{"id":18190,"date":"2018-06-28T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T23:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/?p=18190"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T21:40:23","slug":"blog-designing-your-dream-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/blog\/blog-designing-your-dream-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Your Dream Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While summer is well underway, there is still plenty of time to create a magical backyard that you love to spend time in, and there is certainly enough time to start planning for next year. But unless you\u2019re a gardener or a landscape mastermind, you may not know <em>how<\/em> to design a backyard that really wows. Here are some tips for backyard design, as well as a look into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/dream-backyard-giveaway\/enter-to-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayden Homes\u2019 Dream Backyard Giveaway.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dream-Backyard_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18201 size-medium\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dream-Backyard-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Path to Designing your Dream Backyard\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>How to Design Your Dream Backyard<\/strong><br \/>\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/remodel\/outdoors\/creating-a-landscape-concept-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great article published online at HGTV.com<\/a> provides some tips for designing your dream backyard and creating a landscape plan. Some of the biggest takeaways from the article include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start with the big areas.<\/strong> The article recommends that a homeowner start by planning the size and shape of the biggest areas of the backyard first, such as lawn or courtyard. This will help you to understand how the rest of your yard will be shaped.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understand your personal preferences.<\/strong> When creating spaces, you have a choice between straight lines or curved, symmetrical or asymmetrical designs, circles or squares, etc. While the shape of your home and the amount of space you\u2019re working with may influence these choices, your personal preference will likely have the biggest effect on this decision. Look through landscaping and gardening magazines and pay attention to what draws your eye and affection the most.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep things balanced and bold.<\/strong> As you\u2019re planning your landscape, you want to keep things balanced, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be a little bold, too. One recommendation from landscape architect Gary Menendez is to soften straight lines with flowers or lush plants, and to make curved garden pop by putting in an herb garden in a geometrical or sharp-line pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s always the option of hiring a professional, too! With a little research and planning, though, you should be able to create a beautiful landscape on a budget.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/How-to-Design-Your-Dream-Backyard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18198\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/How-to-Design-Your-Dream-Backyard-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"How-to-Design-Your-Dream-Backyard\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Download Ideas from our Previous Backyard Winners<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you\u2019re looking for a little more inspiration and you don\u2019t want to design your backyard from scratch, we are excited to share with you the plans from our past Dream Backyards winners! Feel free to download and utilize these!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/5DVeHj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD PLANS<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for 2016 Dream Backyard in Boise<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/2xzLCq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD PLANS<\/a> for 2017 Dream Backyard in Redmond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Hayden-Homes-Dream-Backyard-Giveaway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18200\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Hayden-Homes-Dream-Backyard-Giveaway-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The-Hayden-Homes Dream-Backyard-Giveaway\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>The Hayden Homes\u2019 Dream Backyard Giveaway<\/strong><br \/>\nWouldn\u2019t it be great if you could just have a professional come and design your backyard for you and if you didn\u2019t have to worry about coming up with the moolah? With the Hayden Homes\u2019 Dream Backyard Giveaway, that\u2019s exactly what you could get! The Dream Backyard Giveaway is an opportunity to turn your dreams for your backyard into a reality. The giveaway is a whopping $25,000 that can go to whatever your backyard dream is! Have you been thinking about a backyard jacuzzi? Or maybe a fire pit? Or just beds upon beds of gorgeous flowers or vegetable gardens? You can <strong>enter to win NOW thru August 15th, 2018<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0on the Hayden Homes\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/dream-backyard-giveaway\/enter-to-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dream Backyard Giveaway website<\/a>. <em>There is no purchase necessary<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Start-with-Your-Dream-Home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18199\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Start-with-Your-Dream-Home-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Start-with-Your-Dream-Home\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Start with Your Dream Home<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore you can start thinking about your dream backyard, you need to find your dream home! Hayden Homes can help &#8211; we have homes for sale throughout the Northwest, including the states of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/state\/new-homes-idaho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Idaho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/state\/new-homes-oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oregon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/state\/new-homes-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington<\/a>. We help homebuyers like you in buying your first home, upgrading to a bigger home, or just changing locations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayden-homes.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact us today<\/a> to learn more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While summer is well underway, there is still plenty of time to create a magical backyard that you love to spend time in, and there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136],"tags":[134,80,174,175],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Designing Your Dream Backyard, Tips\/Tricks and Download Plans for Previous Winners!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While summer is well underway, there is still plenty of time to create a magical backyard that you love to spend time in. 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