Facing Shakespeare’s Globe above a 6th-floor penthouse, this 50-sqm Mediterranean roof garden built in 2013 provides up-close views of Tate, St Paul’s, Blackfriars, Southwark & Millennium Bridges. Situated in EC4, this compact roof garden features lush Mediterranean plants in bespoke planters, Ipe decking, lighting, irrigation & white Manutti sofas. Photos: Marianne Majerus.
Project Name: Millennium Bridge Mediterranean Roof Garden
Studio Name: Mylandscapes LTD
With our clients spending much time in their Portuguese home part of the year, this rooftop recaptures their Mediterranean outdoor lifestyle. The plants burgeon in this 360-degree sunny & windy aspect, repelling river gusts, heat & pollution.
Iconic London landmarks provide architectural clinquant day & night, where the roof garden merges congruously into the architectonic backdrop. Porthole vases powder-coated orange to match the building’s cladding & grey & white slimline troughs provide auspicious homes for a biodiverse plentitude of Mediterranean plant species. Selected plants include Stachys, Prostanthera, Pinus, Nerium, Nepeta, Lavandula, Phillyrea, Astelia, Lithodora, Agapanthus, Libertia, Hebe, Dasylirion, Pittosporum, Chamaerops, Arbutus, Agave & Phillyrea.
Glass balustrades, hardwood decking, weatherproof sofas, irrigation & low-voltage lighting provide year-round alfresco sumptuousness, maximising the small space, made for contemporary comfortableness.
