One of our aims with this project was to bring city children into closer contact with nature, especially plants and insects. The Mediterranean-style garden is a prime example of sustainable landscape design, with several species of native plants that were selected for their low water and maintenance requirements, including a wide variety of aromatic herbs (Ocimum basilicum, Mentha spicata, Aloysia citrodora, Melissa officinalis, Thymus vulgaris, Mentha piperita, Origanum vulgare, and Cymbopogon citratus), grasses (Stipa tenuissima, Pennisetum rubrum, Pennisetum setaceum, and Ophiopogon japonicus), perennial shrubs (Gaura lindheimeri red, Gaura lindheimeri white, Helichrysum italicum, Elaeagnus x ebbingei, and Salvia farinaccea), trees (Cercis siliquastrum, Schinus molle, Pistacia lentiscus, Morus fruitless, and Magnolia grandiflora), and climbers (Plumbago capensis, Bignonia ‘Contessa Sara’, and Ficus repens).