Ground covers will cut your water bill down and leave you with a clean and polished look for your outside space! Photo Cred: Joshua Thayer
Design ideas for a small contemporary backyard full sun xeriscape for summer in San Francisco with a vegetable garden and natural stone pavers.

Vautier St Elwood Home - 2015

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Photography by Tom Roe
Design ideas for a small asian backyard formal garden in Melbourne with a vegetable garden.

Vegetable Garden

AJF Design

This is an example of a large country backyard formal garden in New York with a vegetable garden and natural stone pavers.

Ornamental Blues

Paintbox Garden

Cabbages, kale, and other leafy greens in a formal parterre at the Montreal Botanic Garden.
Photo of a traditional garden in Burlington with a vegetable garden.

Hot Lips Salvia

FormLA Landscaping

Hot Lips Salvia blooms look more like those of snapdragons than the notable wands of its sister salvias. It gets its name from the white and red tips of it's blooms that look like "Hot Lips". In spring, its fiesta red blooms seem to fill the garden. In winter, Hot Lips' foliage also brings something distinctive to the garden. Its woodier stalks and delicate, deep green leaves create a dramatic backdrop for the silvery foliage of Salvia Clevelandii and cassia. Photo: Orly Olivier

Garvey Residence

Dennis' 7 Dees Landscaping

Maxwell Monty Photo & Video
Photo of a mid-sized modern side yard full sun garden in Portland with a vegetable garden and gravel.

Raised "Mortise and Tension" Vegetable Gardens

PETER ATKINS AND ASSOCIATES., LLC

Peter Atkins and Associates, LLC
Design ideas for a mid-sized country backyard full sun garden for summer in New York with a vegetable garden.

Rustic Timber Planter Boxes

Penfold Projects

Custom built timber planter boxes installed for an aged care facility in Brisbane, residents are encouraged to plant and look after their own vegetables and herbs.

Asbury

Natural Wonders Landscaping

Design ideas for a large contemporary backyard xeriscape in Houston with a vegetable garden and natural stone pavers.

Portfolio

Balance Landscapes Pty Ltd

This is an example of a contemporary backyard full sun formal garden in Brisbane with a vegetable garden and mulch.

Westie World

Susan Cohan Gardens

Raised steel beds and a wood utility enclosure. Fire hydrant water feature at end of a gravel path.
This is an example of a small transitional side yard partial sun garden in New York with a vegetable garden and gravel.

Traditional Landscape

Design ideas for a large traditional backyard partial sun garden in San Francisco with a vegetable garden and mulch.

Floral Abundance

Firecracker, LLC

This active family with two young boys wanted a place to grow food, lounge in the front yard with friends and have blooms upon blooms of midwestern flowers to enjoy. Custom tuteurs, vegetable beds and benches frame the center of the garden, surrounded by low maintenance flowering shrubs, trees and perennials. Evergreen grasses form the understory of the borders. A bulb layer will be installed summer of 2017. Photo credit: Naomi Goodman

Rancho Santa Fe Edible Garden

Jackie and the Beanstalk

Juicy summer freestone peaches just waiting to be picked
Inspiration for a large mediterranean backyard full sun garden in San Diego with a vegetable garden and decomposed granite.

Provence comes to California

Sweet Smiling Landscapes

This beautiful property is located in the hills above of Montecito with 360 degree of views onto the Channel Islands and the surrounding mountains. Inspired by the Japanese landscape design principal of the borrowed landscape the gardens on this property serves as a kind of picture frame from which to view the natural beauty of its surroundings. This 15-year-old costume-built home was crafted with all the style and workmanship ship found in Villa or Château in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, the garden design was not as well thought out as the house was. Most of this property receives baking sun, drying winds and is in an extremely high fire danger area. Do to these factors many of the plants on the property were unsuitable for their location. The original planting scheme was also lifeless and colorless. Poor landscape maintenance had left many of the plants on the property sick and dying. We came in to revive this landscape, breathing new life into it. Creating a drought tolerant and fire wise landscape was of utmost importance to these clients. Staying true to the more formal landscape styles found in Southern Europe we also want to create an opportunity to design seamlessly blend with its natural surroundings. We did that by incorporating a lot of California native plants. This vast property also contains an avocado orchard and a vineyard. By adding California native plants the property is inviting in native birds and insects that help keep pollinate the orchard and vineyard and keep pest problems at bay. Because these clients enjoy harvesting from their land we added elements of edible landscaping to this project. We filled pottery and planter beds with fruit trees, culinary and medicinal herbs as well as flowers that can be used in cut flower arrangements. Lastly, we went through carefully pruning diseased plants, treating pest problems an improving the soil. Now the landscape is not only more beautiful it is more protected against fire, is more water wise and integrate into its surrounds with a wholistic approach.

まるで海外のような風景

(有)創園社

Design ideas for a country backyard partial sun garden in Other with a vegetable garden.

緑と暮らす家

akka

Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary backyard partial sun outdoor sport court for spring in Osaka with a vegetable garden.

Edible Gardens

Urbafloria

An example of vegetables and herbs that can be grown during the winter in Southern California. I can design, install and maintain organic gardens that provide produce year round.

Integration Orchard

User

Permaculture Orchard, Natick MA 3-1/2 months old. Complete regenerating ecosystem of food production. Also known as a "food forest" meaning in the example of mother nature there is no tilling, weeding is minimal to none as plantings are intentionally condensed to provide nutrients and weed control to each other. Since the industrial revolution monoculture taught us to grow one massive crop for profit. Mother nature rules as there is minimal maintenance after 5-6 years of establishing the succession plantings. Things take time but with a good investment of your time and effort upfront will give you returns for the lifetime of the site as all perennial fruit,vegetable, and medicinal plants that require no fertilizers or pesticides.

Garvey Residence

Dennis' 7 Dees Landscaping

Maxwell Monty Photo & Video
Photo of a modern garden in Portland with a vegetable garden.

Turquoise Garden Design Ideas with a Vegetable Garden

Get Inspired by 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 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 Garden for Your Home

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