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Permaculture Farm
Plenitud PR is an organic farm based on permaculture principles and techniques. Through a variety of growing and sustainability practices, including creating a food forest, rainwater harvesting, greenhouse production, terraced farming, raised beds,…
Terraced Food Forest
Pathway through two mountainside terraced garden beds. The terraced beds are planted on counter and designed to help control the flow and absorption of water from rainfall. Because of the terraforming and water management techniques that Plenitud…
Tobias Knight at Plenitud PR
St. Thomas University VISIONS program participant Tobias Knight participating in service learning at Plenitud PR’s permaculture farm.
Patchouli
Patchouli right after harvesting the leaves planted in a row along a terraced hillside to prevent soil erosion and help strengthen and stabilize soil.
Terraced Farming
The Plenitud PR team designed and terraformed along the slopes at their farm in Las Marías. Farming using permaculture principles has helped hold the soil, and the farm saw little erosion during Hurricane María and the months of rain after the…
Bri Treppeda at Plenitud PR
Bri Treppeda was an intern at Plenitud PR when Raíces visited the farm in January 2018. Here she is harvesting patchouli to use as mulch.
Harvesting Patchouli
Plenitud PR intern Bri Treppeda harvesting patchouli leaves to use as mulch on adjoining growing rows.
Rebekah Sánchez at Plenitud PR
Resident of Plenitud PR, Rebekah Sánchez was leading the service learning group when the Raíces crew visited Plenitud in January 2018. Rebekah also runs her own organization called Siembra Boricua and works to help educate youth about agriculture as…
Cutting Patchouli
Plenitud PR intern Briana cutting patchouli and creating bunches to use as mulch. This adds rich organic matter to the soil as it breaks down, and the patchouli plant regenerates it’s leaves quickly, making a it a renewable green fertilizer. The…
Biodiverse Community Farming
Part of the service learning experience at Plenitud PR is hands-on group farming. Done in community with residents of Plenitud and local volunteers from Las Marías, interns and students, a large group working together can get a few large tasks done…
No Till Farming - Digging Stick
St. Thomas University VISIONS program participant Tobias Knight preparing holes for transplanting seedlings into the steep slopes on a terraced planting area of Plenitud’s organic permaculture farm. Tilling would weaken the soil structure on this…
Service Learning
Student participants in the VISIONS program at St. Thomas University in Minnesota on a service learning exchange trip, planting on the terraces of the organic permaculture farm at Plenitud PR.
Science Lesson
A local resident of Las Marías brings her son, who is homeschooled, to Plenitud PR for practical hands on science lessons. In this photo they are cutting patchouli leaves off the plant to use as mulch in the next garden row. The patchouli grows…