Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These elegant small backyard ideas are some of our favorite approaches to designing, landscaping and decorating a small space.

No matter how small your backyard may be, it's still brimming with landscape design potential. Something as simple as adding a water feature or planting climbing vines along a fence can instantly ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Don't write off your tiny yard. Even the smallest outdoor spaces are worthy of intentional landscape design. After all, these areas are extensions of your home—and your front yard in particular lends ...

When you want to upgrade your backyard, you typically need a couple different experts: a designer and an installer. An experienced designer has a knack for where things should go and has spent years ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you live in suburbia, like me, you can probably relate—I have a tiny yard. In fact, it's a tenth of an ...

Serene but child-friendly. Wild but modern. Sophisticated but hardwearing. Landscape designer Julie Farris‘s clients wanted it all when they approached her to tame and transform the overgrown backyard ...

Every block has one house that shines a little brighter than the others, and with these DIY landscaping ideas, that property can be yours. Whether you’re after curb appeal or crave an oasis of an ...

Small trees for landscaping can transform even the most modest landscape. “Your yard is only going to be so interesting if you’re only planting shrubs and perennials,” says Sam Niemann, founder of the ...