United-States Pictures & Design Ideas
back-breaking flagstone patio
Owner: Traci Location: Williamsburg, VAOur yard had some serious drainage problems and awful soil. The sod put in by the builder all but died in one half of the yard. So we decided to "fix" it. My husband and myself did it all ourselves. 11 tons of rock, 4 tons of flagstone, 8 tons of stone dust and 3 large bottles of ibuprofen. In time ...
heaven @ home
Owner: Kara Location: Garnet Valley, PAour little escape - we always feel "on vacation" enjoying the sunshine @ home/...
Arcadia
Owner: Christina Salwitz Location: Renton, WashingtonA melange of plants that strike my fancy. With emphasis on great foliage first. ...
Minkle Manor
Owner: Minkle Manor Location: Fort Smith, ArkansasI have lived here for almost 20 years. When I bought the home the back yard was just dirt and trees. Every year I work on special projects to landscape and stabilize the yard. I live on a hill side so directing water flow is always a challenge. ...
Asian / Japanese Garden
Owner: Tracy & Wendy Evans Location: Hurricane UtahThis is our back yard, We built the entire thing without the help of contractors. It has an 8000 gallon Koi pond with 2 water falls and an island, A stone zen garden, bonsai trees, a large grass area and a free standing deck in the shape of a yin yang with a working stream that runs through it, We w...
Bad space transformed
Owner: The Lockwood's Location: Tigard, ORWe had struggled for 2 years with our very small back yard. No sun, mushy, muddy strip of grass. I wanted to make the space useable for entertaining with low maintenance. See before and after shots....
Backyard Serenity
Owner: Edward Burkhardt Location: Lake Elsinore, CARecently landscaped backyard. Two side yards house various succulents and bougainvillea, as well as a fountain. New furniture rounds out the entire look of this new "room". ...
Paradise Revisited
Owner: Randy and Phyllis Location: Grandview, MOWe started working on this yard about 5 years ago. It has been a work in progress. Every year we try to work on another part of the yard it was so awful and big and we hated sitting in the yard, we planted trees to give us the privacy. Then we started building decks and finally started planting f...
Bobby's Yard
Owner: Bob Teems Location: Tampa, FloridaBromeliads that I have collected over the years....
Backyard Makeover
Owner: YardShare Location: Castro ValleyOur back yard is split into two halves...the patio half and the grass/flower bed half. I did the patio half 3 years ago, but the other half has not got the attention it deserves until now. So this past week, we hired ArborTeck Tree Care & Landscaping of Hayward, CA. They removed a tree to open the...
