Creating this garden, landscape designer Anthony Paul abandoned the traditional for the south of France olives and lavender in favor of many succulents.

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Leading headings: Marina Volkova

Landscaper: Anthony Paul

Magazine: №5 (226) 2017

The garden was created in parallel with the construction of the house. Customers commissioned architect Stephanie Callos to design a new building on the site of the demolished, and she, for her part, invited them to combine the house with the garden.

The building occupies several levels, one of which is a spacious patio decorated with various plants. They are planted on the terraces, and on the roof, and above the garage.

Фото: Michael Paul

Different types of cacti are interspersed with agaves, kalanchoe, yucca and aeonium, thus creating a spectacular complex picture that is in no way inferior to the lush flowering of the familiar southern gardens

Different types of cacti are interspersed with agaves, kalanchoe, yucca and aeonium, thus creating a spectacular complex picture that is in no way inferior to the lush flowering of the familiar southern gardens

Фото: Michael Paul

Stephanie invited the famous British landscape designer Anthony Paul, an adherent of non-trivial solutions. He abandoned the plants customary for this region (the garden is located on Cape Antibes), and invented a real thorny paradise.

The design of the garden used several dozen varieties of succulents characteristic of arid latitudes. Anthony says he fell in love with succulents when he worked on one of his projects in New Zealand.

Фото: Michael Paul

While designing the patio, Anthony used the architectural possibilities of cacti and agaves, “having built” real barriers

While designing the patio, Anthony used the architectural possibilities of cacti and agaves, “having built” real barriers