Step by Step Project - Landscaping Ideas

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Step by Step Project Looking toward the house after retaining wall added. Reset

Backyard

by herefordbase

One month after closing
9507

by mystical69666

our new house and we need ideas!
marci 1

by MarciP

new construction, no yard....yet. Looking for ideas and suggestions.
Backyard

by Twoonie

At the back of the house, it stretches up the Niagara Escarpment at a steep a...
Bentley Gardens

by subentley

Family house yard
Front Garden

by Nancy McFarland McCallister

Large natural area in the front of the house.
front slope

by 7927zor1

I hate the slope on the side of the house but can't afford an expensive ...
Timber Court

by Courtnia

Large Oak in middle of yard with circle bed around it. Garden bed in front of...
Endless Possibilities, The Dragonfly

by Duncan's Landscaping

Watergarden from creation to a couple of years after.
Centennial Farmhouse Backyard

by sunflwrgurly

The carriage hou se was decayed and removed in order to replace it with a new...
river

by nytoolgirl

pretty dead, it's a side yard that separates the house from the driveway...
front yard

by Pamela Jean Hansen

I have about 3 feet from the foundation of my house out into the yard that ha...
Front Yard

by drea10

All old must go! Our center hall colonial home needs some updating. Our yar...
Central Ave

by BTower11

New house, yard is overgrown to the left of the porch and boring everywhere e...
And the rest of the story....

by Ronda Janie Jurkiewicz

I'm really new to gardening and this place literally used to be an illeg...
The backyard

by Micaella Martinez Grant

Many changes to our backyard... here we go...
Flowerbeds added to the deck

by Karen W

It took me awhile to show these but here are a few of the flower beds I added...
Zen Garden

by senabiya

This yard has been years in the making. The foundation included grading, addi...
Front Yard Transformation

by Dream yard...in progress

Our new front yard consists of pine trees, rocks and something that eventuall...
Small Backyard Paradise in CA

by Jason Garcia

I am slowly creating a "tropical" theme to my backyard. I just add...

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Step by Step Project - Landscaping Ideas

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Yard Type

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Major Features

Additional Features

Garden

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Location

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Special

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