When I came into the Limoncillo carpart at the start of the year I noticed a lot of used wood, planks in cement filled plastic bottles and logs  cut from trees at the school.  I asked Diego Arias, the head of maintenance, if these were free to be reused. He said if we can move it we could have it.

Valentina, Carolina, Nick N and Juan David, looking at old materials.

I put students in charge of taking this bonanza to the garden. The idea was that we could use these to help construct the garden.

Martin, Luisa, Catalina, Juan David, Juan Mario and Isabella taking materials to the garden.

The students started by walking materials to the garden. After two such events I noticed the school tractor, with Julian David Diaz at the controls, coming to Limoncillo with students. The students had commandeered the use of the tractor, Manuela principal among them.

Tractor to the rescue: getting community members involved in the school garden.

Nick N, Juan Mario, Manuela and Juan David are in the tractor being driven by Julian David Diaz.

All hands on deck to help fill the tractor:

L-R: Catalina, Isabel, Juan Mario, Manuela, Andrés Felipe, G, Christian, Nick N, Juan David and Luisa.

Putting things in the tractor: L-R. Juan Mario, Andres Felipe, Manuela, Nick N, Isabella, G, Luisa, Catalina and Juan David.

Agric Class 2016-2017, and Julian David Diaz:  Juana and Federicka are not in the photo.

We filled the tractor with reusable material and the students unloaded and organised everything for future use.

Unloading materials in the garden

Organised!