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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
During our last lesson in the garden, whilst we were preparing beds, one of the agricultural students was adamant that a rock should be removed from the second terrace before the bed could properly be used. It was cautioned that this was not going to be easy, and that the rock was large, but there […]
It has always been a goal of the Bolivar Garden Project to include members from the wider Bolivar Community, not just students, teachers, maintenance, and administration but to other school staff, the wider students community (K-12), parents, alumni, The Board and friends of the school. For this reason a series of Bolivar Garden Weekends has […]
We are delighted to invite members of the school community to come and work with us in the Bolivar Garden. The dates of the Saturday sessions are as follows: 16th September 2017 21st October 2017 18th November 2017 16th December 2017 20th January 2018 10th February 2018 10th March 2018 14th April 2018 12th May […]
The students organised and prepared a lovely bbq for the staff and themselves. Some pictures from the event.
