Seville City Council has completed the second phase of the landscaping restoration of the Emilio Lemos boulevard in Sevilla Este, with an estimated investment of €416,417.20. The work has renewed the irrigation system and civil works, leaving the planting of 22 trees and over 4,500 shrubs pending for the last quarter of the year.
The Emilio Lemos boulevard in Sevilla Este now has its second phase of landscaping restoration completed. The works have covered the stretch between the New Abastos Market of Sevilla Este and Calle Periodista José Antonio Garmendia, with an estimated budget of €416,417.20 for the entire project.
The landscaped area, covering 9,597 square metres, had shown significant deterioration after years without comprehensive intervention: the shrub and herbaceous vegetation had practically disappeared, and the ground was covered with limestone and remnants of degraded pine bark mulching.
The first phase involved the installation of a new sprinkler and drip irrigation system, which had been non-existent until now, with over 200 emerging sprinklers, sectorisation through solenoid valves and inspection chambers. This infrastructure ensures the maintenance of future plantings.
In the second phase, now completed, all civil works have been executed: removal of limestone, addition of topsoil and reseeding, along with the installation of ground cover. The 71 specimens of existing trees in good condition, including tipuanas, washingtonia palms, brachichitos, yuccas, and pines, have been respected and integrated.
The third and final phase remains pending, which will consist of the planting of 22 new trees and more than 4,500 shrubs, replacing the current gravel with a grass meadow. This planting will take place during the planting season in the last quarter of the year, the most optimal time to ensure the proper rooting of the species.
Once this third phase is completed, the boulevard will be organised into six distinct environments. The Tropical Garden, next to the Abastos Market, will incorporate palms, bird of paradise plants, and structural agaves. The Evergreen Garden will add evergreen tree species around the existing trees. The Palms Roundabout will recreate a small palm grove at the intersection with Indonesia and Periodista Eduardo Chinarro Díaz streets.
The Accent Garden, the largest area, will include unique trees such as the ombú, the fire tree, or the ceiba. The Spring Roundabout will be landscaped with a dense planting of early-flowering shrubs. And the Sevilla Garden, in the final stretch up to the Nelson Mandela roundabout, will recover traditional species of Sevillian gardening, such as jacarandas and grevilleas.
The Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, has highlighted the project:
“With this project, we are restoring the landscape value to one of the boulevards in Sevilla Este: we have already completed the civil works and provided the boulevard with a non-existent irrigation system, and in the coming months, coinciding with the planting season, we will incorporate new species that will bring colour, biodiversity, and a more sustainable and easier-to-maintain space. Sevilla Este deserved to leave behind years of neglect in its green areas, and this Government is fulfilling that, thus improving the quality of life for our residents.”
This project is part of the municipal median recovery plan promoted by the Government of José Luis Sanz, endowed with over €1.8 million and with interventions on eight major strategic axes of the city. The programme includes completed works on Avenida de San Jerónimo, Kansas City, Adolfo Suárez, Torneo, Concejal Alberto Jiménez-Becerril, and Ucrania.
All these interventions are part of a plan aimed at recovering the medians as urban green corridors, with more trees, adapted vegetation solutions, renewed soils, and more efficient irrigation systems. The residents of Sevilla Este will see the completion of the boulevard reform when the planting finishes in the last quarter of the year.
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