Back Yard Pictures & Design Ideas
My New BBQ Island
Owner: JA CARL Location: Deerfield Beach FloridaI started this Island in Dec 2007 and completed in April 2008. Funds were the biggest problem and I built it one small section at a time. Largest single cost was the grill. side burner and drop in cooler. My sink drains into the main drain. I picked up the sink and faucet at the flea market for a fe...
Ron, Eydie & Britnee's Garden Pond
Owner: Ron Location: Belle Chasse / LouisianaRock garden pond (10,000) pounds of rocks. We have the right plants we never have to clean the pond due to having everything perfect as natural as can be and we don't have a filter system and we don't have to clean anything. We have large fish and now a LOT of baby fish. We do love our Garden Pond w...
Pragmatic's
Owner: pragmatic Location:I started this project in 2007. Construction was new to me and it was definitely a learning experience for my son and I....
El Campo del Mar
Owner: Jay and Sandy Location: Puerto VallartaThis is our villa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. El Campo del Mar is nestled along the southern moutains 6 kilometers south of Puerto Vallarta with views of the bay and city to the north and Los Arcos to the south. Our first project for the patio area was to reconfigure the pool eguipment original...
Backyard Stream
Owner: Garden Escapes Location: San Luis ObispoThis yard was changed from a blank backyard to a little oasis with a 60' long stream flowing into a pond along the back deck. Plants bloom all year long. The property backs up to an Oak Reserve...
Manteca, CA Landscape Client
Owner: Natures Image Location: MantecaA 1300 square foot back yard in an adult living, home owners association. This back yard was designed with a budget of nineteen thousand dollars in mind and includes added patio space for entertaining, sitting walls for extra seating, a water fall feature and a small lawn area irrigated with sub-irr...
Sports Area
Owner: Steve Location: Visalia, CAOur place has traditionally become the 4th of July hangout. We needed lots of outdoor things to keep a big crowd occupied for a long weekend. We built Bocce Ball court, a horseshoe pit (pics to be added of this later), a volleyball court, an above ground pool and a play area for the kids....
side & rear yard water feature
Owner: Howard Goettsch Location: RosevilleWe built a waterfall in the corner of the rear yard and it cascaded into a stream in the rear yard and a pond in the side yard. It was filtered by a cartridge swimming pool type filter and automatically chlorinated....
Orange County Floral Patio
Owner: Brett's Rose Garden Location: Irvine, CAI have a small patio that was initially covered with large banana leaf trees and ugly ferns. I wanted to turn it into an English rose garden complete with some fragrant jasmine, gardena, and camilia plants....
Backyard from Scratch
Owner: Gehrke Location: DublinA summer project that we barely finished before the rain came. I hired contractors to do the concrete and an electrician to wire the spa. My father-in-law and I built the bbq from scratch. Careful planning allowed us to have the cook and guests at different heights. We also built the arbor- che...
Steve & Penni's Patio
Owner: Steve Location: VisaliaThis patio was a grassy area in the back yard. We dug out the grass and 6" of soil. We layed in 4" of DG (decomposed granite) and then 2" of sand. We then circled the 4 trees with slump stone and filled them in with top soil. The area was covered by 3 sprinklers, One of which was capped and the othe...
Riverfront Dream Yard
Owner: Jay and Sandy Location: Grants PassThis is our yard right on the Rogue River in Grants Pass, Oregon. ...
BBQ Bar With a View
Owner: YardShare Location: Castro ValleyI built this bar and bbq myself in the summer of 2006. The foundation is concrete block, with El Dorado stone for the facing. 4-burner stainless steel grill and a mini refrigerator. Countertops are ceramic tile on cement backerboard. The bar area is 4 inches higher than the grill area in order to ha...
