This spring, children from the Paris Anim’ Annie Fratellini center took part in a permaculture gardening activity organized by the Designing Hope association in the Traversine Villiot garden. Children experimented with vertical gardening by taking over the bamboo teepee in … Read More
At Levi’s Nek Farm, the horse plays an essential role in agricultural work, particularly for plot maintenance and sowing. The farm’s young people prepare a mixture of seed, compost and manure, which they then place in furrows created using an … Read More
Today, children from the Bercy school took part in a leek planting activity at the Traversine garden, supervised by animators from the Designing Hope association. Before getting started, the organizers explained the essential steps for ensuring good leek growth: cutting … Read More
It’s time to transfer the young plants produced in the greenhouse to the Traversine Villiot garden. Zucchinis, broccoli, cauliflower and leeks take their place on the first petals of the garden’s mandala. The soil has been cleared of weeds, loosened … Read More
La Traversine organizers have built a double-bin composter for the Bercy garden. Specially designed for this above-ground garden, it will enable biomass from vegetable garden maintenance to be recycled. The first bin will receive compostable waste to produce rich compost, … Read More
The young people at Levi’s Nek farm have learned to season “pap”, the staple cornmeal in Lesotho, with vegetable sauces made from their own garden produce. On today’s menu, chard with onions and peppers, seasoned with natural spices and rosemary … Read More
Strawberries are thriving in Southern Africa… The few plants brought back from the Garden of Skills in Eswatini have multiplied in Lesotho… The young residents of Levi’s Nek farm learned how to make the most of the runners produced by … Read More
The deaf and hard-of-hearing youngsters at Levi’s Nek farm producencorn to feed their chickens, but also for their own consumption.Freshly harvested, the shucked corn is grilled over a wood fire in a homemade frying pan.
As part of its commitment to the isolated villages around the Dawady health centre, The Ivory Foundation is supporting the creation of four new market gardens this year. The villages selected for this programme benefit from access to water, which … Read More
Relaunched a few months ago thanks to the overburdening of the well, the shared market garden perimeter of Kambene Kafo, located near the Dawady health center, is currently entirely cultivated with bissap.This traditional plant was chosen because of the short … Read More
