Landscape Design Ideas & Plans - Free Landscaping Ideas
The landscaping ideas on this page are free for you to look at and get examples from. These are the actual designs for front yards and backyards that have been created for our own clients. Do not publicly reprint.
Some of these designs include plans, guidelines, and extended instructions for planting layouts, patios, courtyards, xeriscaping, entryways, and more.
These plans were created for specific shape yards and lots and may not go perfectly with your exact property. In order to get the most out of these landscaping ideas you may want to keep a few things in mind while going through them.
- Mix And Match the different shapes of different plans and layouts. If you can't find a design to fit your exact front yard or backyard, find two or more that you can incorporate together to create an idea that will work.
- Don't get hung up on specific materials, hardscapes, and plant materials that we use in these designs. Focus more on shape and functionality. The materials will be determined mostly by what is available in your area.
- Design Styles don't necessarily matter in most instances. If one of our layouts is for a Mediterranean front yard, don't think that you can't use it for a Southwest landscape design, different style, or even a backyard. Sometimes simply changing the types of landscaping plants is all that's necessary to change the entire atmosphere and style of a plan.
Mediterranean Front Yard Landscaping Plan
This landscaping idea has a really unique shape and demonstrates continuity of a lawn area that has a natural stone path running through it. The mediterranean style of the home as well as the planting ideas gives this front yard landscape design its atmosphere and style.
Ideas for Landscaping A Tuscan Style Home
A large landscaping project for a Mediterranean Tuscan style home. Design includes ideas for the front yard, backyard, backyard waterfall, and enclosed courtyard. See courtyard designs if you're interested in more ideas for courtyards.
Backyard Landscape Design For Kids / Children
A really cool backyard landscape design with play area, sand box, tricycle trail, outdoor kitchen, dog run area and more. A very universal plan whether you have children or not.
Landscape Design Ideas For A Big Estate
The largest residential landscape we've done so far. A very clean design with a lot of ideas for landscaping different areas of the yard. This design includes a segment specifically for backyard, front yard, and swimming pool.
Backyard Xeriscaping Plan With Natural Stone Walls
We used native locally grown limestone rocks to create a dry stack wall for this multi level design. This is a very natural looking free flowing backyard landscape that will go well with almost any Southwest home.
Circular Front Yard Driveway On A Hill
A circular driveway on a hill with xeriscape landscaping and plants surrounding it and the home. See front yard landscaping ideas for more designs, ideas, and pictures of front yards.
Big Front Yard Cul-de-sac Landscape Design Idea
A very large front yard design at the end of a culdesac street. A lot of good design ideas and tips for shape, plants, and planting.
Curb Appeal Landscaping Ideas On A Corner Lot
This design uses a lot of different elements to give it its unique design, atmosphere, and appeal. There's also fake dry river bed to help drainage on the curb corner. Very unique design idea.
Southwest Design Plan
This is an example of a southwest, Santa Fe style landscape. We used a lot of free curves in this design which gave the illusion of even more space.
Xeriscaping A Sloped Lot For Erosion Control
This free Southwest Santa Fe style xeriscape design could be used for a slightly sloped lot or house on a small hill. Also see hillside landscaping for more pictures, plans, and ideas for landscape designs on hillsides and slopes.
Long Narrow Landscape Design For A Front Yard
A small lawn and retaining wall on a sloped lot help make this Mediterranean landscaping idea very appealing.
Asymetrical Landscape Design Ideas
This plan is a good example of asymetrical design. If you have an odd out of the ordinary shaped lot, you might find these ideas helpful.
Shady Garden For Long Narrow Side Yard
Most yards are unique in shape and character. In turn, odd shaped lots can be quite a challenge to landscape. This design may hold some ideas for you if you're dealing with a challenging landscape.
Shady Front Yard Idea
This design is of an odd shaped front yard in a cul-de-sac combined with extreme shade. A fairly plain and simple plan with a few good ideas.
Southwest Xeriscaping Ideas For Square Front Yard
Here's yet another page of Southwest xeriscape landscaping ideas. This is a very simple free flowing design for a square yard.
Small Xeriscape Front Driveway Landscaping Design
This Southwest xeriscape landscaping idea uses a lot of different elements to create color and contrast even in Winter months when there are no plants growing.
Sunken Patio Landscape Design
These backyard landscaping pictures show how we created a sunken, brick patio, small garden out of an old unused inground swimming pool. Although not many people will do this with an old pool.
Some Of Our Older Ideas, Designs, And Plans
