Photo of a mid-sized asian side yard partial sun garden in New York with decking.

Maxwell Monty Photography
Large contemporary side yard garden in Portland with a water feature.

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional side yard partial sun xeriscape for spring in Phoenix with a garden path.

This is an example of a mid-sized arts and crafts side yard partial sun garden in Other.

Lots or Fir, Spruce, Aspen, and native grasses give this landscape a rustic touch.
Inspiration for a large eclectic side yard full sun xeriscape for fall in Denver with river rock.

This is an example of a large traditional side yard full sun driveway for spring in St Louis with a garden path and brick pavers.

Dover, MA granite cobblestone driveway with fan pattern. - Sallie Hill Design | Landscape Architecture | 339-970-9058 | salliehilldesign.com | photo ©2007 Brian Hill

We created an English cottage garden to complement this Victorian style home.
Inspiration for a traditional side yard garden in New York with a garden path.

Disguising the AC units with shrubbery allows for the units to do their job without being an eyesore to the rest of the landscape design.
Design ideas for a large transitional side yard driveway in Salt Lake City.

The living spaces open completely to the garden spaces, blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor. The Balmoral House is located within the lower north-shore suburb of Balmoral. The site presents many difficulties being wedged shaped, on the low side of the street, hemmed in by two substantial existing houses and with just half the land area of its neighbours. Where previously the site would have enjoyed the benefits of a sunny rear yard beyond the rear building alignment, this is no longer the case with the yard having been sold-off to the neighbours. Our design process has been about finding amenity where on first appearance there appears to be little. The design stems from the first key observation, that the view to Middle Harbour is better from the lower ground level due to the height of the canopy of a nearby angophora that impedes views from the first floor level. Placing the living areas on the lower ground level allowed us to exploit setback controls to build closer to the rear boundary where oblique views to the key local features of Balmoral Beach and Rocky Point Island are best. This strategy also provided the opportunity to extend these spaces into gardens and terraces to the limits of the site, maximising the sense of space of the 'living domain'. Every part of the site is utilised to create an array of connected interior and exterior spaces The planning then became about ordering these living volumes and garden spaces to maximise access to view and sunlight and to structure these to accommodate an array of social situations for our Client’s young family. At first floor level, the garage and bedrooms are composed in a linear block perpendicular to the street along the south-western to enable glimpses of district views from the street as a gesture to the public realm. Critical to the success of the house is the journey from the street down to the living areas and vice versa. A series of stairways break up the journey while the main glazed central stair is the centrepiece to the house as a light-filled piece of sculpture that hangs above a reflecting pond with pool beyond. The architecture works as a series of stacked interconnected volumes that carefully manoeuvre down the site, wrapping around to establish a secluded light-filled courtyard and terrace area on the north-eastern side. The expression is 'minimalist modern' to avoid visually complicating an already dense set of circumstances. Warm natural materials including off-form concrete, neutral bricks and blackbutt timber imbue the house with a calm quality whilst floor to ceiling glazing and large pivot and stacking doors create light-filled interiors, bringing the garden inside. In the end the design reverses the obvious strategy of an elevated living space with balcony facing the view. Rather, the outcome is a grounded compact family home sculpted around daylight, views to Balmoral and intertwined living and garden spaces that satisfy the social needs of a growing young family. Photo Credit: Katherine Lu

Photo of a mid-sized and desert look side yard partial sun xeriscape in Phoenix with brick pavers.

Marc Herbulot Photography
Design ideas for a small contemporary side yard partial sun garden for summer in Auckland with a container garden and concrete pavers.

Nadeem
Design ideas for a small contemporary side yard formal garden in Other with concrete pavers.

James Brady Photography
Design ideas for a contemporary side yard garden in San Diego.

Natural flagstone steppers are soft set in river rock creating a meander pathway that crosses over a dry river bed.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary side yard garden in Denver with with path and natural stone pavers.

Tamara Alvarez
Photo of a large tropical side yard garden in Miami.

Paul Kiefer / Specialty Gardens LLC, Grand Haven, MI
This is an example of a traditional side yard full sun garden for summer in Grand Rapids.

Multiple tiers are created using rip rap boulder retaining walls on a sloped property. This allows for practical, level areas that were previously not useful. Multiple levels create areas of interest as the eye travels from tier to tier.

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional side yard partial sun garden in New York.