Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Pukllasunchis is an alternative teaching school in Cusco, Peru where students can workshop methods of indigenous Peruvian gardening.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Students tending to the soil at Pukllasunchis’ teaching garden.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

The view on site at the Pukllasunchis school outside Cusco.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Former student Maria Elena Ramirez Gonzáles and the Production Manager of the Natural Products program at Pukllasunchis, Noe Miguel Chávez Velasquez.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

An outdoor learning amphitheater on site.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Children at work in the teaching garden.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

A close up look at what lives in the soil.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Garden design in the Andes.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Agrarian vistas at Pukllasunchis and beyond.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

At Pukllasunchis, herbs are harvested for their medicinal and culinary uses.

Indigenous Gardening at Cusco’s Pukllasunchis School

Some of Pukllasunchis’ products are made into healing salves that are sold at local markets.