Back Yard - Landscaping Ideas

Browse backyard landscaping ideas for every style and budget. Discover designs featuring patios, fire pits, pools, gardens, and outdoor living spaces that turn your backyard into a retreat.

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Back Yard After adding a Swing Gazebo. Reset

before and after

by sonia west
Backyard

by herefordbase

One month after closing
Nicks Place

by Alpha Landscape Construction

Composite decking, stone wall and Gazebo ...
Riggs New Patio

by rugznjones

Before and after pictures of our new patio
es/ckm backyard

by bayoumiss

this is our backyard barebones (after picking up for hurricane gustav)
FRONT YARD

by WANDA

ADDED MORE AZALEAS
Before & After 2011

by SERAFF

new construction, new landscaping,
A Little Bit of MN.Heaven

by Mary A. Abshire

City lot with 2 waterfalls emptying in to ponds connected by a stream. Landsc...
Back Garden

by vtwd40

Backyard project in Fall '10. We removed all the grass, added the patio ...
Peaceful retreat

by Premium Aquascapes

This is a 32' 'Pondless' stream that we added for a client. Th...
My Disaster Yars

by ebueche

It is a desert wanna be landscape with a dumpy gazebo left from previous owne...
Secret Garden

by sweetie

Stone patio,fountain and swing.
My Humble Garden....still a work in progress

by Ann 2

I am constantly adding plant material to my garden beds in hopes to achieve t...
Tornado Remodel

by Reba S.

Yard was a mess after the tornado hit. So I had to start from statch. I got m...
Fantastic Flagstone

by Lucybug

Our odd yard area needed a make over and our ideas turned out beautiful. Plan...
Endless Possibilities, The Eagle Revisited

by Duncan's Landscaping

Pictures taken during the year after we built The Eagle. "To plant a gar...
Dramatic Before and Afters 1

by JSL Landscape

Before and after shots of various landscape renovations and remodels. This is...
Backyard Oasis

by suz9601

Started with a blank slate and no gardening experience. I am learning as I go...
Endless Possibilities, The Dragonfly

by Duncan's Landscaping

Watergarden from creation to a couple of years after.
Behind the back fence

by Suzanne Phillips

When we bought our house, this is the area on the other side of the back fenc...

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Back Yard - Landscaping Ideas

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