Creole gardens support food and resilience in Guadeloupe ^{CEFR A2}

The Creole garden in Guadeloupe is a traditional home garden that supplies staple foods to families. Banana trees, tubers such as yams and manioc, fruit trees like avocado and mango, and medicinal and aromatic plants grow together in a small, diverse ecosystem.

These gardens build social bonds and give food autonomy to vulnerable families. They have often served as a local response to crises. A research survey during the pandemic found that traditional practices helped farmers show resilience and encouraged some people to return to subsistence farming. Scientists and local partners now link garden know-how with simple modern tools, like weather stations and natural inputs, to reduce agriculture's vulnerability to climate change.