In Mallorca, at the heart of the Mediterranean landscape, Jardins Tramuntana stands out as one of the most consistent voices in contemporary landscape design in Spain. Founded more than three decades ago by Joan Nadal, the studio has gradually shaped a trajectory defined by a deep integration of design, ecology and territorial sensitivity.
What we now recognise as Jardins Tramuntana was born from the impulse to conceive gardens that, beyond providing visual beauty, reconstruct and extend the stories of a place. With a multidisciplinary team bringing together landscape designers, architects, engineers and botanical specialists, the studio’s practice unfolds across projects of varying scale —from residential gardens to complex landscape interventions— always guided by a perspective that understands landscape as a living organism.
The practice of Jardins Tramuntana is distinguished by a holistic understanding of the site: topography, climate, vegetation, geography and cultural memory are not treated as separate entities, but as variables that inform every design decision. This way of structuring the practice —as a process rather than an image— results in gardens that engage in dialogue with their surroundings, that feel inevitable in the terrain they inhabit, and that, over time, evolve with the same naturalness as their plant elements.
Throughout its history, the studio has been invited to work beyond Mallorca and participates in international platforms that recognise the complexity, rigour and empathy with which it approaches each commission. In every project, Jardins Tramuntana reaffirms its conviction: landscape design is a discipline capable of restoring the relationship between people and nature, and of reshaping territory through sustainability, technical expertise and respect for place.
Joan Nadal
The trajectory of Joan Nadal is inseparable from the history of Jardins Tramuntana. A landscape designer, founder and chief executive of the studio, Nadal embarked on this professional path more than thirty years ago with the determination to explore the Mediterranean landscape through its most intimate structures: native plants, stone, light and the geographic memory each site carries within it.
From the outset, Nadal understood that designing a garden demands both technical rigour and a poetic reading of place. His approach is not limited to the selection of species or the layout of paths, but extends to the analysis of climate, topography, history and the cultural conditions of each context. Under his direction, the Jardins Tramuntana team has consolidated a body of work in which landscape design unfolds as both a technical and an artistic discipline.
Nadal’s influence extends beyond his own projects. He has served as a juror in prestigious national landscape design awards, championing the design of green spaces as applied art and as an agent of environmental and social transformation. Beyond the management of the studio, his practice is characterised by a constant commitment to sustainability, innovation and construction quality. For Nadal, each project is an opportunity to bring together botanical knowledge, technical efficiency and a sensitivity that recognises the landscape as an interlocutor.