Italian garden design

If you’re looking to add a little slice of la dolce vita to your outdoor space, then check out these awesome Italian style garden ideas. From sun-soaked dining nooks to gurgling fountains, these tips will have you channelling the charm of an Italian country villa in no time. You’ll soon find yourself slowing down to savour the beauty, scents, tastes and sounds that make an Italian garden such a sensational setting.

The Italian garden also has such an amazing way of using space, creating "little rooms" to display or highlight certain plants or elements of visual interest.

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Italian gardens underlie so much style and they have been a constant source of inspiration throughout the centuries all over the world.

Get inspired by the Best Mediterranean Garden Ideas displayed below and bring a rustic royal touch to your landscape!

In his native Italy, garden designer Luciano Giubbilei has created a verdant oasis that grows under the Tuscan sun.

Mediterranean gardens are celebrated for their evergreen plants and an arid, rustic feel. However, they also have a reputation for some very beautiful flowering plants. Here I list 10 beautiful flowers for a Mediterranean themed garden.

An overgrown garden in the Tuscan countryside has now been transformed into a fragrant English-inspired paradise of roses, jasmine, citrus trees and evening primrose

They may not speak, but these plants have personality and can soothe the soul, according to the owner of this garden in country Victoria.