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56 Beautiful Backyard Ideas for Big and Small Budgets
It’s time to upgrade your outdoor spaces.
Warm days and breezy evenings beckon us outside. Where’s the best place to kick back and enjoy the beautiful season? Your backyard! There’s no better spot for unwinding than the inviting spaces around your home. Thankfully, upgrading your yard doesn’t have to hurt your budget and hiring a pricey landscape designer isn’t necessary to create a beautiful yard that fits your needs and personal style.
We’ve put together a list of easy backyard design ideas and gardening tips that your family, friends, and furry companions can enjoy too! If your yard is big or small, filled with sunshine or covered in shade, lush with thickets of trees and shrubs or nearly bare, we have an inspiring collection to get your landscaping design plans moving forward. Browse projects that include bird baths and bird feeders, lush container gardening ideas, crowd-pleasing fire pits, outdoor lighting ideas, and even a surprisingly easy-to-install DIY stock tank pool.
Take your time, select one to two projects, head to the local farm supply store or garden or home improvement center for supplies, and get outside to begin refreshing your green spaces. You’ll be ready for cookout season, movie nights under the stars, and so much more in no time at all!
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Janece Maze is Associate Editor at Country Living, where she covers DIY projects, gardening, and travel. When she’s not in the kitchen creating a new recipe with farm fresh ingredients, you can find her on the road heading to a music festival or browsing a local consignment shop.
Arricca Elin SanSone is a freelance writer, editor, and digital content developer. She specializes in lifestyle and interior design content with a focus on gardening. Arricca earned dual bachelor’s degrees summa cum laude in English and classics from Hiram College, as well as an MBA cum laude from Georgia Southern University. Before writing full-time, Arricca studied in Rome, traveled in Europe, and taught school in Asia. With over a decade of experience, Arricca has pitched, researched, and crafted fresh story ideas and content to appeal to national audiences. She has written thousands of articles for print and digital publications such as Country Living, Good Housekeeping, Prevention, House Beautiful, and more. She’s passionate about gardening, baking, reading, and spending time with the people and dogs she loves.
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