home of the lemon tree

landscape symphony

Celorico da Beira

In 7765 m2 develops a very private dwelling garden. The family’s willingness to have a lemon tree in the garden with its changes throughout the seasons was the starting point to create a “landscape” garden. Thus a recovery of the existing olive grove was added a dryland meadow and shrubby edges with local species such as hawthorn and White Spanish broom The paths were lined by trees and the water was collected at the lowest point of the land for irrigation. This project used the rhythms and details of the existing landscape to produce a garden that is easy to maintain and rhythmically harmonious in all seasons.