Gardeners in Fuengirola
Your green space, looked after by someone five minutes away
Communities, terraces and penthouses all over Fuengirola. We’re in Mijas, right next door, so coming to see the garden costs us nothing. Written quote within 24 hours.
- Itemised quote, ready to take to the owners’ meeting
- A report from every visit and a monthly invoice
- Green waste removal always included
Your garden in Fuengirola
Tell us what you need and we’ll give you a price within 24 hours.
What you need to know
In Fuengirola a garden hardly ever belongs to just one person
It’s the most densely built-up municipality on the coast. Here green space is either a community’s communal garden or it’s up on a terrace, and each of the two is looked after — and hired — in a different way.
Communal gardens: no one person decides
In a community the quote is approved at the owners’ meeting, and an owners’ meeting doesn’t approve a figure sent on its own by WhatsApp. It needs a document with the items set out separately: how many visits a year, what each one includes, what’s invoiced on top. We hand it over like that from the start, and the price is fixed for the whole year, which is what really heads off the arguments at the next meeting.
Terraces and penthouses: everything’s in pots
A plant in a pot has nothing else to draw on. The compost is spent in two or three years, and from then on you water and feed without it doing much good: it needs replacing. Up there, too, the wind and the salt hit a lot harder than at street level. And there are two things to check before planting anything: weight and drainage. A leak into the flat below costs more than the whole garden.
For property administrators
What usually goes wrong isn’t the garden, it’s the follow-up
When a community changes gardener, it’s hardly ever because of bad pruning. It’s because nobody knew when the gardener had been, or what had been done, and at the July meeting someone asked and there was no answer.
That’s why every visit leaves a report with the date, what was done and a photo if there’s something to show. It isn’t red tape: it’s what lets the administrator stand behind the expense without having to rely on memory.
And one more thing: we give plenty of warning of what will be needed next year — a palm that’s run out of room, an irrigation system that can’t cope any more — so it goes into the ordinary budget and not into a special levy.
Where we work
Fuengirola neighbourhoods
We cover the whole municipality. The work isn’t the same in every part.
Los Boliches
Lots of communities from the seventies and eighties with a medium-sized inner garden: boundary hedges, the odd big ficus that has outgrown its space, and old irrigation leaking all over the place. It usually pays to renew the irrigation rather than keep patching it up.
Torreblanca
The upper part has villas and townhouses with their own gardens, and there it’s more like Mijas: hedge trimming, lawns and fruit trees. It’s uphill from the seafront, so access for machinery has to be checked before we give a price.
Carvajal and El Boquetillo
Frontline and high-rise blocks. Here the salt is in charge: it burns the edges of the leaves and eats through sprinklers and screws in a couple of seasons. You plant species that tolerate it and choose fittings that will last, or replace them every year.
The centre and the promenade
Terraces, penthouses and small patios. Detailed work, and timing matters: we come and go without making a racket in the middle of the afternoon, and the cuttings go down in bags, not in a wheelbarrow through the entrance hall.
Fuengirola is small and we cover all of it. If your community isn’t on the list, ask us anyway.
Common questions
Questions about Fuengirola
Do you work with property administrators?
Yes. A written quote broken down item by item, a monthly invoice and a report from every visit, so the administrator can show it at the owners’ meeting. If someone needs to come to an owners’ meeting to explain the plan, we’ll come.
Do you look after terrace or penthouse gardens?
Yes. It’s a different job from a garden in the ground: everything’s in pots, the compost wears out, the wind and the salt are much harsher up high, and you have to keep an eye on weight and drainage so you don’t end up with leaks into the neighbour’s flat. The usual is a maintenance visit every two to four weeks.
What about parking and access?
It’s the most practical question in Fuengirola, and it has a solution. We unload, move the materials and move the van; the rest goes up in the lift or by the stairs. For jobs with bulky green waste we let you know beforehand, to reserve a space or bring a bulk bag, and we don’t leave the pavement blocked half the morning.
How much does it cost to maintain a community’s green areas?
It depends on the square metres, whether there’s lawn or just shrubs and palms, and how often. What is fixed is how we quote it: it’s measured, broken down item by item, and the price is fixed for the whole year, with no surprises halfway through the season. Send us a few photos and the rough number of square metres and you’ll have it in writing within 24 hours.
Advice from your local gardener
October in Fuengirola
The best time of year to plant
Here you plant in autumn, not spring. The soil is still warm from the summer but the air no longer punishes, so the plant puts down roots all through the winter and reaches the next summer with its root system in place. Whatever goes in in May spends its first August suffering.
It’s also when the rain does part of the work: after the first storms you can cut the watering back a lot, but don’t switch it off altogether. A dry October is perfectly possible in Fuengirola, and a newly planted hedge won’t forgive a week without water.
And before the cold sets in, check the drippers one by one. After a summer working flat out there’s always one blocked with lime. You won’t notice it in winter… until June.
Shall we talk about your garden in Fuengirola?
We’re right next door, so coming round to see it costs us nothing. Call us or send us a few photos.