maintenance plants that include CA natives, flowing grasses, other Mediterranean plants and several succulents.

Chimney Job

User

This is an example of a large midcentury sloped full sun xeriscape for fall in Other with a retaining wall and gravel.

Radial railroad tie timber stairs

Village Landscape Architecture

Equidistant treads create a visual rhythm for the eye. Boulders provide attractive grade control as needed. Crushed blue shale provide an accent color against the warm brown of the pressure treated stairs. Wider midway terrace, provides a view from the internal house hallway window. Includes beautiful and drought tolerant plantings and shade trees.

Berkeley Hills Midcentury Modern

Planet Horticulture

Hilltop home with sweeping views of San Francisco Bay. Open views surrounded by bold foliage dominated plantings. Steep hillside with metal trough set into hillside for vegetables.

Valley Vista Poolhouse

janela

Photo of a mid-sized midcentury sloped garden in Toronto.

Hollywood Hills Mid-Century Modern

Joel Reis Architecture and Real Estate Photography

Photo of a mid-sized midcentury sloped shaded garden in Los Angeles with gravel.

Flower garden beginning to fill in

Village Landscape Architecture

Hydrangea and daylilies and many other flowering perennials give a floral display in the landscape as well as provide cutting opportunities for bouquets.

New entrance and ADA ramp

Stamp the Earth LLC

Midcentury sloped partial sun garden in Portland.

Coachman Drive Project 1

Veridian Outdoor Living

Entry overgrown with massive juniper was scraped and regraded to create a multi-level deck for large gatherings and to enjoy gorgeous valley views.
Design ideas for a large midcentury sloped full sun xeriscape for summer in Other with decking.

San Rafael Eichler Front and Back Yard Remodel

Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

Hillside landscape featuring native plant materials, terraced yard
Inspiration for a large midcentury sloped full sun xeriscape in Los Angeles with a garden path and concrete pavers.

Midcentury Sloped Garden Design Ideas

Get Inspired by Midcentury 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 midcentury 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 Midcentury Garden for Your Home

Depending on which style you’re going for, be sure to know what makes a midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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.