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My Great Outdoors: Sandy's Shared Space

Name: Sandy Location: San Francisco Type of space: Courtyard of Multi-Unit Building Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My garden is about 5 years old now and it gives me great ...

My Great Outdoors: Tierney Conner's Outdoor Room

Name: Tierney Conner Location: Oakland Type of space: Deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Our outdoor room is a series of cascading decks that link the interior of our exis...

My Great Outdoors: Kimberley's Apartment Patio

Name: Kimberley Location: Sunnyvale Type of space: Apartment Patio Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My project has been the entire patio itself. I rent a tiny apartment, but...

My Great Outdoors: Pete the Cat's Curtained Balcony

Name: Pete the Cat Location: Vancouver, BC Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This is a south facing balcony on the top floor corner of a three story bui...

My Great Outdoors: Rene's Therapy Garden

Name: Rene Location: San Francisco Type of space: Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I call this my therapy garden. I was raised gardening with both my mom and dad, only...

My Great Outdoors: Leeann's Sophisticated Patio

Name: Leeann Lewis Location: Portland Type of space: Covered Patio Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We wanted a comfortable, practical and colorful space to sit outside and ...

My Great Outdoors: King Tender's Berkeley Garden

Name: King Tender Location: Berkeley Type of space: Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: For the last four years, I've been working on turning the weed patch that was our...

My Great Outdoors: Sara and Sean's Back Alley Gardens

Name: Sara and Sean Kiffe Location: Missoula, Montana Type of space: Side yard and alleyway veggie and flower garden (with chicken coop) Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We h...

My Great Outdoors: Becky's Perfect Portland Patio

Name: BeckyM Location: Portland Type of space: Patio Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This room-sized patio has just enough space for us to have a potted herb garden, a benc...

My Great Outdoors: Rich's Colorful Courtyard

Name: Rich Location: Hayes Valley, San Francisco Type of space: Backyard patio and garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Rich's patio is an absolute oasis from the city. ...

My Great Outdoors: Janis' Bungalow Garden

Name: Janis Diner Brinley Location: Victoria, BC Type of space: Patio Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Our house is a 1948 bungalow. Last summer we started the back g...

My Great Outdoors: Seth and Elena's Tiny Urban Farm

Name: Seth Boor and Elena DiMuzio Location: Glen Park, San Francisco Type of space: Backyard vegetable garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Our backyard is tiny with a cap...

My Great Outdoors: A Deck by Angel's Garden

Name: Angel's Garden Location: San Francisco Type of space: Deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This was a deck that had nothing going for it and I decided to make it m...

My Great Outdoors: Third Nature Studio's Roof Deck

Name: Third Nature Studio Location: San Francisco Type of space: Roof Deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This tiny roof deck was revamped with a small budget, and reusing...

My Great Outdoors: Neil's Tahitian-Style Garden

Name: Neil Location: Benecia, California Type of space: Deck/Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I wanted to make something that reminded my wife and I of our honeymo...

My Great Outdoors: Magpie's Outdoor Room

Name: Magpie Vintage Finds Location: Menlo Park Type of space: Front Porch Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: It's an outdoor room of sorts with seating and tables. A kind ...

My Great Outdoors: JJ's Outdoor Lounge

Name: JJ De Sousa Location: Portland Type of space: Front Yard Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We have a lovely outdoor living, dining and lounging area in the front of our...

My Great Outdoors: Glen74's Reimagined Balcony

Name: Glen74 Location: Vancouver Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I live in a new LEED certified building, and I decided to transform my deck from dull...

My Great Outdoors: Gursk's Vancouver Paradise

Name: Gursk Location: Vancouver, BC Type of space: Patio Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: When spring arrives, its like a new room suddenly appears in my West End apartment!...

My Great Outdoors: Brandi & Caleb's Mission District Deck

Name: Brandi & Caleb Location: San Francisco Type of space: Backyard and Deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We lucked out in renting a great one bedroom apartment in the ...

My Great Outdoors: Nicole's Vancouver Balcony

Name: Nicole Location: Vancouver Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Lounging, bbqing, relaxing. The floors are comfy on the feet with teak and the tiki ...

My Great Outdoors: Susie's Brand New Front Gardens