Articles and guides
Gardening guides for the Algarve climate
Practical answers to the questions clients ask us every day: when to prune, how to spot the weevil, what to plant in a garden that uses little water, what land clearing costs. Written by the people doing the work.
Articles and guides
Latest guides
Palm trees11 min read
Red palm weevil in the Algarve: signs, treatment and prevention
How to spot the red palm weevil, which treatment works, when to treat, what it costs and what Portuguese law requires. A guide for the Algarve.
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Trees11 min read
Olive tree pruning in the Algarve: when, how and what to avoid
Olive tree pruning step by step: the best time in the Algarve, formative, maintenance and renovation pruning, common mistakes and the law on removal.
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Land12 min read
Land clearing in Portugal: the law, deadlines, fuel-management strips and prices
What Portuguese law requires for clearing land around houses, the yearly deadline, the fines, the cost per square metre and how to do it properly.
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Palm trees10 min read
How and when to prune palm trees: the 9-to-3 rule and the mistakes that kill palms
When to prune palms in the Algarve, the 9-to-3 rule, how many fronds to remove, the pineapple cut on Canary palms and what never to do.
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Services
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Each service page has questions on prices, seasons and permits.
Tree pruning and felling
Tree pruning, felling and removal at height, even on tight plots or next to houses. We also chip the waste on site.
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Palm tree cleaning
Palm tree cleaning for Canary Island date palms, Washingtonias and Phoenix. We remove dead fronds, seed heads and fruit using ropes and lifting equipment.
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Palm tree treatment
Red palm weevil treatment and palm moth control. Preventive and curative, applied by someone trained and licensed to do it.
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Garden landscaping
Garden landscaping and Mediterranean garden design with drought-tolerant plants. We prepare the ground, plant and hand over a garden ready to use.
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Garden maintenance
Garden maintenance on a regular schedule: mowing, hedges, pruning, irrigation and clean-up. Monthly or fortnightly plans for villas, condominiums and holiday homes.
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Land clearing
Brush cutting, the legal fuel-management strips around houses and clearing of abandoned plots, with brush cutter, tractor and mulching of the cuttings. Done before the 30 April legal deadline.
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Mini excavator work
Excavation, levelling and earthmoving, trenching and stump removal with our own mini excavator and operator. A compact machine for gardens and plots where big diggers can't get in.
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