Example of a minimalist patio design in San Francisco

Suzanne Wilkerson
Photo of a mid-sized craftsman full sun front yard mulch formal garden in Charlotte for summer.

Solow Design Group
This is an example of a craftsman landscaping in Charlotte.

Design ideas for a mid-sized rustic drought-tolerant and full sun front yard gravel landscaping in San Francisco.

Here, Deck and Patio replaced an old double 4-foot wooden retaining wall and water slide with a 7-foot-high water feature. “When we did this project, we actually removed an existing slide that went in to their old pool,” says Dave Stockwell. “Instead of adding a new slide, we used the space for a ‘pond-less’ waterfall system by Aquascape that filters and collects water flow underground and recirculates it. We even added a stepping stone path in front of the waterfall so they can stroll right past it — as if they were on vacation in the Caribbean or the like.” www.deckandpatio.com

We had the wonderful opportunity to be featured in the Tree House Masters Show on Animal Planet and build a wall garden for the Vincent Van Treehouse in Wisconsin. Many thanks to Pete Nelson for this beautiful project.

Neil Kuhlmann
Design ideas for a contemporary landscaping in San Francisco.

Photo taken in the garden of David Benner. Photo by Jay Sifford
Inspiration for a traditional landscaping in Charlotte.

Madlinger Exterior Design- Wet laid bluestone patio with natural stone masonry constructed walls highlighted with LED low voltage landscape lighting
Photo of a large traditional partial sun backyard stone landscaping in New York for spring.

Patio - small rustic backyard patio idea with a pergola

Margot Hartford
Asian living room photo in Philadelphia

When this homeowner’s neighbor removed two, two- story-high Ficus trees, her side-yard became baron and sunbaked. Concrete covers virtually the whole area from the house to the property line, but because the side-yard has a lot of foot traffic and serves as a sitting area to the basement apartment, the owner did not want to remove any of the concrete. The solution was to put up fencing to block the view of the neighbor’s house, then upcycle wine barrels and 55-gallon drums into huge planters. The drums are large enough to accommodate a full-sized tree and provide the added advantage of giving height to smaller trees to provide further screening of the neighbor’s house. Everything was painted in bright colors to give the space a cheery Caribbean feel. The neighbor’s tree removal ended up as a blessing in disguise, because what had been a drab trough-way was transformed into a happy patio.

Mid-sized elegant backyard brick patio kitchen photo in Oklahoma City with a roof extension

Large rock interspersed with smaller rock over a concrete "shell" to create a meandering stream course. Photo by Garcia Rock And Water Design
Photo of a large mediterranean partial sun backyard water fountain landscape in Santa Barbara.

Design ideas for a small full sun backyard stone water fountain landscape in Dallas.

The Pattie Group, Inc.
Inspiration for a traditional landscaping in Cleveland.

Inspiration for a tropical home design remodel in Los Angeles