The side yard is often an afterthought in the garden-design process — since it's small and hidden from view, it's easy to overlook, but sometimes you could turn it into a lush garden with a lot of detail to plants and landscaping.
Are you interested in turning your side yard or side patio into a beautiful oasis but aren't sure where to start? In this post, I'll give you simple and actionable ideas that will help you transform your small space into an area you love!
If you already designed your front and back yard, it is time for you to give more attention towards your side yard. Though it’s not a wide area, but you have to pay attention to this part as well. The side yard will be a nice place to spend your afternoon after working along day. Here are some side yard design ideas to try;
Compact and modern, her inspired View Ridge garden emphasizes outdoor living.
Of all the crazy things, a garage can be a bit of a design dilemma for gardeners. Whether it's stuck out at the front of your house o...
The sandy dunes of Sorrento, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, are hardly what plant-lover’s dream about. Combined with cold, wet southerlies, hot northerlies and the salt laden air, even the most experienced of gardeners would find establishing a garden here almost impossible. But landscaper Steve Taylor has worked his magic and created a stunning, unique Mediterranean garden which is full of inspiration. With ornamental pears, stone walls and loads of beautiful green plants, there is so much here for Charlie to explore.
Take a little-used space and turn it into a private, relaxing domain with these smart solutions for landscaping the side of your house.
From raised beds to balcony planters, these simple vegetable garden ideas will inspire you to turn your outdoor space into a bountiful harvest!
Rebecca & Buell's garden is a skinny side yard that slopes sharply downhill from the house. They tackled this difficult space by creating a series of rooms.
If I could be best friends with a house anywhere in the 48 contiguous states..... ....this would be the one. Seriously. It's located at the end of a winding driveway lined with flowers and green grass and tucked away under the trees. And when you open the back door and see the light streaming in through the green shuttered windows and the sunbeams dancing on the brick pavers.....you know that you know that you know..... .....that you are home. To see the rest of the home tour..... CLICK HERE
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Garden design is a matter of working with a space and creating a balance of flow and drama. Here are examples of a variety of garden styles that work.
Are you interested in turning your side yard or side patio into a beautiful oasis but aren't sure where to start? In this post, I'll give you simple and actionable ideas that will help you transform your small space into an area you love!
I originally wrote this post about transforming a side yard eight years ago. However, I've re-written this post to share this gem of a garden...
It’s easy to overlook the side yard when landscaping but with a little effort, this neglected space can make a big splash. Pathways, lighting, and....
What do you do with an unused side yard? Create a beautiful and practical urban garden out of raised beds! Check out Sarah and Graham's DIY version.
It’s easy to overlook the side yard when landscaping but with a little effort, this neglected space can make a big splash. Pathways, lighting, and....
My favorite of my boards on Pinterest is my “Great Garden Paths” board. I have a weakness for garden paths. There is something so incredibly inviting about a path through a garden. It says, “Explore me,” or “Feel free to look AND touch, I’m cool with it.” My favorite garden paths bend around corners, begging […]
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Seven years ago Portland Metro hosted a "Gardens of Natural Delights" bicycle tour that showed off pesticide-free gardens. A lot of the gardens were focused on food production and they were fairly utilitarian. There was a lot of straw mulch and a slant toward function over form. The gardens were pesticide free but they weren't very beautiful. Then we pedaled over to a different garden and my brain imploded. My first garden At the time I had a raised veggie bed at home that a boyfriend had built for me. Standing outside of the brain-imploding garden I remember thinking, "Gardens can be like THIS?!?" This garden was layered and exuberant and stuffed with both edible and ornamental plants and it was beautiful. I wanted a garden just like it. I think that was the moment I became a gardener, for real. I recently spent a Monday evening dragging Greg to a bunch of HPSO open gardens. One of the visits we made was to Darcy Daniels' garden. I met Darcy on the Garden Bloggers' Fling and as we approached her house she called out, "Have you been here before?" and I told her no. Vegetable beds zigzag through her side yard As we stepped into the back garden I realized that I had been there before; THIS was the garden from seven years ago. This was the garden that ignited that passion for gardening. My camera got so excited that it crapped out and I had to take most of my photos with my phone. I loved Darcy's garden just as much the second time. It's cozy and intimate and she has an incredible number of conifers tucked in everywhere (which I find so difficult). And it's infectious! Gardening has been one of the most wonderful, life-changing things to happen to me, so I'm thankful Bloomtown was on that tour, so many years ago. If you're an Oregon local (or close-in Washington) and haven't joined HPSO, you're missing out. It's only $35 to join and you won't be too late to get a summer tour book. Every single week there are open gardens that you can tour for inspiration. And they bring in the best speakers during the winter. It's an incredible deal. Has anyone else had such a lightning bolt moment with gardening? And is there a joke we can work in about de-flowering your garden innocence that won't make Darcy feel icky?
This study in gracious Southern living is a fine example of how the Not So Big philosophy of better, not bigger, works in the garden.
Make a small garden look large by planting espaliered trees and boxwood together in side-by-side planters. Now that we think about it, the same technique w
What do you do with an unused side yard? Create a beautiful and practical urban garden out of raised beds! Check out Sarah and Graham's DIY version.
A little trip to a true southern gem of the south-Charleston, and it's charming labyrinth of courtyard gardens.
Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens
Better Homes and Gardens landscape designer Charlie Albone transforms a dull and unloved narrow passage down the side of a house into a green and beautiful oasis with some stunning side landscape and garden ideas..
You might not realize that you have unused space for a fire pit, conversation area, and more. It's time to put your side yards to work.
More Ideas for the Narrow Garden Between Suburban Homes - Happy first day of spring! In today's post, I have fresh ideas for that long, awkward space between s
Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens
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Image 11 of 26 from gallery of The Coral Villa / HUNI Architectes. Photograph by Princestudio
