A compact outdoor area can also be designed in a small area, for example on the balcony or in the city backyard. The important thing is that you use the right mix of plants, garden furniture and your creativity!
Design a small garden on a spacious balcony
Whether you have a small side yard or a tiny patio in yourCity apartmentThe limited space definitely doesn't mean you have to miss out on lush plants or cool garden accessories! No, just the opposite! Today we're trying to use our 20 creative picture examples for a beautiful,small gardenTo convince you that it is also possible within the big city.
Enjoy a small garden in an urban environment
Creating a magnificent outdoor space turns out to be a pleasant but not very easy task. That's why you definitely need to start with careful planning. Maybe you need that spark of inspiration to start designing your outdoor mini garden? Here with us you now have the opportunity to draw inspiration and new ideas! First think about what stimulates your imagination the most and then get to work! Plan that nowsmall gardenof your dreams in the middle of the big city!
The path to a small garden – 20 design variations
1. Pergola in the urban garden
You can also take advantage of the advantages of a pergola in the city. There you can grow colorful climbing plants and enjoy pleasant shade in summer. A comfortable bench also ensures comfort and complete relaxation.
2. Garden from beds
Create small beds and create lots of greenery on your roof terrace. A wooden floor makes the terrace look even more natural. It is best to choose wooden tiles that click into one another.
3. Modern with mirror
Horizontal wooden panels can protect your mini garden from prying eyes and separate the area. Not only are they the perfect privacy screen, the wooden shades bring a warm, modern look to the garden seating area. A large mirror hung on a wall improves the light and creates the impression that the garden extends much further into the distance. This visual illusion means you'll never feel trappedsmall gardenfeel.
2. Urban jungle
Tall, wide planters filled with bamboo plants are placed along the back wall, transforming this once boring urban backyard into a lush oasis. Our tip: Place plants with attractive foliage behind the seating area, as done here, and you'll feel like you're sitting in a jungle.
4. Create a cozy little garden
This narrow terrace could easily have remained a forgotten space, sandwiched between two tall buildings. But as you can see, they added some great climbing plants here and completely changed their look. There's a picnic table here and fairy lights hanging above it, so this is now a cozy place to spend some time outside with friends.
5. Mini vacation destination
This small terrace looks like part of a real flower fair. The garden designer has created a common space with several small, connected seating areas. Integrated benches lead to a short staircase that leads to a higher dining platform. Planting beds hidden between and behind the seating areas ensure that the compact garden appears surprisingly spacious.
6. City Balcony
Every square meter has been put to good use on this New York balcony, with built-in planters and tightly wrapped bench seating. A subtle color palette of weathered wood and greenery makes the space look simple and elegant.
7. A little green
Do you want to lie comfortably on the green grass with a good book in your hand? This would be possible even though you only have a tiny space in the yard that you call your own. Take inspiration from this innovative outdoor space and transform your mini patio into a cozy outdoor space, with space for a cafe table and with soft green grass!
8. Eclectic relaxation zone
Many people like this: they want to sit in the shade under a tall tree and spend quiet afternoon hours there. Mirrors and plates hang on the wall, birdcages and lanterns are suspended from the branches and these details create a whimsical, creative mood here.
9. Small kitchen in the backyard
Do you want to quickly prepare something outside? As an avid cook, you can put a small pizza oven there, keep pots and pans next to it. You definitely need fresh food outsideHerbsgrow, which you always have on hand when cooking. Beautiful flowers and blooming herbs complete the garden look and fill this outdoor spacewith a wonderful scent.
10. Personal cafe in the backyard
A gravel-covered floor, rustic log seating and a simple café table transform this spot into a charming place to enjoy your coffee in the morning or a beer in the evening. Even if you can't plant anything here, you can use a few large planters to add some much-needed greenery to this outdoor setting.
11. Narrow backyard garden
A long, narrow yard in Brooklyn, New York, got a new dose of livability after renovation. A plant container is placed at the foot of the stairs to provide the lush greenery on the Ipe deck. The decking extends further to an outdoor dining area, but here everything is surrounded by greenery.
12. Stay outside in the shade
Creating a cozy garden in the courtyard – isn’t that your dream? Here we see it already realized. The result is a cozy and inviting place to chat, read or take a nap under the shade of a large tree. Everything here is rounded off by lots of greenery and looks so fresh. The low wall also serves as a backrest for the integrated bench and connects the courtyard with the house.
13. Cobbled courtyard garden
Even in a larger property, sometimes there is a smaller place that needs special attention. Our example here: a lovely house with a beautiful cobbled garden in Atherton,California. Away from the extensive lawns, a path runs between the hedges and leads to a secluded garden bench under fragrant climbing roses.
14. Quiet corner
This is not a typical walk-through room, this is more of an inviting side courtyard where you can slow down your steps and breathe deeper. This quiet corner is rich in green ferns and other shade plants that line the gravel path. Low-growing plants fill this little outdoor oasis with a variety of colors, from green to chartreuse and then back to moss green.
15. Side yard with small seating area
Maybe your small garden next to the house is the only outdoor space you have. Despite the limited space, you can create your own personal outdoor space by adding a cozy seating area. The tree on the side of the street serves as a privacy screen and offers you a lot of privacy in the side yard. In addition, the beautiful view is simply unique!
16. Small rooftop hideaway
DieRoof terracecan become your favorite place. Convince yourself of it! Between the integrated planters and benches, climbing plants and rich facade decoration, you feel more like you're in the sky bar of a chic hotel on the roof and forget that it's just a small roof garden in the middle of the big city. If you want to have such a romantic place, then act quickly! Bring some large planters to your roof terrace, big enough to grow beautiful evergreen plants there! Get suitable furniture and voila! You have the key solution to transforming an abandoned rooftop terrace into an outdoor green oasis!
