Gardens anticipate what a house is like, they are the spaces that welcome guests and partly show the owners’ personality. Gardens have become a private oasis and must be taken care of and designed as if they were one room more.
There are many reasons to have a garden in Mallorca: the possibility to enjoy more of the island’s good weather, the refreshing effect of plants, protection against erosion, oxygen production, and the fact that they create social and leisure spaces to share moments and memories. But behind this desire to have a garden or outdoor space, there must be a design and a thorough study of the elements that these gardens should comprise.
In this sense, just as a few years ago the garden was one of the last spaces to think of or design; today, the design and construction of a home’s green spaces are carried out from the beginning of the project. Landscaping has become a fundamental part of a house’s construction or renovation project. Architects work together with landscapers so that the result is consistent and harmonious, offering better-used green spaces that combine design and functionality for owners.
One of the main aspects to consider when designing a garden or outdoor space is the use that will be made of it. Precisely, a space intended for leisure and family enjoyment is not designed in the same way as a space oriented to the cultivation of fruits and plants or an area with aesthetic functionality only. Taking these uses into account, landscapers select and advise the most suitable plants and trees for this purpose.
In addition to use, it is vitally important to design a garden with the climatology of the place in mind. In the case of Mallorcan homes, experts recommend using Mediterranean plants that turn the garden into a projection of the Mallorcan and Mediterranean landscape. Thus, plants such as lavender, rosemary or cotton-lavender; orange trees, lemon trees, olive trees, cypress trees; and shrubs such as hibiscus and lantana are the most recommended for the gardens of Mallorca.
Landscaping has become a fundamental part of the housing construction or renovation project.
The use of native or climate-adapted plants in Mallorca is one way to achieve sustainable gardens as they do not need excessive use of resources to care for them. Concern for sustainability is also a trend in the gardening world, and more and more professionals are recommending and designing outdoor spaces for this purpose.
Another way to get a sustainable garden is to use plants and vegetation that need less irrigation and therefore lower water consumption. In the case of Mallorca, a clear example of this is cactus and succulents gardens.
"The use of plants native to Mallorca is one of the ways to achieve sustainable gardens."
"The slow philosophy has also reached gardens, enjoying the natural growth of our gardens’ plants."
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In addition to sustainability, the slow philosophy has also reached the world of landscaping and gardens with slow gardening. This new trend and way of understanding outdoor spaces aims to enhance and enjoy each of the plants’ growing processes. In this way, the owner is part of the garden growth process while observing the evolution and development of the plants.
The distribution of vegetation in the gardens can be very varied, but the common elements in most of the gardens made in Mallorca are the vegetation intended to offer privacy to the property creating a visual barrier from the outside, some trees that offer focal points and give coherence and harmony to the space, and a large flat area for leisure.
Garden design must respond to the needs of each house so that its inhabitants can enjoy to the fullest this contact with nature in their own home.
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