JaneGrey333 The garden was mediaeval in style. The slightly natural look adds to its charm. There are many other types, including the type you referenced, so there is nothing whatsoever “odd” about it or about it being the image I selected.
You mean...faux mediaeval? Even worse! It is surely the Italian equivalent of a cheap rattan sofa.
I do get what you are aiming at , but its all just a little too Barbara Cartland crossed with Charlie Dimmock's idea of what a "tasteful" garden should look like. (in fact, Charlie Dimmock would probably produce something better).
The key is to have the confidence to do what you want, and to be kind about other people's choices. Everyone knows that cheap rattan furniture is a little tacky, but no-one cares, because even people with walled gardens can hide it somewhere out of the way because they want to be comfortable. And, you know, time moves on, new materials are invented. Monkey puzzle trees and American redwoods at one time were "nouveau" and look how they caught on.
By the way, the mediaeval era isn't really a garden trend - it stemmed from the 5th to the 15th century, latterly ending in the bubonic plague and is more commonly referred to as the dark ages. I think you may be referring to the renaissance era because mediaeval gardens really did need to be more productive than decorative.