With the travel restrictions still in place and our landscaping project successfully concluded, we set out  to build an organic school garden. The fresh air protected us from corona, and we could make our school a more beautiful and more sustainable place.

We started by constructing raised planting beds in our workshop.

Taking measurements and angles.  Fixing strings to perfectly align the basis.

Putting some paving stones for a well levelled basis

A rolling raised planting bed:

A bit of plastic, sorry! But it is indispensable to protect the wood.

But now let's get organic!

Timber

Horse dung

Branches and leaves

Covered with topsoil

Installing the irrigation pipes

Here we go. Ready for planting ...

But hey, where can we store the gardening tools?

A shack is needed!

And now? No garden without an orchard. But what fruit trees are the best?

Fortunately, Thomas Seibel, an expert on fruit trees, volunteered to teach us a lot about planting and tree care ...

To be continued ...