Bala greenhouse
posted in: Bala Garden, Greenhouse, Harvesting
At Bala, gardener Abdourahmane has planted a variety of local crops, including okra, chilli peppers and cassava.
The TIPI in the Traversine Villiot garden
The climbing beans sown last April on the Traversine Villiot tipi have reached the top in just a few months!The first flowers are starting to turn into beans! This species (from Agrosemens seed) produces purple vegetables that turn green when … Read More
The Garden of Skills greenhouse
posted in: Greenhouse, Malanti Garden
The Malanti greenhouse, built by young deaf and hard-of-hearing people from the Lesotho-based “Farming our Future” association, is a real asset for the women in the Garden of Skills. It enables them to sow their crops sheltered from the sun … Read More
Sowing in the Garden of Skill’s greenhouse at Malanti
posted in: Garden maintenance, Greenhouse, Malanti Garden, Seedlings
The women in charge of the Garden of Skills at Malanti in Eswatini are preparing the selection of seeds that they will put into pots in the greenhouse. It’s a painstaking task, so as not to waste this precious resource … Read More
Planting courgettes in Sandiare
posted in: Greenhouse, Mbour Farms
As part of the seed project involving Agrosemens, APAF and The Ivory Foundation, Thieleme, the technician in charge of greenhouses in the Mbour region, planted courgette seedlings in the Sandiare and Nobadane greenhouses. The varieties were selected to best suit … Read More
Children from the Villiot day nursery compost their vegetable waste in the Traversine-Villiot garden
posted in: Activity session, 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
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
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
The airlock of the greenhouse in the garden of Bala, Senegal
posted in: Bala Garden, Greenhouse, Senegal
To guarantee the tightness of the greenhouse and thus the varietal purity of the seeds produced in Bala, we have installed an airlock lined with an “insectproof” textile to avoid cross-pollination. A project supported by Agrosemens and The Ivory Foundation.
Vermicomposting workshop with the children of the primary schools and the kindergarten of Bercy, Paris
posted in: Compost, Farming Module, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
Designing Hope and the kindergarten of Bercy received from the City hall of Paris 2 vermicomposters with the compost worms. We installed a worm bin with the children of the Bercy primary schools and another worm bin with the children … Read More