Purple Side Garden Ideas and Designs

Red cedar trellis with climbing clematis and hydrangea.

Red cedar trellis for climbing clematis against red brick house, Newton, MA - ©2015 Brian Hill
Design ideas for a large classic side formal partial sun garden in Boston with a garden path and natural stone paving.

Nursery

Creek View Landscape Inc

Design ideas for a small side garden in Milwaukee with a garden path and mulch.

For Perennial Lovers

Alpine Gardens

Design ideas for a medium sized traditional side full sun garden for summer in Denver with gravel.

Clay Hardscapes

BCI Border Creations, Inc.

This is an example of a medium sized classic side formal partial sun garden in Tampa with a water feature and brick paving.

Landscape photography Portfolio

lensi designs photography

Classic side formal garden in New York with a garden path and brick paving.

Maine Retreat

Woodburn & Company Landscape Architecture, LLC

Design ideas for a traditional side garden in Manchester.

Carney

Perpetual Bloom Gardening Services, LLC

Photo of a small modern side formal full sun garden in Portland Maine with a vegetable patch.

Western Redbud in Spring

FormLA Landscaping

Do we need to speak to any other benefit of Western Redbud in early spring? These blooms are pollinator magnets - and delicious! As leaves fill in, they are a nearly translucent lime to apple green, allowing just the right amount of sun to break through the canopy.

Seaside Low Maintenance Landscapes

Maria Hickey & Associates Landscapes

Maria Hickey
Medium sized nautical side full sun garden for summer in Boston with mulch.

The Lakes, Hattan 2, Dubai.

TerraVerde Dubai, UAE

Chris Parker
Medium sized scandi side partial sun garden for summer in Other with a garden path and natural stone paving.

Completed Projects

Precision Paving Company

Photo of a large traditional side driveway full sun garden in San Francisco with gravel.

茅ヶ崎の家

長谷川建築デザインオフィス｜HasegawaDesign

既存を一部残して賃貸に活用。新築計画に収益という新たな可能性を付加した、茅ヶ崎プロジェクト。長谷川Designの創出する付加価値づくりです。一部解体し、一部残し賃貸利用の住宅を、新築部の背景をなすべく、ダークグレーとし、緑を生き生きと見せています。新築部分は手の届く範囲で天然素材をあしらい、それ以外は経年変化のないガルバリウムスパンドレル。ダークグレーメタリックの金属板と自然素材が美しいコントラストをなしています。

Hershey Town Home

Ruth Consoli Design

Clematis (foreground) and Spirea. Ruth Consoli Design
Inspiration for a small classic side xeriscape full sun garden for summer in Other.

Pink Outdoor Kitchen

Cast and Polish Ltd

Whilst retaining the colours from the Barbecue Area, we separated the colours in this Dining Area with some straight diagonal lines and also provided the black powder coated table and bench frames.

Shady side yard

Earth Essence Designs

This is an example of a medium sized traditional side full sun garden in DC Metro with mulch.

Gill Playground - Montessori

GILL LANDSCAPES

Design ideas for a small country side formal partial sun garden in Christchurch with lawn edging and mulch.

Kirkland Residencial Garden

Kim Rooney Design

Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary side formal full sun garden in Seattle with a pathway and gravel.

Completed Projects

Precision Paving Company

This is an example of a large traditional side driveway full sun garden in San Francisco with gravel.

Perennial Flowers

Kahnke Brothers Tree Farm

Asters are amazing little plants that light up the landscape when most other flowers are beginning to fade. If you want to help the bees and butterflies, they are an excellent option.

Pickens, SC

CMHP Design, LLC

This photo shows the lawn path to the phlox garden. Photo and landscape design by Carissa Hood-Pope
This is an example of a classic side formal full sun garden for spring in Other.

Purple Side Garden Ideas and Designs

A beautifully designed 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 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 front garden design.

How should I design my 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 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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