Growing beds in the Malanti greenhouse
The Garden of Skills greenhouse provides a protected space for growing crops, complementing the nursery area.
Maintenance of the vegetable garden at the Handiscole school in Rufisque, Senegal
Every day, Joseph accompanies the children of the inclusive Petits Princes Handiscole school in Rufisque (Senegal) to the school’s roof terrace to help with the upkeep of the vegetable garden. Installed in 2022 by Designing Hope, with the support of … Read More
Transplanting and gardening
Children from the CLAJE, a community center in the Villiot-rapée area of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, joined the Designing Hope team for an afternoon of gardening in the Traversine Villiot garden, where they transplanted seedlings collected on the roof … Read More
Transplanting plants produced in the nursery, Roosboom, South Africa
The chard plants produced in the garden nursery have been transplanted. onto the newly-created beds in the greenhouse garden at Halfway House in Roosboom. Thanks to the automatic watering system installed in the greenhouse, these seedlings should grow quickly and … Read More
Swiss chard, onions, and Jerusalem artichokes—a colorful and delicious garden ! 🌿🌼
posted in: Garden maintenance, Villiot Garden - Paris, Watering
In the Traversine Villiot garden, Swiss chard has taken root in flower-shaped plots. Next to them, onions have been carefully planted by the CLAJE children, promising a bountiful harvest in the coming months. As for Jerusalem artichokes, these root vegetables … Read More
Installation of a nursery in Dawady’s greenhouse
posted in: Activities connected to garden, Dawady, Garden maintenance, Greenhouse, Seedlings
To ensure efficient plant production in their greenhouse, The Ivory Foundation provided Dawady Farm with a system of bottomless trays to be positioned on the ground, in trenches previously dug to retain soil moisture. This system increases nursery yields, compared … Read More
Market garden and seed production project at Village Pilote, Senegal
In 2024, The Ivory Foundation added Village Pilote to its seed production program in Senegal by installing a 200 m² greenhouse dedicated to the production of reproducible peasant seeds. The aim is to support young people in vulnerable situations by … Read More
Potato harvest at Levi’s Nek, Lesotho
Young deaf and hard-of-hearing farmers from Levi’s Nek have harvested part of their potato field. These vegetables will be added to the tomatoes, peppers and spinach harvested to fill the parcels of fresh vegetables distributed to the most vulnerable HIV-positive … Read More
Promising first harvest of tomatoes and peppers at Levi’s Nek, Lesotho
Young deaf and hard-of-hearing people at Levi’s Nek farm have been able to harvest a large crop of tomatoes and peppers grown in their greenhouse.As part of the long-term partnership between the Farming our Future farm and the Levi’s Nek … Read More
Preparing the growing beds in the Halfway House garden
To ensure the preparation and maintenance of the garden at Roosboom’s Halfway House, which has now doubled in size, a new team has been set up, reinforced by 4 women and 2 men from Roosboom. They work 3 days a … Read More