12 Beautiful Garden Landscaping Ideas

Having a beautiful garden adds a lot of beauty and value to your home. Create a natural sanctuary and beautiful spaces for you and your family to spend time together in.

Nature can lift your mood, boost your well being and help you find balance in life. It is a no brainer to invest time and energy into your garden to bring more nature into your home.

Here are 12 beautiful garden landscaping ideas which are suitable for all different types of homes and gardens.

1. Design A Living Room Outside For Entertaining

Make your garden an extension of your house by creating a space that you love to spend time in. A backyard is an addon to what is going on inside. Make it fun, casual and colourful!

Can create a living area with flooring, furniture, a barbeque and shelter from the weather. This will flow seamlessly from your indoor living room and kitchen. Create different zones of activity like cooking, playing, eating and relaxing. You will love entertaining your friends and family in this space! Make sure you have plenty of trees, flowers, plants and patches of grass to feel like you are in nature.

You can tackle this as a DIY project otherwise it may be best to hire a professional landscape designer to assess the space you have and make sure its potential is realised. They will figure out the style, materials, plants and will be able to recommend builders and landscapers to get everything done!

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2. Install A Firepit

Who doesn’t love sitting outside by a fire! Firepits have always been a place of congregation and connection for humans. Bring the great outdoors to your backyard by installing a firepit and creating a campfire whenever you feel like it.

Keep warm in the evening, tell stories by the fire and always have a place to toast marshmallows! You will have your friends and neighbours always knocking on your door for a bonfire.

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3. Build A Backyard Cabin

Build a getaway to the wilderness right in your backyard. Build an open facing wood cabin. This works especially well if your backyard has tall trees which you can nestle the cabin between.

With the shelter provided from the roof, you can make a beautiful seating area inside with rugs and cushions.

Outside the cabin, you can install a firepit and place more wooden chairs around it to create an incredible scene at home. 

4. Line Your Pathways and Stairs With Flowers

This is a simple landscaping idea which will add a whole lot of beauty and warmth to your garden. Line any pathways or stairs you have in your backyard or leading up to your house with gorgeous flowers. 

You can pick a type of flower and stick to just that, for example Lavender or mix it up and plant a variety of flowers around your paths.

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5. Make Your Entrance Grand With Bold Flowers

Every time someone comes to visit, you want them to be impressed from the moment they step outside your front door. An easy way to do this is to decorate your front door with big and elaborate flowers.

A good plant to use for this purpose is hydrangeas. They are beautiful, big and bold! Plant them in two large pots on either side of your front door.

You can also include other pots of small trees and plants to line the entrance to your home. Take it to another level by allowing climber vines to grow in an arch around your front door.

You will feel so good every time you step through your front door.

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6. Boost Greenery With Wisteria Vines

If you have a small garden in an urban area with little greenery wisteria vines are great! You can install wooden lattices against your walls and fences for the vines to grow up and around. 

This will make your back garden more private if you live in very close proximity to your neighbours!

Combine this with charming furniture, rustic terra cotta pots and you will have a peaceful garden sanctuary even in the middle of a metropolis.

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7. Create A Family Lawn Chill-Out Zone With Bean Bags And Garden Beds

This landscaping idea is perfect if you have a decent-sized lawn and a family! Create a square patch in the middle of your lawn and fill it with gravel or tiles.

In the square, you can create a comfy seating area with bean bags and outdoor chairs. On either side of the chill-out zone, you can build a series of wooden garden beds.

Inside the garden beds, you can create veggie gardens and plant pretty flowers. This creates a space for you to hang out as a family and get the kids stuck in the garden!

8. Build An Archway Leading To Your Entrance

This is a great way to add an enchanting element to your garden. Build a wooden archway and a tiled footpath leading from your garden to your entrance. This can be done at the front of the house or the back.

Plant some climbing vines or climbing moonflower and allow them to grow around the archway, creating a beautiful green entrance to your home. Along the pathway, you can also plant rose bushes which will grow alongside the archway to create a romantic entrance.

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9. Create Spaces For Your Garden To Grow With Your Family

When your family is young create spaces in your garden for them to play. This could include a bare lawn for games with a swing or sandpit tucked up against the fence. As the children grow these areas can be transformed to suit everyone.

The children’s swing can be turned into a large porch-style swing seat and the play area can be turned into a beautiful garden bed for flowers and vegetables to grow. The lawn will provide space for sports and games to be played from childhood to adulthood for your whole family!

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10. Include A Water Feature To Create Tranquility

Being in nature and around the calming sound of running water can lift your mood and create more peace and happiness in your life. You can achieve this at home by including a water feature in your garden.

Create a peaceful corner in your yard with greenery and a central focal point. In the central point install a fountain. Enjoy the sound of water flowing over pebbles after a busy week to truly relax and unwind.

11. Build A Secret Garden

Find a spot in your garden and build a wooden structure that various types of climbing vines can grow on. This will create a natural roof made of plants. Underneath the structure decorate the space with cosy outdoor furniture. Plant large bushes and flowers all around the structure.

This will create a hidden garden oasis in your home. Spend time here reading, eating and spending quality time with your loved ones.

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12. Create A Floral Front Yard

This is perfect if you have a street-facing house with windows. Install flower boxes in front of your windows and fill them with your favourite flowers until they are overflowing.

Plant an abundance of beautiful flowers in your front yard to match your flower boxes. You can choose flower colors that match your home and your personality! This will create an eye-catching and welcoming front yard for your home.

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There you have 12 beautiful landscaping ideas for your garden.

No matter how big or small your outdoor space you can create something magical right in your backyard!