— our story
We started small, in the shade of a garden.
Garden opened in the spring of 2015 on Fern Walk, in a building whose courtyard hadn't been opened in twenty years. We tore the boards off, planted three figs, and put two coffee machines under the window.
Ten years later the figs are now a small canopy. The coffee machines have new neighbours. The window is exactly where it was.
— our philosophy
Make small things, by hand, in harmony with the season.
Slow
We measure in hours, not minutes. Dough rests overnight. Coffee is poured by hand. The water at the table is always cold.
Source
Garden herbs from the rooftop. Coffee from one cooperative. Dairy from one farm. Smaller is honest.
Welcome
Tables for one, tables for many. The window seat is held for whoever needs it most that morning. A bowl of water by the door.
— handcraft, not theatre
Every cup is poured by a hand that remembers yours.
We do not chase perfect. We chase honest — beans rested fourteen days, water at the right temperature, milk steamed without violence. The drink is small, quiet, and the better for it.
— from the rooftop
A small garden, two stories above the kitchen.
We grow what we can on the roof — herbs, garlic shoots, edible flowers, tomatoes in summer. The rest comes from people we can name. Nothing travels far. Nothing arrives in plastic.
- 01.
Rooftop garden
60 m² of herbs and seasonal vegetables
- 02.
Local farms
Eight, all within 40 km
- 03.
Coffee
One cooperative, two single origins
— ten years
Our story in five small marks.
2015
A door opens
We unlock the back courtyard for the first time in twenty years. Plant three figs. Open the cafe on the same Friday.
2017
Inês joins the kitchen
Our head baker brings her grandmother's croissant recipe. We never write it down.
2019
The rooftop garden
Sixty square metres of herbs and edible flowers begin to grow above the kitchen. We start cooking with what we pick that morning.
2022
The brunch room
We open the back wall to the courtyard. Six tables under a fig tree. The garden becomes the cafe.
2025
Ten quiet years
Today, Garden is what it was meant to be — small, slow, and a little stubborn about all of it.
— the small team
The hands behind the garden.
A short list. Most of us have been here longer than the menu. We grow slowly, and only when someone joins who already feels like a friend.
Mateus
— head barista
Inês
— head baker
Andre
— kitchen
Sofia
— pastry & seasons