The Banana Story

Permaculture @ Adyar Cancer InstituteMay 2014

When we saw this sunny patch on our first visit, Kavitha said “We should plant bananas here”. The patch was along the main path to the MMT ward, but it was water logged from a leaky pipe and drain.

We built a simple fence around it and planted within. Many volunteers helped – parents and caregivers of the children, doctor’s kids, SCOPE volunteers…

We found some construction rubble and pipes, so we directed the flow from the downspouts to the bananas.

April

Aug

Oct

This is what it looked like through 2013

Dec

In Feb 2014, we saw flowers in three banana plants

May 17, 2014: We harvested raw bananas for the kitchen from two trees. Bananas were harvested….

…and presented to the kitchen by happy Scope International volunteers.

We invite you to visit the garden and work with us. Volunteers from reStore Gardens are in

the CI Garden on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

from 10 a.m.– 12 noon

For more information or to contact us

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