Just as much as you might focus on the practicality and tidiness of your garden, you can add a lot to your property (especially its curb appeal) with the right focus on aesthetics.
There are a lot of directions you can take it, from the elegant and sophisticated to the warm and homey. However, for those with a fondness for cleanliness and precision, here are a few modern garden styling tips to keep in mind.
Keep It Clean And Minimalist
The modern style is, in large part, all about simplicity and uncluttered design. As such, rather than ornate features, opt for choices like straight-edged paving and streamlined furniture to keep it cohesive.
Use a restrained color palette, with blacks, whites, and slate colors that pair well with greenery, to keep it calm yet naturalistic. The aim is balance: every element should feel intentional, with negative space as important as filled space.
By embracing simplicity and precision, your garden transforms into a modern outdoor retreat that feels sophisticated, spacious, and effortlessly stylish.
Create Coordinated, Intentional Spaces
One of the most modern uses of the garden is as an open-air entertaining or dining space. With clean decking or a patio, you can easily design an outdoor room that allows for much versatile use of the space.
Adding contemporary features like a glass balustrade ensures a transparent view of the landscape, seamlessly connecting and yet separating the dining space from the rest of the garden.
A similar focus on modern materials, such as a glass dining table and rattan chairs, can help you maintain that air of sleek, sophisticated design, making your outdoor space feel more coordinated and intentionally designed.
Keep Your Plants Structured
How you manage the greenery of your garden can very much affect how modern it feels as well.
Balancing hard landscaping with purposeful planting instead of informal flowerbeds allows for symmetry and repetition.
You can make good use of planter boxes to ensure a specific purpose and placement for all of your growths and make use of architectural species like bamboo, agave, or topiary to add striking focal points that align with clean design principles.
While those aiming for a more luxury style may opt to spread colorful flowers all across the garden, the modern style is more about restraint and planning.
Use Lighting To Enhance Your Atmosphere
Lighting and accessories are the finishing touches that bring a modern garden to life after sunset.
Integrated LED strips along decking, uplighters for architectural plants, and sleek bollard lights for pathways create a layered, contemporary glow.
Of course, lighting has plenty of benefits other than its aesthetic contributions, helping to keep your garden visible and, thus, safer, especially at night, and especially when it’s used to mark boundaries or height changes that could otherwise become a tripping hazard.
With the right lighting and features, your garden becomes a stylish, safe extension of your home.
A modern-looking garden can make your whole home feel a lot cleaner, contemporary, and chic. The above ideas are just a few that you should keep in mind when designing the perfect space.