Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini

The women in charge of the Malanti garden have planted sweet potato crops. These are traditionally used on sloping land to avoid drainage and to cover areas that are difficult to cultivate as long plots, because of the presence of … Read More

The Malanti garden has a rather exceptional view of a valley in an area where the indigenous vegetation has been preserved from the intensive eucalyptus cultivation that is a threat to biodiversity in other parts of the country.

The women in charge of the Garden of Skills in Malanti have planted corn. To do this, they followed the curve of the land without clearing it all, using the Zaï technique, which consists of digging basins 20 to 40 … Read More

The first cultivation beds have been set up at the Malanti knowledge garden in Eswatini by the women in charge of the garden. These beds are cultivated strips that follow the slope of the land and are 1m/1m20 wide. Onions, … Read More

The mountainous terrain of Malanti has necessitated the digging of an access road to reach the top of the garden. Before the heavy summer rains arrive, a long cemented gully has been dug along the path, with drainage systems running … Read More

At the Garden of Skills in Malanti – Eswatini, the women in charge of the garden improvised a spiral garden using stones from the garden. They used the stones that are naturally present in this very mountainous region of Eswatini, … Read More

The women in charge of the Garden of Skills in Eswatini have created a mandala, a garden in the shape of flowers with cultivation plots in shape of petals. This mandala forms a roundabout at the top of the access … Read More