Mediterranean garden design

Labor Day weekend and a few highlights

With commanding views over a nicely layered Dry Creek Valley landscape, we first developed an entry sequence that clearly delivers guests to the front door, eliminating confusion around the seven west facing portals. Massive Olive Trees were imported to scale down the mass of the old world structure and talk back to its inherent strength.

Ornamental grasses are well suited to Mediterranean themed gardens. Like other plants from the Med, grasses maintain their form and are largely drought resistant. Here I list 10 grasses for Mediterranean gardens which look amazing!

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Follow these tips to create the perfect Mediterranean garden where you will spend your days hosting long lunches and sipping on red wine in the warm summer sun... or at least give you a nice space to daydream when you're hanging the washing out. The key to designing a modern Mediterranean garden is simple - keep your plant selection restricted to 4 or 5 species, choose plants that have a silvery tinge to them and keep it neat but informal. Introduce hardscape elements such as decomposed…

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