In December 2007, Columbus's Window was restored by Nova Conservação Restauro, the company which restored the Funchal Cathedral Masonry. When the window was initially installed, it was supported by an iron structure which had corroded and expanded with time and had to be removed. Part of the window was dismantled and reerected without the iron structure. The masonry also cleaned and treated to remove plants and lichens.

The music video of the track "Um Lugar Para Nós" by Madeiran singer Marcio Amaro was partially filmed in Palmeira in 2018. Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/d5AUowjFzWM?si=d9gAGSiLueo36rQP

 

In December 2019 we held the launch of the book The Golden Gate Grand Café, by Laura Moniz. It is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel set in Madeira, featuring several local personalities of the period, including Mr. Hinton. Some of the action takes place in Madeira.

In the first half of 2020 the architectural plans for the main house restoration were ready to go, but from the attic to the old kitchen on the ground floor there was still the challenge of emptying the place and deciding what best to do with all the contents.  

   
          

To replant part of the garden an agricultural project was applied for which included a vegetable garden, an orchard with pomegranates, sharon fruit and custard apples, a flower plantation with proteas and heliconeas and a large area for asparagus (across the road)

Clearing and organising the garden for replanting was a long and arduous task

The giant Norfolk Pine at the top of the garden which appears in photos of the mid-nineteenth century was another victim. The top third of the tree had earlier snapped off but the tree remained firm and grew two new shoots from the top. With the fire, however, about half the trunk was badly burnt and it managed to survive for some time before succumbing.