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Fort Lauderdale, Florida · Broward County

Backyard makeover: turf, pavers and planting in Fort Lauderdale

An overgrown Fort Lauderdale backyard, bare dirt paths and all, rebuilt as an outdoor room: artificial turf, paver walkways and a circular paver patio, white rock beds, a fountain feature, new planting and the existing palms kept and cleaned up.

DavidBuilt for David, Fort Lauderdale

Overgrown backyard with bare dirt paths and the pink house before the makeover
Before
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Finished backyard with artificial turf, paver edging and the house beyond
After
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The yard had good bones: mature palms, a big shade tree and a covered patio. Everything in between had gone to dirt, roots and self-seeded growth, and the brick paths had sunk. The homeowner wanted a yard that looks finished in every season without constant mowing and watering.

We cleared and graded the whole lot, kept the palms and the shade tree, and laid a compacted base for the hardscape. Paver walkways now link the patio, the side yard and the shed, with a circular paver seating area in the middle of the lawn. Artificial turf went down over a geotextile layer, edged with white river rock beds and new planting, plus a tiered fountain as the focal point by the patio.

The after photos were taken once the planting had settled in. The yard reads as one continuous space from the patio to the back fence, and it stays that way without a mower.

What the job included

  • Clearing, grading and removal of dead growth, keeping the mature palms and shade tree
  • Compacted base, paver walkways and a circular paver patio
  • Artificial turf over geotextile fabric across the main lawn
  • White river rock beds with new tropical planting and edging
  • Tiered fountain feature and refreshed covered-patio seating area

Before

  • Overgrown backyard with bare dirt paths and the pink house before the makeover
  • Covered patio with worn furniture and a dirt yard beyond, before
  • Side of the house with overgrown beds and debris, before
  • Dirt path and dead palm fronds leading to the shed, before
  • Overgrown corner of the yard with sunken brick path, before
  • Brick path under palms, overgrown and uneven, before
  • Back of the house hidden behind overgrown plants, before
  • Patio furniture and closed umbrellas on a bare yard, before
  • Brick patio and yard looking toward the shed, before

During the job

  • Crew member laying geotextile fabric before the artificial turf

After

  • Finished backyard with artificial turf, paver edging and the house beyond
  • Stepping-stone pavers across new turf under the shade tree
  • Front of the house with new turf lawn and a white rock tree ring
  • Paver walkway with white rock beds along the side fence
  • Circular paver patio with planters set in white rock
  • Wide view of the finished yard: turf, pavers and the palms kept in place
  • Covered patio seating under a blue umbrella on new pavers
  • Tiered fountain and rock bed beside the patio seating
  • Wicker seating on pavers with the turf lawn beyond
  • Curved paver path through the turf toward the back fence
  • Finished lawn and paver circle from the back of the yard
  • Fountain planter with bromeliads on the new turf
  • Close-up of the fountain feature with succulents and white rock

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