Courtyard in Ruzafa
A concrete yard behind a 1920s house, turned into a shaded courtyard with an olive, a pergola and beds of lavender.
- Town
- Valencia
- Size
- 62 m²
- Finished
- On site
- Six weeks
- Services
- Garden design, Landscaping, Planting and lawns
The garden
The yard was a slab of concrete poured in the seventies, with no soil, no shade and a drain that flooded every September. The owners wanted somewhere to eat outside and a view from the kitchen that was not a wall.
We broke out two thirds of the slab, kept the rest as a terrace and laid reclaimed stone over it. A raised bed of local limestone holds the lavender and rosemary, and a chestnut pergola carries a jasmine that now covers half the wall.
The olive came from a grower in Llíria and sits in a pot large enough to move, because the owners rent and may take it with them.
Before and after
Taken from the same corner of the garden, the week we started and the summer after.
Our terrace was a slab of hot concrete. Now we eat out there from March to November, under the olive they planted.
The first visit is free
An hour in your garden with Ingrid Halvorsen, our head of design. You keep the ideas and a rough price range.