Before the opening of our ECOLODGE, we would like to give life to the land by already starting our permaculture garden which will be used to cook the delicious meals that will be served in:

- our Foodtruck "CAFE DO JARDIM" between July 2020 and May 2022
- the Restaurant of our future Ecolodge IRMÃOS DA LAGOA, Comfort, Nature, Sport, starting from May 2022

And for that to happen, we need YOU!

IRMÃOS DA LAGOA, means - brothers of the lagoon - because at the origin of this project there is a family history. Our story is about three mates in their thirties who have been raised together: Lucas, Leo and Baptiste, and who decided, after starting their careers in the hotel business, catering, events, visual communication and entrepreneurship, to change their way of life.

We chose to leave the hectic world of the city to put our energies at the service of a project that makes sense and offer, especially to city dwellers, a true experience of reconnection with nature.

Our passions? An active life close to nature, respect for the environment, health and well-being, human relations, sport and especially surfing and kitesurfing.

Our will? To cultivate and share a certain art of living, a quality of life made of quality cooking, in an aesthetic, comfortable but simple environment, while privileging the connection with nature. Essentially everything that modern and urban life deprives us of day after day.

The choice quickly fell on Portugal, as the country still offers loads of virgin spaces by the sea. After months of research, the project became a reality when we discovered the magical place that is the Obidos Lagoon. Everything was there: unspoilt nature, a 9 hectare forest of umbrella pines on the edge of a huge inlet that opens out to the sea and the sand dunes.

The three of us were trained in permaculture and agroforestry by Tania and Job, two extraordinarily inspiring people:

Discover all their skills and advices on their website: www.lugardaterra.pt

They transmitted to us the passion to work the land, with our hands, to see pure and healthy products grow, to savour them, to share them.

Today, Tania and Job accompany us with passion and continue to train us to create our own vegetable garden.

Together, we imagined the design, the process and the different steps to give birth to our permaculture vegetable garden:

Thanks to this training, we discovered that through the implementation of many processes, it is possible to tend towards more autonomy, even while respecting the requirements of a quality restaurant:

As you will have understood, our global project aims to reconnect to oneself and to nature. The creation of our garden is the first step towards this reconnection.

The garden will allow us to supply our Foodtruck "CAFE DO JARDIM" starting from this summer and for 2 seasons. This will allow us to start cooking our first vegetables, meet our future customers and build a relationship with local producers in order to support a healthy and local ecosystem :

Photo taken on the field with inlay of the caravan: we have already bought this caravan in order to quickly fit it out to start our activity this summer. This is what the "CAFE DO JARDIM" will look like :-)

In a second time, the vegetable garden will supply the restaurant of our ECOLODGE (vegetables, fruits, teas and infusions) but also our events through the production of flowers for weddings.

In our ECOLODGE you will find :

An ORGANIC, SIMPLE, and HEALTHY restaurant with its own permaculture garden = this is why we need you today ☺
26 rooms (huts and tents) of 4* standing
A series of supervised wellness and sports activities

Construction will begin on the site in January 2021. To date, we have all the necessary authorizations to begin the work, and the fundraising will be finalized in September.

On the land, we have already started working. We have collected the pine cones to sell them for wood fires (200 bags sold at 3,5€ :)) and therefore started the first economic activity of the project. We were able to buy the first tools to start cleaning the area where the garden will be.

We have also started to prune some trees, especially the gable pines. We have given more air to some of these pines in order to start the first harvest of pine nuts from the land next year.

In order to implement, plant and grow the complete garden, which takes time, we need your help.

IRMÃOS DA LAGOA, Comfort, Sport, Nature, is starting to see the light and our lodge will soon come to land gently on the ground (we seek to have the least footprint on the ground)! Our objective with this campaign is to keep our promise "From the vegetable garden to the plate”. The idea is to start preparing, from today, a solid foundation to grow the best vegetables, fruits and aromatic herbs while testing recipes that will be served by our Foodtruck.

In exchange for your contribution, we give you the opportunity to take part in an eco-responsible adventure inspired by nature. As a preview, you have the choice with a panel of [exclusive rewards] at friends' prices. Our goal here is of course to allow you to get to know our project better, but also to let you start your own vegetable garden, to visit us and plant a tree on the land or just to come over and live a local experience with us before the opening until we invite you for a night in paradise when the hotel is open!

CONCRETELY, WHAT CAN YOU HELP FINANCING?

If, like us, you are convinced that a return to the roots is possible and if you wish to be part of a beautiful eco-citizen adventure, then we would be pleased for you to follow us in this wonderful sustainable and exciting project. From the first level, at 100% of the first objective, the campaign will be a success, but it is indeed a minimum level: our wish is therefore to go beyond the first level, with your support, in order to reach 200% and perhaps even 300% which would then enable the completion of the first phase of our project!

We invite you to follow us on social networks where we will share our adventure and practical advice on permaculture. If you too wish to share your ideas, experiences, best practices, or better yet come and help us build our garden, feel free to get in touch on social media. With you on board we can go further!

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