Peppers are particularly popular in Eswatini in the local cuisine. The harvested fruits are small but very flavourful, and will enhance the meal served daily at the Garden of Knowledge.
In the vegetable garden of the Garden of Skills, nothing is lost! When the women thin the carrots to encourage their growth, the young shoots are collected and cooked for the daily meal offered to the women in training. The … Read More
Designing Hope has recruited a full-time cook for the Garden of Skills. To accompany rice or traditional semolina (pap), Spe cooks a daily sauce using seasonal vegetables from the garden.
The greenhouse at Malanti is used both for seedling production and for starting crops in a protected area. The greenhouse limits the impact of the sun and limits evaporation. The women in charge of the vegetable garden wear their work … Read More
In the greenhouse of Malanti, women have prepared tomato plants which they are now about to plant on prepared beds.
In Malanti, a chicken coop has been set up in two adjoining pens. The principle is to rotate the cultivation and housing of the animals in these two pens. The manure from the chickens enriches the soil for future crops.
In Malanti, at the Garden of Skills, 5 women are in charge of the maintenance of the vegetable garden. The garden is organised in 80 cm wide plots, on which the association of crops is favoured in order to optimise … Read More
In the Garden of Skills, a plot of about 20 plots is reserved for the children of Malanti. They come in groups after school and on Saturdays to tend to the planting in their garden. By raising awareness among the … Read More
We organised a painting activity using our stencils representing all kinds of leaves, fruits and vegetables. They were also able to use dried leaves to create various patterns. The children made many colourful paintings to take home!
With the children of the nursery of Villiot, we planted bulbs of tulip all around the kiosk of the garden of the Traversine Villiot. The children put the bulb in each hole and then covered it with soil before watering … Read More
