This section is dedicated to sharing our gardening practices. Our project grows Indigenous plants that thrive in South African climates and that are important for the specific places and communities in this project.
Year 2: Planting Days
10 months of design circles. 3 new schools in 3 eco-regions. 1 unforgettable day. Months of deep thinking and collaboration alongside our schools and communities came together in a single day as new school gardens came to life.
Year 1: School Sustainability in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and Limpopo
Our sustainability events celebrated community growth and food security in collaboration with teachers, parents, and local communities. These events featured plant-based cooking classes, seed-saving workshops, and feasts prepared entirely from school garden produc
Holding red speckled beans (emabhontjisi), Limpopo
Planting fever tea (umsutane), Gauteng
Holding fever tea (umsutane), Limpopo
Washing amaranth (imbuya), KwaZulu-Natal
Holding Bitter mustard spinach, Limpopo
Harvesting cowpeas (tinjlumaya), Limpopo