Outdoor Photos

This residential green roof and ground level garden was designed with the client’s specific lifestyle in mind. The client had long dreamed of being able to look out her bedroom window into a life-filled rooftop scene with flowering native plants and grasses frequented by local birds, butterflies and bees. A biodiverse, native plant filled ground level garden was also a high priority. K. Dakin Design made this dream a reality, selecting climate adapted plantings that would appeal to these wildlife visitors, benefitting the homeowner, the regional ecosystem and the pollinators themselves.

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional partial sun front yard mulch landscaping in Boston for spring.

The bluestone patio was screened from the neighbors with a wall of arborvitae. Lush perennial gardens provide flower cutting opportunities and color to offset the green wall.

the front garden is maturing and displaying all the purple flowers contrasting with the yellow house - Mexican Sage, Artemesia, Lavender, Little Ollie Dwarf Olive Standards, Ginkgo tree

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional full sun front yard stone landscaping in New York for summer.

Great Artificial Putting green in Orinda Ca. with a Belgard Patio and a remodeled Landscape . Lets play a round in our own back yard, with Unique Lighting coming from the trees. And lights coming from the cups. in the distance is a beautiful pond made esp. for the clients ducks

Xeriscaped Planting Beds, and Traditional Sod Make This Landscape Design Unique and Beautiful
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary full sun front yard flower bed in Denver.

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional full sun backyard landscaping in Dallas.

Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional front yard flower bed in Other for spring.

Cloud pruned Azalea.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary partial sun side yard landscaping in New York for spring.

Photo of a mid-sized traditional front yard flower bed in Seattle.

Landscape Design: AMS Landscape Design Studios, Inc / Photography: Jeri Koegel
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary drought-tolerant and full sun backyard stone flower bed in Orange County for summer.

Backyard renovation with a new pergola and traditional English style garden to compliment the Tudor home in Portland's Hillsdale neighborhood.
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Kim Rooney
This is an example of a mid-sized southwestern partial sun front yard stone landscaping in Seattle.

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional full sun backyard landscaping in Dallas.

Colorful spring bulbs sweep across the front yard.
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional partial sun front yard mulch flower bed in Milwaukee for spring.

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional full sun backyard mulch flower bed in Other.

These yellow and magenta colored daisy-like flowers are the hardy ice plant. Originally native to South Africa, this succulent is perfect for rock gardens and garden bed borders.

This second home outside of Sebastopol, CA is perched on a ridge with sweeping views of Bodega Bay. The stunning scale of this environment also provides challenges to creating the feeling of shelter - making the house a home. Dakin approached this project with sight lines in mind, placing a large boulder so that it anchors a “near” view from inside the home to balance vastness of the ridge and ocean beyond. This attention to the owner’s perspective is also expressed through a layering of climate appropriate plants and California natives seen through the kitchen window. California evergreens such as camellias, silk tassels and madrones harmonize with existing sequoias, redwood groves and a wildflower meadow on site. The diversity of this climate zone is on display in this project, which also features succulents, Douglas fir and an olive grove. In addition to ocean weather, populations of gopher and deer on site made it necessary for Dakin to protect plant roots with baskets and select plant species resistant to deer.