The intent of a formal Italian garden is to settle the mind of the viewer and create a feeling of ease, contentment, and peace. Historically, gardens were planted Italy to be an extension of the home itself, and in many cases, a veritable outside room connected to the house. Today, not all Italian gardens are actually installed adjacent to the home, but all are built with a view of the house in mind, or built to be viewed from an ideal vantage point within the house. A formal Italian garden is something that is created for people to enter, sit in and walk through. Outdoor rooms are made within the garden where benches, small patios, and picnic areas can be furnished with benches and outdoor furniture. Masonry walls, porticos, pergolas, grottos, and loggias work to subdivide Italian gardens into these special rooms of interest. Sometimes a garden pergola is built to create a sheltering enclosure that provides a special view of the home and surrounding Houston landscape.
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