Outdoor Living Spaces

When the weather turns warmer, it's natural to want to be outside. Why not expand your home to the outdoors? With the right furniture and other design elements, your deck or patio can become an extended, and beautiful, addition to your house.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Gardening Tips: Outdoor Living Areas
• Gardening Tips: The Patio

UF/IFAS Publications

• Basic Principles of Landscape Design
• Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Patio Planning

Other Sites

• Building Brick Walls and Patios--University of MIssouri Extension (PDF)
• Planning Space for Outdoor Living--University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)