With the Winter over and the Spring upon us, now is the time to get your garden ready for planting so it will be glorious for the Summer months. If you're disappointed with your backyard garden in any way, this is the perfect time for a fresh start. Our magazine asked our readers to submit photos and descriptions of their themed backyard gardens. Here are our favorite picks which we hope inspire the most out of you!

Butterflies are remarkable creatures. They are attracted to bright colors and sweet scents, and they like to eat bugs that annoy people. A butterfly garden, designed by Rosemary Willis, is full of life and bursting with beautiful plants and aromatic, sweet-smelling flowers that attract butterflies - and people! The colors, the flowers, the aromas, and the fluttering wings of butterflies all combine in this gem of a garden.

The traditional English garden theme is that of half-wild and half-cultivated plants that are allowed to sprawl and ramble as they will. Joshua Rakham designed his first backyard gardens in the classic form with magnificent recumbent plants, short hedgerows to keep the plants where they belong, and pathways - and then added garden globes, plaster gnomes, and fairies for a touch of whimsy.

When building a garden, pet owners must take particular care that they do not plant any poisonous plants where their pets can get at them. A cat garden takes into account plants that are safe for cats to be around, and also contain plants that cats can climb on, sit on, or play with. Even birdhouses (installed safely out of reach, of course!) can be entertaining for your cat.

4. The Monochromatic Garden: Designed by Pilar Sota, these remarkable black and white theme backyard gardens are as stunning at night as they are during the day. The sun sparkles on the whites, as patterns laced with dark, rich violets swirl in the light. By moonlight, the white plants seem to glow with an otherworldly quality.

Love cuddling up in bed every night with a warm cup of tea? The aroma, the warmth, the flavor. Imagine this same experience every time you walk out to your backyard patio. Create a tea garden right in your own backyard and incorporate some of the ideas Janice LaRoux used when she created her aromatic tea garden with over 50 plants. And for a decorative twist, she added some teapots to continue the Tea Garden theme.