Small Yard

Only yesterday, the area behind the house was called “the backyard “—succinctly, graphically, and perhaps disparagingly.  Today it might be designated “the back garden” were it not that it has become so much more than that.  We have added new dimensions required by outdoor living, in which all the family indulges.  We have improved play … Read more

How do you provide privacy, variation, and color in the small garden?  How do you plan for a small patio and living area, a children’s play area, a place for laundry and garbage cans, and space for a vegetable and cutting garden all in the small backyard?  These are questions frequently asked by the small … Read more