The Lauris preschool children enjoyed a calm time to realize colourings in the Grand Potager of the Domaine de Fontenille. Sitting around the mandala, they coloured their own version of the beds forming a flower. After the visit to the … Read More
In the bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager (Domaine de Fontenille), the Lauris preschool children realized seedlings. They filled their little cardboard pot with potting soil, then packed the soil. When the soil is almost at the top of the … Read More
On a table installed near the aromatics spiral of the Grand Potager (Domaine de Fontenille), the Lauris preschool children played aromatic memory. In each little pot is an aromatic herb (lemon balm, thyme, rosemary, chives, sage). The children win when … Read More
The Lauris preschool children discovered the principle of the compost in the Grand Potager of the Domaine de Fontenille. The children took turns cutting fruit and vegetable peelings into small pieces and throwing them into the compost. This activity allows … Read More
For the first training session financed by The Ivory Foundation, the agroforestry technician working in the Yagma garden made compost with the women of the neighbourhood. The principle consists of digging a 3 by 1 meter bed to a depth … Read More
The bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager of the Domaine de Fontenille is an essential tool at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, to prepare the seedlings, protected from the last frosts. It saves several precious weeks … Read More
11 leaves and flowers, chosen to be easily identifiable and recognisable, were taken from the vegetable garden, around the aromatic garden. They were placed on a board and presented to the children of the Lauris kindergarten, who then set off … Read More
Thanks to the maintenance of the Yagma garden by the gardener and the young volunteers, the production of crops is regular and allows a rotation of the cultivated species. Indeed, the tomato, the local aubergine and the cabbage have come … Read More
With the support of The Ivory Foundation, the AAJY association, in charge of managing the Yagma garden, organised a meeting with women from the neighbourhood who were interested in learning how to apply the good practices of the Yagma garden … Read More
Malem wok wok is one of the five gardens located on the outskirts of Dawady where The Ivory Foundation has financed the establishment of a market garden perimeter cultivated by a women’s MSE. Despite the difficulty of accessing water due … Read More
