Alley garden side yards

Looking for a project this Labor Day? We took 3 days to transform our side yard, add a pathway, disguise ugly utilities, and fence off a neglected part of our backyard. It's not maintenance free and looks better than ever- get the details on the blog!

Here’s the final makeover of our garden and this time I was transforming this little random side alley,that appeared to have no real function. With some fairly simple renter-friendly changes I’ve managed to make it useful and more than that, it feels like a peaceful sanctuary, tucked away. I’m sharing how I made this changes…

Side Yard Garden Before and After-one year later

Pathways are highly underrated. Some people may not pay much attention to them, but they do play a big part in some of the most iconic movie and book

This is a secret garden!My friend and native plant gardener, Alice, describes herself as a late comer to native plants. I say she is an artist whose palette is native plants. The results are enchanting. There are so many ideas to borrow from her garden. Growing Many SpeciesOne is an approach that defies traditional garden design advice to place plants in groups of odd numbers, 3s, 5s, or 7s, to create mass of color or texture. While Alice employs this technique in a few places, she also uses…

Check out these landscaping ideas to take advantage of your narrow side yard.

The side yard is often an afterthought in the garden-design process — since it's small and hidden from view, it's easy to overlook, but sometimes you could turn it into a lush garden with a lot of detail to plants and landscaping.

Side yard or small space garden - probably going to do this for the smaller side yard.

Painting a garden fence using paint or stain. Dark, light or untreated fences in a garden plus tips for painting to get a good finish

I originally wrote this post about transforming a side yard eight years ago. However, I've re-written this post to share this gem of a garden...