Mediterranean-Style Gardens and Landscapes

Grab a glass of red wine and browse through Old World-style gardens and landscapes.

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Grand Mediterranean Exterior with Manicured Gardens

Manicured gardens bursting with vibrant color welcomes one to this grand Mediterranean home. An ornate, arched wood doorway adds to this exquisite entrance.

From: PHX Architecture

Mediterranean-Style Entryway

This entryway pergola creates a sense of anticipation as guests approach the front door: the portal feels like a jewel in the distance. To encourage the growth of vines atop the pergola structure. Nature feels integrated into this Mediterranean-style home.

From: Paul Brant Williger

Colorful Water Fountain

When planning your garden design, get creative and express yourself with art, unusual structures and water features.

From: Casa Smith Designs, LLC

Mediterranean Landscape

The Mediterranean landscaping in this front yard garden creates an inviting entrance to this Tuscan-style marble home.

Color, Form and Feel

Texture and vibrancy come together to create this cheerful retreat. The plantings vary from spiky to velvety, the hue is bright, sunny and serene.

From: Margie Grace

Bright and Happy

A bold planting of Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis lanata), Red Hot Pocker (Kniphofia uvaria) and Variegated Periwinkle (Vinca minor variegata) makes for a sunny setting. Design by Katrina Fairchild

Mediterranean Courtyard

This luxurious estate is located in Scottsdale, Ariz. But it has the grand Mediterranean style of an Italian villa, starting with the front courtyard.

From: Arizona Best Real Estate

Aromatic Walkway

Rosemary creates a scented green border against the stone paths in this Tuscan garden. Design by Thom Oppelt

Cozy Mediterranean Courtyard

The house welcomes you with a large front courtyard featuring an outdoor fireplace and seating area and grass peeking up between paving stones.

From: Arizona Best Real Estate

Beautiful Mediterranean Curb Appeal

A paver driveway and walkway blend into one cohesive design that goes perfectly with the home's Mediterranean style facade.

From: Mark Scott Associates

Mediterranean Garden With Gravel Landing

This tranquil Mediterranean garden features a gravel landing with a perimeter of green foliage and a large plant on a pedestal in the center. A bench at the back of the garden provides a great spot to take it all in.

Brick Walkway With Vine-Covered Pergolas

Beautiful landscaping surrounds an Old World-inspired brick walkway. Pergolas are covered in climbing vines and provide shade.

From: Mark Scott Associates

Mediterranean-Style Patio

Mark Scott and Associates designed this patio to look like a mediterranean oasis, creating a more secluded space.

From: Mark Scott Associates

Luxurious Mediterranean Spa With Pergola

Designed as a modern relaxing Mediterranean oasis, the hot tub is surrounded by travertine stone and accented with brilliant blue tiles. A cedar pergola provides shade, while the homeowner's collection of eclectic pottery and statues add a personal touch.

From: Jason Cromley

Traditional Mediterranean Patio With Classic Water Feature

Stones in warm terracotta shades are used from the house exterior and garden walls to the patio and water feature. A round patio surrounds the traditional urn-style water feature, which provides soothing sound ambiance to the space.

From: Mark Scott Associates

Mediterranean Curb Appeal

Though the look and feel of the exterior appear rustic and unmanicured, the designers set greenery meticulously to a render a pastoral charm and old-world sensibility. Everything about this home is relaxed, warm, elegant and utterly inviting.

From: Mark Scott Associates

Mediterranean Exterior and Courtyard

One of the fun design moves in this spectacular outdoor space: a pathway leading across the pool from one side of the patio to the other. Trellises on the home's outer walls make the ivy part of the look as well.

From: John Daugherty, Realtors

Mediterranean Terrace

Cream colored stone archways are lined with green brick tiles, while several potted tropical plants complete the look of the space.

From: Eva Knoppel

Landscape Complimenting the Surroundings

Mark Scott and Associates were able to blend their landscaping design to create an ebb and flow with the adjacent Mediterranean surroundings.

From: Mark Scott Associates

Courtyard With Classic Fountain

Bright blue tile make a striking backdrop and add a burst of color to this cozy, beautiful outdoor space. The water fountain creates a soothing ambiance for the elegant courtyard.

From: Astleford Interiors

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Photo By: Mark Scott Associates - French Provence

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Mediterranean-Style Gardens and Landscapes

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Grand Mediterranean Exterior with Manicured Gardens

Mediterranean-Style Entryway

Colorful Water Fountain

Mediterranean Landscape

Color, Form and Feel

Bright and Happy

Mediterranean Courtyard

Aromatic Walkway

Cozy Mediterranean Courtyard

Beautiful Mediterranean Curb Appeal

Mediterranean Garden With Gravel Landing

Brick Walkway With Vine-Covered Pergolas

Mediterranean-Style Patio

Luxurious Mediterranean Spa With Pergola

Traditional Mediterranean Patio With Classic Water Feature

Mediterranean Curb Appeal

Mediterranean Exterior and Courtyard

Mediterranean Terrace

Landscape Complimenting the Surroundings

Courtyard With Classic Fountain

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