DENDRO Project
The “Dendro” project is the result of a collaboration between Parque das Águas and Micaela Couto, a teacher and graduate in Fine Arts - Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto.
In 2024, a century-old eucalyptus tree of the species “Eucalyptus diversicolor Muller,” better known as Karri, about 46 meters high, was felled. This specimen had been proposed for classification as a Tree of Public Interest by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF). These trees have a high heritage, ecological, landscape, cultural, and historical value.
The Dendro project was born from the desire to pay tribute to the tree through an artistic sculpture intervention that aims to highlight the tree's ancestry and immortalize the memory of its life, which is currently in the process of decomposition. With this intervention to enhance natural heritage, the cut trunk will serve as a storyteller and builder of knowledge among visitors about the tree, dendrology, and gardens through its readings.
Despite the weather conditions and the challenge that Micaela Couto has been facing in working with wood from a log of considerable diameter and in a state of decomposition, we hope to present it to visitors soon.
In 2024, a century-old eucalyptus tree of the species “Eucalyptus diversicolor Muller,” better known as Karri, about 46 meters high, was felled. This specimen had been proposed for classification as a Tree of Public Interest by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF). These trees have a high heritage, ecological, landscape, cultural, and historical value.
The Dendro project was born from the desire to pay tribute to the tree through an artistic sculpture intervention that aims to highlight the tree's ancestry and immortalize the memory of its life, which is currently in the process of decomposition. With this intervention to enhance natural heritage, the cut trunk will serve as a storyteller and builder of knowledge among visitors about the tree, dendrology, and gardens through its readings.
Despite the weather conditions and the challenge that Micaela Couto has been facing in working with wood from a log of considerable diameter and in a state of decomposition, we hope to present it to visitors soon.
