Design ideas for a huge traditional partial sun backyard stone garden path.

We needed a bridge to cross the dry creek bed, so I designed a version of a Japanese yatsuhashi, or zig zag, bridge. It is clad in concrete backer board. I wanted to simulate a granite mountain plateau with a boulder peak. The client purchased the concrete lantern which perfectly complements the entrance to this woodland garden. Photo by Jay Sifford

The mountain tan gravel pathway meanders between the colorful planting palette.
This is an example of a mid-sized mediterranean backyard gravel landscaping in San Francisco.

Massive addition and renovation adding a pond, waterfall, bridges, a chapel, boulder work, gardens and 5,000 SF log/stone addition to an existing home. The addition has a large theater, wine room, bar, new master suite, huge great room with lodge-size fireplace, sitting room and outdoor covered/heated patio with outdoor kitchen. Photo by Kimberly Gavin.

Mid-sized country single front door photo with brown walls and a medium wood front door

Photo by David Dietrich. Carolina Home & Garden Magazine, Summer 2017
Front door - mid-sized contemporary slate floor and beige floor front door idea in Charlotte with a glass front door and beige walls

Modern mountain aesthetic in this fully exposed custom designed ranch. Exterior brings together lap siding and stone veneer accents with welcoming timber columns and entry truss. Garage door covered with standing seam metal roof supported by brackets. Large timber columns and beams support a rear covered screened porch. (Ryan Hainey)

A sumptuous home overlooking Beaver Creek and the New York Mountain Range in the Wildridge neighborhood of Avon, Colorado. Jay Rush
Large mountain style white two-story mixed siding gable roof photo in Denver with a mixed material roof

Late spring, early summer when the temperatures are still cool enough for lettuce and pansies.
Inspiration for a traditional vegetable garden landscape in Philadelphia.

Experience the serenity of your own moss retreat resplendent with various moss species, ferns, moss-as-art stumps and forest driftwood. Stroll along your mossy path barefoot to experience the magic. Photo by Annie Martin, www.mountainmoss.com

Eichler in Marinwood - At the larger scale of the property existed a desire to soften and deepen the engagement between the house and the street frontage. As such, the landscaping palette consists of textures chosen for subtlety and granularity. Spaces are layered by way of planting, diaphanous fencing and lighting. The interior engages the front of the house by the insertion of a floor to ceiling glazing at the dining room. Jog-in path from street to house maintains a sense of privacy and sequential unveiling of interior/private spaces. This non-atrium model is invested with the best aspects of the iconic eichler configuration without compromise to the sense of order and orientation. photo: scott hargis

Marion Brenner Photography
Example of a large trendy front yard tile patio design in San Francisco with no cover

Experience the serenity of your own moss retreat resplendent with various moss species, ferns, moss-as-art stumps and forest driftwood. Stroll along your mossy path barefoot to experience the magic. Photo by Annie Martin, www.mountainmoss.com

Exterior of transitional mountain home with inviting hot tub.
Large mountain style brown two-story mixed siding gable roof photo

Mountain style black two-story wood gable roof photo

Large rustic three-story mixed siding exterior home idea in Denver with a shed roof

Mountain style front door photo in Salt Lake City with a medium wood front door

Todd Winslow Pierce
Example of a tuscan stone and rectangular pool design in San Francisco

This “Arizona Inspired” home draws on some of the couples’ favorite desert inspirations. The architecture honors the Wrightian design of The Arizona Biltmore, the courtyard raised planter beds feature labeled specimen cactus in the style of the Desert Botanical Gardens, and the expansive backyard offers a resort-style pool and cabana with plenty of entertainment space. Additional focal areas of landscape design include an outdoor living room in the front courtyard with custom steel fire trough, a shallow negative-edge fountain, and a rare “nurse tree” that was salvaged from a nearby site, sits in the corner of the courtyard – a unique conversation starter. The wash that runs on either side of the museum-glass hallway is filled with aloes, agaves and cactus. On the far end of the lot, a fire pit surrounded by desert planting offers stunning views both day and night of the Praying Monk rock formation on Camelback Mountain. Project Details: Landscape Architect: Greey|Pickett Architect: Higgins Architects Builder: GM Hunt Builders Landscape Contractor: Benhart Landscaping Interior Designer: Kitchell Brusnighan Interior Design Photography: Ian Denker