Hillside Villa Garden

Full garden design and build across four terraces on a steep mountain plot, including retaining structures, an irrigated planting scheme, lawn and a pool surround.

Client: Private client
Location: Mount Lebanon Governorate
Governorate: Mount Lebanon
Year: 2025
Area: 2,300 m²
Trees planted: 48
Sector: Private landscaping

Scope

A sloping 2,300 m² site turned into four usable terraces, with the planting designed to hold the slope as much as to look well - the upper banks are stabilised entirely by prostrate rosemary and lantana rather than by hard structures.

Work performed

Survey, levels and planting design
Construction of 140 m of stone retaining walls and planter kerbs
Stone pathways and steps linking four terraces
Planting of 48 trees including olive, cypress, Judas tree and fruit
Shrub, perennial and ground-cover planting to all terraces
900 m² of tall fescue lawn suited to the altitude
Pergola with bougainvillea and garden lighting

Irrigation

Four-zone automatic system with separate programmes per terrace, drip to all beds and pop-up sprinklers to the lawn, controlled from a single unit at the service yard.

Maintenance

Fortnightly maintenance visits year-round: mowing, pruning, feeding, seasonal replanting of the entrance beds and full irrigation servicing before each summer.