The Monaco Garden

By garden designer Sarah Eberle. The garden illustrates the interaction of architecture and landscape that characterises Monaco.

Monaco is a Mediterranean Principality the size of Hyde Park, highly populated, rich in character and supportive of the arts and the environment. The garden reflects the character, personality and vibrancy of Mediterranean Monaco.

The garden shows how landscape and architecture can interact to provide aesthetic and, most importantly, environmentally sustainable solutions to enhance urban living.

Roof space, vertical walls and alternative energy sources work together to provide a solution to high density living.

The rear portion of the garden is a structure of variable height that represents a section of a high rise building. The main room exits on to a courtyard which provides access to a small balcony. A green roofed partially glazed structure punctures the main building and provides an area for indoor/outdoor living.

Plants list    

Aloe bainesii
Chorisia speciosa
Yucca elephantipes
Cycas revoluta
Metrosideros thomasii
Eugenia myritofolia Newport
Thevetia peruviana
Citrus reticulate
Ceratonia siliqua
Aloe ferox
Dodonaea viscosa Purpurea
Loea europaea Clipped balls
Eremophila G. K. Carpet
Eremophila nivea
Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus
Bulbine frutescens
Felicia amelloides
Carissa macr. Green Carpet
Osmanthus fragrans
Euryops pectinatus
Senecium mandraluscae
Portulacaria Afra
Kalanchoe thrysiflora
Crassula portulacaea
Echium candicans
Acacia dealbata Longifolia
Pittosporum tobira
Westringia fruticosa
Coprosma lucida
Coprosma Coppershine
Myrtus communis Tarentina
Thevetia peruviana
Yucca aloifolia
Bougainvillea Snow White
Cyperus papyrus Profiler
Plumbago capensis
Agave filifera
Pinus nigra
Euphorbia mellifera
Lampranthus spectabilis
Carpobrotus edulis
Nepeta Walkers Low
Veronica austriaca Ionian Skies
Euphorbia griffithii Dixter
Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fen's Ruby'
Sisyrinchium Blue
Nemesia Karoo Soft Blue
Diascia Little Tango
Geum Totally Tangerine
Veronica Christy
Sedum Picollette
Iris germanica
Lavandula stoechas