Martina's Garden     Stile

Whereas the upper tier provides seats and vistas for quiet contemplation (or solitary glasses of wine), the middle tier is really the area for entertaining. It comprises essentially a wooden deck, in an approximately quarter-circular shape, with an inward-bending railing on the curved perimeter (as on the upper tier) and the lower part of the pond system in the opposite corner.

The deck surface is constructed mainly of 90mm wide, rounded-edge, decking boards, but it is broken up and made a little more interesting by regions of 40mm wide, rounded-edge strips (see photo left).

A flower bed along the curved perimeter was planted with lavender, pinks and scented, rambling roses.

The pond existed before our arrival; we merely added the rill in the upper tier and finished a few things off. 

We also added a stone wall with a wooden topping and an electricity supply.

The view back up the garden . . .

. . . featuring an unsuspecting Joan, who built the stone wall in the photo above!

Last modified: 06/11/2009