Small (Under 1,000 sq ft.) - Landscaping Ideas
Small yard landscaping ideas for spaces under 1,000 square feet. See how creative design makes compact yards feel bigger and more functional.
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East Back Yard
Long and narrow with straggly hedges in a rock bed, sparse flowers & yard...
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Dramatic Before and Afters 1
Before and after shots of various landscape renovations and remodels. This is...
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Calvin's Resort
by Calvin PooleI wanted to create a "resort" type feel which is surrounded by an u...
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Outdoor Living Area
by MeadowlarkWhat used to be a large empty dirt pile, is slowly transforming into a living...
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Bad space transformed
We had struggled for 2 years with our very small back yard. No sun, mushy, mu...
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Behind the back fence
When we bought our house, this is the area on the other side of the back fenc...
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Deronda's gardens come forth in color.
by DerondaMy gardens come forth in color as spring comes forth. Front yard,side yard me...
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Apartment Cottage Garden
by Cindy 2I rent and the one thing that sold me on this apartment was that it had a pri...
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Backyard Serenity
Recently landscaped backyard. Two side yards house various succulents and b...
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Pool house
by junkyliciousThis is our pool house that we truly enjoy in the heat of summer when it'...
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Backyard with vegetable garden
by tifoliefarmThis was part of the horse field but they were too close to the deck so we de...
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Kat's Garden
by Catloverkb57I have an 8 month old granddaughter and an silky terrier that use my back yar...
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They're Back
by LarkMay 1 my Summer birds have returned from their vacation in the south. Here ar...
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Bill & Barb's
Small city lot with a "park" in the yard. Gardens, fountains, fish ...
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forclosed yard
has three car garage and drive way in front whole yard is perfectly flat, fro...
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La Follette's Dry Creek Bed
I just finished this dry creek bed in my back yard. It is part of my plan to...
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Springtime Indian Hawthornes
by PatsFront yard of pie shaped lot in cul-de-sac; back yard two levels on canal adj...
About Small (Under 1,000 sq ft.) Landscaping
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