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Emma O'Connell Garden DesignBespoke circular table and curving bench backed by retaining wall clad in vintage brick.
This is an example of a small contemporary back fully shaded garden in London with a retaining wall and brick paving.
This is an example of a small contemporary back fully shaded garden in London with a retaining wall and brick paving.
Sue Craig-StewartThis photo was taken in March, after a long cold winter, showing that the garden still retains interest throughout the year. Gravel was added to suppress annual weeds, keep roots warmer and retain moisture.
Gardens for LivingPhoto of a medium sized rustic back fully shaded garden for summer in Charlotte with a garden path and natural stone paving.
GreenScapes Landscape Architects and ContractorsClassic back fully shaded garden for summer in Columbus with a fire feature and gravel.
Spring Lake Garden DesignFieldstone steps to the back yard are accented with hostas, ferns, and various boxwood cultivars.
Photo of a contemporary sloped fully shaded garden in New York with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Photo of a contemporary sloped fully shaded garden in New York with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Lore PattersonIsland Garden
Designed by : Bliss Garden Design
Design ideas for a modern formal fully shaded garden in Seattle.
Design ideas for a modern formal fully shaded garden in Seattle.
Katia Goffin Gardens
Sinuous Driveway - Acts as the backbone of the garden. Both the lower and upper garden are bordered by Annabelle Hydrangeas and Zelkovas planted along the asphalt driveway making the driveway recede and emphasizing a garden feel to an otherwise functional space.
Photo credit: ROGER FOLEY
Aralia: Innovation in Landscape DesignAn award winning Victorian garden design that featured in ITV’s ‘Britain’s best gardens’ programme. The design features Victorian paviours, a metal pergola, a slate bench and traditional raised brick beds. Unusual down-lighting and a mixture of cottage garden and architectural planting complete the design. Photography by John Glover
Total Sport Solutions, Inc.With 18 standard court colours to choose from, this family had no problem finding coplours for their court to match their house and garage.
Total Sport Solutions
Princeton Design CollaborativeFence Design with Cedar Pergola, copper pipe trellis ,gravel path & bench
Jeffrey Edward Tryon
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back formal fully shaded garden seating for autumn in New York with a living wall and brick paving.
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back formal fully shaded garden seating for autumn in New York with a living wall and brick paving.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignA local Houston art collector hired us to create a low maintenance, sophisticated, contemporary landscape design. She wanted her property to compliment her eclectic taste in architecture, outdoor sculpture, and modern art. Her house was built with a minimalist approach to decoration, emphasizing right angles and windows instead of architectural keynotes. The west wing of the house was only one story, while the east wing was two-story. The windows in both wings were larger than usual, so that visitors could see her art collection from the home’s exterior. Near one of the large rear windows, there was an abstract metal sculpture designed in the form of a spiral.
When she initially contacted us, the surrounding property had only a few trees and indigenous grass as vegetation. This was actually a good beginning point with us, because it allowed us to develop a contemporary landscape design that featured a very linear, crisp look supportive of the home and its contents. We began by planting a garden around the large contemporary sculpture near the window. Landscape designers planted horsetail reed under windows, along the sides of the home, and around the corners. This vegetation is very resilient and hardy, and requires little trimming, weeding, or mulching. This helped unite the diverse elements of sculpture, contemporary architecture, and landscape design into a more fluid harmony that preserved the proportions of each unique element, but eliminated any tendency for the elements to clash with one another.
We then added two stonework designs to the landscape surrounding the contemporary art collection and home. The first was a linear walkway we build from concrete pads purchased through a retail vendor as a cost-saving benefit to our client. We created this walkway to follow the perimeter of the home so that visitors could walk around the entire property and admire the outdoor sculptures and the collections of modern art visible through the windows. This was especially enjoyable at night, when the entire home was brightly lit from within.
To add a touch of tranquility and quite repose to the stark right angles of the home and surrounding contemporary landscape, we designed a special seating area toward the northwest corner of the property. We wanted to create a sense of contemplation in this area, so we departed from the linear and angular designs of the surrounding landscape and established a theme of circular geometry. We laid down gravel as ground cover, then placed large, circular pads arranged like giant stepping stones that led up to a stone patio filled with chairs. The shape of the granite pads and the contours of the graveled area further complimented the spirals and turns in the outdoor metal sculpture, and balanced the entire contemporary landscape design with proportional geometric forms of lines, angles, and curves.
This particular contemporary landscape design also has a sense of movement attached to it. All stonework leads to a destination of some sort. The linear pathway provides a guided tour around the home, garden, and modern art collection. The granite pathway stones create movement toward separate space where the entire experience of art, vegetation, and architecture can be viewed and experienced as a unity.
Contemporary landscaping designs like create form out of feeling by using basic geometric forms and variations of forms. Sometimes very stark forms are used to create a sense of absolutism or contrast. At other times, forms are blended, or even distorted to suggest a sense of complex emotion, or a sense of multi-dimensional reality. The exact nature of the design is always highly subjective, and developed on a case-by-case basis with the client.
Plan-it Earth DesignA stepping stone path takes you from the main patio around the corner of the house to the sunny raised bed vegetable garden. Lots of interesting plants to see on the way. You hardly know you're in a dense urban neighborhood with all the privacy plants that soften the fenceline.
Design by Amy Whitworth
Installed by J Walter Landscape & Irrigation
Photo by Janet Loughrey
FormLA LandscapingThe rock bands traversing the sloped drive do more than direct rainfall into the garden where it can fuel growth and resilience. They offer shallow, fresh water for pollinators and birds. On rainy days, they dance with feathered friends.
Landscape Oasis LLCOutdoor steps leading to walkway
Photo of a medium sized classic side fully shaded garden in Boston with a pathway.
Photo of a medium sized classic side fully shaded garden in Boston with a pathway.
Hayes Landscape Design ServicesInspiration for a small traditional back fully shaded garden for autumn in Seattle with a garden path, concrete paving and a wood fence.
GILL LANDSCAPESBeautiful stone path leading to the exterior service area.
Small modern side xeriscape fully shaded garden for winter in Christchurch with a pathway, decorative stones and a wood fence.
Small modern side xeriscape fully shaded garden for winter in Christchurch with a pathway, decorative stones and a wood fence.
Vogue & Vine - Landscape Designers SydneyCoastal front garden in Eastern Suburbs Sydney.
Using coastal plants and Sydney Sandstone rocks, we created a soft coastal landscape that had a designers touch but still a natural feel
George Pendleton & Co., Inc.Outdoor gathering place; this firepit has been carved out of the native forest of WNC and enhanced in a natural way using native, boulders, stone steppers and plantings. Just a short walk from the formal patio and covered porches, this custom residence includes an abundance or outdoor living areas to enjoy.
Northwest Native Landscapes LLCThis compact, urban backyard was in desperate need of privacy. We created a series of outdoor rooms, privacy screens, and lush plantings all with an Asian-inspired design sense. Elements include a covered outdoor lounge room, sun decks, rock gardens, shade garden, evergreen plant screens, and raised boardwalk to connect the various outdoor spaces. The finished space feels like a true backyard oasis.
Zume BuildersPhoto of a medium sized modern front fully shaded garden in San Francisco with a flowerbed, mulch and a wood fence.
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