Urban gardens are ideal spaces for healing groups with special needs: children, adults, and the elderly.

Based on the shape of a ring or circle—symbolising nature’s cycles, continuity, and the universe—professionals from the social and healthcare sectors, certified occupational therapists, and psychologists will be able to design therapies tailored to each social group.

Public administrations must coordinate cross-cutting strategies involving healthcare, social services, parks and gardens, and urban planning. Accessibility is essential in this sensory space, which will also attract pollinators thanks to features such as insect hotels and nesting boxes included in our project.

We designed the green areas of a health centre with horticultural and gardening therapy dedicated to children. The aim was to support the healing process of young patients by integrating nature as a pathway to recovery.

Elements that reduce stress and promote well-being include outdoor play, learning new skills, comfortably navigable spaces, shaded areas to avoid prolonged sun exposure, and activities led by qualified therapists and facilitators.

Sustainable gardens with low water consumption and attractive plants featuring shapes, textures, scents, and colours that stimulate all five senses. We propose a palm-shaped path where children can explore a delightful chromatic circuit in shades of white, blue, and pink.

The U.S. Embassy requested the creation of an unconventional garden: a tree structure designed to provide shade for the embassy’s dogs, which perform reconnaissance tasks at the airport, while also producing edible fruit from the planted trees.

We selected various mango varieties, lemon trees, coconut palms, pitanga (Surinam cherry), and decorative flowering plants such as oleanders and hibiscus for the entrance of the facility.

The tropical gardens of the Embassy of Switzerland—a green paradise—were enhanced through improved design and updated landscaping techniques.

We expanded the palette of plant species to bring new colors, textures, fragrances, and sensations to visitors, while taking into account water scarcity, biological pest control, and organic fertilization.

The ultimate goal was to transform the space into a healthy environment where visitors could enjoy scenic beauty, with plants that evoke the island’s origins through the use of native and resilient species.

The transformation of the common areas in this urban development in Sierra Blanca has completely changed the concept of green spaces. The designed ecological naturalistic garden promotes biodiversity and requires minimal water. It combines resilient flora such as sages with grasses, succulents, and fleshy plants, maintaining chromatic and floral interest throughout the twelve months of the year.  Colour, scents, and textures welcome visitors to the complex, with the simplicity of the vegetation naturally blending into the surroundings.

The wellbeing experienced through contact with plants is one of the benefits gained by renaturalising a plot that was previously covered by white pebbles with almost no green coverage.

Inspired by The Tree of Life by Gustav Klimt, we have designed a public park shaped like a carob tree, a native species of Andalusia. Each branch leads us towards the wishes symbolised by the existing trees in the park, surrounded by corten steel rings and mulched with pine bark to protect their roots and minimise water evaporation—evoking the eternal, unending cycle of nature.

Organic forms and circles shape a healthy space where resilience and sustainability take centre stage. The biodiversity found in Klimt’s work is reimagined through Nature-based Solutions (NbS), encouraging urban flora and fauna. These plant communities attract biodiversity, and visitors experience a deep connection with nature—characteristic of green cities that help mitigate the effects of climate change.

We have focused on 3 km of Marbella’s beachfront promenade to create a space that promotes biodiversity through the planting of resilient species adapted to the seafront environment. Salt-laden winds and soil salinity pose challenges that we address by adapting to the climatic and edaphic conditions. “The right plant in the right place.”

The proposed Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and the enhancement of Ecosystem Services (ES)—both regulatory and cultural—add significant value to these spaces.

A public sensory park with exceptional therapeutic potential due to its health-promoting properties. This initiative not only enriches the experience of those visiting the garden but also contributes to the city’s sustainability and well-being, aligning with European and national trends and objectives in green infrastructure. Mitigating climate change through Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and integrating the park with Marbella’s broader green infrastructure are the two fundamental principles of the gardens on C/ Valentuñana, 5, Marbella — the city’s first public park designed to maximise the ecosystem services provided by urban trees.

Renaturalising the garden, promoting biodiversity, improving residents’ quality of life through its therapeutic benefits, offering a pleasant space for enjoyment, and reducing the high summer temperatures through increased vegetation are just some of the advantages of these gardens. Additionally, the design carefully addresses issues such as allergies, odours, and waste (the so-called disservices).

To achieve the park’s renaturalisation, over 3,150 resilient plants have been planted, providing vibrant flowering and fruit that attract birds. Biodiversity has been enhanced with 46 plant species, 30 of which offer spectacular blooms, such as Podranea, Callistemon, and Rosa ‘Iceberg’. This includes 1,000 bulbs that will naturalise in the soil and create a colourful autumnal carpet, including the native Sierra de Grazalema species Sternbergia lutea. The result is a low-maintenance Mediterranean-Tropical garden that awakens all five senses of its visitors.

Design for a new urban development in Málaga by the international architecture studio L35, which includes a public square, a hotel, and commercial and residential areas. Organic spaces, green roofs, urban furniture, and non-polluting lighting reflect forms inspired by nature.

Málaga is a cultural city where connectivity is key to creating biodiversity corridors for pollinators and auxiliary fauna. The space will enhance urban resilience as it is designed to serve as a node in the city’s green infrastructure. Climate change has guided the choice of vegetation, which is adapted to rising temperatures. Periods of drought, followed by increasingly intense torrential rains, require Nature-based Solutions (NbS) such as resilient plant species with low water requirements, planting techniques including mulches and efficient irrigation systems, and minimising disservices such as allergies.

We will generate regulating and cultural ecosystem services. Increased biomass will result in energy savings, reduced air and noise pollution, and lower temperatures in public spaces and inside buildings. The proposed green roofs will also contribute to ambient temperature reduction. The project creates a healthy, sensory green space with social and psychological benefits for visitors, forming a new public gathering place that respects Málaga’s idiosyncrasy, history, and culture.

The owners of this private residence in Nagüeles were clear that, as they do not live in Marbella year-round, they wanted low-maintenance gardens that they could enjoy during their visits; a harmonious space that conveys tranquillity and stimulates the senses, with occasional flowers for decoration and edible fruits, became a priority in the garden’s design. Our biocontrol approach ensures healthy crops for consumption while avoiding contamination and naturally managing garden pests.

Spatially, there was a lack of cohesion and connection between the property’s two levels. Gravel paths of various materials and colours, stabilised with geocells, were used to link the different areas of the garden. White or pink gravel with binders in some areas, river gravel in others, combined with tiles and wooden sleepers, created stable, walkable paths. Sustainable technical wood, 70% recycled pine, was used for seating areas and stairs.

The gardens follow a tropical-Mediterranean style, with zones complemented by decorative pots throughout the property:

1. A kitchen garden, designed with wooden sleepers alongside the retaining wall, includes aromatic herbs and seasonal vegetables, as well as companion plants that control typical garden pests. An area dedicated to fruit trees contains exotic crops from southern Andalusia, such as carambola, passionfruit, papaya, guava, and pitanga.

2. Fruit trees: existing pomegranates, orange and lemon trees were complemented with unique species such as kumquat, limequat, Buddha’s hand citrus, and a lunar lemon that fruits year-round. The Citrus Garden at the entrance now features a floral carpet of Lavandula, Achillea, and Erigeron.
3. The Rock Garden includes Sedum of various species and jasmines to gradually cover the rockery, and the Cactus Garden, framed by Plumeria and Bougainvillea, houses a collection of succulents and cacti.
4. In the Pavilion Garden, an Italian pergola stands over a circular Portuguese cobble floor, crafted by skilled artisans and covered with flowering climbers such as Jasminum and Pandorea. The area is surrounded by a garden where Strelitzia, Ravenala, and banana trees merge with Hibiscus, Callistemon, and Mediterranean flowering shrubs like Westringia and Verbena.