Peelings for the keyhole
posted in: France, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
Every week, the peelings of l’Entrepôt Restaurant, located next to La Traversine, enrich the central composter of the keyhole.
The secret of a good compost
Leaves from the schoolyard + peelings and decomposed vegetables = Nitrogenous matter + carbonaceous matter … The secret of a good compost, 100% local
Maintenance of the Macambeni Garden – Creation of new planks
posted in: Macambeni – Piggs Peak, Swaziland
The Macambeni Garden has required a lot of work to make it workable, given its sloping configuration. The women of Fundzisa Live work together every week to create new terracing cultivation beds. They also mix fertile and less fertile soil, … Read More
Autumn 2018 at the Traversine – Mini greenhouses
posted in: France, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
This fall, we used the mini greenhouses to grow seedlings in preparation for the winter: cabbages, spinach and chard ribs were sown. Some plants were kept in the greenhouses, while the others were replanted in the garden.
Our chicken coop
posted in: Crops and livestock, The Grand Potager - Lauris
We welcomed our chickens and their first eggs. An enclosure has been built for them so that they can move around safely.
On the roof..
posted in: France, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
Let’s look at these plants that grow at the top of our school…
Mint planting with children
A kindergarten teacher organized an activity in the classroom with peppermint plants harvested from the Traversine garden. She asked each child in her class to bring a broken object, an unusable shoe that they made into a support for the … Read More
Inauguration of the Traversine
On April 29, 2019, the garden of la Traversine was inaugurated by Pénélope Komitès, Deputy Mayor of Paris, responsible for green spaces, nature in the city, biodiversity, urban agriculture and funeral affairs, and by Mrs. Catherine Baratti-Elbaz, Mayor of the … Read More
Children’s visit
Before being converted into a garden, the roof terrace of the school of Bercy had for only use to be a passage of evacuation for classrooms. This crossing path remains, in the middle of the garden, and thus inspired the … Read More
Strawberry flowers turn into fruit
Strawberry flowers turn into fruit… Soon the tasting!