Photo by: © Richard Bloom
Photo by: © Richard Bloom
Photo by: © Richard Bloom

ISLAMIC GARDEN

A sheltered and contemplative garden in Norfolk based on the Islamic garden principles of scent, water, sustenance, shade and enclosure. The plants used are all endemic to Persian, Arab and Moorish cultures.

MATERIALS

Rendered block work; Reclaimed bricks; Majorelle blue paint; Norfolk pea shingle.

PLANTS

Giant fennel- Ferula communis; Jerusalem sage- Phlomis fruticosa; Bear’s breech- Acanthus spinosus; Spotted dead nettle- Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’; Starwberry- Fragaria x ananassa'Cambridge Favourite'; Opium poppy- Papaver somniferum; Rock rose- Helianthemum 'Henfield Brilliant’; Candytuft- Iberis sempervirens; Lavender cotton- Santolina pinnata subsp. neopolitana; Bearded Iris- Iris 'Black Swan'; Star of Bethlehem- Ornithogalum magnum; Daylilly- Hemerocallis‘Stafford’; Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht'; Chamomile- Chamaemelum nobile.

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