Modern Garden Designs and Ideas
The furniture is the deep-seating kind, with lime-green cushions, set back to take in the view of this casual, contemporary yard in Vancouver, British Columbia. Designed by Landscape 2000, of Vancouver, British Columbia, the space takes advantage of a wall for a bold vertical garden and features an architectural wood pergola. Lime and chartreuse plants are repeated throughout.
Serene Landscaping
Repeating the horizontal lines of this modern house, an outdoor patio set is right at home with hardscape elements. Designed by Huettl Landscape Architecture, those horizontal lines continue with the concrete fountain and low wall and planting bed that corral horsetail (Equisetum hyemale).
Vintage Modern Landscaping
Spinning a modern take on the vintage fibro beach shacks built along Australia's Gold Coast, True North Architects combined weatherboard and hardwood timbers for an interconnected series of decks, terraces, and gardens on a sloping property in New South Wales. Continuing that modern feeling, True North used other unconventional materials, like steel and corrugated iron, which complement the silver wood.
Designing the Room Outside
A backyard is an extension of what's going on inside our home, maybe more colorful, casual, fun, and without a ceiling to put a lid on our needs and desires. In a yard, trees and vines can climb to their ultimate heights, light and weather can quickly change, and the possibilities—within the confines of our property lines—are up to the terrain, our design skills, and our do-it-yourself know-how.
If your DIY design and construction skills aren't up to tackling a major backyard remodeling project, you can hire a landscape designer or architect to help your outdoor space realize its potential. A skilled professional can guide you through the process of figuring out a style, deciding who will be using the yard, creating zones of activity, choosing materials and plants, and recommending builders and contractors for everything from swimming pools to outdoor structures to installing irrigation.
Explore 50 ideas showing how a backyard can be transformed into everyone's favorite space. In this first example, notice how the curved lines of the patio fit with the casual nature of the nearby wooded area.
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