This compact, urban backyard was in desperate need of privacy. We created a series of outdoor rooms, privacy screens, and lush plantings all with an Asian-inspired design sense. Elements include a covered outdoor lounge room, sun decks, rock gardens, shade garden, evergreen plant screens, and raised boardwalk to connect the various outdoor spaces. The finished space feels like a true backyard oasis.

Inspiration for a large rustic partial sun front yard mulch driveway in Minneapolis for summer.

Large island style white two-story exterior home photo in Miami

The client didn't want a basic timber fence so the added features of the laser cut steel screens look great in the garden landscape. The client tells me how many great comments she gets from passers by.

Brick Pier
Elegant exterior home photo in Boston

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional drought-tolerant and shade backyard stone garden path in Orange County.

Inspiration for a huge traditional partial sun front yard gravel driveway in New York.

Design ideas for a traditional landscaping in Chicago.

Photo of a coastal landscaping in Portland Maine.

THEMES: WOODLAND/ WOODLOT Garden Enhancements. Woodland border areas host a tremendous array of understory plants. To get the most bang for your buck and least maintenance requirement, design must emphasize substantial or predominant amount of small trees and large shrubs, such as ones shown: Bottlebrush Buckeye right, Annabelle Hydrangea left.

Vibrant, colorful and drought tolerant forest understory garden including California natives. Giant Sequoias provide the canopy and large boulders are the anchors for this beautiful, front yard garden.

This is an example of a transitional landscaping in New York.

Transition from lawn area into Wildlife Garden
Design ideas for a small rustic partial sun side yard landscaping in Portland for spring.

Rebecca Lindenmeyr
Inspiration for a rustic partial sun backyard garden path in Burlington.

On this project, we were brought in to provide outdoor lighting for this beautiful lake house in Reston, VA. Our lighting goal was to highlight the large specimen trees in the homeowner's back yard along the lake as well as the front of the home. using speciality lights to highlight their hanging flowers.

Backyard Oasis with kitchen, fire pit, pond and waterfall, pergola and lighting.
Inspiration for a large asian partial sun backyard stone water fountain landscape with a pergola.

Design ideas for a rustic backyard gravel landscaping in Vancouver.