Rain Water Harvesting & Market Garden Project
A record of the 2022 market-garden project from construction and irrigation through planting, harvest and the established tunnel.
Films from the field
Gardens, water and practical training.
Public project films from Rory Clark, Imbewu Yoshintso, the Mandlakazi Project and African Conservation Trust document site surveys, earthworks, nurseries, harvests, seed saving and farmer training in South Africa and Lesotho.
Design · Build · Grow · Harvest · TeachWatch the overview · 58 secondsPublic video archive · 2013 — 2022
The project films, together.
Eleven films from Rory Clark, Imbewu Yoshintso, the Mandlakazi Project and African Conservation Trust, covering food gardens, water harvesting, farming and conservation agriculture.
IMBEWU Market Garden - Part 1
The completed shade-tunnel installation at the Imbewu market garden in 2022.
Imbewu Reservoir Installation 2022
Reservoir installation for the Imbewu project in 2022.
Speakman Creche Food Garden
A food garden created by Imbewu Yoshintso in Zululand, South Africa.
Tatsfield Farm
Farming at Tatsfield Farm, near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal.
Sekhane Community Garden Fly over
An aerial view of Sekhane Community Garden.
Mandlakazi Project Oct 2020
Work on the Mandlakazi Project in October 2020.
Gudlintaba Community-Drone Fly Over
An aerial view of the Gudlintaba community site in the Mandlakazi programme.
ACT RICHMOND HOMESTEAD ABUNDANCE GARDEN
The ACT Richmond Homestead Abundance Garden in KwaZulu-Natal.
Partner archive
ACT’s wider food-security record.
Two films produced by African Conservation Trust about its food-security and conservation-agriculture programmes.
African Conservation Trust (ACT) food security projects
ACT’s overview of its food-security work, including conservation agriculture, rainwater harvesting, mentorship and education.
The African Conservation Trust and Conservation Agriculture
ACT’s conservation-agriculture work: rainwater harvesting, indigenous seed, composting, mulching and ecological design.
Fieldwork overview · 58 secondsDesign · Build · Grow · Harvest · Teach
Contour surveys, swale construction, nursery production, vegetable harvests and practical training in Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal, 2020–2024.
Music: “Flying” by TrackTribeThree longer films
Field visits and seed saving.
Travel between project sites in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and the Eastern Cape, plus a seed-saving workshop in QwaQwa, Free State.
Road film · 3 min 16The drive
Travel between field sites in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and the Eastern Cape, 2020–2023. Mountain roads, river crossings and farming settlements, including snowfall at Matatiele in July 2023.
Music: “Is This Really Happening?” by TrackTribeWork film · 2 min 3Seed saving
A seed-saving workshop in QwaQwa, Free State, March 2023. Participants harvest and shell dry beans, then sieve and winnow amaranth seed.
Journey film · 59 secondsTravels and work, 2020 – 2024
Fieldwork and travel in Lesotho, Durban and the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, 2020–2024: farms, swale construction, seed displays and vegetable production.
Two crèches, before and after
Ubhejane and Mzomoyethu Crèche gardens.
Both gardens were designed in October 2019. Plans, photographs and site footage document their earthworks, water systems, planting and subsequent development.
Before · design · after · 1 min 2Ubhejane Crèche, top view
Ubhejane Crèche at Sekane in July 2019 and June 2022, compared with the October 2019 water and earthworks plan. The later photograph shows installed shade cloth and garden beds.
Crèche film · 1 min 47Ubhejane Crèche, before and after
The development of Ubhejane Crèche’s garden and water systems: the 2019 design and site work recorded from September 2020 to December 2022, including excavation, swales, berms, shade cloth and the fenced garden.
Before · design · after · 1 min 3Mzomoyethu Crèche, top view
Mzomoyethu Crèche at Gudlintaba in July 2019 and June 2022, compared with the October 2019 earthworks and water plan.
Water harvesting & food growing · 10 min 46Mzomoyethu Crèche Garden
Rainwater harvesting and food growing at Mzomoyethu Crèche: tanks, contour swales, a pond, planted basins, groundcover, mulched beds and seedling care. Includes the swale after a recorded 45 mm storm; calculated storage estimates are identified separately.
Short field films
Portrait versions.
Seed saving in QwaQwa, travel between project sites and an overview of garden construction, harvests and training.
Vertical · seed saving · 40 secondsSeed
Bean shelling and amaranth seed cleaning at a seed-saving workshop in QwaQwa, Free State, March 2023.
Vertical · journey film · 59 secondsTravels and work, vertical
Farms, earthworks and seed displays from fieldwork in Lesotho, Durban and the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, 2020–2024.
Vertical · fieldwork overview · 58 secondsDesign · Build · Grow · Harvest · Teach, vertical
Site surveys, swale construction, seedling production, vegetable harvests and farmer training in Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal, 2020–2024.
Music: “Flying” by TrackTribeAbout the footage
Sources and project records.
My field archive covers 2020–2024. The crèche films also include the 2019 designs, close-out report photographs and footage supplied from the sites. Supporting reports are linked on the field evidence and project pages.