It has been a full academic year and we have still not completely finished the greenhouse project – but we are very very close. The greenhouse almost completed. The netting was pretty much in place and only some small areas needed to be fixed! With the structure up and some beds in the greenhouse, we […]
Yep – we made a name change from Bolivar Garden Weekends to Bolivar Garden Saturdays, but these are still going strong. It took us a while to get back on our feet after the pandemic but we did so with a few sessions of BGS. As usual volunteers came together, enjoyed the time in the […]
After a year of gardening knowledge, research on almonds, and actual hardcore gardening, I have taken with me the greatest of gifts. I have never been a particularly emotionally stable person. Before I was old enough to actually join the elective, I’d broken my pinky toe so many times, I did garden work instead of […]
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 […]
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 […]
