Welcome to the new Bolivar Garden Blog where you can find out
what we are doing in the Bolivar Garden and Agricultural Plant Science.

Renovating the terrace

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...

THE GREENHOUSE PROJECT – CONSTRUCTION and WORKS

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...

Fernando OKA visit – Okafe Roasters

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...

Planting new coffee

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.  ...

THE GREENHOUSE PROJECT – FUNDING and MOVING FORWARDS

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...

Visit of Gabriel Artunduaga Cuellar – empresagro

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...

Collecting and processing more Don Simón Coffee

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...

Greenhouse project – Introducing the idea

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...

A NEW BEGINNING – back after the pandemic

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...
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