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A garden walk seen straight down its length. A narrow cobalt-edged rill runs from the foreground to a pavilion arch in a sand-coloured wall, with low myrtle hedges on either side, thin water jets arching over the channel and a row of dark cypresses rising from the garden behind against the pale sky.
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Andalusian Garden

The Long Rill

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What you seeA garden walk seen straight down its length. A narrow cobalt-edged rill runs from the foreground to a pavilion arch in a sand-coloured wall, with low myrtle hedges on either side, thin water jets arching over the channel and a row of dark cypresses rising from the garden behind against the pale sky.

What it meansThe long rill with hedges and jets is the spine of the Andalusian garden, laid out so the sound and sight of water lead the eye and the walker to the shade at the end.

Where it worksOne strong line of perspective makes a small room feel longer. For a hallway, a landing or the wall facing a doorway.

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A row of dark green cypresses, tall and short alternating, standing against a pale sky above a terracotta garden wall with a band of cobalt-and-cream star tiles along its coping.Cypress RowNo. 2
An orange court drawn like an architect's axonometric: the paving a tilted grid of pale lines, two cobalt water channels crossing at an eight-point basin, and round orange trees standing up from the plan on their trunks, each with its fruit and its shadow.Orange CourtNo. 3
A marble bowl fountain on a slender stem, spilling into an eight-point star basin in a paved court. An orange tree in a blue pot stands on each side, and behind it a horseshoe arch edged in cobalt tiles opens onto cypresses.Fountain BowlNo. 4
Climbing jasmine trained up a diagonal wooden trellis on a terracotta wall, dark leaves and small white flowers, above a tiled dado. A clay pot of red geraniums stands on the floor.Jasmine WallNo. 5
A round-headed pomegranate tree full of small leaves and red fruit with their crowns, standing over a low sand wall against a deep cobalt sky. Two fallen fruit lie on the coping.Pomegranate TreeNo. 6
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.Fourfold GardenNo. 7
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

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