Inspiration from a few admired Landscape architects and some natural scenes that also inspire

Truly a "City in a Garden".  Millennium Park in Chicago

A Doug Hoerr designed conifer garden

Oehme van Sweden garden...."prairie-esque"

Mirei Shigemori, the north garden at Tofukuji in Kyoto

Sanzen-en, Ohara Japan

Doug Hoerr designed courtyard in Chicago

A creative retaining wall and zig-zag bridge by Michael Van Valkenburgh. 

Japanese white pine, Kyoto