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Concrete Steps and Terraced Agave Garden

No. 58 Landscaping · Mid-Century Modern

Concrete Steps and Terraced Agave Garden

Wide concrete steps ascend through gravel terraces flanked by board-formed concrete retaining walls, leading to a post-and-beam house with a flat roof, orange door, breeze block screen, and planted agaves.

Mid-Century Modern Drought-tolerant Paths & walkways Retaining walls Privacy All landscaping

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

  • Three layers: canopy, shrubs, groundcover
  • How hardscape and planting share the edges
  • Plants suited to the climate, not just the photo
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