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Stock Tank Planters
- Compact shape fits well in this narrow side yard by Aloe Designs in Vancouver.
- Using multiple planters makes it easy to grow more plants and to group plants with similar needs or requirements. It also adds a nice rhythm to the design.
- Adds a nice industrial style that feels polished.
- Troughs in the front yard add interest and structure to the loose, natural design in Sydney.
- Year-round structure mean the edible garden will always look good, even between seasons or when the plants are done producing.
Clusters of Containers
- Concrete courtyard of a converted dairy in London. Interior designer Beth Dadswell of Imperfect Interiors clustered oil drums and pots around the perimeter and to create a lush, green landscape on concrete.
- Arranged the clusters to include short, medium and tall plants — including trees — so that plants are layered like they would be in a garden. You almost couldn’t tell they’re all in pots on paving if you didn’t look down.
- Though the pots don’t all match, sticking to a couple colors (black and light gray), makes the arrangement look really intentional and beautiful.
- In another courtyard garden in London, this one by Rise Design Studio, containers also soften the edges and create the feeling of a planted garden.
- Grasses and strappy foliage plants in complementary colors make the space feel like a continuous, harmonious landscape.
- Mostly terra-cotta pots, even if they are different shapes, also helps tie the space together and goes well with the brick walls and floors, letting the blue door and frame pop.
- Pots are low on the left, with a lot of them, move higher on the dining table and then taller to the right, bringing the eye across and up and creating an interesting space.
- Even though this space is pretty tiny, I like that they’ve created two seating areas, with the lounge on the left and the beer hall table on the right. It makes the space more versatile, dynamic and feel more like a complete living space.
Multiple Outdoor Seating Areas
- In this small Austin backyard by B. Jane Gardens, the seating areas both look like lounge spaces, but the designer has set them up for different numbers of people.
- The paving also hints at this, with the pavers running right up to the group seating area, while it transitions to gravel only where the two chairs are, more “off the beaten path.”
Outdoor String Lights
- Backyard in San Francisco by Baran Studio Architecture has minimal outdoor lighting, save for the string lights on this wood slat pergola and the lanterns.
- At night, this makes the outdoor dining area feel like a real destination, drawing people out into the yard. while still keeping the backyard lighting simple and understated.
- I like how the string lights also throw some more of a whimsical and loose element into a more ordered outdoor space.
- Backyard by Randy Thueme Design, also in the Bay Area, overhead string lights unify this space and just make it more cozy and inviting.
- You’ll see here that the lights are hung from metal posts, as there is no convenient overhead structure. This allows you to design how and where you want to hang the lights even more to your preference.
- One more example with string lights in a rooftop garden by New Eco Landscapes in New York City.
- They hung the string lights on a single wall, creating the same cozy effect but being a little more creative with hanging and also perhaps beautifying a blank outdoor wall.
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