4. Stick to a consistent, simple style. Make your theme and color scheme simple. Putting too much product in too many styles can quickly become overwhelming. You want your garden to be a soothing place. This space is very minimalistic, and while it has quite a few benches/accessories, they're all in the same neutral tone — creating a smooth and seamless design.

Before you plant. Black mondo is a low-maintenance, cold-hardy and pest-free plant. Plant spring through fall in rich, well-drained soils with medium moisture. As a slow-growing and non-spreading perennial grass, it may take longer for beds to fill out than with other mondo grass varieties. More great design plants:Feather Reed Grass | New Zealand Wind Grass | Red Kangaroo PawBlue Chalk Sticks | Catmint | Slipper PlantGreat design trees:Japanese Maple | Persian Ironwood | Smoke Tree | Bald Cypress | Tree Aloe

Yoga and meditation party. No garden is more peaceful than a Japanese garden.

Stone ledge with pea gravel at edge?

gravel border, slate? pavers

Cool way to transition from manicured to untamed.

i loke the use of large pebbles in place of grass

Like the look of the short boulders

Different types of stone

I love how the rock comes up out of the patio!

landscap11

Rock cut into patio

Black rock

roof

STOOLS

Chess

buried rocks

black grass

bench?

big rocks melding into gravel, super cool

Embedded rocks

Vvv

existing boulders

Cool grass. Compliments the earthy look and red Japanese maple well.

patio pavers and gray stone edging

Color

Furniture bench

love the mix of stone and rock

Stools

Black mondo grass

Gravel, stones, textures, Japanese Maple

rock in path

Tiles over concrete patio with rock edging

Like the pale pavers, look like natural stone, little color contrast, but some.

Rocks

Benches

Backyard idea

peace

ktgm

Use of embedded boulders

Japanese stone figures in patio, chess-like

rock

Build around rocks

open space + seating + trees

love the different elements

work with the large rocks...interesting

Like the rock incorporated with patio pavers

Stone imbedded in patio, bench

Stone fitted to stone. Patio

Patio idea

patio

boulders in stone

black mondo grass; Japanese maple

laun

another stone zen garden

stones and patio slab

wood stool/small tables

chess deck benches

Tables!

Patio

landskeping

Boulder in patio

like the way the rocks are set in

Nice marriage of asian influence and modern design

Bench

Chess

stonework is lovely

small patio w/ maximum gravel/stone and minimum growth

buried rocks

Panhala.landscape

Like how they created different pockets to go to, created areas

Outdoor patio

Love natural rock and seating

Rocks actually belong to the landscape

Buried boulders

Gorgeous

Large rock in gravel

bench; stone pattern

Great garden idea

weathered wooden stools

sciart - garden

Garden

nice concept

love the boulders buried

entree ballouneh

Black grass

Rockedge

wood carved seats

large stone tiles

Rock

stones, border, big stone and bench

Color

Rocks

Stone

Tmn

Stones transition into the space

Court yard

black mondo grass

calming and clean lines

Bench

Bench

Black rock surrounding the pavers as a border

I would love to incorporate some boulders imbedded into the edge of the landscape, i have done this several times in Richmond with great success, it really looks nice

Black moss grass

courtyard

bolders

Black mondo grass for moody touch

front garden idea

CHAD LIEBERMAN - HOME- PR - MIT - http://www.6wpr.com

Mid century mod

boulders

bali stools in garden

rock

the minimalistic look

This illustrates well how boulders impart mass and texture to a landscape. Even though the visible portion of the boulders is relatively small, your mind imagines them much larger. When we see this landscape our mind assumes that much of the boulder is below ground, anchoring the space. We can't see it, but we can feel it. This landscape is (by design) primarily flat, with just a few key elements providing texture and relief. The stones used are a key part of that.

distintas formas de los troncos

Paving

Rocks

Integrated rock.

Log stools

like the way rocks embedded with smaller rocks.

Back door

japanese garden

garden design

love the boulder incorporated into the patio area

Red plant is a Japanese Maple

пол из каменных плит

Carved stoll

Yard

piedras en el patio

Like the red leaved plants for color

patio - hard with small grass areas

Interesting texture

Love the bench.

Charles McClure - Professional Site Planning Santa Barbara, CA, US 93111 · 109 photos Charles McClure, landscape architect http://cmlasb.com

wood tables

natural boulder encroaching on patio

bedrock integrated into patio

Rock , pebble bed and rustic tiles

patio blocks and landscaping

Low maintenance

Curves meeting straight lines.

rock in landscape

Zen garden

love pavers

Different rocks

Se x corte interna

boulders

pavers/rock scape

pebbles surrounding paved patio

Patio area with rocks and plantings.....

relaxing area

Boulder with paving

red tree

Rock placement

patio

Wooden tables

Outside frame of rock

Czarn a trawa

the red plant

raised inner yard and lower outer

Rock and pave

Grenouille

Flagstone a d rocks

Landscaping

Rocks into patio area.....

Front courtyard?

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Love the small colored stones

Zen

Would you look at this!

Build in some dimension

ideas for patio

rock around patio

Rocks hard up to the steps

stones around tiles or decking

Boulder in the patio

no plants

Black mondo grass - just behind rock

Like rocks on outer edge

Stone mingling/melting into the deck.

Sections???

Stone work

Good stools

Dam sand rocks and BBQ area

Rock border

david2

large rocks among small

rock garden and patio

I like this type of built in bench

backyard patio

Stone with rock perimeter

boulders in landscape, 4 carved wood tables/stools

Rocks

Front yard

Rock in deck lemo out of lemonade