Gray Minimalist Garden Design

Limit Your Plant Palette

Minimalist design is all about restraint, avoid opting for too many plant species. Limit the number of plants specified in the design and use these repeatedly throughout the garden. Add texture by use hardy weather-resistant and evergreen plantings such as bamboo, succulents, grasses, and boxwood in an asymmetrical composition. When possible, incorporate synthetic lawn in the edging because it is always green and a sustainable material that virtually needs no upkeep. 

Soothing Grays

Charcoal gray may be a neutral, but it's also a statement. Gray hues are more modern than beige, yet less dramatic than black. With this versatile hue, you can go dark, bold or a soothing tone. You can go warm or cool, and still pair the neutral with just about any other color. Cool grays look fantastic combined with warm wood tones, or go for a warmer gray and add in some black, white and/or metallic accents for a clean, sophisticated look.

Create Boundaries

Borrow from the Japanese tradition of visualizing gardens as miniaturized nature by pairing plants in twos, threes, fives, and sevens, use stone, moss, and evergreens to give the space a timeless feel. Used polished concrete or limestone for the patio, ceramic or steel for the planters, artificial turf, and gravel.
Gray Landscaping Ideas

Silver Leaf Plants

Silver leaf plants may take on several different roles. They can add unique interest anywhere, working well on their own as focal points or with other plants. A silver leaved plant can be an excellent contrast to green plants while breaking up the monotony of single colored gardens. 
 
 
Ornamental Silver Foliage

Gray Stone

Stone has always been a cost-effective hardscape material for all garden styles. In gravel form it has been used in landscapes from the raked Zen gardens of Japan to the driveways of English landscape gardens, and it is also installed in contemporary and drought tolerant gardens. 
 
 
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