In the garden(s) with Stella Z
A wander in Lisbon's tropical gardens with Seeds artist Stella Z
Seeds co-parent Wil recently moved to Lisbon. After thirty years in London, it “felt about time” to try something new. It also gave Seeds a whole new green city to explore… which is handy.
Recently, Seeds family member Stella Z visited to play here at Lux and in Porto at Fiasco, with Lisbon resident Lizatron.
If you’ve not checked out her ode to the Fig on Seeds yet… you can still buy the digi on our Bandcamp below and grow along with it:
Want to know how the Fig we’ve been growing from seed with help from Stella’s album has been doing? Oh you do?
Then look no further…
(We might even have some seeds left of this so get in touch if you missed out on the cassette)
Right, back to garden the visit.
First we went to the Jardim Botanico…the botanic gardens here are pretty special with an amazing array of fantastical flora.
…we also got a photo of Stella with her ficus fam… look at how that it’s supporting itself. We worked out that when the branch gets to a particular weight it grows tendrils from its branches to the ground to support itself! Plants are great…
Next we moved onto Estufa Fria which is equally, if not more impressive than the botanic gardens…
Finally we went over to Cascais where Stella was playing on Radio Lusophonica…where we handily managed to get some new press shots for here too!
Top tip: both gardens are free on a Sunday.
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