December 2, 2013

On Monday December 2nd, 2013, EcoHuertos program held their garden creation workshop at the Quisqueya Education Center in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.

A vegetable garden made up of nine planting beds was created, the edges delineated by thick tree branches which were pruned from nearby bushes. Each planter was divided into three grids, which were used for the students to pair off into groups and plant in each one of them.

Students from the EcoHuertos Induction Workshop, held on November 8th attended the activity.

Students, several teachers, the gardener and the school director all got involved in a dynamic example of teamwork.  They cleaned the area of everything they didn’t need, pruned trees and bushes and prepared the planting beds.

Wide arrays of vegetables were planted, including: radishes, tomatoes, leeks, green beans, spinach, carrots, onions, okra, lettuce, celery, beets, eggplant, and basil as well as aloe and oregano.

The event was pleasant and fun, characteristic of the contagious childhood energy that circulated around the vegetable garden.

Welcome to the EcoHuertos Program!