Build a Keyhole Garden

A Keyhole Garden allows a family to grow enough food for three meals a day – even in the face of an extreme climate and poor soil.

Keyhole Gardens recycle as they grow. The design – which looks like a keyhole from above – incorporates a central ‘basket’ where compostable waste is placed and used water from the kitchen is poured. They add nutritious vegetables to diets and are especially useful in areas where good soil is scarce. They get fantastic results: families start to grow enough to eat, to give to their neighbours and to sell at market.

Did you know?

Keyhole Gardens help to extend the growing season, even in dry periods, so that food can be grown by families nearly all year round.

We give this gift in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Lesotho.