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The Pond GnomeThe new waterfall is now a place that the birds REALLY enjoy!
Photo of a small mediterranean back full sun garden in Phoenix with a pond.
Photo of a small mediterranean back full sun garden in Phoenix with a pond.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignDesign ideas for a small modern side full sun garden in Houston with a water feature and decking.
Little Miracles DesignsHarlem, NYC, backyard with slanted pergola and outdoor kitchen
This is an example of a small back garden in New York.
This is an example of a small back garden in New York.
Craig Reynolds Landscape ArchitectureTamara Alvarez
This is an example of a small world-inspired garden in Miami.
This is an example of a small world-inspired garden in Miami.
Dig Your Garden Landscape DesignNewly installed plantings that provide a beautiful variety of colors and textures for year-round appeal. And chosen to soften and enhance the beauty of the horizontal fencing and concrete planters.
Architect: Barry Peterson, Studio300A Architecture.
Planting Plan Design and Photos: © Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design
Susan Cohan GardensSmall, formal patio space set between a sunroom and an outdoor porch. Bird sculpture on plinth set in the adjacent walkway.
Design ideas for a small traditional courtyard partial sun garden in New York with gravel.
Design ideas for a small traditional courtyard partial sun garden in New York with gravel.
Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc.Featured in Home & Design Magazine, this Chevy Chase home was inspired by Hugh Newell Jacobsen and built/designed by Anthony Wilder's team of architects and designers.
Howells Architecture + DesignAnna M Campbell
Design ideas for a small modern back partial sun garden in Portland with a fire feature and concrete paving.
Design ideas for a small modern back partial sun garden in Portland with a fire feature and concrete paving.
Reyes Landscape ConstructionThe severe down slope required the construction of the concrete steps and the metal terraced garden.
Photo of a small modern side partial sun garden for summer in San Francisco with a retaining wall.
Photo of a small modern side partial sun garden for summer in San Francisco with a retaining wall.
Lord DesignThe playhouse was moved to this location to make way for a future addition to the main house which gave it the perfect placement to look over the pool and the patio. Lucky kids!
Remodel by BC Custom Homes
Steve Eltinge, Eltinge Photograhy
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignThis garden house was designed by owner and architect, Shirat Mavligit. The wooden section of outer wall is actually the outer section of a central volume that creates an enlarged open space bisecting the home interior. The windows create a view corridor within the home that allows visitors to see all the way through to the back yard.
Occupants of the home looking out through these windows feel as if they are sitting in the middle of a garden. This architectural theme of volume and line of site is so powerful that it became the inspiration for the modern landscape design we developed in the front, back, and side yards of the property.
We began by addressing the issue of too much open space in the front yard. It has no surrounding fence, and it faces a very busy street in Houston’s Rice Village Area. After careful study of the home façade, our team determined that the best way to set aside a large portion of private space in front of the home was to construct a landscape berm.
This land art form adds a sense of dimension and psychological boundary to the scene. It is built of core 10 steel and stands 16 inches tall. This is just high enough for guests to sit on, and it provides an ideal sunbathing area for summer days.
The sweeping contour of the berm offsets the rigid linearity of the home with a softer architectural detail. Its linear progression gives the modern landscape design a dynamic sense of movement.
Moving to the back yard, we reinforced the home’s central volume and view corridor by laying a rectilinear line of gravel parallel to an equivalent section of grass. Near the corner of the house, we created a series of gravel stepping pads that lead guests from the gravel run, through the grass, and into a vegetable garden.
The heavy use of gravel does several things. It communicates a sense of control by containing the vitality of the lawn within an inorganic, mathematically precise space. This feeling of contained life force is common in modern landscape design. This also adds the functional advantage of a low-maintenance space where only minimal lawn care is needed. Gravel also has its own unique aesthetic appeal. Its dark color compliments both the grass and the house, providing an ideal lead-in to the space of the vegetable garden.
This same rectilinear geometry was applied to the side yard, but the materials were reversed to add dramatic effect. Here, the field is gravel, and the stepping pads are made from grass. Heavy gauge steel planters were set into the gravel to house separate plantings of Zoysia. The pads run from the library to the kitchen, allowing visitors to travel between the two as if they are walking on a floor decorated with grass.
The lawn in all three yards is planted with Zoysia grass. This species of grass is frequently used in modern landscape design because it requires only moderate amounts of water to retain its exceptionally fine texture. When mowed, it presents a clean, well-manicured lawn that compliments the conservatism of the home.
Little Miracles DesignsHarlem, NYC, backyard with slanted pergola and outdoor kitchen
Design ideas for a small back garden in New York.
Design ideas for a small back garden in New York.
UserIn front of training rooms in the new office building of a large insurance company in Hannover a quiet Japanese garden will help to bring peace and balance in the minds of students.
Designed and created by http://www.japan-garten-kultur.de/ and http://www.kokeniwa.de/#home
Desert Foothills LandscapeTim Bibb
This is an example of a small courtyard partial sun garden in Phoenix.
This is an example of a small courtyard partial sun garden in Phoenix.
Garcia Rock And Water DesignA close up picture, taken on a rainy day, of this small waterfall. Note the two rocks in the foreground are faux rocks made out of concrete.
Photo by Garcia Rock And Water Design
Pro-Land Landscape Construction Inc.Winner of the 2017 Casey Van Maris Award, given to the project awarded the highest marks for execution of unique and innovative design in landscaping. Awarded by Landscape Ontario
Aralia: Innovation in Landscape DesignChelsea Creek is the pinnacle of sophisticated living, these penthouse collection gardens, featuring stunning contemporary exteriors are London’s most elegant new dockside development, by St George Central London, they are due to be built in Autumn 2014
Following on from the success of her stunning contemporary Rooftop Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012, Patricia Fox was commissioned by St George to design a series of rooftop gardens for their Penthouse Collection in London. Working alongside Tara Bernerd who has designed the interiors, and Broadway Malyon Architects, Patricia and her team have designed a series of London rooftop gardens, which although individually unique, have an underlying design thread, which runs throughout the whole series, providing a unified scheme across the development.
Inspiration was taken from both the architecture of the building, and from the interiors, and Aralia working as Landscape Architects developed a series of Mood Boards depicting materials, features, art and planting. This groundbreaking series of London rooftop gardens embraces the very latest in garden design, encompassing quality natural materials such as corten steel, granite and shot blasted glass, whilst introducing contemporary state of the art outdoor kitchens, outdoor fireplaces, water features and green walls. Garden Art also has a key focus within these London gardens, with the introduction of specially commissioned pieces for stone sculptures and unique glass art. The linear hard landscape design, with fluid rivers of under lit glass, relate beautifully to the linearity of the canals below.
The design for the soft landscaping schemes were challenging – the gardens needed to be relatively low maintenance, they needed to stand up to the harsh environment of a London rooftop location, whilst also still providing seasonality and all year interest. The planting scheme is linear, and highly contemporary in nature, evergreen planting provides all year structure and form, with warm rusts and burnt orange flower head’s providing a splash of seasonal colour, complementary to the features throughout.
Finally, an exquisite lighting scheme has been designed by Lighting IQ to define and enhance the rooftop spaces, and to provide beautiful night time lighting which provides the perfect ambiance for entertaining and relaxing in.
Aralia worked as Landscape Architects working within a multi-disciplinary consultant team which included Architects, Structural Engineers, Cost Consultants and a range of sub-contractors.
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C K Cabinetry and Design, LLCPhotography by Jeffrey Volker
Photo of a small modern back xeriscape partial sun garden in Phoenix with natural stone paving.
Photo of a small modern back xeriscape partial sun garden in Phoenix with natural stone paving.
Hoerr Schaudt Landscape ArchitectsZinc containers of varying sizes create a geometric herb garden. Photo by Hoerr Schaudt
Design ideas for a small contemporary courtyard garden for spring in Grand Rapids with a potted garden and gravel.
Design ideas for a small contemporary courtyard garden for spring in Grand Rapids with a potted garden and gravel.
DE atelier ArchitectsDE atelier Architects.
Small retro side full sun garden for spring in Melbourne with natural stone paving and a garden path.
Small retro side full sun garden for spring in Melbourne with natural stone paving and a garden path.
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