For the children at Handiscole’s inclusive Petits Princes school in Rufisque (Senegal), tending the vegetable garden on the school’s roof terrace is an enjoyable activity that gives them the satisfaction ofcontributing to its astonishing productivity. Installed in 2022 by Designing … Read More
The AND DIMBALANTE women’s market gardening network in Popenguine, supported by the Nebeday association, brings together 67 women, each responsible for an individual garden comprising several growing beds, covering a total of 3 hectares. Since 2024, The Ivory Foundation has … Read More
Today, the children at Bercy primary schools discovered an exciting new board game. It’s called Clover! In this game, they have to use their creativity and logic to find combinations of vegetables and fruit. Each card they place on their … Read More
During the summer, the tipi in the Villiot garden is covered with climbing beans and squash. With no vegetation left over the winter, we decided to bring it back to life by transforming it into a Christmas tree! We organised … Read More
Designing Hope has mobilised all the children who benefit from the Villiot garden to transform the potager’s tepee into a Christmas tree. This morning, 8 children from the Villiot crèche contributed to the project by decorating bread apples with red … Read More
Broad beans are one of the few crops that have to be sown in late autumn.Their large seeds are easy for the children to plant, and in a few days they will be able to see the shoots emerge…Another advantage … Read More
Keyhole of the Traversine Villiot gardenThe Traversine Villiot garden now has a new feature: a keyhole garden.It features a central composter, whose decomposing elements will feed the circular growing tray that surrounds it.This is a new educational space for the … Read More
The insects By observing insects in nature, one learns a lot about their way of life. Insects known as pests are eaten by other so-called auxiliary insects. Pollinators that forage flowers are essential for the reproduction of many plants and … Read More
During the training course organised by The Ivory Foundation and Agrosemens in Senegal, Louis Marie Broucqsault and Cyriaque Crosnier Mangeat presented BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) as a solution for treating the pests that attack Moringa. Louis Marie noted that Moringa leaves … Read More
Cyriaque Crosnier Mangeat, from Agrosemens, provides advice in Dawady, where The Ivory Foundation has been developing a large collective vegetable garden since 2018, bringing together 150 village women on 450 cultivated plots. Observation of a tomato plant affected by acariosis … Read More
