Landscape Design Pictures
Showy dwarf hydrangea naturally stays low, making it a good fit for smaller gardens, and it doesn’t require much pruning.
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The gentle foliage of Mexican feather grass (Stipa tenuissima) spills onto a path of reclaimed red brick. Lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantine), purple sage, and bronze fennel make up the rest of the plant palette.
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This stone-lined retention pond encircled by drought-tolerant plants is an example of eco-friendly landscape design.
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Water Wisdom: An Eco-Friendly Santa Fe Garden
In this border, a variety of succulents unite with grasses and other plantings.
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Davis Dalbok's Northern California Bungalow Garden
On New York's Long Island, this backyard features a dining patio amidst a lush circle of Agastache, Hakonechloa, Chasmanthium and Tricyrtis.
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Hamptons Haven
This landscape mirrors the strong geometry of the house. Plantings help to soften or blur the sharp edges.
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Hoerr Schaudt Garden in Chicago's Lincoln Park
The goals of this landscape were to be eco-friendly and give people a connection with the Earth.
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Portland Garden by a Dream Team of Eco-Friendly Designers
Steps chiseled from slabs of Lueders limestone traverse this hillside through plantings of drought-resistant grasses, perennials and shrubs.
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How to Plan an Heirloom Vegetable Garden
Precisely pruned hedges bring order to the exuberant plantings in this entry garden.
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Q&A: Deborah Needleman
This waterwise garden features cacti and succulents in mass quantities.
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A Waterwise Cactus Garden
This garden, on a tropical island, was designed to include winding paths that encourage slow exploration.
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Limestone Nordic gods guard the grounds of this hotel. An allée of trees stretches out behind them.
This is a great example of a lawnless front yard.
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Winter in Petaluma, California.
An allée of linden trees ends at a stacked-quartz fountain.
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An espalier of hornbeams screens this garden from the road, concealing an elegant parterre filled with box-edged beds of daffodils, tulips, and allium with an 100-year-old yew as its centerpiece.
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Glorious Hedges
Cor-Ten steel retaining walls act as planters.
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A Tiered Garden in Austin, Texas
The pool and fountain at the end of this path draw the eye, while a symmetrical planting scheme, featuring rhododendron with Carex elata ‘Bowles Golden,’ European ginger, and blue-flowering Hyacinthoides hispanica, gives a formal appearance.
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Tom Armstrong's Fishers Island Home
A formal entry garden with a classical parterre and fountain, is softened by casual drifts of plants with a Mediterranean palette.
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A Star Is Reborn
A model for effective planting on an open and sunny slope, this garden features a sun-loving medley of perennials, grasses, and herbs.
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A hedge, sculpture and water feature come together to create a unique garden room.
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Jack Lenor Larsen: The Dream Weaver
Decorative topiary meets naturalism at this 15th-century home.
This design is characterized by straight lines.
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The Art of Autumn
