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A garden plan: a walled rectangle divided into four quarters by two cobalt water channels that meet at an eight-point star pool. Each quarter is planted with a grid of round trees carrying oranges or roses, paths run round them in sand, and small round basins sit in the corners.
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Andalusian Garden

Fourfold Garden

No. 7 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA garden plan: a walled rectangle divided into four quarters by two cobalt water channels that meet at an eight-point star pool. Each quarter is planted with a grid of round trees carrying oranges or roses, paths run round them in sand, and small round basins sit in the corners.

What it meansThe fourfold garden, divided by four streams, is the oldest plan in Islamic garden design and an image of paradise; it was laid out from Persia to Spain, and its geometry survives in courtyards everywhere.

Where it worksOrdered, symmetrical and quietly meaningful. For a study, a hallway or a prayer corner.

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A wide flight of sand-coloured steps climbing to a horseshoe arch set in a terracotta wall. Water runs down channels cut into the cobalt-tiled banisters on both sides, cypresses stand on the lawns either side of the stair, smaller as they near the top, and pots of geraniums flank the bottom step.Water StairNo. 8
Rose beds seen from a little above: rows of round green bushes carrying pink and crimson damask roses, each row edged with a line of clipped box, and a band of cobalt-and-cream tiles along the bottom edge.Rose BedsNo. 9
A pavilion of horseshoe arches under a tiled roof, with cypresses on either side, standing at the end of a long pool. The whole scene is mirrored in the water under a pale evening sky with the new crescent.Reflecting PoolNo. 10
A garden parterre from directly above: low clipped myrtle hedges laid out as eight-point stars around round cobalt basins, damask roses in the angles of each star and small orange trees in the corners of the beds.ParterreNo. 11
A garden bench faced with cobalt tiles set with cream eight-point stars, its seat a slab of pale marble with a pot of red geraniums and an orange on it. Above, jasmine frames a latticed horseshoe window with cypresses beyond.Tiled BenchNo. 12
Two tall cypresses and two smaller ones standing dark against a sky that runs from plum to apricot, with the new gold crescent hanging between the two tall trees above a low hedge.Cypress and CrescentNo. 13
A flight of wide sand-coloured steps narrowing as they rise to a horseshoe gate in a terracotta wall, with a glimpse of cypresses through the opening. Clay pots of red geraniums stand at the end of every step and green beds run along both sides.Garden StepsNo. 14
A single branch of orange blossom crossing the frame diagonally on a deep teal ground: dark glossy leaves, clusters of small white five-petalled flowers with gold centres and one ripe orange.Orange BlossomNo. 15

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