At Roosboom, young plants have a number of enemies: the sun, lack of water and attacks by locusts and grasshoppers, which love young shoots… So we designed a system of bottomless trellises that has the advantage of drying out less … Read More
After preparing the growing beds inside the greenhouse, the Roosboom team started working on the new plot of land recently made available to Halfway House by Roosboom Town Council. The humid summer is the ideal time to prepare the soil, … Read More
Young farmers from Levi’s Nek farm in Lesotho came to Roosboom to share their know-how and build a 200 m² greenhouse on the Halfway House site, similar to those they have already built on their own farm.Pine poles are set … Read More
This afternoon, elementary school pupils created a magnificent piece of Land Art in their school garden. Using dried leaves, chestnuts and small sticks, they imagined and assembled a collective work of art. Everyone contributed in their own way, exchanging ideas … Read More
Twice a week, the children from the Villiot crèche visit the Traversine Villiot vegetable garden.This well-established ritual involves maintaining the compost with peelings from the crèche kitchen, collected by the children in the morning, and watering the vegetable garden with … Read More
The women of the Malanti community wanted to install a mandala on their community garden plot in the Jardin des Savoir-Faire, just like the one on the main plot. This shared garden was set up by Dessine l’Espoir to welcome … Read More
The star planter was designed in the same way as the other planters :A watertight tray is filled with clay balls to form a water reserve. Geotextile is laid on top to prevent the soil from mixing with the balls. … Read More
With the support of The Ivory Foundation, a 200m2 greenhouse has been installed in the Dawady community vegetable garden. The greenhouse will enable the 150 women who contribute to the garden to produce seedlings together, and will also enable local … Read More
Keyhole of the Traversine Villiot gardenThe Traversine Villiot garden now has a new feature: a keyhole garden.It features a central composter, whose decomposing elements will feed the circular growing tray that surrounds it.This is a new educational space for the … Read More
The Malanti greenhouse provides a protected space for seedlings from the nursery, sown in pots, as well as for a selection of vegetables protected from the sun and insects.
