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Todd Haiman Landscape Design
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Photo of a mid-sized and australian native contemporary backyard garden in New York with concrete pavers.
Photo of a mid-sized and australian native contemporary backyard garden in New York with concrete pavers.
Studio H Landscape Architecture
Photography by Studio H Landscape Architecture & COCO Gallery. Post processing by Isabella Li.
Design ideas for a small modern backyard garden in Orange County with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
Design ideas for a small modern backyard garden in Orange County with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
A local Houston art collector hired us to create a low maintenance, sophisticated, contemporary landscape design. She wanted her property to compliment her eclectic taste in architecture, outdoor sculpture, and modern art. Her house was built with a minimalist approach to decoration, emphasizing right angles and windows instead of architectural keynotes. The west wing of the house was only one story, while the east wing was two-story. The windows in both wings were larger than usual, so that visitors could see her art collection from the home’s exterior. Near one of the large rear windows, there was an abstract metal sculpture designed in the form of a spiral.
When she initially contacted us, the surrounding property had only a few trees and indigenous grass as vegetation. This was actually a good beginning point with us, because it allowed us to develop a contemporary landscape design that featured a very linear, crisp look supportive of the home and its contents. We began by planting a garden around the large contemporary sculpture near the window. Landscape designers planted horsetail reed under windows, along the sides of the home, and around the corners. This vegetation is very resilient and hardy, and requires little trimming, weeding, or mulching. This helped unite the diverse elements of sculpture, contemporary architecture, and landscape design into a more fluid harmony that preserved the proportions of each unique element, but eliminated any tendency for the elements to clash with one another.
We then added two stonework designs to the landscape surrounding the contemporary art collection and home. The first was a linear walkway we build from concrete pads purchased through a retail vendor as a cost-saving benefit to our client. We created this walkway to follow the perimeter of the home so that visitors could walk around the entire property and admire the outdoor sculptures and the collections of modern art visible through the windows. This was especially enjoyable at night, when the entire home was brightly lit from within.
To add a touch of tranquility and quite repose to the stark right angles of the home and surrounding contemporary landscape, we designed a special seating area toward the northwest corner of the property. We wanted to create a sense of contemplation in this area, so we departed from the linear and angular designs of the surrounding landscape and established a theme of circular geometry. We laid down gravel as ground cover, then placed large, circular pads arranged like giant stepping stones that led up to a stone patio filled with chairs. The shape of the granite pads and the contours of the graveled area further complimented the spirals and turns in the outdoor metal sculpture, and balanced the entire contemporary landscape design with proportional geometric forms of lines, angles, and curves.
This particular contemporary landscape design also has a sense of movement attached to it. All stonework leads to a destination of some sort. The linear pathway provides a guided tour around the home, garden, and modern art collection. The granite pathway stones create movement toward separate space where the entire experience of art, vegetation, and architecture can be viewed and experienced as a unity.
Contemporary landscaping designs like create form out of feeling by using basic geometric forms and variations of forms. Sometimes very stark forms are used to create a sense of absolutism or contrast. At other times, forms are blended, or even distorted to suggest a sense of complex emotion, or a sense of multi-dimensional reality. The exact nature of the design is always highly subjective, and developed on a case-by-case basis with the client.
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Studio H Landscape Architecture
Photography by Studio H Landscape Architecture & COCO Gallery. Post processing by Isabella Li.
Inspiration for a modern garden in Orange County.
Inspiration for a modern garden in Orange County.
Arbordale Landscaping
Cedar gate with arbour entrance to the backyard. Flagstone landing with cobblestone border.
Design ideas for a small transitional backyard partial sun garden for summer in Toronto with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
Design ideas for a small transitional backyard partial sun garden for summer in Toronto with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
Pat Brodie Landscape Design
This is a small condo backyard which was originally a steep hill and was not a useable space. We terraced with stone and created 2 seating areas.The main outdoor living space now has an outdoor kitchen and stone fireplace. The garden includes succulents, seasonal color, and drought tolerant plants.
CAVINESS LANDSCAPE DESIGN, INC.
A small backyard that required privacy gets a dramatic makeover that includes a pergola sitting area, stone fire pit and a natural boulder waterfall that cascades into the pool area. A spa and mature landscape material finish the space, The mature landscape material and waterfall provide a buffer to the traffic noise that is behind the property, as well as privacy.
Design and Installation by Caviness Landscape Design, Inc.
Photography by J Orthwein
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AAA Landscape Specialists, Inc.
A small warm and inviting backyard. by AAA Landscape Specialists, Inc. 760-295-1980 www.landscapespecialists.com
Design ideas for a tropical side yard garden in San Diego.
Design ideas for a tropical side yard garden in San Diego.
Living Space Landscapes
Living Space Landscapes Mendota Heights MN
Mid-sized traditional backyard full sun garden in Minneapolis with natural stone pavers.
Mid-sized traditional backyard full sun garden in Minneapolis with natural stone pavers.
Arizona Living Landscape and Design
Az Living Landscape
Photo of a small traditional backyard partial sun xeriscape in Phoenix with brick pavers.
Photo of a small traditional backyard partial sun xeriscape in Phoenix with brick pavers.
Clear Creek Landscapes
Clear Creek Landscapes, LLC
This project was done for a family with a small backyard. Their deck was rotted and unsafe. We removed the deck, added a paver patio, fireplace, seating walls, bordered the patio with a wall with waterfalls build into them, built a pergola with a cozy seating area. We also added a grill island and finished the backyard off with a serene waterfall.
Signature Patio & Landscape Co.
Small urban backyard natural stone pool deck by Signature Patio & Landscape Co.
Inspiration for a small traditional backyard rectangular pool in Minneapolis with natural stone pavers.
Inspiration for a small traditional backyard rectangular pool in Minneapolis with natural stone pavers.
Dig Your Garden Landscape Design
This tired, unused San Francisco backyard was transformed into a modern, low-maintenance landscape with site-appropriate plantings enhanced by raised planting beds and a lead-free artificial lawn to replace the existing water-thirsty lawn. I created two separate "rooms" to break up the long narrow yard, and specified full range blue stone for the two small patio areas, connected by a curved pattern of rectangular pavers of the same natural stone. The raised concrete rectangular planting beds were incorporated to bring more movement and interest to the landscape along with gravel bed accents alongside. Some of the existing concrete remained, and was stained with a color to compliment the natural stone. These photos were taken over a three year period. Photos: © Landscape Designer, Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design.
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Clear Creek Landscapes
Clear Creek Landscapes, LLC
This project was done for a family with a small backyard. Their deck was rotted and unsafe. We removed the deck, added a paver patio, fireplace, seating walls, bordered the patio with a wall with waterfalls build into them, built a pergola with a cozy seating area. We also added a grill island and finished the backyard off with a serene waterfall.
Studio Shed - Live Large. Build Small.
A patio and seating area surrounds this home office. Unlike traditional sheds which are often tucked away and hidden in the side yard, Studio Sheds, like this home office, become a feature of the backyard landscaping.
CAVINESS LANDSCAPE DESIGN, INC.
A small backyard that required privacy gets a dramatic makeover that includes a pergola sitting area, stone fire pit and a natural boulder waterfall that cascades into the pool area. A spa and mature landscape material finish the space, The mature landscape material and waterfall provide a buffer to the traffic noise that is behind the property, as well as privacy.
Design and Installation by Caviness Landscape Design, Inc.
Photography by J Orthwein
Signature Patio & Landscape Co.
Small urban backyard natural stone pool deck by Signature Patio & Landscape Co.
Photo of a small traditional rectangular pool in Minneapolis with natural stone pavers.
Photo of a small traditional rectangular pool in Minneapolis with natural stone pavers.
Small Backyard Landscaping - Photos & Ideas | Houzz
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debora carl landscape design
A once forgotten side yard turns into a charming gravel garden
Martin Residence
Cardiff by the Sea, Ca
Small mediterranean side yard formal garden in San Diego.
Small mediterranean side yard formal garden in San Diego.
Clear Creek Landscapes
Clear Creek Landscapes, LLC
This project was done for a family with a small backyard. Their deck was rotted and unsafe. We removed the deck, added a paver patio, fireplace, seating walls, bordered the patio with a wall with waterfalls build into them, built a pergola with a cozy seating area. We also added a grill island and finished the backyard off with a serene waterfall.
Infinite Possibilities Landscape & Design
Stone backyard patio. Photos by Feast Interactive Inc - www.feastinteractive.com
This is an example of a traditional backyard garden in Toronto.
This is an example of a traditional backyard garden in Toronto.
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