A MARJADA IS A KIND OF TERRACE NEXT TO A MOUNTAIN, SUPPORTED BY A DRY-STONE WALL (MARGE) BUILT TO PLANT RAINFED TREES SUCH AS OLIVE TREES. MOST OF THEM WERE BUILT DURING THE TIME OF MUSLIM RULE.
TODAY THEY ARE UNESCO HERITAGE AND AN UNEQUIVOCAL SYMBOL OF THE ISLAND.

MALLORCAN GARDENS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR AUSTERE NATURE. WATER HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED A SCARCE RESOURCE.
PLANTS MUST SURVIVE THE SUMMER HEAT, THE WINTER FROST, WATER SCARCITY, AIR SALINITY AND SOME OTHER STORM.
MALLORCAN GARDENERS INHERITED THE ART OF GROWING AGAVES, ROSEMARY, OLIVE TREES, ORANGE TREES, ALMOND TREES, VINE… AND THE NEW GENERATIONS COMBINED IT WITH INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO CREATE BEAUTY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

THOSE BORN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN HAVE DENSE REED BED FIELDS AS PART OF THEIR CHILDHOOD MEMORY. THE FEW REMAINING REED ARTISANS SAW HOW THEIR PARENTS CLEANED THEIR LEAVES AND LEFT THEM TO DRY.
THE USE OF THIS AS A RESOURCE IN THE BEAMED CEILINGS IT REINFORCES THE STRUCTURE AND REVEALS HUMBLE NEW FORMS OF RESISTANCE AND PROTECTION.
IN THE PERGOLAS ITS PRESENCE PROVIDES WARMTH, ITS SHADOWS GIVE MOVEMENT AND THE LIGHT THAT PASSES THROUGH CHANGES CONSTANTLY ITS SHAPE AND COLOR.