Plenty Belize held three days of organic gardening workshops in January that were attended by 29 teachers from schools in the Toledo District of Belize.

The workshops offered hands-on instruction about making compost and the art of planting seeds and seedlings.

Additional topics included fertilization and non-toxic pest control by employing local plants such as jack beans, jicama beans and madre de cacao.

There were detailed discussions about incorporating gardening activities with classroom curricula, especially science and math.

On the final day the group visited the school gardens of ten different schools so the teachers could get a sense of what the other schools were doing.