Maintaining St Monica’s farm
posted in: Garden maintenance
At St Monica’s farm, the youngsters look after the crops, chickens and sheep.
Visit of the gardens, Bala, Sénégal
posted in: Bala Garden, Senegal, Visit of the gardens
Abdourahman, the head gardener of the Bala garden, is also in charge of three gardens in three outlying villages. With the support of The Ivory Foundation, stakes and fences have been purchased to delimit market gardening areas operated by about … Read More
Workshop creation of vegetable mobiles with the children of the CLAJE
With the children welcomed by the Centre Paris Anim’ (CLAJE), the team of Dessine l’Espoir organized a workshop creation of mobiles with natural elements. On straight tree branches, the children hung woolen threads on which they suspended several vegetal elements: … Read More
A meal with the vegetables of the shared vegetable garden at the Traversine Villiot garden with all our partners, Paris
The harvest of vegetables realized at the beginning of November in the garden allowed us to organize a meal in the garden of the residence Villiot-Râpée, in the presence of all the actors who interact regularly with the garden. The … Read More
Seed sowing workshop with the children of the Bercy nursery school, Paris
Even in November, it is still time to sow some seeds… and it is what the children of the nursery school of Bercy did! Hoping that the first sprouts will survive the cold winter, the children sowed yellow turnips, lettuce, … Read More
Vegetable harvest from the Traversine-Villiot garden, Paris, for the benefit of its beneficiaries
We made a harvest before the winter of the vegetables of the garden of Traversine-Villiot : leeks, potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, spinach, celery, onions, beets, tomatoes. In order to share our vegetables with the people in the garden, we are organizing … Read More
Making pickles with the last tomatoes of the Traversine Villiot garden thanks to the civic services hosted for a training day by Unis-Cité
Within the framework of a day of training organized by Unis-Cité and bearing on the topic of the environment, the young people in Civic service were able to put the hand to the paste and to collect the last green … Read More
Maintenance of the insect hotel by children from Bercy school
posted in: Discovering insects, Garden maintenance, Villiot Garden - Paris
We organised an activity with the children from Bercy school to restore the insect hotel. To do this, we prepared small branches and various natural elements to fill the insect hotel.
Garden maintenance at Ladysmith
Every day, the children look after the vegetable garden at Roosboom, helping the women in particular with watering and tending the beds. The cabbages and spinach are harvested to accompany the meals served daily at Half Way House.
Halloween modeling workshop with Double Face at the Traversine Villiot, Paris
To celebrate Halloween, Dessine l’Espoir joined Double Face to allow the children of the residence Villiot Râpée to realize frightening heads of monsters. After a day spent modeling clay under the guidance of Zoé from Double Face, the children painted … Read More