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South Florida Landscaping Ideas.

Front yard, backyard and low-maintenance ideas for homes in Broward and Miami-Dade. Every photo is a property our crew designed or keeps.

Backyard with a pool, multi-trunk palms set in stone-ringed beds and a wide manicured lawn

Front Yard Ideas

Front yard bed of red rock with palms, rounded shrubs and bromeliads, framed by a clipped hedge and a stone border

Rock beds instead of struggling grass

Replace a tired patch of lawn with a rock bed: red or black rock, a few rounded shrubs, bromeliads, and a clipped hedge or stone border to hold the edge.

Why it works here

No mowing inside the bed, less water than turf, and the shape stays clean between visits.

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Brick paver walkway to a front entry, lined with rounded shrubs, clipped hedges and black river rock

Sculpted shrubs along the walk

Rounded shrubs and a low clipped hedge lining a paver walkway turn the path to the door into the feature of the yard.

Why it works here

Shrubs that take shearing well hold a formal shape all year, and black river rock beneath keeps the base tidy.

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Curving clipped hedge ring around two palms with a black river rock edge

A hedge ring around the palms

Wrap a pair of palms in a curving clipped hedge and edge it with rock, so two trunks in a lawn become one deliberate shape.

Why it works here

Grass struggles in the shade at the base of palms. The hedge and rock cover that ground instead of fighting it.

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Entry bed finished with black rock, white stones, rounded shrubs and a clipped border

A dark rock entry bed

Black rock and a scatter of white stones around a sculpted tree make a small entry bed read as finished, with only a few plants.

Why it works here

A handful of plants is easy to keep sharp, and the contrast does the work that a crowded bed would otherwise have to.

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Backyard Ideas

Backyard with a pool, multi-trunk palms set in stone-ringed beds and a wide manicured lawn

Palms in stone rings by the pool

Set palms in stone-ringed beds along the pool deck and keep the lawn open, so the planting frames the space instead of filling it.

Why it works here

Palms give height and light shade without the constant leaf litter of many shade trees.

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Tall privacy hedge along a backyard with a black river rock border

A privacy hedge with a river rock border

A tall hedge along the fence line becomes a living wall, with a band of black river rock between hedge and lawn.

Why it works here

It softens the fence, blocks the view in, and the rock band keeps the mower off the hedge roots.

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Multi-trunk palms set in clipped hedge boxes along a lakefront lawn

Palm islands on a lakefront lawn

Multi-trunk palms set in clipped hedge boxes along the water give a lakefront yard structure without blocking the view.

Why it works here

The hedge boxes define each island, so the lawn between them stays easy to mow.

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Low-Maintenance Landscaping That Holds Up Here

  • Choose plants for the spot: full sun, shade, salt air or wet ground each want different plants.
  • Group plants by water need, so one zone is not overwatered to keep another alive.
  • Use mulch or rock to hold moisture and keep weeds down.
  • Plant for mature size. Beds that look full on day one are overcrowded two seasons later.
  • Plants that hold up well here include bromeliads, crotons, coontie, firebush, clusia and podocarpus.

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Common Questions

What is the lowest-maintenance landscaping for South Florida?
Beds of rock or mulch with drought-tolerant plants chosen for the sun and soil, grouped by water need and spaced for their mature size. Less lawn means less mowing and less water.
How much does landscaping cost in Florida?
It depends on the size of the area, the materials, the plants and how much site preparation is needed. After a walk of the property you get a written scope and price. Share your budget range up front and the design is built to it.
Can I do one idea now and more later?
Yes. Larger plans are often installed in phases, usually starting with the front yard because it is what people see first.
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