IN BRIEF
What Provenćal garden, designed to encourage wildlife.
Where South of France.
Size Just over two acres.
Soil Very poor, stony, shale-like alkaline substrate with a thin humus layer that has built up over time.
Climate Continental. Extremely dry, south-facing slope about 600m above sea level.
Hardiness zone USDA 9.
The imposing black metal structure with sliding shutters, which surrounds this Provençal house extends around existing olive trees, allowing designer James Basson to link house and landscape by bringing his mix of drought-tolerant planting in gravel right up to the door.
KEY PLANTS
1 Centurea bella
This slow-growing groundcover creates reliable dense cushions low to the ground. It's
