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what we are doing in the Bolivar Garden and Agricultural Plant Science.

Cognia Accreditation visit and return to the garden after the symposium

After having worked so hard on presentations for the IXth International Symposium students were glad to get back to the garden and see that the Banana plants that they had planted earlier in the year...

A Colegio Bolivar Plant Inventory

In order to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Colegio Bolivar the agricultural plant science students are going to undertake an inventory exercise of the college campus.  It is hoped that this will be...

Cacao project continues on a Bolivar Garden Saturday Weekend

We have just spent a Saturday with volunteers of the garden and students from social service working on digging holes that were staked out by agricultural plant science students. This hard work is...

IXth International Agroforestry Symposium September 2023 – UniValle Melendez 7-9th September.

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...

First Bolivar Garden Saturday of the Season: A Carrot Harvest

During the first Bolivar Garden Saturday of the new school year a lot of time was spent cleaning and pruning up our plantains and harvesting heirloom carrots by student volunteers!...

A new academic year – A mature agroforestry plot

We start the new school year revisiting our agroforestry plot which is now in its 6th year. The plot has matured, there is a lot of shade from our plantains and other trees.  Nitrogen fixing trees...

Planting of YUCA

Our right hand man and amazing custodian, Hugo Guerrero, suggested that we could use the terrace to plant yuca, Casava mantioc. Hugo got “seedlings” and planted them just as we were finishing off for...

Greenhouse planting for the summer with the 5K Verde Race and Don Simón Coffee

Getting the greenhouse ready for planting for over the summer months has been hard work and has involved all students. Beds have had to cleared and weeded, and sowed with new vegetables...

Visit by CIRAD regional director – Dr Philippe Vaast and Dr Olivier Souniga

During the Bolivar Garden Saturday, we were pleased to host Drs Vaast and Souniga, experts in coffee and cacao to the school garden to informally assess the work that we are doing and to give advice...
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