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The Landscape & Garden Company LTD
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary back formal garden in Other with a water feature and gravel.
Altera Landscape
Landscape Design: AMS Landscape Design Studios, Inc. / Photography: Jeri Koegel
Small contemporary side partial sun garden in Orange County with natural stone paving.
Small contemporary side partial sun garden in Orange County with natural stone paving.
Shades Of Green Landscape Architecture
Photography: © ShadesOfGreen
Inspiration for a contemporary back garden fence in San Francisco.
Inspiration for a contemporary back garden fence in San Francisco.
MOD Construction, LLC
Outdoor water feature
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back full sun garden in Salt Lake City with a water feature, concrete paving and a stone fence.
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back full sun garden in Salt Lake City with a water feature, concrete paving and a stone fence.
Christine Wilkie Garden Design
This small, north-east facing garden, measuring around 100 m2, was in need of a complete transformation to bring it into line with the owner's interior style and the desire for an outdoor room experience. A series of bi-folding doors led out to a relatively small patio and raised lawn area. The objective was to create a design that would maximise the space, making it feel much larger and provide usable areas that the owners could enjoy throughout the day as the sun moves around the garden. An asymmetrical design with different focal points and material contrasts was deployed to achieve the impression of a larger, yet still harmonious, space.
The overall garden style was Japanese-inspired with pared back hard landscaping materials and plants with interesting foliage and texture, such as Acers, Prunus serrula cherry tree, cloud pruned Ilex crenata, clumping bamboo and Japanese grasses featuring throughout the garden's wide borders. A new lower terrace was extended across the full width of the garden to allow the space to be fully used for morning coffee and afternoon dining. Porcelain tiles with an aged wood effect were used to clad a new retaining wall and step risers, with limestone-effect porcelain tiles used for the lower terrace. New steps were designed to create an attractive transition from the lower to the upper level where the previous lawn was completely removed in favour of a second terrace using the same low-maintenance wood effect porcelain tiles.
A raised bed constructed in black timber sleepers was installed to deal with ground level changes at the upper level, while at the lower level another raised bed provides an attractive retaining edge backfilled with bamboo. New fencing was installed and painted black, a nod to the Japanese shou sugi ban method of charring wood to maintain it. Finally, a combination of carefully chosen outdoor furniture, garden statuary and bespoke planters complete the look. Discrete garden lighting set into the steps, retaining wall and house walls create a soft ambient lighting in which to sit and enjoy the garden after dark.
Harry Holding Studio
An inner city oasis with enchanting planting using a tapestry of textures, shades of green and architectural forms to evoke the tropics of Australia. Here, ferns and geraniums spill over the granite plank paving.
The London Gardener Ltd
We were asked to redesign a large garden in Wandsworth, SW18. It needed to be child-friendly, with a sunken trampoline and a large real grass lawn and plenty of space to entertain and enjoy the sun. Also our client was anxious to keep the garden private, and to block views into the garden where possible. We were fortunate to be able to enjoy a number of mature trees in other gardens, and this allowed us to focus more on the medium and lower layers of planting. We mixed long-flowering shrubs and perennials with small multi-stemmed trees, all of which were planted with a long season of interest in mind. The planting around the sunken trampoline had to be kept low so the children could be seen from the house, and also robust incase it got landed on!
iCreate Landscape and Design PTY LTD
Photo of a small contemporary courtyard partial sun garden in Sydney with a raised bed, natural stone paving and a wood fence.
Kevin Caron Studios, L.L.C.
This graceful fountain trickles gently down over increasingly larger discs.
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back garden in Phoenix.
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back garden in Phoenix.
dhd damir hurdich design
Inspiration for a contemporary full sun pergola in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Beaufort & Rampton Landscapes
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back full sun garden for summer in London with a fire feature, decking and a wood fence.
Sarah Herman Landscape Design
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary front xeriscape partial sun garden steps for summer in San Francisco with decking and a wood fence.
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