2 Great Backyard Landscaping Ideas

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1. Pergola-Covered Outdoor Recreation

Outdoor projects are a passion of North Carolina craftsman company Outdoor Artisan. Their Instagram account, @outdoorartisan, shares images of their projects, including this outdoor living room with a pergola. Complete with cooking appliances, a big-screen TV and eating counters, this outdoor space is just as full-featured as any indoor open-concept kitchen/entertainment space. 

2. Maximizing Space

Even inside the city limits of Lafayette, Louisiana, the Designs by Robin team managed to maximize lawn space by creating a narrow custom pool. Although small, the pool includes a tanning ledge with partial submersion, a fountain, and decking that separates it from the lawn, while allowing easy entry and exit for swimmers.

3. A Burst of Color

For homeowners who once lived in Lebanon, A. J. Miller Landscape Architecture of Syracuse, New York, opened up the backyard and chose colorful plants with a Mediterranean look. Within a limited amount of outdoor space, the firm designed areas for frequent outdoor entertaining and dining.

4. California Modernist

Using a color palette based on the tones of a tree in the center of the garden, O Plus L blended the interior with the exterior of this California Modernist home in a neighborhood of Pacific Palisades known as the Ravoli Estate. This was achieved by using the same surface and flooring materials inside and out the home and by echoing the home's horizontal architectural lines in the hardscape features.  

5. Potrero Hill Yard with a View

The owners of this home in Potrero Hill near San Francisco asked Seed Studio to redesign the backyard so that it felt intimate yet could accommodate large gatherings. An outdoor living room featuring a seat-high deck surrounding a Corten steel wood-burning fire pit offers views of nearby Bernal Hill. Plants that work well with the rocky soil include succulents and bamboo.

6. Kansas City Contemporary

A path that begins in the front yard of this Kansas City, Missouri, home leads to the backyard and deck. The entire property was transformed by landscape designer Aaron Bradley of Aesthetic Outdoor Design.

7. Pergola and Privacy

Here, a self-contained stone patio designed by Rolling Landscapes is situated near the house to provide the owners with an outdoor kitchen, living room, and vine-covered pergola that creates shelter and privacy.

8. Bluestone Hardscape

A geometric backyard designed by James Martin and Associates of Vernon Hills, Illinois, features bluestone steps, a retaining wall, and embedded pavers. Deciduous shrubs and small trees were selected to maximize the seasonal color that is so common in Midwest landscapes.

9. Tiny Tucson Yard

A townhouse in Tucson, Arizona was expertly remodeled by Prideaux Design. It makes good use of the colors found the surrounding desert and incorporates a spa, outdoor kitchen, seating and dining areas, and a place to lounge. In climates where the weather is favorable year-round, the landscaping is critical to complete enjoyment of a home. 

10. Empty Nesters' Fire Pit

When the offspring flew the coop, the owners of this home in Menlo Park, California enlisted the expertise of Sycamore Design to create a more adult-oriented backyard. Sycamore designed a backyard with an emphasis on entertaining, dining, and relaxing by the fire pit. No-fuss features include gravel paving and low-maintenance native plants.

11.Long Garden in Strawberry Hill

By day, this long, narrow London backyard redesigned by Echinops Garden Design is a series of modern terraces with ipe hardwood seating and Western red cedar fencing. At night, the garden lights up as each level offers a different vibe, with built-in seating and plants illuminated in different colors

12. Pool Area Paradise

Once a boring courtyard, this renovation in Naples, Florida became an outdoor space that reflects the flair of its location. Designed by Malibu West Interiors, the patio is surfaced in a non-skid textured porcelain tile. The pool coping was custom-cast in concrete to mimic the shape of the swimming pool. A colorful wall piece made of teak includes pops of glass tile.

13. Modern Dining Terrace

By losing the lawn, installing drought-tolerant plants, adding a water feature, and raising a dining terrace, Genus Loci Ecological Landscapes updated this yard in Toronto, Canada. The dining area wall also provides another layer of privacy and sound isolation.

14. Green Living

A backyard designed by Bliss Garden Design of Seattle takes advantage of the frequent rainfall by incorporating plants that are appropriate to the climate. The effect is that of a northern coastal rainforest, a lush, private backyard that offers its owners a true escape.

15. Pool and Patio for Entertaining

A home in the Chicago suburbs designed by James Martin and Associates focuses on outdoor entertaining, including a swimming pool, patio, view, and several seating areas. Good landscape design will always take advantage of whatever local scenery is available—in this case, the vast expanse of Lake Michigan in the distance. 

16. Small Urban Backyard

The driveway of a bungalow in Salt Lake City was transformed by landscape designer Richard Laughlin into much-needed backyard space. Laughlin used plants that are native to the region for a colorful front- and back-yard makeover.

17. Portland Yard Transformation

Portland, Oregon-based Paradise Restored gave the owners of this newish tract home a customized backyard that includes an outdoor kitchen, seating areas, spa, an area of grass lawn, and a fire pit. With good design, a backyard does not need to be huge in order to offer a lot of features. 

18. Chicago Makeover

Landscape architect Carol Heffernan of Heffernan Landscape Design bought the property next door and combined both into her home and office space in Chicago. Here, clients can visit and see for themselves what Heffernan's work looks like, including this patio with an outdoor fireplace.

19. Fulham Garden

20. Kentish Town City Garden

A petite plot in the northwest London burg of Kentish Town was designed by Fork Garden Design to include a synthetic storage bench topped synthetic decking and a synthetic lawn. Small landscapes call for features that serve multiple functions. 

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