The company that fights for the native Portuguese plants (with video)

Launched in Instituto Superior de Agronomia by Filipe Soares, Sigmetum is dedicated to the study, experimentation, production and commercialization of indigenous plants in Portugal. This landscape architect, passionate about botany, wants to not only develop a business but also foster the natural Portuguese heritage.

"The idea is to produce species of native flora and spontaneous of Portugal, by collecting seeds in the landscape," said Filipe Soares to the green economy.

In Sigmetum, which has its own nursery on Tapada da Ajuda, field work is essential, and each plant Gets a kind of identity card. Who knows where the seed was collected, for which the species is identified later.

After collected the seeds, there is a procedure for cleaning and separation that should be respected: many are stored, other placed in trays or cells, to produce new plants.

Depending on the species concerned, this whole process can last more than a year. But demand has increased. "We have the private client, you want to reconvert your space and garden and reduce maintenance costs. We also have the little nursery gardeners and the specific projects in which there are orders for the collection of seeds in a particular location, "said Filipe Soares.

One of the major objectives of Sigmetum is to save on the costs of maintenance of green spaces. "There is an attempt of the habituation of own plants to less water consumption," concluded the Manager.

See the episode 263 of the green economy.

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