At La Traversine Bercy, nursery school children enjoyed a wonderful gardening experience: harvesting the carrots they had sown last spring in growing boxes.After several months of care and observation, they were finally able to gently pull their orange roots out … Read More
In the garden at La Traversine Bercy, nursery school children took part in a game of vegetable memory, with cards showing vegetables in their ‘open’ and ‘closed’ states laid out on a large table in the garden.This game is part … Read More
This week, primary school pupils in Bercy made small paper windmills to brighten up the Traversine garden. Each child began by decorating a square of paper, painted on both sides with bright colours. Once the creations were finished, the sheets … Read More
At Malanti’s Garden of Skills, the women have just harvested the cabbages planted during the southern winter, which are now perfectly ripe. This harvest marks the culmination of several months of careful work, from the nursery to the care given … Read More
Malik and Abdourahmane, the two people in charge of cultivating the shared gardens in Dawady, have actively supported the women working in the gardens set up in five villages on the outskirts of Dawady, with the support of The Ivory … Read More
Designing Hope entrusted the women of the Garden of Skills in Eswatini with the task of making textile memory games, which are now included in the “Friends of the Vegetable Garden” box set. Thirty-two fruits and vegetables were printed on … Read More
For 15 years, the Designing Hope association has been welcoming around 60 orphaned children from the township to Roosboom Halfway House every afternoon to share a hot meal after school. In the centre’s small kitchen, Lulu and Fisani prepare simple, … Read More
The ‘Friends of the Vegetable Garden box set’ was designed by the Designing Hope Association as an educational tool to support its activities in France, Southern Africa and West Africa.This video shows how beneficiaries in Southern Africa have embraced these … Read More
At Levi’s Nek Farm, founded with the support of The Ivory Foundation, young deaf and hard-of-hearing people have quickly embraced the new games in the Friends of the Vegetable Garden box set.The Seed to Plate Game and The Guardians of … Read More
The vegetable dominoes game and the Fast Potager game are part of the ‘Coffret des amis du Potager’ (Friends of the Vegetable Garden Box Set). Available from the online shop.
