The Department for Gardens and Parks belonging to Almuñécar Town Hall have been busy pruning the clumps of palm trees on its beaches.
Beach Palms Pruned
by Hugh MacArthur •
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Planting Palms on Calle Guadix
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Environmental Department at Almuñécar Town Hall has planted around 30 palm trees (coco palms) along Calle de Guadix, where there has been extensive roadworks.
Salobreña Palm-Tree Pruning
by Vivienne Hughes •
The private company charged with maintaining public parks and gardens in Salobreña, ATHISA, has stepped up the pace of palm pruning.
Herradura Square Tidied
by Louise Powell •
The village previously had its main paseo and beach gardens tidied but this time it was the turn of Plaza El Ruso.
Tree Felling Boob
by Martin Myall •
In the race to get Plaza Kelibia in Almuñécar finished for Semana Santa it appears that the Town Hall bypassed necessary steps, which the CA has been quick to denounce.
Pruning the Palms
by Martin Myall •
The Motril Maintenance Department were busy during the month of January pruning the town centre’s 300 palm trees.
Calle Pablo Iglesias Finished
by Martin Myall •
The final touches to the new-look of Calle Pablo Iglesias were added with the new, raised, tree beds – a glance at the photograph will clarify what we mean by that.
The Good, The Bad and The Disputable
by Editor •
The work on the street leading up from the town-hall square to the church has finally concluded, and looks pretty good, as well as much more practical, but a controversy is brewing…
Green Women Against Tree Felling
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar-based women’s ecologist group, La Asociación de Mujeres Ecologistas Sexitanas, has denounced what they claim to be “extreme tree Felling” on the Paseo del Altillo gardens. They say that around a dozen emblematic trees were cut down from at base level, especially ‘ficus’ (rubber-plant trees) near the car-park entrance. They consider that these trees had formed a fundamental part of the panorama.
Palms Relocated
by Martin Myall •
Locals in Almuñécar will have noticed that Town Hall workers from the garden and parks maintenance department have taken away a number of full-grown palm trees along Calle Pablo Iglesias. The reason for this is because they are literally destroying the pavement, thanks to their ever-increasing girth.