Agrofloresta de Campolide - Bela Flor Respira

Agrofloresta de Campolide - Bela Flor Respira is an urban agroforest on a hillside in Bela Flor, a neighbourhood of Campolide in Lisbon. The hillside is municipal land, and it was degraded before the project began. Over three years, residents and volunteers have made it into a piece of community-driven urban regeneration. It started as a pilot project in co-producing public space with the local community and the wider city. The soil is fertile and cared for with syntropic agriculture techniques. Sharing, community and sustainability guide how the place is run. It's an open space that residents and volunteers build and enjoy together, rather than one managed from the top down. Two regular gatherings keep the community going. On the last Saturday of every month there's an open day with activities, and participants are invited to bring a friend and a willingness to build and have fun. Every Wednesday afternoon, volunteers meet to exchange knowledge and celebrate together. Neighbours are encouraged to propose new activities and new forms of sharing, on the idea that the space belongs to the people who live it. Various partners and organisations working on urban regeneration support the project. Academic literature and municipal publications have cited it as a notable example of how degraded urban green spaces can become agroforestry parks through active citizenship and community collaboration.