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Talking to Students on Retreat at Plenitud
Almost immediately after we arrived at Plenitud PR, Owen asked us to speak to students who were visiting on a service learning retreat from St. Tomas University in Minnesota.
Talking to VISIONS Students at Plenitud
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez talking to students on a service learning retreat at Plenitud PR in Las Marías.
Dinner is Ready at Plenitud PR
Owen Ingley, co-founder and director of Plenitud, getting ready to serve dinner to visiting students on a service learning trip from St. Tomas University in Minnesota.
Serving Dinner
Owen Ingley of Plenitud and Nicole Wines of Raíces Cultural Center serving dinner to VISIONS students on a service learning retreat.
Dinner at Plenitud
Students, volunteers, residents and visitors eat a communal dinner in the learning center at Plenitud PR.
Greenhouse at Pleunitud PR
The Plenitud PR Greenhouse was already in production when we arrived in January. The greenhouse itself was fixed after the donation of funds by Juntos Together, a coalition of Central NJ relief organizations working to support sustainable relief and…
Service Learning at Plenitud
Students from St. Thomas University’s Visions program participating in a service learning trip to Plenitud PR post-María. Rebekah Sánchez, who lives and works at Plenitud and founded the project Siembra Boricua is explaining agroecology and…
Starfruit off the Tree
While working on a service-learning project on Plenitud’s permaculture farm and education center, Tobias Knight of St. Thomas University in Minnesota takes a break to enjoy a ripe starfruit directly off the tree. Many fruit trees throughout the…
Earthbag House
This earthbag and super adobe house, along with three others around the island of Puerto Rico designed by Plenitud co-founder Owen Ingley, suffered zero damage from Hurricane María.
Working the Land at Plenitud PR
Residents, visitors, neighbors and students work together on Plenitud’s permaculture farm site. This hillside has been transformed from a slope covered in coffee bushes to a terraced food and herb production site using water and land management…
Breaking Bread with Visions Students
During the time Raíces crew members stayed at Plenitud PR’s permaculture farm and eco-learning center, a group of students from St. Thomas University in Minnesota was visiting on a service-learning trip. The Raíces crew arrived just as dinner was…
Malanga
Malanga growing in a garden bed at Plenitud PR. Malanga is a root vegetable and a staple ingredient in Puerto Rican cuisine. It also has the benefit of withstanding intense hurricanes to provide food during post-hurricane recover periods, since the…
Memorial Sign for Nathan Lewis Mosby
A sign dedicating a memorial garden bed to Nathan Lewis Mosby, a former volunteer who had recently passed away.
Memorial Garden in Bloom
Flower in bloom in a memorial garden planted at Plenitud PR in honor of a former volunteer who had recently passed away. These flowers bloomed for the very first time during our 2013 site visit to Plenitud PR.
Tropical Plant
Tropical plant growing in the gardens at Plenitud PR.
Papaya Tree
Papaya tree growing at Plenitud PR.
Bamboo Grove
Bamboo grove at Plenitud PR.
Paula Paoli Garrido, co-founder of Plenitud PR
Paula Paoli Garrido, co-founder of Plenitud PR, examining some container gardens while on a farm tour of the site.
Legume Flower
Flower blossoming on a leguminous cover crop vine at Plenitud PR.
Legume Blossom
Flower in bloom on a leguminous cover crop vine that serves multiple beneficial purposes including as a nitrogen fixer, a weed suppressant, and a green compost when cut down during "chop and drop" periods.
Plenitud PR Farm Tour
Plenitud PR co-founder Paula Paoli Garrido looking out over the farmland while giving a site tour.
Nitrogen Fixer
Nitrogen fixing leguminous vine growing between garden beds at Plenitud PR. At certain points in the growing season, these vines are chopped back to become green compost in a method called "chop and drop", continuing to nourish the soil as they…
Seed Bed
Seed bed sprouting at Plenitud PR with a variety of annual vegetable seedlings. These will later be transplanted into various garden beds around the farm.
Seed Pod
Large seed pod on a nitrogen fixing leguminous vine growing at Plenitud PR.
Beet Sprouts
Beet seeds sprouting in a seed bed at Plenitud PR.