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Outside Collective
Christel Leung
Small modern back formal full sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
Small modern back formal full sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
Northwest Native Landscapes LLC
This 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.
Small modern front full sun garden for autumn in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
Tierra Madre Fine Gardens
Inspiration for a small contemporary back partial sun garden in Other with a flowerbed and natural stone paving.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
A couple by the name of Claire and Dan Boyles commissioned Exterior Worlds to develop their back yard along the lines of a French Country garden design. They had recently designed and built a French Colonial style house. Claire had been very involved in the architectural design, and she communicated extensively her expectations for the landscape.
The aesthetic we ultimately created for them was not a traditional French country garden per se, but instead was a variation on the symmetry, color, and sense of formality associated with this design. The most notable feature that we added to the estate was a custom swimming pool installed just to the rear of the home. It emphasized linearity, complimentary right angles, and it featured a luxury spa and pool fountain. We built the coping around the pool out of limestone, and we used concrete pavers to build the custom pool patio. We then added French pottery in various locations around the patio to balance the stonework against the look and structure of the home.
We added a formal garden parallel to the pool to reflect its linear movement. Like most French country gardens, this design is bordered by sheered bushes and emphasizes straight lines, angles, and symmetry. One very interesting thing about this garden is that it is consist entirely of various shades of green, which lends itself well to the sense of a French estate. The garden is bordered by a taupe colored cedar fence that compliments the color of the stonework.
Just around the corner from the back entrance to the house, there lies a double-door entrance to the master bedroom. This was an ideal place to build a small patio for the Boyles to use as a private seating area in the early mornings and evenings. We deviated slightly from strict linearity and symmetry by adding pavers that ran out like steps from the patio into the grass. We then planted boxwood hedges around the patio, which are common in French country garden design and combine an Old World sensibility with a morning garden setting.
We then completed this portion of the project by adding rosemary and mondo grass as ground cover to the space between the patio, the corner of the house, and the back wall that frames the yard. This design is derivative of those found in morning gardens, and it provides the Boyles with a place where they can step directly from their bedroom into a private outdoor space and enjoy the early mornings and evenings.
We further develop the sense of a morning garden seating area; we deviated slightly from the strict linear forms of the rest of the landscape by adding pavers that ran like steps from the patio and out into the grass. We also planted rosemary and mondo grass as ground cover to the space between the patio, the corner of the house, and the back wall that borders this portion of the yard.
We then landscaped the front of the home with a continuing symmetry reminiscent of French country garden design. We wanted to establish a sense of grand entrance to the home, so we built a stone walkway that ran all the way from the sidewalk and then fanned out parallel to the covered porch that centers on the front door and large front windows of the house. To further develop the sense of a French country estate, we planted a small parterre garden that can be seen and enjoyed from the left side of the porch.
On the other side of house, we built the Boyles a circular motorcourt around a large oak tree surrounded by lush San Augustine grass. We had to employ special tree preservation techniques to build above the root zone of the tree. The motorcourt was then treated with a concrete-acid finish that compliments the brick in the home. For the parking area, we used limestone gravel chips.
French country garden design is traditionally viewed as a very formal style intended to fill a significant portion of a yard or landscape. The genius of the Boyles project lay not in strict adherence to tradition, but rather in adapting its basic principles to the architecture of the home and the geometry of the surrounding landscape.
For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Arbordale Landscaping
Small contemporary back formal partial sun garden for summer in Toronto with a garden path, concrete paving and a wood fence.
Twig Landscape Design, LLC
Another after photo of the widened front steps and updated materials for the front stoop (Cambridge Limestone) and a much more functional parking pad.
Happy Gardens
Soft modern landscaping
Inspiration for a small modern side xeriscape fully shaded garden in Dallas with a water feature and concrete paving.
Inspiration for a small modern side xeriscape fully shaded garden in Dallas with a water feature and concrete paving.
Winston Fayer Landscape Design
The backyard is small and uninviting until we transformed it into a comfortable and functional area for entertaining
This is an example of a small contemporary back private full sun garden in New York.
This is an example of a small contemporary back private full sun garden in New York.
O'hana Art Environments
Replacing an existing driveway with the same 'Versailles' pattern travertine stone of the home's newly installed pathway, this front yard now looks complete. Continuity in materials and texture throughout is in noticeable contrast with the industrial grey concrete driveways that have been left as is on adjoining properties. The beautiful earth tones of the flatwork are in harmony with the home as well as the carefully selected water-wise plantings. This is the 'complete package', even in a relatively modest space!
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A private garden designed, with minimal maintenance in mind, for a newly converted flat in Ealing. It has a long taxus hedge to provide year-round interest viewable from the property as well as to act as a backdrop to a Prunus ‘Accolade’ when it is in flower and leaf. This cherry tree is positioned centrally opposite a cantilevered glass box extruding from the facade of the building.
Land Studio C
Land Studio C
Small contemporary back xeriscape garden in San Francisco with a retaining wall and gravel.
Small contemporary back xeriscape garden in San Francisco with a retaining wall and gravel.
Outside Collective
Christel Leung
This is an example of a small modern back formal full sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
This is an example of a small modern back formal full sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
Natural Dimensions Ltd. - Landscape Architecture
Contemporary japanese garden stepping stones with black basalt gravel and japanese forest grass by Nicholas Atherton
This is an example of a small traditional back formal partial sun garden for summer in Manchester with a garden path and gravel.
This is an example of a small traditional back formal partial sun garden for summer in Manchester with a garden path and gravel.
Earth Designs Garden and Build London and Essex
http://www.ianthwaites.com/
Small traditional roof full sun garden for summer in Essex with concrete paving.
Small traditional roof full sun garden for summer in Essex with concrete paving.
Amanda Shipman
Amanda Shipman
Inspiration for a small contemporary back partial sun raised pond for summer in Hertfordshire with brick paving.
Inspiration for a small contemporary back partial sun raised pond for summer in Hertfordshire with brick paving.
User
Modern walkway design with concrete pavers and La Paz pebbles
Photo of a small modern back xeriscape partial sun garden in San Francisco.
Photo of a small modern back xeriscape partial sun garden in San Francisco.
ZODEGA | TIS
Custom planters for herb garden with blackstar gravel walkway and custom fence.
This is an example of a small contemporary side partial sun garden for summer in Houston.
This is an example of a small contemporary side partial sun garden for summer in Houston.
High-End Remodeling by Paul Asadov Design & Build
Andrew Wightman
Small contemporary back xeriscape full sun garden for summer in San Francisco with a fire feature and concrete paving.
Small contemporary back xeriscape full sun garden for summer in San Francisco with a fire feature and concrete paving.
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