At night the backyard comes alive with an ethereal lighting scheme illuminating the space and making it a place you can enjoy well into the night. It’s the perfect place to end the day.

A Garden for Entertaining

Conscious Environments Inc.

Above-ground hot tub centered in this multi-use garden. Featuring a large outdoor dining space, outdoor kitchen, horizontal wood backdrop w/ built-in TV entertainment center, and modern-industrial patio cover.

Design & Build Outdoor Living Space in Sherman Oaks CA

Lush Gardens Inc

This Project Includes Ipe Decking, Outdoor Kitchen, Patio Cover, Fencing, Planting, Sodding & Irrigation

Tuolumne

Sweet Smiling Landscapes

Hitchin Barn Garden

Amanda Broughton Garden Design

Pergola in Spring!

Creative Interiors by Kim

This pergola draped in Wisteria over a Blue Stone patio is located at the home of Interior Designer Kim Hunkeler, located in central Massachusetts.

Southport Residence and Landscape

Erskine Associates LLC

AFTER - Covered pergola and hot tub

Metamorphic Design

The hot tub was positioned offset to the West side to make room for a raised wooden side deck to be placed adjacent to the tub for easy in and out flow

Bank's Creek

Gardens for Living

Heavy stone columns with timber and perennial plantings.

West Jefferson Project

Peabody Landscape Group

Custom stone paver garden planter beds add a touch of natural beauty and serve as functional spaces for gardening, allowing you to grow your favorite plants, herbs, or flowers and creating a source of tranquility.

Privatpark am Chiemsee

Droll & Lauenstein

Droll & Lauestein

Deck and Turf

Thrive Landscape And Design

We redesigned this client's existing back yard to iclude a composite deck, artificial turf, flagstone walk, bed swing, steel retainers, new plantings, jasmine trellises, and new plantings.

Private Gärten

Christian Meyer Garten- und Bepflanzungsplanung

Blending Contemporary Simplicity with Classic Elegance

Elemental Design Group

Pergola decorated with Cersis and Wisteria

Leslie

Meschi Construction Inc.

Creating Space in Glassell Park

Urban Oasis Landscape Design

We built a striking new pergola with a graphic steel-patterned roof to make a covered seating area. Along with creating shade, the roof casts a movie reel of shade patterns throughout the day. Now there is ample space to kick back and relax, watching the sun spread its glow on the surrounding hillside as it makes its slow journey down the horizon towards sunset. An aerodynamic fan keeps the air pleasantly cool and refreshing. At night the backyard comes alive with an ethereal lighting scheme illuminating the space and making it a place you can enjoy well into the night. It’s the perfect place to end the day.

AFTER - Patio with seated area adjacent the hot tub

Metamorphic Design

Seated area next to the covered hot tub continues the conversation comfortably...

Garden feature

Magical Gardens

Timber pergola with a corrugated PVC roof.

Complete Landscape design & Installation

Lush Gardens Inc

This Project Includes Ipe Decking, Outdoor Kitchen, Patio Cover, Fencing, Planting, Sodding & Irrigation

Gooch Street

Architect Hewson

Pathway leads to the private decked area that collects the northern light

Garden Design Ideas for Spring

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.