Lagoon-side property in the Bel Marin Keys, Novato, CA. Entertaining and enjoying the views were a primary design goal for this project along with replacing the lawn with CA native and low water plants and a total renovation. The project includes a large camaru deck with built-in seating. The concrete steps and pavers lead down to the water's edge. I included a sunken patio on one side and a beautiful Buddha statue on the other, surrounded by succulents and other low-water, contemporary plantings. I also used Dymondia ground cover to create a natural pathways within the garden. Photo: © Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design. Design Eileen Kelly

Interior view of the potting bench in the Teracottage "Fancy That" potting shed. This custom potting bench has a reclaimed Douglas Fir top with cedar legs painted in Teracottage Red. photo by DJS photographty

Garden shed - traditional garden shed idea in Detroit

Lance Kelly
Inspiration for a mid-sized farmhouse full sun backyard gravel vegetable garden landscape in Boston for summer.

Example of a trendy sunroom design in Ahmedabad

Looking for a nice clean crown molding, but what something different? These homeowners did just that with a simple clean flat molding applied to the wall and ceiling to create this look.

A corner view of 3 Bassano, as seen from Granton Avenue and Bassano street. The architectural treatment of this corner was paramount in the buildings internal function. This desire to achieve curb appeal ended up giving the building it's distinctive shape and better justified the pulled back for for both floors.

A view of 3 Bassano's long axis, as seen along Bassano (looking towards Granton Ave). Note the private entry to the first of 2 basement units. Each upper unit has a generous front deck fashioned like a portico for a more contextual blending with the remainder of the mature neighborhood.

Longshadow limestone planters welcome spring with blue hydrangea, white stock, purple pansies, and english ivy. Hannah Goering Photography
This is an example of a large traditional full sun front yard stone flower bed in Chicago for spring.

These beds are raised using stone tread stock set on edge and then back filled with an amended soil mix. Raising the beds makes turning the soil and working in the beds easier. The soil of the raised beds also warms up faster in early spring, allowing the beds to be planted a little earlier in the year. Seen in these beds are tomatoes, peppers and broccoli.

A traditional annual border composed of French marigolds, blue Hawaii ageratum, white alyssum and dusty miller edges a cottage-style perennial bed. Yellow tree roses in containers and dinner-plate dahlias add summer-long color to this Cape Cod garden.

Unique Media & Design, Jennifer Dickinson
Inspiration for a timeless white single front door remodel in Chicago with white walls and a black front door

Both beds are filled, amended and planted. A grid trellis will provide support for the cucumbers, while the tomatoes will be trained to a single leader and spiraled up the green stakes. Photo by Steve Masley

This vegetable garden is laid out on rectilinear lines with paths creating a cross-axis. The main path is flanked by raised beds and ornamented by a gateway at each end. The gateways themselves draw the eye through and perhaps out of the garden, but mixed plantings adding colour and texture to the beds invites the viewer to stay and spend some time looking around and enjoying how rich a garden filled with edibles can be.

This sensational Arcadia ranch was completely reimagined for the new homeowners needs and desires. Our design parameters were to create balance, drama, and playfulness with some strategically placed container gardens and landscape amendments peppered throughout. The use of unique and hardy specimen cacti and succulent in combination with blooming perennials and lavenders were forefront in designing the unique statements. Green, dramatic contrast, coupled with softness and balance were used to design this clean, sophisticated look in Arcadia.

Scott Amundson Photography
Bedroom - transitional bedroom idea in Minneapolis

Photo: Margot Hartford © 2015 Houzz Landscape Design: Chris Kukula http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/56354604/list/my-houzz-backyard-cottage-office-and-an-artful-low-water-garden