Small Residential Garden 1: Formal Design

Formal landscape design

At the request of the owners, the purpose of this garden was to create a formal garden with a touch of Tuscany.

The landscape:

700 sq/m sloping, corner plot - facing south west.
Approx. 300 sq/m reserved for the main garden. Plot situated below a main road and overlooking an internal neighbourhood road with a distant sea view.

House owner’s request:

A formal Tuscany-style garden, consisting of:

A large shaded sitting and entertainment area
A main lawn

Main landscape architectural considerations:

Three parallel doors exiting from the house to the main garden from the master bedroom, living room, and dining area.
Creating privacy from the main road, neighbourhood road but keeping the sea view.
Shaded sitting/entertainment area.

The landscape plan:
An L-shaped terrace with a pergola flanking a sunken rectangular lawn.

One stretch of the pergola, parallel to the house, would create an outside room into which all the doors exit. The other leg is an extension of the dining area, creating an outside sitting and eating area, also overlooking the far sea view. A medium height evergreen hedge was planted for privacy around that area. Olive and cypress trees were used to complement the formal structure of the garden and create the appropriate Mediterranean atmosphere.