Tampa Landscape Design classic garden design

This client wanted a landscape to remind them of their many trips to Europe. Plantings are a combination of formal rose parterre with a cottage garden color border. Included was a bricked-floored secret garden to one side of the raised terrace with a classic fountain, formal box hedges and two citrus tree espaliers. A wall was constructed for privacy and a custom garden gate of cedar and wrought iron opened to the front drive.

The raised travertine terrace has a concrete balustrade, reminiscent of all the great homes, but downsized to fit this home's scale. Hardscapes combined reclaimed brick, textured pavers and concrete for the drive, and gravel for the parterre paths edged in the reclaimed brick.

Tampa Landscape Design used a Celtic Cross as inspiration for the rose and boxwood parterre as an homage to the family's Irish ancestry. Mediterranean plants and trees, as well as Florida native plants are used to create year-round color with minimal maintenance.

As a focal point for the terrace, an Olde English folly wall with lion fountain and bench was constructed of mortared limestone boulders. A trellised pergola shelters the path from the garage to the home.