In September, neighbors came together to build a vertical garden outside the market, and now in October they met in another place: the staircase of the City of Manchester Street.
Stimulating a sense of community and belonging in the neighborhood, living the public space and cultivating edible and non-edible plants has been the aim of Regador, a residents' initiative that was born in the context of the The Street Is Yours at the Sapadores Market in Penha de França. If in September the neighbors got together to build a vertical garden outside this marketNow in October, the meeting took place in another place: the staircase of the City of Manchester Street.
It was on October 11 that neighbors, small and large, gathered in the famous ladders for another planting workshop. The meeting started with a talk about the importance of creating community and how growing plants and sharing the results of this can help in this goal; this was followed by a demonstration of useful solutions for creating garden and plant supports based on the reuse of existing materials. At the end, and before a shared snack, the residents planted seeds or small plants already formed - edible and non-edible - in the beds of the trees that make up the gardens. ladders.
Everything took place, of course, with the safety rules that the current Covid-19 pandemic requires. The stairs of Rua Cidade de Manchester, in Arroios, are a unique space in the city of Lisbon. Wooded, this area is the scene of many community activities - here, for example, there is a community library with books available to all neighbors.
