{"id":26167,"date":"2025-07-19T10:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=26167"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:04:30","slug":"smart-landscaping-tips-for-creating-a-functional-space-saving-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2025\/07\/smart-landscaping-tips-for-creating-a-functional-space-saving-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Landscaping Tips for Creating A Functional &#038; Space-Saving Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tiny houses have been having a moment for a while now. In an age of rising housing costs, concerns about sustainability, and a desire to declutter and simplify life, small houses appeal to many. The term \u201ctiny house\u201d has come to encompass a lifestyle that values smaller, simpler, and more affordable homes that are larger than sheds but much smaller than the McMansions of a generation ago. Think 600 to 1,200 square feet vs. the 1,800 square feet that is currently the median home size in the United States.1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tiny houses tend to have tiny yards, so their landscaping needs to enhance instead of overpower the small dwelling and make the most of the available outdoor space. These expert tips will help you landscape around your tiny home perfectly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Grow Up, Not Out<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The best way to maximize small yards is to use your vertical space outdoors. This can be done with hanging plants, vine-covered trellises or walls, tall potted plants, understory trees, and stacked planters. Garden designer Laura Najman Janney owns The Inspired Garden in New Jersey and is a fan of plants that climb up a wall or tall plants, not just because they take up less space but also because they make an outdoor space private. Plants provide a shield between you and your neighbors, who may be nearby in a tiny yard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cVertical plants make a space feel enclosed and like a private sanctuary,\u201d says Janney. \u201cIt makes a small outdoor space feel larger by making it a private oasis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Pick Small Plants<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Choose plants that are in scale with the size of the house. \u201cYou can\u2019t put in some big perennial or shrub into a small yard,\u201d Janney says. \u201cYou have to be mindful of your space.\u201d Giant shrubs and trees can visually overwhelm a tiny house and make the yard feel even smaller. Dwarf varieties of classic plants stay small even when mature. Big plants are not off limits; they just need to be used strategically. A large tree placed on the south or west side of your tiny house can provide shade and reduce cooling costs, and a single large plant can be a focal point in the landscape of a tiny house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. Choose Long-Blooming Plants<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You don\u2019t have a lot of outdoor space, so pack it with plants that provide color for a long time. Janney recommends planting perennials that have long blooming periods. \u201cYou don\u2019t want something that is going to bloom for just two weeks a year,\u201d Janney says. \u201cYou want your yard to look good for as long as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plants that have flowers on them for a long time include catmint, coneflowers, yarrow, and continuously blooming hydrangeas and roses. Plants with colorful foliage are also a good choice for a tiny house yard. Think coral bells, hosta, and caladium.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou want plants that will look beautiful all the time, whether they are blooming or not,\u201d says Janney.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. Limit Your Color Palette<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Janney advises keeping the color palette for plants simple and repetitive in small yards. \u201cDon\u2019t go crazy and put every color of flowers and foliage in the yard,\u201d she says. \u201cToo many colors look chaotic, cluttered, and overwhelming.\u201d Limiting the color palette in the landscape around a tiny house creates a more cohesive and calming garden. \u201cYou want a harmonious look that feels intentional and well-designed instead of random or messy,\u201d Janney says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. Create an Outdoor Room<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding an area like a deck or patio that functions as an outdoor room maximizes the living area of your tiny house and connects the outdoors to the indoors. Use it for dining, lounging, or napping. It\u2019s like putting an addition onto your tiny house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Janney advises that you should personalize this outdoor room to your taste and make it as functional as possible. Invest in comfy seating, hang string lights to create ambience, and add plants for visual interest. \u201cTreat the space like an actual room,\u201d Janney says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6. Add a Container Garden<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Add a container garden to your tiny house\u2019s yard to pack more plants into a small space. Window boxes can squeeze in more plants and tie your tiny house to the surrounding landscape. Pick containers with an eye toward design. \u201cChoose containers that themselves add color and interest to your outdoor space, so you\u2019re not just relying on the plants,\u201d Janney says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7. Think About Sustainability<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Landscape a small yard in a way that goes with the tiny house aesthetic of minimalism and sustainability. Incorporate edible plants like herbs, vegetables, and dwarf fruit trees. Include plants that attract pollinators and provide habitat for wildlife. Minimize turf lawn areas and use water-wise tactics like drip irrigation, rain barrels, and mulching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhg.com\/tiny-house-landscaping-tips-11724663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 Designer-Approved Landscaping Tips to Maximize Every Inch of Your Tiny Home&#8217;s Outdoor Space<\/a> by Leanne Potts | Better Homes &amp; Gardens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiny houses have been having a moment for a while now. 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