The Spanish Gardens of Javier Mariategui

It was not by chance nor by a trick of fate that Javier Mariategui dedicated himself to gardening. He grew up among gardens. Both his grandmothers were gardening enthusiasts, one of them, the Marchioness of Casa Valdes wrote the book Jardines de Espana, which describes the history of Spanish gardening from Roman times to the present day. This enthusiasm was passed on to him by his parents. From his earliest years he was making his own gardens, by reusing those plants discarded by his father. For the last thirty years, he has been designing and building gardens across Spain as well as in several other European countries. Among the present garden architects of Spain Mariategui plays an outstanding role."

Javier Mariategui studied landscape gardening and design at the Escuela de Paisajismo y Jardineria Castillo de Batres in Madrid, which he followed by working in England as a gardener. Back in Spain, he created the Jardines de Espana nursery, which looks after and employs handicapped children, with whom he first started making gardens. He has published numerous articles on landscape gardening topics in specialized magazines, and his work has appeared in the most prestigious publications.＂