As part of the Agricultural Plant Science course I have always tried to take students on a field trip; I believe it important to expose students to real-life operations of what we are learning and practicing in my agricultural class, especially considering the importance that agriculture still has in Valle del Cauca and Colombia. I […]
During the last class of the week the agric students and I mananged to finish the planting of the 64 cacao trees in the plot! After 190 hours of human endeavour, from reassigning holes, mixing soil, digging out new holes, allocating clones to planting, we have done it! Now we just have to protect the […]
On the 28th of March Angel and I went with the school truck to Miranda, Cauca to the Fedecacao Research Centre to pick up the clones that we had ordered two years ago. It took us an hour to get there. Once there we were taken on a tour of the site where […]
On Saturday the 23rd November, Dr Sonia Ospina and her 20 agroforestry students from UniValle, sede Palmira, came to visit Colegio Bolivar to learn about the two agroforestry systems we have in place and to visit a functioning composting area run by our very own Carlos Castillo – second right hand man to the garden, […]
This September an international symposium is being held at University del Valle, sede Melendez from September. Students were asked if they would like to go and present work that they have been doing in the garden. All agreed that this would be a good idea. For the past four weeks since the start of the […]
Agrosavia in Palmira has a large collection of different clonal types of Theobroma cacao, the scientific name for cacao. On the 29th March, all agriculture students together with myself and Mrs Katie Neal visited Agrosavia to learn about cacao, see their collection and visit their arboretum of tropical fruit trees. The day started with us […]
During Agriculture class we were pleased to host a visit by Dr Julian Mateus of Agrosavia and Javier Gutierez from Hidroequipos, to have an open discussion about our proposal. They looked at the plot, answered questions regarding our plans and gave advice on whether to select one cultivar or multiple clones. Students were actively engaged […]
During the past year the Bolivar Garden and the associated agricultural science elective have gone from strength to strength. Last year we had our first produce, some cobs of corn, that we passed onto the school workers cafeteria. The Bolivar garden weekends, run each month, have been attended by parents and relatives of our students, […]
On the 26th September ten agricultural students and one agricultural teacher got on a Colegio Bolivar School bus and travelled to Palmira to an agricultural research station. CORPOICA (Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria) sede Palmira is the agricultural research station funded by the Colombian Government, based in Valle Del Cauca. CORPOICA has sites 19 sites […]
