Best 9 Landscaping Ideas for an Enchanting Outdoor Space

Create a French countryside-inspired atmosphere with a lavender field leading to a stone flower-arranging studio, like Wendy Owen's Sonoma, California, property.

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Lavender Field

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Balance quaint and polished elements in your garden, like Emily Janak's Wyoming mountain house, with a well-kept lawn contrasting with wild lavender within a wooden fence.

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Quaint Fencing

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Incorporate a life-size chess board into your backyard design, like Ken Fulk's creation, to add a fun and unique element to your outdoor space.

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Life-Size Chess

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Revamp your backyard with fresh brickwork and sculptural greenery, like Patrick Wade's design for a 1930s Spanish Revival bungalow.

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Structured Greenery

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Use a partial stone wall to prop up a pergola for shade and create a cozy fireplace zone, like Jeffrey Dungan's design for a 1950s ranch in Kansas City.

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Stone Partition

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Replace traditional garden fences with rows of hydrangeas and hedges, like Robert Stilin's design for a summer cottage in East Hampton.

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Blooming Flower Border

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Use paint colors like Go Away Green to add more vertical greenery to a hardscaped patio, like Mimi McMakin's design.

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Strategic Paint Colors

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Opt for gravel instead of a lawn and bring in greenery with lush pots and topiaries scattered around the perimeter of the yard, like Gen Sohr's Nashville patio.

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Gravel Ground

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Use window boxes to add a touch of greenery to your outdoor space, even if you don't have a front yard or porch, like Sarah Bartholomew's design.

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Window Boxes

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