GCCI Vertical Kitchen Garden Project — recycled-bottle school gardens (Guyana)
Georgetown, Guyana · Operator: ジョージタウン商工会議所（GCCI）グリーン・エコノミー委員会、教育省、国立農業研究普及機構（NAREI）
Overview
A wall-mounted kitchen garden built from discarded plastic bottles, taken into schools by the Green Economy Committee of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry. On 28 November 2020 the team worked with pupils at the David Rose School for the Differently Abled, planting thyme, celery, lettuce and calaloo, and said it would extend the project to fourth-form classes at other schools the following year.
Citizen participation
Pupils take part in the planting. The beds are made from discarded plastic bottles arranged against a supporting backdrop, a layout intended to conserve water and soil nutrients. NAREI donates the seedlings.
Operating model
The chamber's Green Economy Committee runs it as school visits with the Ministry of Education and NAREI. No breakdown of costs has been published.
Impact
No figures on results have been published. The aim is to show children how to build a garden from waste materials and to spark an interest in farming. Activity after 2020 could not be confirmed.
Land tenure
Installed on school premises; the arrangement is not published.
Crops
- タイム
- セロリ
- レタス
- カラルー
Scale
2020年11月28日に障がいのある子どものためのデビッド・ローズ校で実施。以降の実施校数は公表されていない
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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