In agriculture class today my students and I planted six new banana plants in the cacao plot. Essentially, these will grow to provide more banana fruit but also to provide shade for the growing cacao...

This last week saw us finish the fermentation of our cacao harvest and its subsequent drying in front of the science department building for all to see. This was then finished by roasting the beans in...

This week our new terrace got a severe beating from a minor landslide which deposited a lot of rocks and soil debris onto the terrace. Not only was material pushed through the terrace, the result were...

After many months work with the wonderful Stefania “Stefi” Ruiz, the school´s webmaster, we have finally updated the blog to make it more accessible and fun to read about all our exploits...

With our newly established Terrace my students and I set about the task of making the terrace ready to grow the three sisters, maize, beans and pumpkins, an indigenous method to grow crops together...

During the Christmas vacation BGVs kindly came to school to water our Bolivar Garden. This meant that no more cacao trees died. Unfortunately, during the summer months, with no way to water the plants...

The very first thing that was done in the garden, almost 10 years ago now, was to build our two level terrace. We did this by levelling a piece of land and enclosing it with rocks. Since its inception...

A group of nine volunteers from the school community and members of the Bolivar Garden agreed to help water the cacao plot and new terrace during our hot Christmas vacations. From the 15th December...

We have recently been involved in the renovation of the greenhouse – this is now an ongoing project. This began with a visit to the school through the auspices of the Sustainability Week...