At Roosboom Garden, the children started 2 new culture beds to compare the impact of biochar on crops. The first bed was cultivated with biochar imbibed with vermicompost, and the second one was incorporated dry in the culture plates. In … Read More
Designing Hope has produced, with the support of The Ivory Foundation, an illustrated brochure presenting the techniques of permaculture. This document addresses several topics, the creation of raised beds, crops rotation, crops associations, with a focus on milpa, compost… This … Read More
Roosboom has been depending for years on a large tank of communal water, randomly refilled. This has led often to shortage of water, challenging the garden, specially during dry season. Designing Hope invested in a piping system to bring water from … Read More
The children of Roosboom work together and create new raised beds.
Children from Roosboom showing their milpa plot, combining maize, squash and beans.
This films describes the preparation of a raised permaculture bed in a demonstration garden in a school in Lesotho
The Keyhole is a traditional gardening technique used in Africa for small surfaces. Culture is done on a raised surface in the shape of a horseshoe, and supplied with nutrients through a central composting area. Earthworms are developing in the center, … Read More
Designing Hope has developed several pedagogical gardens in South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, promoting permaculture to encourage households to develop efficient vegetable gardens.This video present a demonstration of raised beds in Lesotho.
