Landscaping in Artà and Cala Ratjada
The northeast corner puts hill country and exposed coast within a few kilometres of each other. Tell us which of the two your property sits in and we pass the request to companies working the Llevant.
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Garrigue inland, salt on the headland
Around Artà the hills carry holm oak, wild olive, lentisc and the dwarf fan palm that grows nowhere else in Europe in quantity. The soil is thin and stony, rainfall is modest, and the natural vegetation is the best guide there is to what a garden can sustain.
Cala Ratjada is the opposite condition. Low rocky coast, wind off the sea in almost every season and salt reaching well back from the water, which is why the successful gardens there are built around a tough outer belt with everything softer behind it.
Between the two sits a band of old farmland with dry stone walls and almond, where most of the larger rural properties are and where clearance and terrace repair are the usual first jobs.
What gardens here usually need
- Native and garrigue planting on thin hill soil
- Salt and wind shelter on the coastal strip
- Dry stone wall repair on old farmland
- Clearance and firebreaks on hill parcels
- Irrigation from wells and cisterns inland
- Holiday letting maintenance near the coast
- Fire aware planting away from buildings
- Pool surround planting that copes with spray
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What grows without irrigation in the Llevant hills?
Most of what already grows there. Lentisc, wild olive, rosemary, cistus and dwarf palm all manage on winter rain once established.
Is fire clearance required?
Rural properties are generally expected to keep cleared margins around buildings and access. It is worth confirming what your municipality asks for.
How far does salt reach inland from Cala Ratjada?
Further than people expect on an exposed north or east facing plot. A hill between you and the water changes it completely.
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