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Mediterranean Courtyard

- Swanton Morley, NR20

This garden is part of a larger area around a new house in Swanton Morley. Apart from a new section of brick-and-flint wall it was a blank canvas. The clients wanted to create a walled garden with Mediterranean-style planting to remind them of holidays in Mallorca. A very gnarled, mature, olive was high on the wish list. Other requirements included a tiled loggia, a pergola and a lily pond. The garden was completed at the end of 2010 and just needs the planting to develop to soften the hard lines of the raised beds and pergola.

A raised bed with architectural plants in a paved courtyard garden in Swanton Morley

A gnarled olive tree and Mediterranean-style planting in a brick-and-flint walled courtyard garden

An oak-framed loggia in the corner of a brick-and-flint walled courtyard garden

A green oak bench built in to the corner of an L-shaped raised bed

A dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) against a brick-and-flint wall

A green oak pergola over a patio area of Modak sandstone

Garden area: 225m²
Construction: Oct 2010 – Dec 2010, Tony Hall and team.
Olive tree supplied by East of Eden Plants.
Other mature plants (Cordyline australis, Chamaerops humilis) supplied by The Romantic Garden Nursery.
Pictures taken Jan 2011.

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