Cora’s Edible garden- Quinta do Anjo

Client: Private house, garden design 
Location: Aljezur, Portugal 
Size: 200 m2 
Phase: Designed and installed 
Year: 2025

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Landscape design: Camille Bouchard 

Cora’s garden is a small 200 m² edible garden within a condominium, where the  house is surrounded by neighbouring buildings, generating specific conditions  of shade, light variation, and spatial intimacy. 

The design transforms these constraints into opportunities by using existing  walls as vertical growing surfaces for climbing plants, maximising productive  potential and enhancing ecological layering within a limited space. The primary goal is to create a vibrant and resilient garden that blends  vegetables, aromatic and medicinal plants, berries, and fruit trees, integrating  productivity and beauty. 

Climbing structures and vertical systems are introduced to optimise space,  while artistic and aesthetic interventions enrich the terrace, strengthening the  connection between indoor and outdoor living. A discreet gate in the fence  creates a new access to the adjacent park, extending the garden beyond its  boundaries. This transition zone is planted with carefully selected fruit trees,  reinforcing ecological continuity and expanding the edible landscape into the  surrounding environment.