São Sebastião Garden

The former São Sebastião Market has been transformed into a garden – São Sebastião Garden – with concrete replaced by green spaces and footpaths, forming a central hub within the city’s urban fabric. This project contributes to increasing the amount of urban green space, improving rainwater infiltration, regulating the local microclimate, carbon sequestration, improving air […]

Photovoltaic Panels at Torrinha Elementary School

80 photovoltaic panels were installed at Torrinha Elementary School, with a capacity of 36,40 kWp. The panels generate 51.445,32 kW/h of electricity annually, 74,22% of which is consumed by the school itself. This represents a reduction in emissions of 8,02 tonnes of CO₂/year. This intervention was carried out as part of the Porto Solar project, […]

Teófilo Braga Garden

Teófilo Braga Garden underwent intervention in 2025 as part of the restoration work on Praça da República. The paved areas of the garden were reduced, thus increasing the extension of naturally permeable green spaces, having planted more than 13.000 shrubs and 200 trees. The plantations include shrubs such as Holly (Ilex aquifolium) and Camellia (Camellia […]

Parque Dr. Mário Soares

Located west of Morro da Lapa and Rua de Cervantes, this new 17,000 m² green space seeks to enhance urban quality of life, with a special focus on both the enhancement of public space and the city’s renaturalisation strategy. Opened at the end of 2024 and based on the concept ‘Porto: a city designed by […]

Horta da Lada

Located in the parish of S. Nicolau, with an area of 498 m², it is composed by 13 plots. The Horta da Lada is part of the Municipal Network of Urban Vegetable Gardens, which includes 14 vegetable gardens, with 4 hectares of Municipal Vegetable Gardens, where 400 composters are installed. In addition, it is part […]

Water bodies of Parque Dr. Mário Soares

A park with a crucial role to play both in enhancing public space and in the city’s renaturation strategy. The retention basin and pond increase local biodiversity and phytodepuration. The aquatic plants introduced help filter pollutants, fix sediments and improve the natural purification of the water.

Cordoaria Garden

A garden that is a green lung in the center of Porto, combining history and sustainability. Recently refurbished, it has improved drainage, lighting and paving, enhancing biodiversity and reducing flooding. It houses trees of public interest and is a vital cultural and social space.