Mid-sized detached garden shed photo in Other

Completed in the summer of 2013, this modern garden is located in Highland Park, Texas just north of Dallas. This garden features a modern edge with a swimming pool, concrete terraces, Ipe wood decks, a unique wood fence an outdoor shade structure with fireplace. The garden also includes and outdoor cooking area with Kalamazoo appliances.

A stone’s throw from Coogee Beach and nestled into the end of a private cul-de-sac, this secluded Sydney beachside garden balances beautifully the horticultural and the structural. With a seamless connection between the interior and exterior, this house is actually all about the garden. And so it should be as it is the home of the owners of Secret Gardens.

Mid-sized industrial gray two-story metal house exterior idea in Vancouver with a shed roof and a metal roof

Food preparation is done in the outdoor kitchen with all professional grade stainless steel appliances, stone facade, and wood-looking doors. (Photo by Frank Gensheimer)

Overlooking the vegetable garden "grow zone" made with Western red cedar raised planter boxes, each individually piped with drip irrigation on a wireless remote control. Additional elements are the greenhouse, water tub, potting shed & custom designed pergola.

Inspiration for a mid-sized eclectic home design remodel in Hamilton

photo credit: Mike Swan
Inspiration for a mid-sized cottage backyard patio remodel in San Francisco with a fire pit and a gazebo

Photo of a traditional shade front yard garden path in New York.

Inspiration for a farmhouse partial sun backyard brick formal garden in Boston.

Sam Walton
This is an example of a large rustic partial sun front yard gravel garden path in Austin.

Mick Hales
Photo of a mid-sized rustic backyard landscaping in New York.

Inspiration for a mid-sized timeless backyard stone patio fountain remodel in Cleveland with a pergola

This is an example of a transitional landscaping in DC Metro.

This photo is of the entrance looking through the Arch to the Sun and Moon garden. The design intent for the Arch was to celebrate the formation of Earth and the Solar System. Photo credits: Dan Drobnick

Example of a mid-sized eclectic home design design in Hamilton

This very social couple were tying the knot and looking to create a space to host their friends and community, while also adding much needed living space to their 900 square foot cottage. The couple had a strong emphasis on growing edible and medicinal plants. With many friends from a community garden project they were involved in and years of learning about permaculture, they wanted to incorporate many of the elements that the permaculture movement advocates for. We came up with a California native and edible garden that incorporates three composting systems, a gray water system, rain water harvesting, a cob pizza oven, and outdoor kitchen. A majority of the materials incorporated into the hardscape were found on site or salvaged within 20-mile of the property. The garden also had amenities like an outhouse and shower for guests they would put up in the converted garage. Coming into this project there was and An old clawfoot bathtub on site was used as a worm composting bin, and for no other reason than the cuteness factor, the bath tub composter had to stay. Added to that was a compost tumbler, and last but not least we erected an outhouse with a composting toilet system (The Nature's Head Composting Toilet). We developed a gray water system incorporating the water that came out of the washing machine and from the outdoor shower to help water bananas, gingers, and canailles. All the down spouts coming off the roof were sent into depressions in the front yard. The depressions were planted with carex grass, which can withstand, and even thrive on, submersion in water that rain events bring to the swaled-out area. Aesthetically, carex reads as a lawn space in keeping with the cottage feeling of the home. As with any full-fledged permaculture garden, an element of natural building needed to be incorporated. So, the heart and hearth of the garden is a cob pizza oven going into an outdoor kitchen with a built-in bench. Cob is a natural building technique that involves sculpting a mixture of sand, soil, and straw around an internal structure. In this case, the internal structure is comprised of an old built-in brick incinerator, and rubble collected on site. Besides using the collected rubble as a base for the cob structure, other salvaged elements comprise major features of the project: the front fence was reconstructed from the preexisting fence; a majority of the stone edging was created by stones found while clearing the landscape in preparation for construction; the arbor was constructed from old wash line poles found on site; broken bricks pulled from another project were mixed with concrete and cast into vegetable beds, creating durable insulated planters while reducing the amount of concrete used ( and they also just have a unique effect); pathways and patio areas were laid using concrete broken out of the driveway and previous pathways. (When a little more broken concrete was needed, we busted out an old pad at another project a few blocks away.) Far from a perfectly polished garden, this landscape now serves as a lush and inviting space for my clients, their friends and family to gather and enjoy each other’s company. Days after construction was finished the couple hosted their wedding reception in the garden—everyone danced, drank and celebrated, christening the garden and the union!

William Wright Photography
Photo of a contemporary landscaping in Seattle.

William Wright Photography
This is an example of a contemporary landscaping in Seattle.