▸ SERVICE AREA · THE NORTH
Garden care in Alcúdia and Pollença.
The north of Mallorca: pine forests, open bays, boutique hotels and villas with pine-shaded gardens.
The area
The north, greener and cooler.
Alcúdia and Pollença form the northern tip of Mallorca, with two open bays (Pollença and Alcúdia) and a landscape dominated by the Pinus halepensis pine forest, continuous high shade and the highest relative humidity of any coastline on the island. The Tramuntana sierra comes down to the sea here through Cap de Formentor and the Sierra de la Victoria, and creates microclimates favourable to the garden that you simply do not find in the dry south. The area is also home to pioneering boutique hotels (Hotel Formentor since 1929, Son Brull) and to international family villas, with a long-established British and German presence spanning several generations.
Gardens take advantage of the high pine shade and the relative humidity of the air to introduce species noticeably more demanding than those of the Migjorn: Agapanthus africanus, Hydrangea macrophylla, tree ferns in shaded corners, Camellia japonica where the substrate allows, Mediterranean fruit trees (Citrus sinensis, Ficus carica, Punica granatum), mature Phoenix dactylifera and Bougainvillea over pergola. The palette reads noticeably greener and cooler than that of the south, almost an Atlantic-Mediterranean garden. The usual technical challenge is salt along the coastline, which calls for Tamarix gallica, Nerium oleander, Pittosporum tobira and Carpobrotus in the first line, and the moderate slope towards the sierra. Maintenance is shared between holiday-rental and residential use.
Zone data
Soil, climate and altitude.
- Soil
- Annual rainfall
- Sunshine hours
- Typical altitude
The towns
Two bays, two characters.
Alcúdia
Alcúdia combines the fourteenth-century walled historic centre, the wide beach of the bay and the Sierra de la Victoria with its Cap des Pinar at the eastern tip, all within a few kilometres and with very distinct garden typologies. The most representative gardens are those of villas under continuous Aleppo pine shade (Pinus halepensis) and those of boutique hotels in the front line of the bay, with an intensive gardening programme. The palette uses the high pine shade to include more demanding species (Agapanthus africanus, Hydrangea macrophylla, Mediterranean fruit trees, ferns in shaded corners) alongside the classic Mediterranean of Olea europaea, Phoenix dactylifera, Bougainvillea, Pittosporum tobira and Rosmarinus officinalis. At the tip of Cap des Pinar the pine forest is the absolute protagonist and gardens are read as a thinning of the wood, not as a decorative addition. Maintenance mixed between stable residential and seasonal tourist use.
Pollença
Pollença concentrates the other residential focus of the north: Cala Sant Vicent, Port de Pollença, Formentor and the village of Pollença itself, with its Calvari of 365 steps flanked by century-old Cupressus sempervirens and stately homes with carved façades on the Plaça Major. The northern Tramuntana reaches here and lifts the plots: many fincas sit at moderate altitude, with productive olive, scattered holm oak and pine mixed across rocky soil. Typical gardens combine the coastal Mediterranean garden of Port de Pollença style with Olea europaea, Phoenix dactylifera, Bougainvillea and Pittosporum tobira, the high-ground estate with productive olives and Quercus ilex as structure, and the Mallorcan courtyards of the historic centre with Citrus sinensis and Hydrangea under arcade. The palette returns to cool and green, with Mediterranean fruit trees (Ficus carica, Punica granatum, Citrus aurantium) and planting that tolerates pine shade. Seasonal maintenance, calendar set by the tourist season that runs from Easter to October.
Services available in the north.
Specialised
Aleppo-pine pruning at height, palm pruning and large-tree pruning over pools and terraces.
Creation
A cooler Mediterranean garden: use the high pine shade, introduce species that don't survive the dry south.
Maintenance
Calendar tuned to tourist and residential use, with controlled irrigation, pine-needle management and orchard maintenance.
Where we work
We serve all of Mallorca.
Each area has its own character, soil and gardens. Click a zone to discover it.
We serve villas and properties in Andratx, Calvià, Santa Ponsa on the southwest coast; Banyalbufar, Estellencs, Deià in the northern Tramuntana; Valldemossa, Bunyola in the central Tramuntana; Palma, Marratxí in the Bay of Palma; Llucmajor, Campos, Felanitx, Sant Joan, Santanyí across the Migjorn; Sóller; and Alcúdia, Pollença in the north.