Small Mediterranean Garden Design Ideas

Mediterranean planting design for a modern house in Market Harborough. The brief was to provide an exciting planting scheme that required little maintenance and complimented the modern architecture of the home. We used a restricted pallette of mauves, blues, purples punctuated by a contrasting pink. In the foreground silver mounds of Artemisia Powis Castle and Festuca glauca provide a year round base which the taller perennials to emerge from.

This garden design for the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show consisted of 9 regularly spaced reflective pools with planting surrounding each. Inspired by the Roman Baths in Bath, these perfect squares suggested the regularity of the Hypocaust columns and serve as a reminder of the city’s relationship with water. The concept for the planting is ‘A modern meadow’; the mix of forms and colours is intentionally unusual. Well defined flower heads and shrubs in the foreground contrast against a hazy ‘fluffy’ backdrop evocative of steam rising from the hot spring water. The use of plants such as euphorbia, lavender, santolina and rosemary combined with breedon gravel paths evoke a mediterranean feel.

Garden re-visit about two years after completion.
Design ideas for a small mediterranean backyard partial sun garden in Other with with path, natural stone pavers and a wood fence.

Design ideas for a small mediterranean side yard full sun garden for summer in Montpellier with gravel.

Gravel garden in its first summer. Lots going on.
Inspiration for a small mediterranean garden in Surrey.

Alexander Eickhoff
Design ideas for a small mediterranean backyard full sun xeriscape for summer in Other with a retaining wall and gravel.

A combination of lavender, box balls, white roses, salvias, sedums and erysiums create a lovely area to sit in this front garden.
Small mediterranean front yard full sun formal garden in Surrey with a garden path for summer.

Ein Spiegel vor der Sichtschutzwand aus Holz vergrößert den Garten optisch wie ein Fenster. Die Hochbeete mit Gräsern lockern die Wand zusätzlich auf.

Inspiration for a small mediterranean front yard full sun formal garden for summer in Rome.

Photo of a small mediterranean front yard full sun xeriscape for spring in Perth with a garden path and natural stone pavers.

Der kleine Reihenhausgarten liegt in voller Sonne und ind so konnte der größte Wunsch unserer Kunden nach mediterranem Feeling ganz umgesetzt werden. Denn hier wachsen mediterranen Pflanzen, Kräuter. Und so duftete es zwischen Naturstein, Kiesel und Gräsern schon bald wie im sonnigen Süden. Ein idealer Platz zum entspannen.

Nelumbo Design
Photo of a small mediterranean rooftop garden in Nice.

Cottage garden with Mediterranean style planting, a small lawn and built in seating.
Small mediterranean courtyard partial sun formal garden in Edinburgh for summer.

Gärten von Mähler Ein Garten im mediterranen Stil, mit Wellnessmöglichkeit ohne Einblicke von außen zu gewähren.
Design ideas for a small mediterranean courtyard partial sun garden for fall in Hamburg with a retaining wall and decking.

Inspiration for a small mediterranean courtyard partial sun garden in London.

Zinsser KG, Christine Schaller
Small mediterranean backyard partial sun garden in Hamburg with a retaining wall and natural stone pavers for spring.

Detalle de doble curva de acero corten
Photo of a small mediterranean partial sun garden in Seville with a retaining wall, natural stone pavers and a metal fence.

An informal garden for a professional couple who wanted a space for relaxing and entertaining. The Deck provides a spacious dining area with raised herb bed at the back which also doubles as ad hoc seating. The rest of the area is a mix of paving and gravel with planting and pots throughout giving a mediterranean feel.

Having longed for an Alitex for years, our customer chose to treat herself as soon as retirement came. This time also involved renovations to the kitchen, extending into a dining area with beautiful French windows that allow light to pour in whilst drawing your eye to the end of the garden - where her new greenhouse is nestled. Our customer chose an Olive Green Mottisfont, the perfect size to tuck into her petite garden and the ideal colour to blend into its surroundings. The greenhouse has been accessorised with a reservoir, loved by the youngest members of the family, a potting shoe which makes a world of difference from the days of potting up on the lawn, and plenty of shelving to maximise the use of space. Growing inside are lots of vegetables including tomatoes, aubergine, peppers and cucumbers. The garden itself is filled with numerous plants and flowers, colours and scents. Inspired by a trip to India, the beds have been designed into a staggered cruciform shape around the border of the lawn. They outline the garden, drawing your eye up to the greenhouse.