Mediterranean Garden

Perched on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, this garden features graceful, curving paths, a tumbled stone stream bed, and a collection of colorful plants perfectly suited to seaside conditions.

We transformed what had once been a flat sweep of extremely sandy soil into a strolling garden filled with a broad selection of Mediterranean, Australian and California natives.

Decomposed granite paths pass by berms filled with soft, silvery plants, such as artemisia, lamb’s ears, lavender and Morning Light coast rosemary.

Those grays are complemented by the blue and purple blooms of ceanothus, Mexican sage, sea lavender, fairy fan flower and compact sweet pea shrub. Meanwhile, shrub roses, Pacific Coast iris, species geraniums and even an occasional rogue sunflower inject bursts of colors at just the right moments.