The furniture and hard landscaping such as water features should be confined to the one style and not mixed with other styles - and isolated, if possible, from other conflicting garden views. Wrought iron is a suitable material for furniture. To reproduce a Mediterranean effect, courtyards with fountains, blue pools, tiles, stone and concrete comprise the hard landscaping. Gravel, concrete and stone are good choices for paths. Pergolas and terraces create relaxing and covered eating areas.
Lighting carefully sited can create a romantic, holiday feeling for summer evenings.
Trees and shrubs such as Blue gum eucalyptus, Tamarix and lavenders give a dry climate feel. Gravel screes have drifts of red and yellow poppies, white daisies, salvias. Verbascum and sisyrinchium gather in the sun. Phormiums, yuccas, aloes, and euphorbias, sedums , bottle brush, and senico, are mid-height plants and shrubs. Troughs of herbs, such as clary, oregano, curry plant scent the air.