No. 19 Gardens · Mid-Century Modern
Weathered Timber Arbour with Climbing Roses
A weathered timber arbour with trellis panels supports pink and red climbing roses, opening onto a gravel path bordered by espalier fruit trees trained along a split-rail fence before a mid-century brick house.
Design notes
Mid-century modern design lines everything up with the house. Look for flat roofs and post-and-beam overhangs, walls of glass, breeze-block screens, terrazzo or large concrete pads with gravel joints, and a rectangular pool set square to the architecture. Planting is sculptural and sparse — agave, yucca, olive, citrus, a Mediterranean fan palm — and colour comes from a single accent: an orange door, turquoise water, a yellow umbrella.
What to look for
- Path width and bed width — can you reach and can a wheelbarrow pass
- Where the water is and how far the kitchen door is
- Edges and structure that still look good in winter
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