At the end of summer, harvesting seeds is a special time in an educational garden. It perfectly illustrates the life cycle of vegetables, ‘from seed to seed’. Children are always amazed to discover the journey taken by the plant: from … Read More
At Malanti’s Garden of Skills in Eswatini, spring is the ideal time to propagate sweet potatoes. The women in charge of the vegetable garden set to work transplanting cuttings taken from existing plants, a simple and effective technique for multiplying … Read More
Boulel is one of five villages surrounding the Dawady community garden, which was set up with the active support of local coordinatorsMalik and Abdourahmane, and the backing of The Ivory Foundation and the Marie-Pierre Crosnier Mangeat Foundation. The first step … Read More
At Roosboom Halfway House, the vegetable garden is much more than just a place to grow produce.It is a real learning and sharing environment for the 60 children from the township who are welcomed there every day and enjoy a … Read More
The five women in charge of vegetable production are currently preparing the nursery for the coming spring in southern Africa. They are working the soil, selecting the seeds and starting the first sowings. At the same time, they are continuing … Read More
Now that the fences have been installed in the four villages selected by The Ivory Foundation on the outskirts of Dawady, the women can finally start their gardening activities. Malik and Abdhouramane, who are in charge of the programme, went … Read More
In Roosboom, South Africa, Fisani, manager of the Halfway House, is fully committed to managing the vegetable garden in order to optimise its production. She can count on the support of four women and two men from the township, who … Read More
As part of its commitment to agro-ecology, The Ivory Foundation has installed a greenhouse at the Village Pilote association in Senegal. The aim of the project is to produce local seeds and a large quantity of vegetables to make the … Read More
At the Saint-Paul School for the Deaf in Leribe, Lesotho, a sowing activity was organised with the youngest pupils. Under the coordination of Tsephane, head of the educational farm, six agricultural students first prepared the plots. The children then took … Read More
The artichokes in the Traversine garden on the roof terrace of the Bercy school have thrived magnificently this year. Planted last year, the plant produced just one flower… but this year it has five! This fine result illustrates the productivity … Read More
