Horta da Oliveira, located in Campanhã behind the Falcão Primary School, integrates organic farming practices with environmental, social and educational objectives. It has an area of 4232 m² and 99 plots, allowing citizens to grow food in a sustainable way, while promoting the circular economy by composting organic waste.
It is also an educational centre, providing training in organic farming and involving local schools and institutions, including the children of Falcão Primary School and IPSS users, with plots adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Horta da Oliveira stands out as the largest municipal vegetable garden in the city, and is a good example of how urban spaces can be transformed into productive and inclusive areas, strengthening citizens’ connection to nature and healthy eating.
Horta da Oliveira is part of the Municipal Network of Urban Gardens, which includes 14 vegetable gardens, with 4 hectares of Municipal Gardens, where 400 composters are installed. In addition, it is part of LIPOR’s Hortas Urbanas – Horta à Porta project, which aims to articulate the availability of various local organisations in a network that would enable a strategy for the Greater Porto Region, in the field of home composting, the promotion of organic farming and the creation of urban vegetable gardens.
