As the nights draw in and the daylight hours decrease, you can still enjoy being outside in the garden and inviting friends over to enjoy a fire pit. With collected fallen leaves and twigs from the garden, you can have a small fire in no time, place some chairs around, blankets on knees and hot soup with friends- just perfect. By using bricks or dry stone it's simple to build and will give hours of endless pleasure.

Elegant patio photo in Boston with a fire pit

Small residential garden to suite a modern house and active children. -kwmla-
This is an example of a small contemporary backyard landscaping in San Francisco.

A traditional garden in the French style that contains fruits, berries, herbs, cutting, and vegetable garden.
Photo of a traditional vegetable garden landscape in Chicago.

Inspiration for a rustic garden path in Portland Maine.

From the street, a round rock pathway leads to a small seating area next to the water with a small fire pit. Low maintenance, drought resistant and salt tolerant plantings were used in mass and clumps. This garden has become the focus of the neighborhood with many visitors stopping and enjoying what has become a neighborhood landmark. Located on the shores of Puget Sound in Washington State. Photo by R. Scott Lankford

Woodland Garden: A curvaceous pea gravel path directs the visitor through the woodland garden located at the back and back side of the house. It is planted with drifts of Erie and Chindo Viburnumns, Oak leaf Hyrangeas, Astilbe, Ferns, Hostas.A row of hollies was added to block the view to the son's home. Photo credit: ROGER FOLEY

Rancho Santa Fe landscape cottage traditional ranch house..with used brick, sydney peak flagstone ledgerstone and professionally installed and designed by Rob Hill, landscape architect - Hill's Landscapes- the design build company.

Photo of a contemporary landscaping in San Diego.

Photo of a traditional hillside gravel garden path in New York.

David Morello
Inspiration for a traditional backyard lawn edging in Houston.

Design ideas for a mediterranean partial sun mulch landscaping in San Francisco.

photographer: Balfour Walker
Patio - southwestern patio idea in Phoenix with a fire pit

Design ideas for a contemporary side yard landscaping in San Francisco.

Jude Hellewell and Laura White
Patio - modern concrete patio idea in San Francisco with a fire pit and no cover

Custom granite seat walls and firepit with Pennsylvania bluestone cap. Random pattern square cut PA bluestone patio surface. Red Laceleaf Japanese Maple enframes the view. Alan & Linda Detrick Photography

Photo by: Linda Oyama Bryan
Example of a classic backyard stone patio design in Chicago with a fire pit and a pergola

This is an example of a traditional backyard brick flower bed in Atlanta.

the bamboo is a clumping variety called Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata , Asian lemon bamboo. This variety is a clumper and you do not need to contain it, however, do allow an 8'by 10' area for its ultimate growth. Bamboo does require constant maintenance and you will need to do some research for the specific variety you choose. Once planted, it will become a beautiful focal point and add a stunning tropical accent. Photo Credit: Sherwood Cox