In the morning of the masterclass on permaveggies on 1st November 2018 organised by the Janas Ecovillage, we visited Jardim da Condessa D’Edla in collaboration with the Sintra Natural Parks! Fernanda Botelho and myself lead the tour of this amazing place seeking out a large diversity of edible plants, both wild and cultivated :)
Introduction by Joana Martins
A curly leaved Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher’s broom / erva-dos-vasculhos, gilbarbeira)…it has edible shoots At the bottom can be seen a Bergenia, a Siberian species that is very adaptable!
We talked about the edible flowers and fruits of Fuchsias
…and edible Begonias
Fernanda told us that the pretty flowers of Alyssum are edible!
Sweet chestnut
The cork palace, Chalet Condessa d’Edla
The cork palace, Chalet Condessa d’Edla
The cork palace, Chalet Condessa d’Edla
Rose
Yucca….the flowering stem can apparently be cooked and used like asparagus
…and the flowers are also edible! See http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=8470
Abutilon is in the mallow family and has delicious (taste and look) flowers…an edimental (edible ornamental)
What was this, Fernanda?
Somebody commented if Asterix and Obelix been here?
Quercus spp. (oak)
Quercus spp. (oak)
Umbilicus rupestris, navelwort / umbigo-de-vénus
The Pena Palace
Chickweed / morugem (Stellaria media)
Valeriana?
Cephalotaxus (Japanese plum-yew) with ripe fruit!
Cephalotaxus (Japanese plum-yew) with ripe fruit!
Cephalotaxus (Japanese plum-yew) with ripe fruit!
Cephalotaxus (Japanese plum-yew) with ripe fruit!
An interesting looking dandelion / dente-de-leão (Taraxacum spp.)
An interesting looking dandelion / dente-de-leão (Taraxacum spp.)
Centaurea with Alyssum
Monkey puzzle, Araucaria
Monkey puzzle, Araucaria
Blackberries
? on Eucalyptus
? on Eucalyptus
Tree ferns
Cordyline australis “Purpurea” (cabbage tree)
Monstera deliciosa has edible fruits
Gunnera, one of the 80 in my book
Yew (Taxus spp.)
Cardamom
Participants with a Fuchsia in fruit!
Cordyline australis (cabbage tree)
Abutilon x hybridum? is another great edimental?
Abutilon x hybridum?
Abutilon x hybridum?
Abutilon x hybridum?
Viola spp
Alyssum
Myrtus communis (myrtle)
Myrtus communis (myrtle)
Calamintha nepeta
Phytolacca americana
Rumex acetosella?
Asparagus officinalis
Goji
Acelga / chard
Allium schoenoprasum (chives)
Fuchsia
Lovage / levistico
Fuchsia
New Zealand Spinach
Parsley and Nigella
Agaricus
Tradescantia…probably one of the South American species that don’t seem to be edible
Fire salamander….
Parietaria
Plantago major
Returning to Janas and the afternoon session…a column of cars
The queues to get into see the Sintra palaces….we had the gardens more or less to ourselves!
3 years ago I had foraged this part of Sintra with Fernanda and Jorge and we had walked up these steps and had ID’d this plant as Sparmannia africana (pictures can be seen in the photo album in this link: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=2744)
3 years ago I had foraged this part of Sintra with Fernanda and Jorge and we had walked up these steps and had ID’d this plant as Sparmannia africana (pictures can be seen in the photo album in this link: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=2744)
As part of the course organised by Ecoaldeias Janas in the village Janas near Sintra in Portugal, Fernanda Botelho collected wild and cultivated plants and here she is making an inventory of all the ingredients, all 50 of them: a typical traditional Mediterranean multi-species salad! Jorge Carona was sitting next to her taking notes!
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Part 2:
Jorge’s list in a mix of Portuguese, Latin and English
The course participants at the wonderful Janas Ecoaldeias coop and restaurant!
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
