In the middle of the yard, dividing the lawn area from the dining patio, there is a garden. Most of the garden is a combination of annuals and perennials but if you look close there are a few edibles tucked in.

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Photo of a small traditional partial sun backyard stone garden path in Portland for spring.

Design ideas for a small modern front yard landscaping in Boston.

Design ideas for a mid-sized craftsman partial sun front yard landscaping in San Francisco.

Inspiration for a contemporary backyard landscaping in Toronto.

Inspiration for a mid-sized mid-century modern partial sun side yard concrete paver landscaping.

Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional partial sun backyard formal garden in New York.

The uneven back yard was graded into ¬upper and lower levels with an industrial style, concrete wall. Linear pavers lead the garden stroller from place to place alongside a rain garden filled with swaying grasses that spans the side yard and culminates at a gracefully arching pomegranate tree, branches laden with impossibly red blossoms and fruit.

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Photo of a small contemporary backyard landscaping in Orange County.

Gardens of every sort are an opportunity to enjoy the beauty found outdoors, including the often over-looked vegetable garden. The use of a fence or enclosure of some sort is helpful in keeping the gardens fruits safe from the occasional dig-happy pet as well as less welcome marauders such as rabbits and deer. By enclosing the space the fence itself helps to create its own little world within.

Glencoe IL Formal sideyard garden walk leading to rear yard pool oasis. French inspired theme. By: Arrow. Land + Structures. Landscape Architects and Builders----The sideyard path leads visitors towards the rear yard poolside retreat. Sideyards present an opportunity to create an an articulated approach that pulls you in towards your destination.

Photo of a mid-sized traditional partial sun front yard concrete paver driveway in Houston for spring.

Golden Goddess bamboo and Mexican weeping bamboo peek through cattle panel fencing and garden wall panels. Photo by Gabriel Frank
This is an example of a mid-sized modern drought-tolerant and partial sun backyard gravel landscaping in San Luis Obispo.

Blue-gray craftsman home with a hog wire fence in a wood frame atop a black concrete block retaining wall, lining a sunny sidewalk with turf lawn and a river rock landscape bed. Designed and built by Sasquatch Provisions in Seattle.

Rachel's Landscape Design Portland, OR
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern partial sun front yard landscaping in Portland.

This is an example of a mid-sized southwestern drought-tolerant, partial sun and desert side yard brick landscaping in Phoenix.