Your garden is twinned!
We are pleased to welcome you to our amazing community of gardeners! By twinning your garden with another in rural Africa, you are growing side by side with a family and planting hope for the future.
We’d love to tell you more about amazing impact, plus some tips you can try out in your own garden.
Over the next three years we will work alongside families as they improve the quality of their land so they can grow plentiful fruit and vegetables all year round.
Passionate about gardening
From growing crops in the unused space around the home to keyhole gardens, we’re often amazed by the quantity and variety of fresh vegetables that can be produced on even just a small piece of land.
Watch the video below to find out more about what a keyhole garden is and how they are helping families in Uganda to grow vegetables.
A bag garden is a simple way to grow vegetables in a small space, whether in Africa or here in your garden. A hessian sack is filled with a mixture of soil and compost around a column of stones with space for vegetables to grow out the sides and top!
Charles started growing vegetables in 1981, and just a year later, he started to explore no dig growing methods. His harvest results illustrate how vegetables are healthier when grown on no dig beds where the soil is left undisturbed and the surface fed with organic matter such as compost. Families working with Ripple Effect learn how to improve the quality of their land through making and using compost. This can increase their yields hugely and help the soil to absorb water which protects against drought.
Read the interview
Shaped like a keyhole from above, a Keyhole garden encompasses a circular raised bed with a central basket where compostable waste is placed along with used water from the kitchen. These gardens give fantastic results quickly and add nutritious vegetables to provide a balanced diet.
Make a keyhole garden
Bag gardens are a simple way to grow vegetables in small spaces, whether in Africa or in your garden! A hessian sack filled with a mixture of soil and compost around a central column of stones, bag gardens filter water to vegetables planted in the top and around the sides.
Meet Caroline
Caroline has been part of a Ripple Effect project in western Kenya for three years. With hard work and determination, she has learned and implemented the practical solutions she needs to grow enough to eat and lift her family out of poverty. Read more about Caroline's amazing story.
Caroline, Ripple Effect Farmer, Kenya
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