Gardening Services in Lisboa

About our service in Lisboa

Containers behave nothing like open ground and that is where most disappointment starts. A pot has a fixed volume of soil, so it dries from the top down within a day of hard sun on a west-facing terrace, the compost slumps and stops absorbing water, and salts from hard mains water build a pale crust on the surface and around the rim. The answers are unglamorous: refresh the growing medium, group pots so they shade one another, mulch the surface, and fit a drip line on a timer rather than relying on a hose and good intentions. New arrivals from northern Europe often plant what they know and lose it in the first real heat, so we would rather suggest species that take the Lisbon summer in their stride than replace the same casualties every year. Watering itself deserves a rethink. A short soak every evening keeps roots in the top layer of a pot or bed, precisely where the heat reaches them first; longer runs at wider intervals, early in the morning, wet the full depth and lose less to evaporation. Restrictions on water use can vary by município, and a garden set up to waste less copes better whatever a given summer brings. Where a terrace has no tap we look at how water would actually get there before proposing a system rather than after. Logradouros bring their own realities. Access is usually through the flat or a narrow corridor, so tools come in by hand and waste goes out the same way, in bags, on foot, to a vehicle parked where a vehicle can be parked. Many of these enclosed yards hold a mature tree, and older trees are also where the caution lies: cork oak and holm oak are legally protected species in Portugal and olives fall under their own rules, so felling can require authorisation and we never agree to it on request alone. We identify what is growing first. Pruning to bring light back into a dark yard is routine work. Everything cut goes with us to a licensed disposal point, and an overgrown plot rather than a garden is clearance work.

Gardening work we take on in Lisboa:

Services Included

• Pruning trees, shrubs and climbers in logradouros and courtyards
• Upkeep of terrace and balcony containers, including compost renewal
• Small drip watering systems on timers for terraces and beds
• Planting and replanting with species that survive a Lisbon summer
• Clearing a closed-up courtyard, with all waste carried out by hand

Areas We Serve

We work across the city, including Baixa, Chiado, Avenidas Novas, Estrela, Areeiro, Graça, Arroios and Campolide.

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