▸ SERVICE AREA · BAY OF PALMA
Garden care in Palma, Son Vida, Marratxí and El Arenal.
The capital and its urban ring. Townhouse courtyards, rooftop terraces, suburban estates and demanding maintenance.
The area
The capital and its urban ring.
Palma and Marratxí carry the urban weight of the island, and with it a variety of programme that no other municipality matches. The capital alternates townhouse with paved inner courtyard in the old town, penthouse with panoramic terrace on the Paseo Marítimo, homeowners' association with shared garden behind walls in La Bonanova or Son Armadams, and premium estates on the outskirts (Son Vida, Génova, Puntiró, El Terreno) where the garden already breathes in hectares. Marratxí is the rural-urban belt that follows: Pla villages such as Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta and Es Pla de na Tesa, family houses with garden and pool, deeper clay soil, and plots noticeably more generous than within the city itself.
The technical challenge changes with each typology, but the underlying problem is always the same: gain green without losing the view, manage scarce water in shallow soil, and place palm and olive within historic or contemporary architecture without either side feeling out of place. Urban projects demand stair or crane access, coordination with neighbours and homeowners' associations, controlled noise and work measured in square metres rather than hectares. The palette leans on controlled-form Olea europaea, mature Phoenix dactylifera, Citrus sinensis in the Mallorcan courtyard, Pittosporum tobira as hedging, and the low-water Mediterranean matrix (Lavandula, Rosmarinus, Bougainvillea, Plumbago). Tight calendar, electric crews essential for urban coexistence.
Zone data
Soil, climate and altitude.
- Soil
- Annual rainfall
- Sunshine hours
- Typical altitude
The towns
Four faces of the garden in the Bay of Palma.
Palma
Palma is a garden in miniature and at altitude. Paved inner courtyard of a townhouse in the old town, penthouse with planted terrace on the Paseo Marítimo, communal garden behind walls in La Bonanova or Son Armadams, premium estate in Génova or Puntiró with mature olives and palms. The urban palette is built from plants that handle full sun and rooftop wind, which dries out anything unprepared: controlled-form Olea europaea, mature Phoenix dactylifera as an accent, Pittosporum tobira as hedging, Bougainvillea over pergola, Plumbago auriculata as a ground cover in large planters, Lavandula and Rosmarinus at the base, all underpinned by carefully planned drip irrigation, properly sectorised and run on a controller. Tricky access, controlled noise, constant coordination with the homeowners' association and, in the historic centre, with the city council. Intensive maintenance at a small scale, the craft of a watchmaker more than a gardener.
Son Vida
Son Vida is the premium residential enclave of Palma: large-plot villas, two flagship golf courses (Son Vida, Son Muntaner) and a forest park of Aleppo pine and holm oak that has survived the development. The substrate is calcareous and well-drained, the elevation ranges between 80 and 150 metres and the microclimate runs slightly cooler than the urban centre thanks to the altitude and the dense tree cover. The typical villa-garden palette combines existing pine and holm oak as a matrix, ornamental palm (Phoenix canariensis, mature date palm) as a structural accent, cypress and transplanted olive along driveways, and a curated Mediterranean planting (lavender, rosemary, cistus, bougainvillea) around the house and pool. Intensive villa maintenance with a mature garden, irrigation with telemetry, annual formative pruning.
Marratxí
Marratxí is the first belt outside Palma and you feel it as soon as you arrive: Sa Cabaneta, Pòrtol, Es Pla de na Tesa and Sa Garriga are settlements where the soil turns deeper and clayey, the plot widens, and the noise of the city is left behind. Family estates dominate, with house, garden and pool, descended from old Pla country houses, on a typical brief that combines outdoor dining area under pergola, Mallorcan gravel or hardy lawn, Mediterranean fruit trees (Ceratonia siliqua, Ficus carica, Citrus sinensis, Olea europaea) and heat-tolerant ornamental planting with Bougainvillea, Plumbago, Lantana, Nerium oleander and the usual aromatic matrix of Lavandula, Rosmarinus and Thymus. The look combines the inherited rustic Mallorcan with contemporary comfort, without slipping into the marketing villa. Maintenance feels less pressured than central Palma, the calendar predictable.
El Arenal
S'Arenal lives from hospitality: large-format resort complexes, residents' associations and a seafront promenade that organises the urban edge. Proximity to the sea drives every garden decision: salt spray, poor sandy substrate, constant wind and, in August, the tourist season as the dominant time variable. The typical hotel garden combines alignments of Phoenix canariensis and Washingtonia framing entrances and pool, masses of bougainvillea and oleander as permanent colour, seasonal flower beds at lobby and entrance, low-water lawn and salt-tolerant ground covers (Lantana, Carpobrotus, tamarisk). The calendar is the inverse of the residential one: pruning and projects in winter, intensive maintenance and flower replacement at the peak of the season.
Services available in the Bay of Palma.
Specialised
Pruning of urban trees over rooftops, palm pruning at height, robot mowing on suburban estates.
Creation
Enclosed courtyard design, planted rooftop terraces and premium villa gardens in Son Vida or Génova.
Maintenance
Tight urban calendar: controlled pruning, drip irrigation, planting tuned to rooftop wind.
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.