Budget Rustic Garden Ideas and Designs

More tiny courtyards
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic back partial sun garden in Melbourne with a water feature and natural stone paving.

Natural Stone Steps

Paul Massad Landscaping

Photo of a small rustic front formal full sun garden for spring in Boston with a garden path and natural stone paving.

Blewett Acres Orchard & Edible Garden

Califia Ecodesign

Comfrey, dill, squash, nasturtium, mustard greens, lilac, elderberry, sorrel, clover, radish and iris fill these wild vegetable terraces.
Photo of a large rustic back partial sun garden for summer in Vancouver with a vegetable patch and mulch.

Sunnyvale Cottage Garden

User

Medium sized rustic back partial sun garden in San Francisco with a water feature.

Solana Beach Sustainable Landscape and Bird Sanctuary

Revolution Landscape

Photo of a medium sized rustic back xeriscape full sun garden for spring in San Diego with a garden path and mulch.

Contemporary Rustic Mailbox Update

Leslie Rust- Ethan Allen Chesterfield

Here is the "After." This simple, yet clean and well designed mailbox is now ready to welcome in guests. We reused the wooden posts, and painted it black. We love the contemporary take on this rustic, woodsy design. Now this mailbox stands out, instead of disappearing into the trees.

New Build Evergreen Mountain House in Colorado

mmlamb1209

Front landscaping connecting front walkway to patio with fire pit.
Photo of a medium sized rustic front xeriscape full sun garden for summer in Denver with a fire feature and natural stone paving.

Pergola

Syd LARCH

Inspiration for a medium sized rustic back formal full sun garden for summer in Jacksonville with a fire feature and mulch.

Artificial Turf

Greenheart Landscapes

Pavers and Artificial Turf
This is an example of a small rustic back full sun garden for autumn in Phoenix with an outdoor sport court and concrete paving.

Northgate Outdoor Garden Styling

Wattlebird Eco

Wattlebird Eco was commissioned to furnish and style this rustic outdoor space for a family with two young children. The brief was to make it more habitable and functional for relaxing together as a family. With the client’s input, we chose to utilise existing outdoor wicker chairs that had weathered beautifully, and updating them with new cushions upholstered in quality outdoor fabric with green credentials. Locally sourced timber logs were brought in as stools and side tables and their flourishing little veggie cart was brought closer to the scene to get the kids more involved with harvesting their own leafy greens. A locally made hammock chair swings in the breeze inviting some quiet reading when time permits!

Ms Jolly's lightwell

Nick Bennett's Garden Life

My first residential garden on arriving in Melbourne! Here we used and old blue stone billet or more like a kerb stone that i dragged through the house on a blanket with strap. The timber screen is radially cut pine to support the climber. And a fantastic little water feature from Simon at Fitzroy Nursery.

Succulent Garden for Small Spaces

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Robert Davis, Laguna Beach Secrets Photography
Design ideas for a small rustic side partial sun garden for spring in Orange County with a potted garden.

Front entries, sidewalks, paths and steps

Landsburg Landscape Nursery

Medium sized rustic back garden in Minneapolis with a fire feature and gravel.

New Brighton Backyard

Arvold Landscaping & Design inc.

River rock dry creak bed used manage run off.
Large rustic sloped partial sun garden for summer in Minneapolis with a retaining wall.

Dry Creek Bed Design & Installation

Regenerative Designs Australia

Dry creek bed serves as a natural water feature and management of storm water to reduce erosion on sloped bank.
Design ideas for a medium sized rustic sloped garden in Sunshine Coast with a water feature.

Weekend Cottage

Scott Mehaffey, landscape architect

Barbara Kasper photo
Photo of a medium sized rustic sloped fully shaded garden for summer in Chicago.

Stansted Garden Show 2016 The 'Rusty Foxglove Garden'

Mark Payne Landscape Design

Mark Payne Landscape Design Photographer - Lucy Davis
Small rustic formal partial sun garden for summer in Sussex.

Rustic Montana Barn

Penny Lane Home Builders, LLC

Photos by Lynn Donaldson * Ghostwood Siding in 'Silver City' * Red Aluminium Windows *Native Landscaping with lichen-covered boulders and local Cottonwood trees * Custom overlaid garage doors * Weathered Copper Metal Roof * Bonderized Metal Siding in back of the house

Mini Alpine Rockery

Plan-it Earth Design

Rockeries are nice ways to highlight alpine plants that are small, like heat and good drainage. This one includes part of a rock collection by the homeowner

Hillside Hideaway

Outdoor Living LLC

Butterfly Garden
This is an example of a small rustic side xeriscape partial sun garden in Detroit with a garden path and mulch.

Budget Rustic Garden Ideas and Designs

A beautifully designed rustic garden is as important as the emphasis we place on the designs of our interiors. After all, our grounds (however modest) frame our homes and contribute to first impressions not only of our houses, but also of the households within. Options for garden designs can be as elaborate or low maintenance as your lifestyle and preferences permit – consider both your aspirations for how it should look and how much time you can invest in garden maintenance. Consulting a gardener or landscape designer will ensure you have a garden that suits your lifestyle, the local climate and soil conditions. But don’t forget that with Houzz your first stop can be collecting images of garden ideas and designs you love in order to inspire your garden plans and potentially share them with a landscape gardening professional.

How do I come up with a rustic front garden design?

The priority for a front garden is kerb appeal. Begin by considering the area immediately around and leading up to your front door. You may want to opt for front garden designs that blend well with the style of your home – for example, abundant foliage and flowerbeds will perfectly complement a period property, whereas man-made materials, geometric shapes and contrasting textures are great ideas for a contemporary garden design. Even if your front garden is a small space, keep it tidy – if you have more space, make the most of it with garden ideas and features such as a manicured lawn, gravel driveway, water feature or garden fencing. If you don’t have the time or commitment to devote to gardening, then neatly pruned hedges, statement paving, hanging baskets, garden benches and outdoor lighting are all decorative, low maintenance garden ideas for your rustic front garden design.

How should I design my rustic back garden?

Back gardens typically offer more space than front garden designs and serve a more recreational purpose, so it’s important to know how you want to spend time in your garden before you design it in order to build in the features that you will enjoy. If you love relaxing in the garden and dining al fresco, think about patios, decking, garden furniture and BBQs. For the more horticulturally-inclined, incorporate flower beds, greenhouses or vegetable garden designs. Your landscape gardening professional can help you install structures such as sheds, pergolas and gazebos that complement your garden design, and artfully-placed garden ideas such as lawn edging and lighting will add definition to your chosen design.

How do I create a low maintenance garden?

The great news is, gardens aren’t exclusively for the green-fingered. Whether you’re not horticulturally-inclined or simply don’t have the time for a bit of landscape gardening, you can still have a rustic garden design that looks the way you want by making some smart design choices. While many of us favour low maintenance gardens like urban gardens, roof terraces and patio gardens, lovers of greenery don’t need to sacrifice grass for paving slabs. Whatever you want from your garden, there are a variety of gardening solutions that can be built in to make life easier. For example, labour intensive features such as vegetable patches, greenhouses and flower beds can be optimised with an automatic irrigation system. These can be offset with fuss-free garden ideas such as hard landscaping, including gravel, paving or decking, and hard-wearing evergreens that require minimal upkeep. You might even consider replacing your garden fencing with slow growing hedging, which can be maintained less regularly than wooden fence panels. If having a lawn is important, there are different types of grasses in varying degrees of durability and maintenance. You may choose to take a more relaxed approach to your lawn – “wild” garden designs can have great charm if the grasses and flowers are chosen carefully. If you prefer a manicured lawn, it’s a good idea to invest in a “mulching” lawn mower that will recycle clippings and remove the need for cleaning up. Finally, there isn’t a more low maintenance garden lawn than artificial grass which can look highly realistic and keep your garden looking green. Garden ornaments are a great way to add interest to your low maintenance garden design – go for smart garden ideas such as solar garden lights which are both decorative and functional. Find some of the most popular design ideas on Houzz.

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