Jardim Botanico university of Lisbon

That is a huge london plane tree, Platanus x acerfolia

Their bougainvillea is climbing up and over what may have been the old main entrance. there was a burnt out building next to this. Colin and I wondered how fire trucks would access any of the houses in the narrow streets and we did read that there had been a big fire in the Chiado area in 1988 which devastated many buildings

I like the bamboo fence, their's is held with zap straps, mine is with raffia when I can get it. this year I just used some of these old plastic green plant ties I had in the greenhouse. i'm not the only one who uses bamboo fencing! reusable, sustainable and cheap :)Læs mere