November 20, 2013
On Wednesday November 20, 2013, an EcoHuertos garden creation workshop was held at the Capotillo Education Center, located in Santo Domingo.
Due to the limited amount of space available at the school, the vegetable garden will consist of vertical cultivation along the walls utilizing recycled gallon containers and three planter boxes 1 X 0.5m² in diameter.
Students from the previous induction workshop celebrated on October 30th joined the activity.
The group prepared the substrate, gallon containers and planter boxes.
The following seeds were planted in the boxes: tomato, radish, parsley, beets, basil, lettuce, eggplant, celery, green beans, spinach, pepper, chili pepper, leeks, okra and cilantro.
Ornamental plants were planted in the vertical wall garden to beautify the school, as well as some aromatic and medicinal plants such as: sage, oregano, and hawkweed.
The children, parents and teachers that participated in this activity looked happy and expressed how wonderful it was to get together and build their school garden.
