1. 1 Securing the land
  2. 2 Licensing
  3. 3 21-day build
  4. 4 Open retreat

Acquisition stage: actively reviewing land and rural property opportunities near Porto, Braga, and the wider North Portugal corridor.

All build modules · 🪨 Pathways & Signage

Bottle / Glass Border Edging

  • Easy–Medium
  • 5–15 per metre
  • ⏱ 2–4 m/day (1 worker; slow)
  • With supervision
Bottle / Glass Border Edging — step-by-step guide

The principle

Safe underfoot in all weather. Non-slip stone, gaps too small to trap a heel, a 2% cross-fall so water always drains. Every surface tested by a gloved hand before a bare foot ever touches it.

Materials

  • Reclaimed glass bottles
  • ceramic/pottery shards
  • mortar (if set) or sand (if pressed)

Tools

  • Shovel
  • level
  • safety gloves
  • goggles
  • hammer
  • mortar trowel

Reclaimed from

Wine/beer bottles (empty) + ceramic tile scraps + broken crockery from skip/salvage

Lusitano Retreat

Build it with us

These modules are raised by hand during our 21-day September build sprint. Come and learn them on the land.