A garden of outdoor rooms

Pearl

Made in the shade

When your garden's got a cool out-door dining room, a shaded retreat, and a lush entertainment courtyard, taking a summer vacation can be as simple as stepping out your own back door.

That's the idea behind landscape designer Patricia Wagner's plot in San Leandro, California. "I was asking a lot of my garden," says Wagner, who wanted outdoor spots to work, relax, and host intimate dinners as well as large, lively parties. Her garden took just three weeks from design to completion ― "I knew what I needed," she says ― and she fit everything in by dividing her 1,500-square-foot backyard into a series of rooms that flow easily into one another.

A garden of outdoor rooms

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Plant green walls

To maintain a feeling of openness in the compact space, Wagner chose understated furniture. At a garage sale, she found a delicate-looking metal dining set that wouldn't impede garden views, then topped the table with glass. "You can look through the tabletop and furniture and see the garden beyond," Wagner says.

The dining area's simple candle chandelier (Wagner found hers at Ikea) is more functional than pillar candles.

Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Sheen’ hedges define the outdoor dining/work space. Wisteria vines cover the arbor.

A garden of outdoor rooms

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Brighten with whites

White ‘Iceberg’ roses (left) and plants with white-and-green foliage stand out against the greenery.

A garden of outdoor rooms

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Add water music

A two-tiered fountain burbles in the center of the party patio. Geranium incanum ‘Sugar Plum’ grows at its base.

A garden of outdoor rooms

max.wasim · **Posted:** Nov 07, 2009 **Post subject:**

Beautyfull

laiq.shahid · **Posted:** Nov 07, 2009 **Post subject:**

Super

Amir-07 · **Posted:** Nov 07, 2009 **Post subject:**

exellent..

ujala · **Posted:** Nov 08, 2009 **Post subject:**

i love 2nd one

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 10, 2009 **Post subject:**

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 10, 2009 **Post subject:**