Small backyard garden in Seattle with concrete pavers.

Angela Kearney, Minglewood Designs
Small eclectic sloped full sun garden in Boston with a garden path and natural stone pavers for summer.

Sirli Raitma
Design ideas for a small contemporary backyard full sun formal garden for summer in London with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers.

Design ideas for a small front yard driveway in Other with natural stone pavers.

Bay Trees and Fern planting in urban Garden Design Dublin Amazon Landscaping and Garden Design
Photo of a small contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden for summer in Dublin with a garden path, natural stone pavers and a wood fence.

The improvements to the existing character weatherboard house focused on remodeling an existing low ceilinged enclosed sleepout into a light filled sunroom and study that relates to a private garden. Bespoke joinery bestows a specific function to areas within, freeing up floor space. Scott Burrows

Design ideas for a small eclectic backyard garden in Portland with a fire feature and natural stone pavers.

Thanks to Entanglements, Bentleigh for providing this photograph
Inspiration for a small contemporary courtyard garden in Melbourne with a vertical garden and decking.

450 mm Bollards with contemporary led warm white lamps
Photo of a small modern backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Other with with waterfall and natural stone pavers.

Prue Roscoe
Inspiration for a small contemporary garden in Sydney.

Anewgarden modern garden design iroko decking, travertine paving hardwood horizontal slatted screen rendered wall outdoor kitchen, built in seating, raised beds

Photo of a small traditional courtyard garden in Toronto.

This sun-loving succulents bowl top-dresses the sump and upgrades the look of the entry area
Design ideas for a small modern front yard full sun xeriscape in Vancouver with a container garden and concrete pavers.

This garden was overgrown and not used at all by the property owners. The homeowners wanted a contemporary courtyard that was family friendly and modern. To achieve this, materials were chosen to match the stylish interior of the house. Also by using lighter coloured material we were able to brighten up the garden. The printed porcelain paving gave a contemporary modern feel whilst introducing added interest. Cedar batten fencing was used to clad the boundaries to minimise the oppressive feel of the high boundaries and to introduce more light into the garden. The cedar timber floating bench now provides a place to sit and entertain. It is also the perfect height for the clients’ children to use as a play bench. To brighten up the dull and dark corner by the french doors, the original steps were clad in beautiful blue and grey encaustic tiles to add much needed colour and interest in an area that had been previously neglected. This contemporary courtyard is now bright and welcoming and used by the property owners and their children on a daily basis.

A small courtyard garden in San Francisco. • Creative use of space in the dense, urban fabric of hilly SF. • For the last several years the clients had carved out a make shift courtyard garden at the top of their driveway. It was one of the few flat spaces in their yard where they could sit in the sun and enjoy a cup of coffee. We turned the top of a steep driveway into a courtyard garden. • The actual courtyard design was planned for the maximum dimensions possible to host a dining table and a seating area. The space is conveniently located outside their kitchen and home offices. However we needed to save driveway space for parking the cars and getting in and out. • The design, fabrication and installation team was comprised of people we knew. I was an acquaintance to the clients having met them through good friends. The landscape contractor, Boaz Mor, http://www.boazmor.com/, is their neighbor and someone I worked with before. The metal fabricator is Murray Sandford of Moz Designs, https://mozdesigns.com/, https://www.instagram.com/moz_designs/ . Both contractors have long histories of working in the Bay Area on a variety of complex designs. • The size of this garden belies the complexity of the design. We did not want to remove any of the concrete driveway which was 12” or more in thickness, except for the area where the large planter was going. The driveway sloped in two directions. In order to get a “level”, properly, draining patio, we had to start it at around 21” tall at the outside and end it flush by the garage doors. • The fence is the artful element in the garden. It is made of power-coated aluminum. The panels match the house color; and posts match the house trim. The effect is quiet, blending into the overall property. The panels are dramatic. Each fence panel is a different size with a unique pattern. • The exterior panels that you see from the street are an abstract riff on the seasons of the Persian walnut tree in their front yard. The cut-outs illustrate spring bloom when the walnut leafs out to autumn when the nuts drop to the ground and the squirrels eats them, leaving a mess of shells everywhere. Even the pesky squirrel appears on one of the panels. • The interior panels, lining the entry into the courtyard, are an abstraction of the entire walnut tree. • Although the panel design is made of perforations, the openings are designed to retain privacy when you are inside the courtyard. • There is a large planter on one side of the courtyard, big enough for a tree to soften a harsh expanse of a neighboring wall. Light through the branches cast playful shadows on the wall behind. • The lighting, mounted on the house is a nod to the client’s love of New Orleans gas lights. • The paving is black stone from India, dark enough to absorb the warmth of the sun on a cool, summer San Francisco day.

Alan D Holt ASLA Landscape Architect This pergola provides shade for the cars and an architectural transition from the house to the landscape. Confederate Jasmine is trained to the Pillar.

Native plants like Showy Penstemon attract birds, bees, and butterflies.
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Final result close up of porcelain paver patio.
Photo of a small modern backyard partial sun formal garden for summer in Boston with a garden path and concrete pavers.