GARDEN GURU YARD STYLE BLUEPRINTS
Clean & Contemporary
Turn the style you love into a yard you know how to build.
You already know the look: simple shapes, repeated plant masses, strong foliage, clear structure, and a landscape that feels intentional without feeling busy.
The harder part is figuring out how to create that clarity in your own yard without making it feel empty or sterile.
The Clean & Contemporary Blueprints turn the style into a practical step-by-step process for your front yard, backyard — or both.
Not sure this is your style? Take the free Yard Style Finder →
Clean & Contemporary — Front Yard Blueprint
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Clean & Contemporary — Backyard Blueprint
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Clean & Contemporary — Front + Backyard Bundle
$16
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You want a yard that feels clean — not empty.
Clean & Contemporary landscapes often look simple.
But the best ones aren’t simply less landscaped.
There’s structure underneath the restraint:
- plants repeat instead of appearing once
- groups read as masses instead of scattered individuals
- bed shapes stay simple enough to support the planting
- foliage and plant form do more of the work than flowers
- open space feels intentional instead of unfinished
- a limited number of strong ideas carry the whole yard
The Blueprints show you how to create that clarity intentionally — without stripping away everything that makes a yard feel welcoming.
Front Yard Blueprint
Create stronger curb appeal with fewer, clearer design decisions.
Use the Clean & Contemporary design language to improve:
Entry · Bed Shapes · Foundation Planting · Foliage · Repetition · Color · Materials
You’ll learn how to:
- assess the front yard you already have
- decide what to keep, remove, reduce, or add
- simplify fragmented or overly decorative bed shapes
- create a clearer relationship between the landscape and front entry
- organize plants into strong repeated masses
- use architectural foliage and form instead of relying on flowers
- make open space feel intentional instead of unfinished
- turn the process into a practical first project
Includes
13-page digital Blueprint - Instant digital access after purchase
Backyard Blueprint
Create a backyard that feels calmer, more connected, and easier to use.
Use the Clean & Contemporary design language around:
Gathering Areas · Privacy · Circulation · Planting · Open Space · Outdoor Living
You’ll learn how to:
- assess how your backyard actually function
- organize gathering areas and circulation
- simplify disconnected backyard zones
- solve privacy where you actually need it
- connect separate areas through repeated plant masses
- use open space as part of the design
- keep materials and details restrained
- create a backyard that feels clean without feeling bare
Includes
13-page digital Blueprint - Instant digital access after purchase
Front + Backyard Bundle
Carry one design language across the whole property.
If you eventually want both spaces to feel related, you don’t need to choose.
Get the complete Clean & Contemporary Blueprint set:
Front Yard Blueprint + Backyard Blueprint
Together, the two guides help you create consistency in:
- plant repetition
- bed geometry
- foliage
- materials
- color restraint
- visual hierarchy
- overall design direction
while still recognizing that the front and backyard have different jobs to do.
Includes
Both 13-page Clean & Contemporary Blueprints
*Best value if you plan to work on both areas.
A repeatable process you can actually use.
Page examples below
Assess what you already have
Learn how to look at your yard through the same design principles the style depends on.
Edit before adding
Use Keep / Remove / Reduce / Add so another nursery trip isn’t automatically the answer.
Build the structure
Clarify bed shapes, anchors, circulation, privacy, gathering areas, and the major relationships that organize the yard.
Build Repetition
Use plant masses, repetition, foliage contrast, architectural forms, and low connecting layers to create interest without clutter.
The biggest mistake with this style?
Confusing “clean” with “empty.”
A Clean & Contemporary yard does not work because there are fewer plants.
It works because the major design ideas are easier to read.
That means:
- fewer plant types doing more work
- stronger repeated groups
- clear bed shapes
- deliberate negative space
- enough structure to make restraint feel intentional
Remove too much, and the yard can feel unfinished.
Add too much variety, and the clarity disappears.
The Clean & Contemporary Blueprints show you how to find the balance.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This Blueprint is a good fit if…
- you know you’re drawn to Clean & Contemporary landscapes
- your yard feels cluttered, disconnected, or visually busy
- you want a simpler plant palette without making the yard feel bare
- you like strong foliage, repeated plants, and clear bed shapes
- you want more structure without formal symmetry
- you want principles you can adapt to your climate and budget
- you prefer improving the yard gradually instead of starting over
And it may not be the right product if…
You want someone to look at your exact property and tell you specifically what should stay, move, change, or be added.
That’s what the Garden Guru Yard Consultation is for.
ALREADY HAVE THE FREE STYLE GUIDE?
This is the next step.
Your free Clean & Contemporary Style Guide helps you understand the look.
The Blueprint helps you apply it.
Free Style Guide
Understand the style
Blueprint
Use the style
Yard Consultation
Apply the thinking to your specific property
No. The Blueprint teaches plant roles, relationships, repetition, layering, and design decisions. Exact plant choices should fit your climate, light, soil, moisture, and mature space.
No. In fact, Clean & Contemporary design often improves through editing what already exists. The Blueprint starts by helping you determine what should stay, what should go, what should be reduced, and what is actually missing.
No. The Blueprint teaches you how to apply the Clean & Contemporary style in a wide range of ordinary residential yards. For property-specific recommendations, use the Garden Guru Yard Consultation.
A digital Garden Guru Blueprint you can view electronically and reference while planning your yard.
No. Each Blueprint works independently. If you plan to improve both areas, the bundle gives you the complete Clean & Contemporary system while adapting the principles to the different jobs your front and backyard need to do.
YOUR STYLE. YOUR YARD. YOUR NEXT STEP.
Ready to put Clean & Contemporary into practice?
Choose the area you want to work on first — or get both and build one consistent design language across your property.
Relaxed & Naturalistic — Front + Backyard Bundle
Get both 13-page Relaxed & Naturalistic Blueprints and create one cohesive design language across your front yard and backyard with practical step-by-step guidance.
$16
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Looking for help planning the bigger picture?
The Fix My Yard Workbook helps you step back, identify what isn’t working, establish priorities, and turn a yard full of ideas into a plan.