In Malanti, Eswatini, the Garden of Skills is getting ready for the arrival of spring. The women in charge of the vegetable garden are preparing the beds for the seedlings being prepared in the nursery, sothat they can harvest the … Read More
As the weather was rainy, the activity with the nursery school children took place under the covered playground area, with games centred around vegetables from the garden. Today, the children discovered a new game created as a unique handmade piece … Read More
Growing plants above ground in containers, especially on a rooftop heavily exposed to the sun, requires regular renewal of the growing substrate. For safety reasons, the containers are shallow, and the soil quickly becomes depleted as crops succeed one another … Read More
At the Traversine garden, the vegetal tipi is coming back to life thanks to the children from the Villiot residence, as part of an activity organised by Designing Hope and Claje Paris’Anim. The session included weeding around the bamboo tipi, … Read More
After weeks of patience and care, the children were delighted to transplant the young plants grown from the seeds they had sown themselves during winter. The seedlings have now been planted in the raised containers of the Traversine Bercy garden, … Read More
As part of the activities organised at the Traversine Villiot garden in partnership with the Paris’Anim centre (CLAJE), the group of young gardeners took part today in preparing the mandala garden and planting Jerusalem artichokes. Following the weeding session and … Read More
At last, the long-awaited moment has arrived! Beautiful red and sweet strawberries have appeared in abundance in the Traversine Bercy vegetable garden. Thanks to the alternating rain and sunshine of recent weeks, the plants have produced generous and deliciously sweet … Read More
Le temps pluvieux ne permettant pas de se rendre au jardin, les enfants ont participé à des activités ludiques et pédagogiques en intérieur, répartis en deux groupes. Le premier groupe a découvert le « memory des amis du potager », … Read More
At Garden of Skills, major redevelopment work has been carried out with the gardening team to redesign the most remote sections of the vegetable garden. These areas are being structured into terraces to make them more accessible, more productive and easier … Read More
At the Garden of Skills, the kitchen is currently working at full capacity. Every day, the cook prepares meals for the women attending sewing training, those taking literacy and mathematics classes, as well as for the centre’s permanent staff. The … Read More
