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60 schoolchildren visit the urban garden 3C of San Agustín del Guadalix (Madrid)
19-10-2021
About 60 schoolchildren from the CEIP Infanta Leonor de San Agustín del Guadalix have visited the urban garden located in this Madrid municipality. They are 1st year Primary students who, while they have learned about autumn crops, have had a great time with plants and vegetables. The facility is part of Humana's 3C Cultivating Climate and Community program; in operation since February 2015 with the collaboration of the San Agustín del Guadalix City Council and with an area of 2,000 m2, it has 16 users or activists.
The schoolchildren belong to the classes of 1ºA, 1ºB and 1ºC and are six years old. Natalia Martínez, tutor of the former, explains how the idea of going to the garden came about: “Our school is half an hour away, it is a pleasant walk. We wanted to go out into nature, an outdoor activity. We got in touch with the City Council and the City Council with the 3C team. It was very simple and fast ”. And she adds: "It is practically the first excursion that children have taken since the outbreak of the pandemic."
From the hand of two activists, Pedro and Ángel, and with the didactic explanations of the instructor, Marta Burgo, the children lived a different morning in which they not only had fun, but also learned many things about the work carried out by the users. The garden has received similar visits on other occasions, for example: to children and teachers from the CEIP Virgen de la Navalazarza and also from CEIP Infanta Leonor itself. And it is that the will of the social and urban agriculture program 3C Cultivating Climate and Community and the Community is to open the doors to the closest environment.
“Raise a hand,” Marta indicated to the children at one point during the visit, “now we touch the plant in front of us and then we smell the hand. What does it remind you of? "It smells like my toothpaste," said Mario, one of the students. “Very good, very good track! The plants in front of you are called peppermint, very similar to mint. They are aromatic plants ”. The instructor belongs to the entity I am putting you green.
“It is a joy to explain to them where peppers and aubergines come from,” acknowledged Pedro and Ángel, two veteran activists who lovingly care for the urban garden. In this 2,000-square-meter plot, organic vegetables are produced thanks to the work of neighbors like them, who promote respect for the environment through organic farming, obtain products for self-consumption and strengthen ties with other members of their community.
The little ones learned what seeds are (“I'm going to give each of you a few, now close your hands and then we throw them into the air, so we disperse the seeds and more plants can grow in several places at the same time”, explained Marta) What kind of vegetables are produced in the garden… At the end of the visit, they tasted some freshly picked strawberries and they went back to school very happy. “See you in May!” Damiana Conde, head of the 3C Program, said goodbye to them.
The 3C Program is aligned with the San Agustín del Guadalix City Council in promoting the culture of organic farming at the local level and sensitizing residents in relation to sustainability and respect for the environment.
3C Cultivating Climate and Community is an urban agriculture program with a network of social gardens where activists learn to work a plot, produce organic and local vegetables, and turn the garden into a relational space. Started in 2014, it has four facilities: three orchards in the Community of Madrid (San Agustín del Guadalix, Leganés, and Rivas Vaciamadrid) and one in Catalonia. There are more than 150 people involved in the program among users, family and friends.
