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Shady Hillside Garden Steps
Besides being a good example of steps through a shady garden, this picture also shows how dramatic mass planting can be in landscaping and..
Random Flagstone Garden Path
Throughout this directory, you'll see a lot of flagstone walkways like this that are laid out without any cutting or mortar. The reason ...
Decorative Vertical Pipe Planters
While this isn't quite the norm for garden decoration, the idea deserves a little consideration. Maybe something smaller. Maybe a ...
Decorative Clay Planters
Decorating your garden or yard doesn't have to be expensive. Basic clay pots like these are fairly cheap in comparison to some others. ...
Decorative Planting Ideas
Most garden decorating ideas like this aren't necessarily designed into the overall garden plan. Temporary decor like this changes and is...
Going Green
Going green tips and ideas. There are literally thousands of green living practices that can be applied to our daily lives. Do a search ...
Fall Gardening Checklist
As Rudyard Kipling once said, "Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade." A lot of gardeners see Fall as a time to start putting their..
Iron Garden Entry Arch Gate
This is a more close up view of the last photo. In garden and landscape design, different elements create different atmosphere and ...
Container Patio Garden
For gardens, courtyards, and patios with lack of space or planting beds, container planting is often the best option for adding plants...
Wine Glass Fountain
Another unique garden fountain idea for the wine entheusiasts garden. Actually, this doesn't necessarily have to be created from wine ...
Garden Entry Arch
Something as simple as this entry arch can serve several different purposes as well as be a decorative addition to the garden. While a ...
Painted Buckboard Garden Planter
While old buckboard wagons, buggies, and covered wagons make their way into a lot of garden plans as decor, this wagon takes decoration a...
Inlaid Stone Landscaping Step Ideas
Setting the paver stones into the concrete is a fairly simple project once step height is calculated and riser borders placed. The risers...
Arbor Covered Brick Paver Path Idea
Create a sense of romance, mystery, or even seclusion down a garden path by covering it with natural vegetation or arches and arbors ...
Woodland Garden Arbor Idea
Creating elements that fit in with the surrounding landscape is often harder than creating a complete new landscaping plan from scratch...
Formal Garden Gazebo
While this gazebo is in the forefront of this formal garden, it certainly doesn't grab all the attention when you take in the entire scope..
Decorative Clay Bowls
Even functional elements that would normally be stored until use can be placed as decoration in the garden or as in this case, the patio ...
Natural Woodland Garden Arbor
This natural entry arbor made from trees is just one of the many fine points of this garden. The natural stone retaining wall along with ...
Two Tiered Fountain In A Small Pond
More of a fountain than a pond, this water feature would still be classified as a small pond most probably because of its size. Regardless..
Tropical Garden Arbor Idea
Garden arches and arbors can be constructed from such simple designs and elements and often appear many times what they really are. Most ...
Toy Wagon Planter Garden Decorating Ideas
This toy wagon makes a nice functional piece of garden decor as it is also a planter. Since the wagon is older and an antique, it creates ..
Hillside Rock Garden Plants Idea
Here's another example of using rock gardens to terrace a hillside or slope. In this idea, along with the plants, there are quite a few ...
Stone Landscaping Steps
Compared to other material types and methods of building outdoor steps, stone steps and stairs like these are really easy to build. The ...
Decorative Garden Furniture
The decorative value of the outdoor and patio furniture you choose most often does a lot more than add a functional element to the garden...
Antique Covered Wagon Planter Full Of Flowers
Yard and garden decor like this is usually too large for most yard plans. However, if you have the room and right atmosphere for it, an ...
Arbor And Arch Ideas
Sometimes an arch or arbor can be just a simple entry into another area of the yard, garden, or landscaping. However, as you'll see in ...
Hanging Bird Bath
While you can buy a simple hanging bird bath like this real cheap at most any garden decor store, you could also build one out of a number..
Japanese Garden Stairs
These stairs make use of some of the other hardscape elements in the landscaping for support and form. Japanese gardens often make use ...
Going Green Gardening Advice Ideas
Considering my line of work, it’s hard to admit that I haven’t quite caught on to the going green ideas of a sustainable living lifestyle...
Antique Bicycle Planter
While you'll see a few different examples in this directory of using real bicycles as garden decor, this piece is actually decoration ...
Garden Entry Arch Hanging Planter
Hanging planters can add some color and beauty to spaces not normally used in the garden or landscape. Hanging baskets and planters can ...
Small Garden Decor Display
Nothing real fancy about this garden. Just several simple ideas for decorating gardens or landscapes. Starting from the ground up with ...
Garden Design Tips Page 2 Issue 403
One of the first considerations of your new or refurbished landscape should be how you're going to get water to your new lawn, trees, bed...
Killing Weeds In Lawn – Spot Kill Weeds Without Hurting Lawn
Even the most well kept and manicured lawns get a weed from time to time.Pulling weeds can be hard work and leave holes in the lawn grass...
Garden Entry Arbor With Lady Banks Rose
Climbing and trailing plants and vines like this Lady Banks Rose can be a source of garden decoration as well as providing a privacy ...
Fall Gardening Checklist – Preparing The Fall Garden For Spring
fall autumn garden imageI believe Fall has arrived. And I know that when it turns Autumn here in the desert southwest, it must be Fall ...
Planted Lawn Decoration
This planter pot is of a different sort as well as being placed in an unusual place. Placing random lawn decorations isn't usually a ...
Small Garden Design Ideas
Small gardens can be created and found in almost every landscape design style. And with so many different options, the pictures and ideas...
Flower Bed Border Path
Other than the design aspect of the flower beds lining the path, a lot of folks do this to keep the sprinkler system from discoloring the ..
Formal Garden Flower Bed Design
Most formal gardens like this are an ongoing creation and maintenance project. Most definately a labor of love and passion for gardening ...
Garden Of Rocks
I just threw this one in because it's unusual. I'm not sure whether to call it a rock garden or garden of rocks. It is a garden though ...
Rustic Wooden Shelves
While this set of rustic looking wooden shelves are interior decoration, they caught my eye as something that would look good in a ...
Buckboard Wagon Planter
Like other buckboards and wagons in this directory, this one has been filled with flowers and placed in this front yard as a planter...
Adding Color As Garden Decor
In a garden of all neutral, pale, and green, almost anything of color will stand out and most probably appear decorative. Here we have a ...
Ornamental Grass Garden Plans
Ornamental grass garden plans. In my opinion as a professional designer, every yard or landscape needs some ornamental grasses to some ...
Stone Landscaping Steps
Stone garden steps surrounded with mass planting of Ferns. Some hardscapes with hard edges like these steps will have a softer edge and ...
Spiral Landscaping Stairs
What a beautiful combination of elements. Hardscape of brick stairs and spiraling wrought iron softened by climbing and creeping vines.The..
Small Arbor Garden Entry
Often used to mark the start of a garden path or the entry to a garden, a small arbor or arch like this can be free standing and ...
Formal Vegetable And Herb Garden
An edible formal garden. Gardens and landscapes can often serve different purposes at the same time. A vegetable or herb garden can be ...
Peaceful Garden Waterfall Ideas
To create a Japanese garden waterfall like this is generally out of the reach of most of us. However, the design style and elements can ...
Planting Around A Rock Lined Garden Pond
A simple planting scheme like around this stacked rock lined pond doesn't take a lot of thought to create or a lot of time and energy to ...
A Winding Curved Gravel Garden Path
A gravel path like this is one of the simplest and least expensive walkways you can add to a garden plan. Iy's as simple as defining the ...
Shady Garden Plans
Garden plans for low light and shady situations. Planting shady yards and gardens can be quite a challenge even for those with some ...
Natural Garden Arbor Idea
Building a natural garden arbor or arch like this one is obviously a result of careful planning, patience, and maintenance. The planning ...
Stepping Stones Path Through A Pond
Stepping stones through a garden pond. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. So along with a path that goes around...
Garden Wall Fountain
Let's not forget decorating the walls of our gardens, patios, and courtyards. If your garden does have one or more walls, then it is a ...
Creative Garden Decor
Choosing garden decor that's not only appealing but also says something about you is a great way to add your own personal signature to ...
Rose Garden Arbor
A garden style where an arch or arbor is most always welcome, in rose gardens, arches and arbors offer the opportunity to display the ...
Poor Drainage Of Garden Soils
Proper drainage is so important to the health of landscaping and garden plants. And most usually poor drainage can be attributed to clay...
How To Build A Garden Pond
Building your own backyard pond or water garden has varying degrees of difficulty. A basic pond is fairly easy to build with a few simple...
Lawn And Yard Decor
Atmosphere and design style in a garden or yard is only limited to the imaginations of their creators. Some styles and decoration are ...
Square Paver Garden Path To A Fountain
As with most of the garden paths in this gallery, this one is simple to build and looks great. A lot of how it looks, is of course because..
Small Ornamental Trees In Formal gardens
While smaller and dwarf plants like these small ornamental trees are often used in creating the right proportion and scale in small garden..
Arbor Covered Gravel Garden Path
Enclosed paths like this are often whole gardens in themselves. Being enclosed by an arch or arbor, focus is on all that's in view all the..
Mediterranean Concrete Garden Arbor
A large garden arbor suspended by concrete pillars. The atmosphere and theme of this garden might be described as Romanesque, ancient, or ..
Attracting Birds To The Winter Garden
Throughout the spring and summer, we are treated to the melodious songs and chattering conversations of a variety of birds in the trees ...
Decorative Wooden Garden Arbor
While most garden arbors like this find a place as an entrance, a definition between two garden rooms, or the start of a garden path they...
Multi Clay Pot Water Feature Idea
This fountain uses three pots to create different effects.
Bronze Wall Fountain
This bronze wall fountain would be quite easy to create. With the addition of all these plants, the mechanics of the fountain don't ...
Formal Garden Pond
In this formal garden, the pond is pretty much the entire garden taking on a symetrical formal style and shaped with traditional evergreens.
Natural Garden Arbors And Arches
Natural arbors, arches, and other garden decor obviously require a bit of vision and planning to create. However, if the right plants are ..
Stone Block Landscaping Stairs
An easy concept that looks like it is carved into the side of a hill, placing stone block steps like these is a very labor intense project..
Formal Garden Entryway
Garden Fountains - Water Features Ideas
Most of the garden fountains and water features in this set of garden pictures are made from clay pots and planters. Regardless of what ...
Whimsical Garden Decorating Mosaic Tile Garden Wall
How about turning an entire part of the hardscape into garden decor? While this tile job is a bit whimsical and bright, you can also just ..
Garden Waterfall Plans
Building waterfalls is a relatively easy do it yourself construction project. All you need are a few simple instructions and directions...
Rye Grass Lawn Turf
Geographic Zones: Ryegrass does best in the northern states, especially around the coast where moist conditions combine with relatively ...
Winter Lawn Weeds | Fall Weed Seed Germination
Among all the other Fall and Winter gardening tasks we’ve been discussing here in the blog, we can include treating and eliminating Winter..
Small Square Gravel Backyard Plan
Here's a xeriscaping (low water use) example of the same yard that is nothing but gravel and has no lawn.In this example of the same ...
Iron Gate Garden Entry
While iron gates and fences like this are most often used out of necessity, there's no reason they can't be an element that also adds ...
Container Garden
Container gardens can be an exciting addition to almost any landscape design, garden, patio, courtyard, porch, or yard.While being a space..
Formal Garden Maze
I can't say I've seen any maze gardens in my area. It could be interesting though. I guess if I were to design a formal landscape like ...
Brick Arch Garden Entry With A View
Most times, the results of well thought out garden plans are quite obvious and impressive. As with this brick entry arch, a focal point ...
Landscape Steps On A Small Slope
To make garden steps for a long gradual slope, the landing to each rise will have to be extended a distance to match each rise. If you ...
Cat Statue Garden Decor
Simple little placements like this cat statue placed throughout the garden is what gives gardens and landscaping their or even your own ...
How To Design A Garden Plan
Most people see garden design and landscaping on two different levels. While designing a garden implies a smaller more intimate project ...
Rose Covered Garden Arches
These garden arches covered in climbing roses offer some great ideas for ways to add height and a dramatic effect to rose gardens or ...
How To Start A New Lawn From Seed
This guideline on how to start a new lawn from seed is created for new lawns and landscaping projects or where the old lawn has been ...
Garden Arbor
More than the arches and arbors themselves, the planting ideas and landscaping around them will give you some great inspirations for your ..
How To Start A New Lawn
Most of the landscapes that we create involve starting a new lawn as part of the design. And whether it is by seed or laying sod, ...
Garden Path Ideas
As you'll see in most of these photos, designing garden paths and walkways doesn't follow any set form. There are hundreds of different ...
Butterfly Hummingbird Garden Plans
Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden is quite simple. Provide them with something to eat, drink, and shelter and they'll ..
Decorated Private Garden Seating
Privacy in gardens, landscaping, and especially backyards is a major consideration when planning your landscaping. And along with the ...
Bahia Lawn Grass Information
Geographic Zones: Being a warm season grass, Bahiagrass doesn't survive well in low temperatures. In general, even the most cold tolerant...
Pots On Poles Water Feature
Here's another really cool garden fountain idea. This water feature would be so easy for any do it yourselfer to create. There's not much ..
Overgrown Rustic Garden Entry Arbor
Even though this garden arch is a bit overgrown with plants and doesn't have purpose as an entryway, it serves the garden well as a unique..
Small Garden Decorating Idea
This small garden idea belongs in many different categories besides garden decorating and decor. It would fit well into small gardens as ...
Decorative Stone Garden Bench
Many purely decorative elements like this stone bench are characteristic to certain garden design styles and themes. Along with the Pines,..
Bent Grass Lawn Turf
Geographic Zones: Bentgrass is most adapted to cool season areas with a generally moist climate and fertile soil, such as the northeastern..
Proper Watering Lawn Grass And Turf
Many factors influence the right way to water or irrigate your lawn grass. And while no two yards or landscaping situations are exactly ...
