Setting a mood, structuring spaces.
Jardins Concept Monaco offers the complete range of services of a landscape architect designer: study, planning, realisation and project management. We accompany you through the entire process and partner with renowned Riviera landscapers when it adds value.
Our studio designs gardens, terraces and green spaces in the Principality of Monaco, Cap-Martin, Roquebrune, Beaulieu, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and across the French Riviera. Each project begins with a sensitive reading of the site — orientation, views, prevailing winds, microclimate, soil quality, co-ownership constraints — to produce a design that honours the spirit of the place while answering contemporary uses: entertaining, swimming, resting, gardening, living outdoors year-round.
From first sketch to handover.
Study & diagnosis
Reading the site, the climate, the technical constraints and your wishes. Topographic survey, soil analysis, solar and hydraulic study. A precise diagnosis before any drawing.
Design & plans
Mood sketches, master plans at 1/100, planting plans, technical sections, detail sheets and an annotated plant palette. A complete, readable, costed file.
Build & supervision
Tender consultations, contractor coordination, weekly site visits, quality control and handover. You stay serene.
Aftercare
Maintenance advice, seasonal management plan, planting follow-up through the first year and long-term support to age the garden gracefully.
Full expertise, from drawing to living plants.
We work across the full life cycle of a landscape project, at every scale — from a private garden of a few dozen square metres to a building's grounds of several thousand, including the suspended terraces so characteristic of Monaco.
Private garden design
Villas, estates, second homes in Monaco and the Riviera. Bespoke study, Mediterranean plant palette, framing of sea views.
Terraces & rooftops
Monaco apartment terraces, green roofs, planters on slabs. Load study, waterproofing, drainage, lightweight growing systems.
Vertical gardens & living walls
Design and technical supervision of indoor and outdoor living walls, species selection by exposure, integrated irrigation systems.
Landscape pools & water features
Landscape integration of swimming pools, water mirrors, natural swimming ponds, mineral edges and planted surroundings.
Planting plans & plant palette
Detailed botanical studies, drought-resistant species selection, seasonal plans accounting for bloom, foliage and winter silhouettes.
Project management & site supervision
Full operation oversight: tenders, scheduling, weekly site visits, handover control, snag-list closure, defects-liability follow-up.
Landscape lighting & nightscaping
Lighting plans, LED fixture selection, scenography of remarkable trees, path beaconing, light-pollution control.
Consultancy & expertise
Audit of existing gardens, second opinion on a project, judicial expertise, advice for building managers and co-owners on shared green spaces.
The Mediterranean vocabulary.
Our work is rooted in Mediterranean flora — adapted to the dry Riviera climate, water-efficient, generous in scent and silhouette. A few families we draw on regularly:
Olive trees & character trees
Olive, holm oak, parasol pine, Judas tree, hackberry — the structure and memory of the Mediterranean garden.
Cypresses & vertical silhouettes
Italian cypress, juniper, callitris — to set rhythm, frame views, draw perspectives.
Aromatics & dry ground covers
Lavender, rosemary, thyme, santolina, helichrysum, achillea — fragrance, biodiversity and zero watering once established.
Long-blooming perennials
Bougainvillea, plumbago, lantana, agapanthus, gaura — colour from spring to autumn without excess water.
Grasses & textures
Stipa, pennisetum, miscanthus, festuca — lightness, movement, backlit luminosity.
Succulents & dry-climate exotics
Agaves, aloes, dasylirion, yucca, opuntia — living sculptures for terraces and rockeries.
Working in Monaco and on the French Riviera.
Designing a garden on the Riviera means dealing with specific constraints: steep slopes, shallow stony soils, hot dry summers, sea spray, mistral and easterly winds, growing water restrictions. In Monaco, slab constraints add up — structural load study, multilayer waterproofing, drainage, restricted site access, strict co-ownership rules. Our local experience lets us anticipate these issues from the sketch stage, in coordination with the architects, engineering offices and partner contractors of the Principality.
An eco-responsible approach.
We favour Mediterranean species adapted to the climate, water-efficient and supportive of local biodiversity. Living soils enriched with compost, organic mulch to limit evaporation, smart drip irrigation on programmed schedules, refuges for beneficial fauna (pollinators, lizards, birds), no synthetic pesticides — principles we apply to every project, without dogma, seeking the right balance between elegance, performance and respect for the living world.
What is a landscape architect?
A landscape architect works at every scale: private garden, terrace, vertical garden, public park, building surroundings, urban green spaces. We draw, we plan, we coordinate — always in service of the place, its uses and the living world it shelters. At the crossroads of architecture, botany, ecology and the arts, it is a craft of synthesis where technique always serves a sensitive intention.
What clients often ask.
How long between the first visit and the delivery of a garden?
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For a medium-sized private garden, expect roughly 2 to 4 months of studies and 3 to 8 months of works depending on complexity, excluding planting deferred for seasonal reasons.
Do you only work in Monaco?
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Our studio is based in Monaco, but we work across the French Riviera: Cap-Martin, Roquebrune, Menton, Èze, Cap-Ferrat, Beaulieu, Villefranche, Nice, Cannes and the surrounding areas.
Can you work alongside my architect or my landscape contractor?
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Absolutely. We regularly team up with architects, engineering offices, landscape builders and maintenance companies we know and trust.
Can you reshape an existing garden without redoing everything?
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Of course. A large part of our work consists of requalifying, restructuring or completing existing gardens while preserving what deserves to be kept.
What budget should I plan for?
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Each project is unique. We provide a budget range from the first visit, then a precise quote at the end of the design phase, with transparent contractor consultations.