No Lawn Landscaping. Five minutes with a leaf blower, a quick change of annual color, and work here is done. Ditching the lawn doesn't mean giving up on your space.
The front yard-back yard consideration may yield valuable results, one that keeps some patch of lawn where it's most needed. Just removing the lawn isn't enough to turn your backyard into a showplace. Five minutes with a leaf blower, a quick change of annual color, and work here is done.
Five minutes with a leaf blower, a quick change of annual color, and work here is done.
Think of a forest with low groundcovers, ferns, shade-tolerant understory shrubs and trees, and the tall overhead trees.
Multiple materials supply varied layers in a landscape; try mixing a solid-surface with loose gravel. For example, in this backyard, the lawn was covered up with large slabs of concrete spaced a few inches apart. An easy backyard idea for small yards is to create a layered landscape – just like in nature.