Inspiration for a mid-sized modern partial sun backyard mulch formal garden in Seattle.

A "The White Hosue" landscape design by Paul Hendershot Design Inc. PC | Alicia Cattoni for paulhendershotdesign.com
Inspiration for a modern landscaping in Santa Barbara.

Photo by: Steven DeWall
Living room - mid-sized coastal formal and open concept light wood floor and brown floor living room idea in Los Angeles with a standard fireplace, a concrete fireplace, white walls and no tv

Close-up of Dianella caerulea 'Cassa Blue' with Euphorbia 'Copton Ash' providing contrast. Photo: Billy Goodnick
This is an example of a mediterranean landscaping in Santa Barbara.

Nick McCullough
Inspiration for a traditional landscaping in Columbus.

dill flowers
Inspiration for a farmhouse landscaping in New York.

design: Carrie Preston (Studio TOOP) and Jasper Helmantel (Cruydt Hoeck), 2011 location: Appeltern, NL status: built in 2012 by Appeltern Model Garden Complex photos: Jolanthe Lalkens, June 2013 Designed as assignment from both the Dutch gardening magazine Groei & Bloei and the television and radio nature program Vara's Vroege Vogels, this garden serves as a model of how homeowners can incorporate lots of plant life and wildlife into the design but without sacrificing practicality or aesthetics. The garden is deliberately contemporary in its style to emphasize that nature-rich gardens need not look a certain way - insects and birds don't care if the lines are straight or curved. At the same time the garden makes use of affordable, simple, no-nonsense materials. The 40x60 cm paving stones are one of the most common and affordable paving options in the Netherlands, available en masse for free on the Internet. Conceptually we imagined a garden completely paved with the tiles (as to many gardens are) and what would happen if took out some of these stones, used them to build benches and structure and added plants where the tiles had been. In the construction of the benches we include other materials such as bamboo sticks and insulation bricks that create habitat for insects such as solitary bees. The plant palette is based on a selection of native and host plants in combination with the 26 plants plan set up by Groei & Boei -- a list of plants aimed at making the use of more plants in gardens accessible and less intimidating. The choice for the number 26 corresponds with the number of letters in the alphabet in line with the famous Dutch garden designer Mien Ruy's comment that if we only need 26 letters to create a whole language, we should be able to combine and mix 26 plants to express far more than we think.

Echinops macro
Photo of a full sun landscaping in New York.

Photo by Pete Cadieux

Photo of a transitional landscaping in Boston.

Living room - small transitional formal and open concept dark wood floor and brown floor living room idea in New York with white walls, a standard fireplace, a plaster fireplace and no tv

Early summer in the gardens, the Epimedim is just finishing up its bloom (yellow flower). Nepeta 'Walker's Low' is filling in along with a wonderful Hosta 'June' providing just enough contrast.

Liatris, echinacea, monarda, variegated dogwood.

Miss Kim Lilac, Mt Everest Allium, salvia, catmint and Purple Sensation Allium make for a stunning vista in the June garden.

Whole House Remodel in a modern spanish meets california casual aesthetic.
Inspiration for a transitional u-shaped light wood floor eat-in kitchen remodel in San Diego with a farmhouse sink, beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash and ceramic backsplash

Example of a transitional home design design in San Francisco

Penstemon digitalis 'Dark Towers' intermixed with Rudbeckia maxima
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in Columbus.