Mediterranean garden design for hot, dry gardens.
Mediterranean garden design from your own photo – gravel, silver foliage and drought-tolerant Mediterranean garden plants that thrive in a hot, sunny spot, with a real planting plan to build it.
First design free · no card needed · UK plants
The look of a sun-baked Mediterranean garden
Mediterranean garden design is built for hot, dry, free-draining spots: gravel underfoot, silver and grey foliage, aromatic shrubs, and airy flowers that shrug off drought. It is relaxed, sun-loving and low-water – the perfect answer to a baking south-facing garden that scorches everything else.
Garden Design App reads a photo of your real garden and redesigns the planting into this style, keeping your paths, walls and existing trees where they are. You get a Mediterranean scheme that suits your actual conditions, not a generic postcard.
The plants that make the look.
The planting plan lists them in full, with how many to buy and where each goes – so the garden in the picture is one you can actually plant.
Lavender
the signature scent and silver-blue haze of the Med
Rosemary
evergreen, aromatic and happy in the driest soil
Olive trees
silver-leaved focal point for a sunny, sheltered spot
Cistus
sun roses that flower through the heat of summer
Santolina
tidy silver mounds that love baking sun
Euphorbia
architectural evergreen with lime-green spring heads
Verbena bonariensis
tall, see-through purple that dances above the gravel
Salvias
hot-climate spires in violet, red and coral
Ornamental grasses
golden movement that catches the low sun
Cytisus / broom
arching sprays of colour on poor, dry ground
Phlomis
whorled yellow flowers and grey, felted leaves
Bearded iris
sculptural early colour that relishes a hot, dry edge
Drought-tolerant plants that thrive on sun
The palette is deliberately tough: aromatic evergreens like lavender and rosemary, silver-leaved shrubs that reflect the heat, and see-through perennials and grasses that give height and movement without needing much water. The planting plan names the full list, with how many to buy and where each one goes.
From idea to a plan you can plant
When you find a design you love, unlock its professional planting plan: every plant named, how many of each, exactly where it goes, and a month-by-month flowering calendar so the garden looks good from the first warm days to autumn.
Professional garden designers often charge over £1,000 for this. Your first design is free, so you can see your own garden reimagined before you spend anything.
Good to know.
Everything people ask about mediterranean garden design.
How does the AI garden design work?
Upload a photo of your garden or a single border, and tell us what you'd like: refresh your borders, keeping your garden's shape, or redesign the whole space with new layout, paths and planting. Pick a style, and we generate a photorealistic redesign of your actual garden. When you love one, unlock its planting plan – every plant, how many to buy, and where each goes.
Are the plants real – can I actually buy and plant them?
Yes. Every design can become a planting plan of real, available UK plants, with quantities, each plant's mature height and spread, where it goes and a month-by-month flowering guide. The plans are built on real horticultural data and shaped by a professional gardener – not generic AI guesses – so the garden in the picture is a garden you can genuinely plant.
Do I need a special photo or camera?
No – a normal phone photo is perfect. Photograph your whole garden if it's small and simple, or one border at a time for larger or more complex gardens, where each bed has its own light and soil.
Is the first design really free, and what does it cost after?
Your first design is genuinely free, with no card required. After that, subscriptions start at £19 a month. The professional planting plan is a separate one-off you only buy if you want to make a design real.
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