We have kindly been donated wood to produce beds for the greenhouse from two parents of students of Colegio Bolivar: Jose Delgado and Jaime Escobar. Thank you very much. With this donation our school carpenter, Faber, and his assistant have produced some excellent beds for the school garden. These have been immunized and […]
After a year of laying the terrace fallow, we were welcomed back to a vegetated terrace, with lots of grass binding the ground, a compacted soil structure, and a patch of overgrown citronella. The students were duly assigned to specific jobs: digging the terrace, sifting stones, breaking up the soil structure and removing the citronella […]
We are finally beginning to see progress on the construction of the greenhouse. The structure is finally up! and this was done quickly. After our last meeting the funding for the Greenhouse Project was approved by Dr J. Nagy and a provider was found that could do the necessary soldering and metalwork to produce our […]
Fernando OKA, the owner of Okafe Roasters in the north of the city, is a renowned coffee expert and barista. He roasts our coffee, Don Simón, to a medium roast and gives us advice on how to improve our cup profile. He visited Colegio Bolivar today to teach our students about coffee tasting and what […]
After setting up the seed bed for our new coffee, Don Hugo Guerrero, our school gardiner, showed students how to transplant seedlings into new bags with compost for their future growth.
Fantastic news – Sara, Gabriela, Melissa and I have just got funding approved for the construction of the greenhouse. It has been an interesting experience, a bit of luck, and some good grace and we are now well on the way to the construction of the greenhouse. An update. Initially the girls in charge of […]
Mr Gabriel Artunduaga Cuellar of Empresagro came to the school today to give a talk about plant nutrition and nutrient uptake by plants. His background in agronomy was put to great use with both gardeners, teachers and students experessing interest and asking questions of him during the course of his first session – a talk […]
The agric students have done a great job of clearing around the coffee plants, which are so big now. They cleaned away climbing weeds, removed debris and have collected our precious beans. A day after collecting our beans we processed them together as a class to complete the first step in the processing of the […]
In 2020, two students, Sara Escobar and Melissa Londoño, were tasked with coming up with an idea for the 8th grade Sustainability Shark Tank competition. They approached me and asked me what sort of ideas might work. They wanted to work on something to do with the garden and suggested vertical gardens and recycling. I […]
RETURN OF THE GARDEN! our 6th Year! It is with the greatest happiness that after a year away, during the Covid-19 pandemic,we are back at school and back with the garden. After a year of leaving the garden fallow, with the minimum amount maintenance by our dedicated gardener Don Hugo Guerrero, we have a lot […]
