Free Landscaping Pictures

By David Beaulieu, About.com Guide to Landscaping

Use my free landscaping pictures as a source for ideas for your own yard. The photos will provide homeowners with free landscaping ideas on everything from plant color schemes to fence selection. All of the photos are accompanied by commentary and links to further information, making this resource both fun and educational.

1. Landscape Design Examples
2. Landscaping the Different Areas of Your Yard
3. Types of Plants: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
4. Landscaping Through the 4 Seasons

Landscape Design Examples

Need some ideas for curb appeal projects? Browse these landscaping pictures showing design principles in action! See examples of "warm" and "cool" colors, textural contrasts, focal points and more.

• Landscape Color Schemes
• Plant Form and Texture
• Creating Focal Points
• Landscaping Pictures

Landscaping the Different Areas of Your Yard

These landscaping pictures show examples of some of the basic elements found in beautiful yards. Learn what areas of the yard you should concentrate on, as well as what components (both plants and "hardscape") you can use to beautify them.

• 10 Components of a Beautiful Yard
• Landscaping for House Entrances
• Landscaping Property Borders: Fence Pictures

Types of Plants: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

My pictures of plants, accompanied by commentary and links to additional resources, will aid you in plant selection for your own yard. Of course, not all plants are necessarily desirable; you may also want some help in identifying plants to eradicate (or avoid) while doing yard work. To that end, I offer pictures of such undesirables as poison ivy and poison sumac, as well as common lawn and garden weeds.

• Plant Pictures
• Pictures of Vines
• Flower Pictures
• Pictures of Poison Ivy

• Poison Sumac Pictures
• Weed Pictures
• Pictures of Flowering Trees

Landscaping Through the 4 Seasons

Ultimately, the goal of landscaping is a yard with four seasons of visual interest. I hope my landscaping pictures inspire you to achieve that goal. Two of the most interesting seasons for landscaping can be spring and fall: they don't always last long but can pack quite a visual wallop. Summer is filled with landscaping chores; consult my How-To Landscaping Videos to learn how to work smarter, not harder. Winter is the Scrooge of the four seasons of landscaping, but my photo gallery of winter landscapes shows you some new ways to dress up Old Man Winter.

• Spring: Pictures of Flowering Shrubs
• Summer: How-To Landscaping Videos
• Autumn: Fall Foliage Pictures
• Winter: Pictures of Winter Landscapes