Presentation of the insect hotel to the crèche children
Children from the Villiot crèche discover the insect hotel in the traversine garden. The activity leader explains the role of each compartment adapted to a particular type of insect.
Planting of strawberry plants in the garden of the Traversine Bercy, Paris
This Friday, the children of the elementary school of Bercy planted strawberry plants on the vertical wall of the garden of the Traversine of Bercy. They particularly enjoyed this activity which signs the return of spring!
Harvest of sweet potatoes
posted in: Gardening tutorial, Harvesting, Swaziland
Sweet potatoes at the Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini The sweet potato is very popular in Eswatini, and is also suitable for sloping ground as it produces abundant creeping foliage. After each harvest, the women take cuttings from the harvested … Read More
Daily watering and maintenance of the garden by children at the Petits Princes school, Rufisque, Senegal
posted in: Garden maintenance, Rufique Garden, Senegal, Senegal, Watering
Every day, the children of the inclusive school of the Petits Princes in Rufisque, accompanied by their teachers and Joseph, the person in charge of the garden, take part in the watering and maintenance of the planters.
Children from the Villiot day nursery compost their vegetable waste in the Traversine-Villiot garden
posted in: Compost, Garden maintenance, Villiot Garden - Paris
Every Wednesday and Friday morning, children from the Villiot collective crèche spend an hour in the Traversine-Villiot garden. The children come with some vegetable waste from the crèche kitchen and put it in our compost, along with dead leaves collected … Read More
Technical visit with the Agrosemens team to the Dawady garden
During the seed training course organised by The Ivory Foundation and Agrosemence, the women from the Dawady vegetable garden were given advice on maintaining their collective garden: watering, hoeing the plots, treating diseases with natural treatments such as neem oil. … Read More
Nobadane seed farm
The Nobadane seed farm is one of three seed production sites operated by Apaf in collaboration with The Ivory Foundation and Agrosemence. It includes a greenhouse and outdoor section where onions are grown for seed production. The greenhouse has been … Read More
Bissap harvest in Sentiou Maka
The women of the village of Sentiou Maka have harvested bissap leaves from their communal vegetable garden, which they will be cooking to accompany the semolina. This traditional plant is used both as a drink, by decocting the flowers, and … Read More
Preparing the cultivation beds at the Sandiare farm
posted in: Greenhouse, Mbour Farms, Seed harvesting & cuttings, Senegal, Sustainable approaches
As part of the seed project involving Agrosemens, APAF and The Ivory Foundation, a new greenhouse has been set up at Sandiara to complete the production system, giving priority to one variety per species at each site, in order to limit … Read More
Seed meeting in Bala
The Ivory Foundation, in partnership with the French seed company Agrosemensand APAF Senegal to encourage the production of reproducible organic seeds adapted to both climatic conditions and the local market, while developing, with the expertise of Agrosemens, accessible tutorials adapted to … Read More