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Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary partial sun backyard gravel vegetable garden landscape in San Francisco for spring.

A Seattle couple needed to take advantage of our amazing summer weather and asked for a way to watch movies outside. We were up to the challenge, designing a custom concrete bench that by day serves as built-in seating and transforms at night into a perfect spot to catch a flick on the fly! Other touches include modern planting and steel planters to match the contemporary feel of the home. Photos by Miranda Estes Photography

Patio and back garden with firepit.
Example of a classic patio design in San Francisco

Custom precast concrete strips provide a dynamic appearance to the ground plane of this small garden at a modern style beach house in the northwest. photo: grant wilds

Design ideas for a farmhouse landscaping in San Francisco.

Screenroom
Mid-sized elegant screened-in back porch photo in Houston with a roof extension

With a lengthy list of ideas about how to transform their backyard, the clients were excited to see what we could do. Existing features on site needed to be updated and in-cooperated within the design. The view from each angle of the property was already outstanding and we didn't want the design to feel out of place. We had to make the grade changes work to our advantage, each separate space had to have a purpose. The client wanted to use the property for charity events, so a large flat turf area was constructed at the back of the property, perfect for setting up tables, chairs and a stage if needed. It also created the perfect look out point into the back of the property, dropping off into a ravine. A lot of focus throughout the project was the plant selection. With a large amount of garden beds, we wanted to maintain a clean and formal look, while still offering seasonal interest. We did this by edging the beds with boxwoods, adding white hydrangeas throughout the beds for constant colour, and subtle pops of purple and yellow. This along with the already breathtaking natural backdrop of the space, is more than enough to make this project stand out. Photographer: Jason Hartog Photography

Succulent wall, brick patio and fireplace
Photo of a small contemporary backyard brick landscaping in Orange County.

Inspiration for a mid-sized mediterranean gray two-story stucco house exterior remodel in Columbus with a tile roof

Elegant porch photo in DC Metro

Detail of the steel vine screen, with dappled sunlight falling into the new entryway deck. The steel frame surrounds the juliet balcony lookout.
Photo of a small modern privacy and partial sun front yard metal fence formal garden in Austin with decking for winter.

Clear cedar screening visually de-clutters the space and the deck built on top provides support for the hedging planter boxes. The stepped planter boxes further screen the rock retaining wall behind it and climbing vine plants can be grown to further screen the existing fence and take advantage of warmer micro-climates. NOTE: Use the cedar deck post as reference point between before & after photos

Jeffrey Erb
Hot tub - small contemporary courtyard rectangular hot tub idea in New York with decking

This is an example of a small modern partial sun backyard concrete paver formal garden in Chicago for summer.

Our clients on this project were inspired by their travels to Asia and wanted to mimic this aesthetic at their DC property. We designed a water feature that effectively masks adjacent traffic noise and maintains a small footprint.

Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Architect: Swan Architecture | Interiors: Katie Redpath Constable | Landscaping: Bechler Landscapes | Photography: Landmark Photography

Dusil Design and Landscape Inc.
Design ideas for a large modern drought-tolerant and partial sun backyard mulch garden path in Toronto for winter.

This is an example of a farmhouse landscaping in New Orleans.