Feel the Past
Live the Present
Create the Future
We invite you to get in touch with the diversity of a unique ecosystem.
A landscape full of colors, smells, stories, sounds, and living beings that surprise us along all the seasons of the year.
Area Protegida Privada
do Montado do Freixo do Meio
REDE NACIONAL DE AREAS PROTEGIDAS
Protected Area of Montado do Freixo do Meio
The inspiration of the Montado is accessible for everyone. As is the reconnection with nature. The Protected Area of Montado do Freixo do Meio is an open space for the community, waiting for you!
We feel this native forest, a living and cultural heritage, as a common good of preservation and collective enjoyment.
Visit and immerse yourself in the Natural System, get to know the unique fauna and flora characteristics of Alentejo, and celebrate this heritage that belongs to everyone.
Learn more about this unique ecosystem, just one hour away from Lisbon.
The relation of humankind with the natural systems
WILD AND DOMESTICATED SPECIES
The legacy of the past. The Montado of Freixo do Meio is a living system, rich and complex, formed by the relations of thousands of beings from all five kingdoms.
The splendor of the old Portuguese oak forest, a medieval agroforestry system, if not older, resulting in a respectful relationship between nature and man, built over centuries. The beauty and magnificence of the Montado emerge from a symbiotic network of cooperation between multiple species of plants, animals, fungus, and microorganisms. A true inspiration for our community.
STEW & ACORN
We are preserving the right to healthy nutrition and defend food sovereignty as an ethical base and the treasuring of Food as a Common good.
The traditional Meat-Stew from Freixo do Meio is prepared in clay pots by the open fire. This dish recreates the ancestral cuisine and is prepared with our own ingredients.
Acorn for human consumption is the symbol of Montado do Freixo do Meio.
To use the acorn in our diet means having an active impact on the preservation of wildlife and of a unique ecosystem.
AGROFOREST
With all the challenges we face, the agroforest of dynamic succession (Sintropic Agriculture) created by Ernst Götsch, is the path we chose to experience.
Our project implements the visions of Agroecology, Permaculture, and Food sovereignty through the Agroforestry model as a way to approach the present and build the future.
A path focused on the conservation of ecosystems and sustainable food production, clear of concepts and processes unrelated to the natural systems.
NATURDATA
The species present at Herdade Freixo do Meio are cataloged in the online database Naturdata.
ARCGIS
As part of an internship at alumnISA and ESRI Portugal, a new webGIS approach was implemented using Story Maps Series to showcase and monitor the geographies and activities of Montado do Freixo do Meio.
Our mission is to build a community around Herdade Freixo do Meio that is democratic, inclusive, transparent, autonomous, and resilient, that achieves a constantly improving relationship with natural resources, and that encourages personal development.
