Growing plants above ground in containers, especially on a rooftop heavily exposed to the sun, requires regular renewal of the growing substrate. For safety reasons, the containers are shallow, and the soil quickly becomes depleted as crops succeed one another … Read More
At the Traversine garden, the vegetal tipi is coming back to life thanks to the children from the Villiot residence, as part of an activity organised by Designing Hope and Claje Paris’Anim. The session included weeding around the bamboo tipi, … Read More
After weeks of patience and care, the children were delighted to transplant the young plants grown from the seeds they had sown themselves during winter. The seedlings have now been planted in the raised containers of the Traversine Bercy garden, … Read More
As part of the activities organised at the Traversine Villiot garden in partnership with the Paris’Anim centre (CLAJE), the group of young gardeners took part today in preparing the mandala garden and planting Jerusalem artichokes. Following the weeding session and … Read More
At last, the long-awaited moment has arrived! Beautiful red and sweet strawberries have appeared in abundance in the Traversine Bercy vegetable garden. Thanks to the alternating rain and sunshine of recent weeks, the plants have produced generous and deliciously sweet … Read More
The gardening team at the Roosboom Halfway House is now proudly wearing its new working suits made by the women trained in sewing at Garden of Skills. 🧵✨ Every day, the gardeners maintain the many plots prepared for the southern … Read More
Much appreciated by residents of the Villiot residence, both for tea and cooking, mint is one of the garden’s essential plants.New plants have been brought in by the association to create a new herb bed.As part of the gardening activity … Read More
During a training day bringing together women from the Popenguine market gardening area with teams from Nebeday and The Ivory Foundation, the focus was on setting up and managing a nursery in the greenhouse.This practical training session, which was filmed … Read More
During a recent monitoring mission in Senegal, near the small village of Dawady, the Designing Hope team discovered an astonishing calebash growing on the roof of a traditional house. In many parts of West Africa, these gourds are harvested, dried … Read More
In Dawady, the farm set up in 2018 by The Ivory Foundation, near the health centre, combines two complementary areas: a shared garden open to nearly 150 women in this small, very isolated town in eastern Senegal, and a garden … Read More
