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Before & After: Linda’s Moody and Artful Zen Side Yard Garden

Ivy growing on a wooden fence. The before the makeover.
The BEFORE of this side yard is overgrown (Linda says there is a wizard depicted on the fence with the vine – personally, I don’t see it) and anything but zen.

I’m always intrigued by what gardeners choose to do with the ‘side yard’.  It always seems to be an area that has a more specific purpose than other areas.  Often, it is the dog run, the tool area, the pass-through, the garbage can storage, the weed propagation area… or something else entirely unglamorous and un-destination worthy. It isn’t common to see a homeowner make the side yard into a zen-inspired garden.

Linda's zen garden before and after via www.pithandvigor.com
This moody space is highlighted by the dark planting and dark paving. The yellow house is the only bright element.

But Linda and her husband saw their side yard differently, and they chose to make it a zen garden that now, after the transformation, they use on a daily basis.   It is also a good reason to open some curtains — because the view is a lot nicer.  I love the moodiness of all the dark purple and red colors — it seems to embrace the vibe of this ‘between-the-buildings’ position and is a nice contrast to the buttery yellow house color.

Banana palm Lindas zen garden before and after via www.pithandvigor.com
A Banana palm gives some big leaf drama in this zen side yard makeover.
Lindas zen garden before and after via www.pithandvigor.com
Phormiums and other tropical plants surround this small stone patio.

I don’t have a side yard (per se), so I am curious: what unseemly things do you have going on in your sideyard….or have you made it beautiful in some interesting way? 

If you have a before and after that you would like to share email us here – we would love to see it and so would the rest of the PITH + VIGOR tribe. 

Images from Linda Woods at I am Art Blog

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