Design ideas for a tropical garden in Miami with a vertical garden.

Kensington Succulent Paradise

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farallon gardens 2014
Inspiration for a tropical garden in San Francisco.

Tropical Retreat Newport Beach

Camille Beehler Landscape Design

Photo of a tropical garden in Orange County.

Hanging gardens of Laguna

Blu Crew

Waterfall and landscape succulents create the perfect backdrop for the ocean view seating area
Inspiration for a tropical full sun garden in Los Angeles with a water feature.

Rooftop Terrace

Glenna Partridge Garden Design

A rooftop terrace with a spectacular view of Vancouver BC. Modern zinc planters contain succulents and brightly coloured aeoniums and orange euphorbia 'firesticks'. Hand blown glass 'popsicles' add colour sparkle and a contemporary addition to the planting. © 2012 Glenna Partridge. All rights reserved.

Gardens of Hawaii

Stephen Haus ASLA

Stephen Haus
Photo of a mid-sized tropical front yard full sun formal garden in Hawaii with a water feature.

Canyon Retreat

Urban Oasis Landscape Design

Agave attenuata peeks out from a bed of Senecio mandraliscae like a green starfish. In this garden, the foliage is as beautiful as the flowers?
Photo of a small tropical backyard full sun xeriscape in Los Angeles with mulch.

Duffy's Forest Project

Joanne Green Landscape & Interior

This new contemporary home required a complementary sub-tropical garden, while maintaining complete practicality due to the horse stables, horse round yards, riding arena, chicken coup and aviary that was required for keeping many well-loved animals. To achieve this, a number of challenges needed to be overcome, starting with the fact the location and exposed nature of the site meant the plantings needed to withstand some very harsh conditions, including extreme heat in summer and bitter frosts in winter, as well as prevailing winds. To counter this, we added to the nature strip surrounding the property, increasing the planting to improve privacy and assisting in creating a wind breaks to the gardens – as well as providing a habitat for birds and native wild life. The garden areas around the main driveway and entry pathways, pool surrounds and spaces around the house were filled with a mixture of hardy plants with a sub-tropical bent, such as Frangipani’s, N.Z. Flax, Yucca’s, Gardenia’s, Murraya and Bird-of-Paradise, with striking selected succulents as accents. An extensive driveway of second hand bricks was installed to provide access to the horse stables, house and visitor parking, bordered on both sides by swathes of lush green Flax Lily, Mat Rush and Cardboard Palms, among random sandstone rocks to provide interest. All the new garden spaces were built with sandstone paving, steel edging and pebble inserts, making use of interesting lighting to highlight key areas and showcase the entire piece. Several new courtyards with entertainment and living areas were created to ensure the space was liveable for the whole family, and a prominent water feature was installed to give the garden a feeling of tranquillity. The end result is a beautiful, lush tropical escape that can be enjoyed by everyone – even the horses.

Kiehl - Harbor Oaks

Dane Spencer Landscape Architecture

Giovani Lunardi
This is an example of a tropical side yard garden in Portland with brick pavers and a garden path.

Tranquil Retreat - Private Residence, Del Mar , CA

debora carl landscape design

Tropical garden in San Diego.

Peter Ivancovich Landscape Design

Lush garden by PILD. 323-653-6665.
This is an example of a tropical garden in Los Angeles with brick pavers.

Sates St

Reynolds-Sebastiani Design Services

stone bench with succulents and bromeliads. photo by Caitlin Atkinson
Inspiration for a tropical garden in San Francisco.

Glass bottom pool and deck

DWY Landscape Architects

Photo of a tropical garden in Tampa with decking.

Tropical Retreat Newport Beach

Camille Beehler Landscape Design

Inspiration for a tropical garden in Orange County.

Modern Tropical Courtyard

Glenna Partridge Garden Design

Modern & Drought Tolerant Landscape in Banker's Hill

BETWIXTdesign - Landscape & Interior Design

Inspiration for a mid-sized tropical backyard full sun xeriscape in San Diego with concrete pavers.

Hubbard

Dane Spencer Landscape Architecture

Giovani Lunardi
Tropical garden in Portland with a retaining wall.

Canyon Retreat

Urban Oasis Landscape Design

Deeply colored rosettes of Aeonium arboretum 'Zwartkop' contrast sharply with the chartreuse flowers of Euphorbia characias and spiky blue leaves of the Senecio mandraliscae. With foliage like this, who needs flowers?

Tropical Retreat Newport Beach

Camille Beehler Landscape Design

Design ideas for a tropical garden in Orange County.

Modern Tropical Courtyard

Glenna Partridge Garden Design

A grouping of succulents in a copper trough is one of the focal points in this small space garden. Contemporary elements like the metal containers mix with more exotic features. Seashells decorate the succulent planting. © 2012 Glenna Partridge. All rights reserved.

Succulent Tropical Garden Design Ideas

Get Inspired by Tropical 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 tropical 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 Tropical Garden for Your Home

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