This garden is all about creating a fun, safe environment for kids to learn and play. Log steppers and boulders of varying heights encourage the young ones to test their balance, while mini railway sleepers provide a place to rest and chat. The bush tucker garden provides a sensory experience and an opportunity for the kids to learn about bush food and food growing.

Newport Coast Mansion

SoCal Contractor

Interior Design By LoriDennis.com

Marin County Lookout

Parco Studio

A mood board focused on outdoor walking surfaces for our client's Marin County lookout.

Rancho Santa Fe, Parterre Gardens

Jesse York, Landscape Designer

This award-winning design epitomizes luxury and formal Italian garden elegance, with natural decomposed granite walkways leading through meticulously arranged parterre gardens. Adhering to a sophisticated white, purple, and green color palette, these gardens bloom with carefully selected roses, irises, and geraniums. Celebrated annually on upscale garden tours, this project has become a beacon of design excellence, capturing the traditional Italian style with unparalleled sophistication.

Desert House

Tuscany Builders and Design

Gas fire pit perfect for your backyard gathering measures approximately 3 feet in diameter.

Custom Design kitchen Garden & Fire Pit

Flora & Gardens Design

Rancho Santa Fe Edible Garden

Jackie and the Beanstalk

A handful of just picked large leaf Italian Basil. Can't you just taste the pesto?

Goldbug Island Residence

REMARK

pool side patio

Hillsborough Estate Garden

Kristen Rudger Landscape Design

Rancho Santa Fe, Parterre Gardens

Jesse York, Landscape Designer

Mediterranean garden in Los Alto Hills

User

This garden had an historic collection of native California and Mexican fan palms, clustered around a water-needy lawn. We removed the lawn, added a new layer of drought tolerant smaller palms, and an underplanting of mediterranean type shrubs and perennials.

Fire pit surrounded by seawall, with low-water plantings and integral lighting.

Verdance Landscape Architecture

verdancedesign

Brunswick Garden

Boodle Concepts

But first: check out the BEFORE photo - the transformation is extraordinary and gives maximum bang for buck! Red bricks were salvaged on site and reused for a new garden path. As garden designers, we're always keen to hide unsightly features within an exterior space, and a freestanding timber-clad feature wall was a great option to modernise the garden wall. Raised garden planters add layered visual interest to the landscape design. The garden boasts an easy-care architectural planting schedule. Strategic garden lighting gives ambience for the owners to enjoy the space at night. New Brunswick garden design & installation by Boodle Concepts, based in Melbourne & Kyneton, Macedon Ranges.

Fairbanks Ranch Edible Garden

Jackie and the Beanstalk

This espaliered 'Gold Kist' Apricot shows abundant fruit production. This is an early ripening variety in San Diego county. The flavor of a fresh picked ripe apricot is unequaled by any store bought fruit.

The Sunshine Project

Moss Boss Studios

Rustic railway sleepers benches, crunchy decomposed granite underfoot and a rusty corrugated Corten backdrop create a warm and inviting atmosphere for the fire pit area. The fire pit itself is a solid feature at the centre. Lawn and glossy dark green foliage soften the hardscaping elements.

Provence comes to California

Sweet Smiling Landscapes

This beautiful property is located in the hills above of Montecito with 360 degree of views onto the Channel Islands and the surrounding mountains. Inspired by the Japanese landscape design principal of the borrowed landscape the gardens on this property serves as a kind of picture frame from which to view the natural beauty of its surroundings. This 15-year-old costume-built home was crafted with all the style and workmanship ship found in Villa or Château in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, the garden design was not as well thought out as the house was. Most of this property receives baking sun, drying winds and is in an extremely high fire danger area. Do to these factors many of the plants on the property were unsuitable for their location. The original planting scheme was also lifeless and colorless. Poor landscape maintenance had left many of the plants on the property sick and dying. We came in to revive this landscape, breathing new life into it. Creating a drought tolerant and fire wise landscape was of utmost importance to these clients. Staying true to the more formal landscape styles found in Southern Europe we also want to create an opportunity to design seamlessly blend with its natural surroundings. We did that by incorporating a lot of California native plants. This vast property also contains an avocado orchard and a vineyard. By adding California native plants the property is inviting in native birds and insects that help keep pollinate the orchard and vineyard and keep pest problems at bay. Because these clients enjoy harvesting from their land we added elements of edible landscaping to this project. We filled pottery and planter beds with fruit trees, culinary and medicinal herbs as well as flowers that can be used in cut flower arrangements. Lastly, we went through carefully pruning diseased plants, treating pest problems an improving the soil. Now the landscape is not only more beautiful it is more protected against fire, is more water wise and integrate into its surrounds with a wholistic approach.

Bocce Ball Court

Conscious Environments Inc.

A regulation size bocce ball court is incorporated into the hillside of a Tuscan Villa style backyard remodel.

Stone entry steps with stucco walls

Garden Architecture

monolithic stone slab steps with natural flagstone paving

Lawnless & Vibrant Full Yard Remodel

Blue Hibiscus Gardens

Heights Bungalow Remodel

Jamie House Design

Interior Design by Jamie House Design. Home builder: P&G Homes

Full Sun Garden Design Ideas with Decomposed Granite

Get Inspired by Gardens on Houzz

A lot of the time when you get home from a long day at work, all you want to do is wind down. Where better to do this than in your very own garden at home? If you do it right, a great garden design can send you right into holiday mode. But where to start? There’s so many styles to choose from when it comes to garden design. Whether you want to create a tropical, modern, contemporary, beach style or country garden - or something else entirely - the large garden image gallery on Houzz has got you covered. Get inspired and collect your ideas to narrow down your desired garden style and features.

How to Create a Garden for Your Home

Depending on which style you’re going for, be sure to know what makes a garden and if it’s appropriate for your climate. You may want to consider adding a deck or other landscaping features, but the plants you choose will mostly dictate your style and what kind of ongoing maintenance is required. Don’t worry if your backyard isn’t very spacious - there are many plants that can thrive even in a small space and allow you to turn your space into a little paradise of your own, regardless of size.

Decide which plants to use

The greenery you choose is critical to your look. For example, if you’re trying to create a tropical garden palm trees and bamboo are your go-to options. Other popular options are golden cane palm trees and fern for ground cover. From there you can add some colour with bright flowers like frangipani, hibiscus or bromeliads. All these are actually quite hardy plants, so once established, your tropical garden is actually quite easy to maintain. Use this structure and apply it to your style. Research which plants you need to set your base for a garden and go from there.

Add some decor

If the plants don’t quite do it for you yet, or if you want to add some extra wow-factor, consider adding some extra features. Even if you can’t accommodate a swimming pool, hot tub or pond, you could look at smaller water features. Simple rocks can also have a great effect, while statues and gnomes will add some extra character. Don’t forget to add some furniture so you have a nice place to sit and enjoy your garden!

Need some help?

Once you know what you want your garden to look like, it may be hard to make it a reality on your own. If that is the case for you, consider consulting a professional to help you with your garden design. Every photo you find on Houzz will lead you to the local pro that did the job, so you won’t have a problem picking the perfect person to help! Whether you need a gardener in Brisbane, a landscape architect in Melbourne or a fireplace installer in Sydney, you can be sure to find one on Houzz.