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Affordable Mediterranean Garden Ideas and Designs

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Seneca Residence
Seneca Residence
Verdance Landscape ArchitectureVerdance Landscape Architecture
A stepping stone path meanders through drought-tolerant plantings including Dymondia, Rosemary 'Barbeque', and Euryops. The owner's favorite roses are integrated with Penstemon 'Apple Blossom' and variegated Tulbaghia 'Silver Lace' to provide color and contrast. Photo © Jude Parkinson-Morgan.
Berkeley Bungalow Flagstone Porch & Drought-Tolerant Planting
Berkeley Bungalow Flagstone Porch & Drought-Tolerant Planting
Leigh DesignsLeigh Designs
Redesigned front entry with new flagstone, step lighting, and drought-tolerant planting.
Mediterranean front xeriscape full sun garden for summer in San Francisco with natural stone paving.
Redwood City Drought Tolerant Front Yard
Redwood City Drought Tolerant Front Yard
Roushall GardensRoushall Gardens
Medium sized mediterranean front xeriscape full sun garden for autumn in San Francisco with a garden path and natural stone paving.
The Crosby
The Crosby
Torrey Pines Landscape Co., IncTorrey Pines Landscape Co., Inc
Inspiration for a medium sized mediterranean side formal full sun garden for spring in San Diego with a garden path.
NSG Ground Covers
NSG Ground Covers
Native Sun GardensNative Sun Gardens
This dry patio looks lush on little water. Custom landscape designs include drought tolerant plants that thrive on little water. Photo Cred: Joshua Thayer
Drought 2015 gardens
Drought 2015 gardens
Susie Dowd Markarian, Landscape DesignSusie Dowd Markarian, Landscape Design
Chris Kittredge Photography, Susie Dowd Markarian, Santa Rosa, CA.
This is an example of a small mediterranean garden in San Francisco.
Backyard Garden Sculptures (metal art)
Backyard Garden Sculptures (metal art)
EntanglementsEntanglements
Outdoor sculpture garden art by Entanglements. Rusted laser cut steel fabrication, designed in Melbourne. 'Flower Ball' ideal backyard art for create a metal artwork feature in your front garden.
Otazua Residence
Otazua Residence
Promise Path Landscaping IncPromise Path Landscaping Inc
Drought tolerant plant material for front yard planters with a contemporary touch with gray concrete, stucco wall cap with concrete cap to match new sidewalk. Plant material use on projetc was Coprosma repens marble queen, Aeonium, blue fescue grass, palo verde, Red kangaroo paws. Echeveria
Courtyard Garden
Courtyard Garden
Hawkeye Landscape DesignHawkeye Landscape Design
Reinventing the frontyard with a welcoming Mesquite entryway gate. The courtyard walls allow for a water fountain, seating and planters. Permeable arizona flagstone with low water plants allow for minimal maintenance.
Stylish Courtyard Garden in East London
Stylish Courtyard Garden in East London
Earth Designs Garden and Build London and EssexEarth Designs Garden and Build London and Essex
A sunny, Mediterranean style garden with colourful features. With a grey porcelain tile patio, laid in stretcher pattern across the width of the garden directly outside the back door and to the right of this area, a wide raised bed constructed from treated softwood railway sleepers. A painted aluminium storage box at the end of the side return allows waterproof storage for kids toys and other garden items. The middle section of the garden features a wide yellow Balau hardwood deck stretching across the width of the garden, enclosed by a simple yellow Balau timber pergola at one end. This pergola will include a decorative panel along the back comprising horizontal slats of yellow balau decking. The rear of the space hosts a second grey porcelain patio with an L-shaped railway sleeper raised bed in the bottom left corner. The left hand boundary is clad with 150mm wide tongue and groove ‘Shou-Sugi-Ban’ Japanese charred timber wall cladding, installed vertically to create an eye-catching backdrop. The middle section of the left boundary is clad with yellow balau boards to match the decorative panel on the pergola. The left boundary wall at the rear is rendered and painted a vibrant turquoise shade. The rear right boundary beyond the pergola structure is clad with panels of Perspex ‘Naturals’. The rest of the boundary fences/walls are painted with Cuprinol Garden Shades garden paint. Two tall evergreen standard trees will provide screening along the back of the garden. Several GRP fibreglass planters will add an extra dash of colour to the design.
Fremont Landscape Transformation
Fremont Landscape Transformation
Art Garden DesignArt Garden Design
The design intent was to unify this flat and expansive landscape. To create more flow and access, a new deck with wrap around stairs opens into the backyard. At the base of the stairs, a flagstone pathway transitions to a vegetable garden area, with picnic table and raised boxes, built out of salvaged Redwood boards. For visual interest and accessibility, moss rock retaining walls with timber ties and gravel pathway are carved into the hillside. Another seating nook made of flagstone looks directly into a rose garden. Beyond the roses, a Mediterranean planting pallet defines this landscape with seasonal blooms, defined foliage textures and edible fruit trees.
Santa Monica - Courtyard Entrance
Santa Monica - Courtyard Entrance
BE Landscape DesignBE Landscape Design
Courtyard, entrance, driveway, all wrapped up in green!
Inspiration for a medium sized mediterranean front xeriscape partial sun garden for spring in Los Angeles with a garden path and concrete paving.
Low Voltage LED's Illuminate Drought Tolerant Planting
Low Voltage LED's Illuminate Drought Tolerant Planting
Mediterrasian LandscapesMediterrasian Landscapes
Terraces with drought tolerant plants
Photo of a medium sized mediterranean back xeriscape full sun garden in San Francisco with a retaining wall, mulch and a wood fence.
Historical Garden Retreat
Historical Garden Retreat
NC DesignsNC Designs
Dry creek bed with ledger stone, pebbles, trailing sedums and ornamental grasses.
Inspiration for a medium sized mediterranean back xeriscape partial sun garden for spring in San Luis Obispo with a garden path and gravel.
Santa Barbara Succulent Gardens
Santa Barbara Succulent Gardens
Santa Barbara Home DesignSanta Barbara Home Design
Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.
Authentic Santa Barbara Sandstone garden walls and hand chiseled Sandstone steps
Authentic Santa Barbara Sandstone garden walls and hand chiseled Sandstone steps
Santa Barbara Home DesignSanta Barbara Home Design
Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.
Tuscan Farmhouse
Tuscan Farmhouse
Evergreen Landscape Architects, Inc.Evergreen Landscape Architects, Inc.
Leland Walmsley
Medium sized mediterranean front full sun garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and natural stone paving.
San Diego - Various
San Diego - Various
KHLA, LLCKHLA, LLC
KHLA
Mediterranean front full sun garden in San Diego.
Mediterranean Landscape
Mediterranean Landscape
Medium sized mediterranean back full sun garden for spring in Seattle with a vegetable patch and concrete paving.
Patty H. Gilbert Az
Patty H. Gilbert Az
Azul Design & LandscapeAzul Design & Landscape
Fireplace w/ Ramada w/ Spa
Inspiration for a large mediterranean back partial sun garden in Phoenix with a fire feature and natural stone paving.

Affordable Mediterranean Garden Ideas and Designs

A beautifully designed mediterranean garden is as important as the emphasis we place on the designs of our interiors. After all, our grounds (however modest) frame our homes and contribute to first impressions not only of our houses, but also of the households within. Options for garden designs can be as elaborate or low maintenance as your lifestyle and preferences permit – consider both your aspirations for how it should look and how much time you can invest in garden maintenance. Consulting a gardener or landscape designer will ensure you have a garden that suits your lifestyle, the local climate and soil conditions. But don’t forget that with Houzz your first stop can be collecting images of garden ideas and designs you love in order to inspire your garden plans and potentially share them with a landscape gardening professional.

How do I come up with a mediterranean front garden design?

The priority for a front garden is kerb appeal. Begin by considering the area immediately around and leading up to your front door. You may want to opt for front garden designs that blend well with the style of your home – for example, abundant foliage and flowerbeds will perfectly complement a period property, whereas man-made materials, geometric shapes and contrasting textures are great ideas for a contemporary garden design. Even if your front garden is a small space, keep it tidy – if you have more space, make the most of it with garden ideas and features such as a manicured lawn, gravel driveway, water feature or garden fencing. If you don’t have the time or commitment to devote to gardening, then neatly pruned hedges, statement paving, hanging baskets, garden benches and outdoor lighting are all decorative, low maintenance garden ideas for your mediterranean front garden design.

How should I design my mediterranean back garden?

Back gardens typically offer more space than front garden designs and serve a more recreational purpose, so it’s important to know how you want to spend time in your garden before you design it in order to build in the features that you will enjoy. If you love relaxing in the garden and dining al fresco, think about patios, decking, garden furniture and BBQs. For the more horticulturally-inclined, incorporate flower beds, greenhouses or vegetable garden designs. Your landscape gardening professional can help you install structures such as sheds, pergolas and gazebos that complement your garden design, and artfully-placed garden ideas such as lawn edging and lighting will add definition to your chosen design.

How do I create a low maintenance garden?

The great news is, gardens aren’t exclusively for the green-fingered. Whether you’re not horticulturally-inclined or simply don’t have the time for a bit of landscape gardening, you can still have a mediterranean garden design that looks the way you want by making some smart design choices. While many of us favour low maintenance gardens like urban gardens, roof terraces and patio gardens, lovers of greenery don’t need to sacrifice grass for paving slabs. Whatever you want from your garden, there are a variety of gardening solutions that can be built in to make life easier. For example, labour intensive features such as vegetable patches, greenhouses and flower beds can be optimised with an automatic irrigation system. These can be offset with fuss-free garden ideas such as hard landscaping, including gravel, paving or decking, and hard-wearing evergreens that require minimal upkeep. You might even consider replacing your garden fencing with slow growing hedging, which can be maintained less regularly than wooden fence panels. If having a lawn is important, there are different types of grasses in varying degrees of durability and maintenance. You may choose to take a more relaxed approach to your lawn – “wild” garden designs can have great charm if the grasses and flowers are chosen carefully. If you prefer a manicured lawn, it’s a good idea to invest in a “mulching” lawn mower that will recycle clippings and remove the need for cleaning up. Finally, there isn’t a more low maintenance garden lawn than artificial grass which can look highly realistic and keep your garden looking green. Garden ornaments are a great way to add interest to your low maintenance garden design – go for smart garden ideas such as solar garden lights which are both decorative and functional. Find some of the most popular design ideas on Houzz.
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