Garden Ideas gallery for you to get inspiration for your garden.
Gallery 1 – Small Garden Ideas & some medium sized gardens too!
If you’d like to know more about how to design a small garden, take a look at the Small Garden Design page.
Gallery 2 – Traditional Formal and Informal Garden Styles
Gallery 3 – Contemporary Garden Ideas
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Brilliant – the best before and after set of garden videos I have seen and of course being set to music only adds to the energy. Thank you for sharing these images with us. Cheers! John
Thank you! (words would never be enough to show you my appreciation)
You are very welcome Erika. Glad you have found this helpful.
i need design ideas for a roof garden please
There’s an article here that will help, https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/big-ideas-for-tiny-roof-gardens-part-2/
Let me know if you have any specific design questions & I will do my best to answer them in a future blog post or podcast.
This is really breathtaking, thank you
I love the before and after views, which are the only way to have proof of all the hard work that has gone into the project.
I live in northern France, I’d like to send you a plan of my garden, I’d appreciate your precious advice.
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed the photos. Do please send me your plan, happy to take a look!
Best wishes
Rachel
Brilliant website, was wondering what type of hardwood decking you use or recommend as the designs on here look stunning. Thanks
Hi Mark,
Thank you! We mostly use Ipe. It has a beautiful colour when it’s oiled and fades to a distinguished silver if you choose not to oil it and it is less expensive than teak.
You can read more about the different types of decking here: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/deck-ideas-for-your-garden/
Absolutely brilliant website, so inspiring. I was wondering what the lovely big purple round headed flowers are please?
Hi Christine, they are alliums, I think the variety we used in that garden was called Purple Sensation!
Hello!!!! Im a biologist from Colombia. I’m trying long time ago to find a good course of gardening desing or landscaping… i’ve been working in gardening desing for almost tree years here in Colombia, but i will like to learn more and to do better things every day. May be you can help me suggesting something…..
thank you very very much and let mi tell you that you a very nice website!!!!
Thank you Adriana. Well I do run a online garden design course. It doesn’t have a qualification as it was designed for homeowners but it does show you the fast way to design a garden. You can find out more information here: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/products/ click on the first one as that is the main course and includes the survey and planting course as part of it.
If you do want a qualification then there are a list of good college courses here: https://www.gardensillustrated.com/advertisement-feature/education-guide
Hope that helps!
R
Rachel-Your design work is outstanding. I love looking at all you have done for your clients. Every project is amazing with incredible transformations. Can’t heap on enough praise! If I was a newbie gardener and was just setting out on my project I would certainly do your design course. Coming to Austin again? Let us know.
Ah thank you so much Jenny, that’s really kind of you to say 😮
Well, your garden is absolutely beautiful so think you’ve done just fine without my course!! I would love to come to Austin again, I had such a great time, not sure when I’ll next be back but yes, I will definitely let you know.
Please I live in a Senior apartment building,,,,we need to have an entrance with color and flowers atc,what do you suggest? shaded in am but hot sun in afternoon,,,Greatly appreciated thanks …would like to have some perennials as they spend way to much on annuls every year
Hi Marion,
Which part of the world are you in and what is the hottest and coldest temperatures you get? If you can give me an idea of those I can make a few suggestions.
The best place though, is to go to a website that helps you choose plants based on location, colour etc – take a look at this page to read more: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-new-garden-plant-picking-resource-and-its-free/
Hi, we just recently moved in to this house and started to slowly develop the backyard. We started with a pergola attached to the wall of our bedroom. Its 12ft by 12ft in size, but we are having second thoughts of putting wood flooring due to costs issue and now resorting to cement which is cheaper. any ideas? thanks.
Hi Lito, can you email me a photo of the area, then I’ll be able to get a better idea of your situation before I offer any solutions.
I am looking for design ideas for a small front garden. I want to re-design mine. Thank you
Hi Bescy,
There isn’t much on the site on front gardens yet (it’s on my to-do list). One article that might be helpful is https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/big-ideas-for-tiny-gardens-part-1/
I’m about to start writing an ebook on how to design a small garden – if you’d like to email me where you’re stuck, I’ll make sure I include a solution in the ebook. Sorry that doesn’t exactly help you right now though.
Best wishes
Rachel
hi Rachel,
Your videos are awesome. Do you have some front yard landscaping ideas that you can share with me?
Thank you.
Reina
Hi Reina,
Thank you! I don’t currently have any front yard landscaping ideas but it’s on my todo list. There are a few on the ideas page in the video slideshows but not all in one place. I’ll update this comment when I have put something together, but it will be a while.
I have started a front garden ideas board over on Pinterest you can look at but not many images at the moment https://pinterest.com/successfulgd/front-garden-ideas/
Best wishes
Rachel
Hello Rachel,
Found your website and videos really awesome……. I live in Malta and have an open terrace on the second floor, which would like to turn in it into a relaxing small garden…. terrace is not big … but cannot manage to put ideas together….
Any chance you can help with it :)))))
really appreciate and best regards
chris
Hi Chris,
Ahh thank you! 🙂 Yes, I’d love to help you with your terrace. I run a garden design clinic with 2 levels of advice, check out the design clinic here
Then email some pictures – looking forward to seeing it!
Best wishes
Rachel
Hi rachel
I need some advice how to start to draw a garden design please
Thanks .zak
Hi Zak,
Have you seen the free garden design video tutorials page – there’s a series of videos that will show you where to start with your garden.
And if you want to know more about the design process, then sign up for the free video tutorial on how to design a garden on the home page.
Hope those help you.
Best wishes
Rachel
Hi Rachel
Your designs are amazing. these are very unique and different. I live in Australia and i have small uneven backyard and i also have very small space at front of my house. I need some advice for my both gardens. Please help….
Regards
Veerpal
Thank you Veerpal, that’s lovely to hear 🙂
Funnily enough I’m designing some gardens in Australia right now! Have you entered your garden into the competition to win a free garden design? You have until Thursday morning to enter- details are here: FREE Garden Design
Also check out the Start Here page on the website as that will show you the best articles on different landscaping needs.
You can also book a Garden Design Clinic with me if you want specific advice.
Hope that helps.
Best wishes
Rachel
Really starting to like this site!!!!
Thanks Patty that's great to know! 🙂
WOW..
regina did you use this design
Beautiful garden design , I like it
I would like to learn more about gardens in SPAIN (Marbella region) any tips for the planting range? Did you do gardens here and have examples in your portfolio? thanks kindly
These have definitely been inspiring garden designs. I would love to have a garden like the contemporary example. I think that I loved it so much because of the clean but natural feel. Hopefully one day my yard can look like this one, thank you for this idea!