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To Luís Correia, this burning passion for plants and green spaces has
been there for quite some time, as he discloses, “I’ve always enjoyed
working outdoors ... One has to really enjoy what they do, other-
wise, if they don’t, then there’s no point in doing it”.
Regarding the beginning of his career, Correia reveals that “I started
by helping constructing golf courses. I was a year in the Azores ex-
panding a course that already existed and then building a new one.”
Afterwards, he went on to work on a marine zoo where he had sim-
ilar responsibilities as he has now in Vila Vita Parc. In what concerns
inspiration and learning factors that are quite decisive in his career,
Correia believes it is all about
“Information, we have to research, we have to be
up to date, there’s a need for research, books, the
internet, people that we work with often host talks
... these lectures are about plants, new trends, new
species ... we have to be cautious with the plants,
we cannot put a plant the needs sun to survive in
the shadow, we need to always have this sort of
supervision ... Mr Manuel Cabral is the person
behind the architecture and he gives us full support
in this area. He is our director and is one of the
people that best know and challenges us.”
In conclusion, Luís Correia talks about the importance of plants and
the care one has to have in order to preserve them,
“Plants are living organisms, and for example, at
this point and time, we need to be cautious with
plagues, temperature and humidity. In regards to
the lawn, we need to be aware of fungus while with
plants, we need to be careful with lice, if we notice
in time, then we can prevent these diseases ... the
people that walk the fields, that are in the land,
they must pay attention to everything and see what
others may not. We have to ascertain that the plants
are healthy.”
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