Pending grant application approval for the pollinator garden.
While we are still just a few weeks away from knowing if we will get the grant for the pollinator garden, we are very excited to tell you about the progress we are making.
The garden will be modeled off of the diagram that I am attaching below.
We are ironing out details as it this will be a more oval, circle, or square shaped garden. While it will not be exactly what you see above, it will have a very similar feel. There will be a center path that will have vine type of plants such as the coral vine that will hang above. The creates a natural shade canopy which is needed from the hot sun of Haiti. Off from the center path will be smaller paths that allow visitors to see other areas and sections of plants that they would not be able to see otherwise.
We are looking at creating bamboo arches that will help create the canopy. Above you see swings and playground equipment. Currently there is no budget for this portion, however we would later consider having something very similar. Also we would later build a community garden which would ring the outside of the pollinator garden. This will allow citizens of the island who don't own land to still be able to plant crops and grow their own food. We hope this will aid in lowering food costs and growing organic food.
On site will be water catchment systems, but also we are hoping to get a well dug that would be exclusively used for the pollinator and community garden.
Later we hope to put a small community center on the property that will aid in teaching composting and soil amendments, crop rotation, and basics of raising crops.
So as you can see, the grant approval is huge as it will help us get started on the first phase of the project which will be strictly building a quarter of the pollinator garden which will contain a water feature, a small greenhouse, composting area, and a worm growing area as well.
We hope to also join the million pollinator project as well once we get the park up.
Go Gonave!
The garden will be modeled off of the diagram that I am attaching below.
We are looking at creating bamboo arches that will help create the canopy. Above you see swings and playground equipment. Currently there is no budget for this portion, however we would later consider having something very similar. Also we would later build a community garden which would ring the outside of the pollinator garden. This will allow citizens of the island who don't own land to still be able to plant crops and grow their own food. We hope this will aid in lowering food costs and growing organic food.
On site will be water catchment systems, but also we are hoping to get a well dug that would be exclusively used for the pollinator and community garden.
Later we hope to put a small community center on the property that will aid in teaching composting and soil amendments, crop rotation, and basics of raising crops.
So as you can see, the grant approval is huge as it will help us get started on the first phase of the project which will be strictly building a quarter of the pollinator garden which will contain a water feature, a small greenhouse, composting area, and a worm growing area as well.
We hope to also join the million pollinator project as well once we get the park up.
Go Gonave!
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