A courtyard garden is the perfect way to upgrade unused corners outside your home. It creates a beautiful fusion between the architecture and plants, and helps to build in green spaces, even with minimal areas for planting. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash's planting idea is the perfect example.
Rather than a traditional yard, the musician's Los Angeles home boasts a sandstone courtyard garden filled with greenery. Though upon first glance, anyone would be stunned by the jungle-like level of plants, a closer look reveals something even more impressive: they are planted across a surprisingly small square footage of soil. The walled space is full of orchids, hostas, and palms, all living harmoniously in one green space. They are the perfect complement to the archways of Slash's home and the terracotta pathway cutting through the space.
