Presentation of the insect hotel to the crèche children
Children from the Villiot crèche discover the insect hotel in the traversine garden. The activity leader explains the role of each compartment adapted to a particular type of insect.
Workshop on the installation of the insect hotel with the children of the CLAJE in the garden of Traversine-Villiot, Paris
With the children welcomed by the Centre Paris Anim’ (CLAJE), the team of Dessine l’Espoir finalised the installation of the insect hotel in the garden of Traversine-Villiot. We installed pieces of broken bricks for the staphylinid, pine cones for the … Read More
The chicken coop of Malanti, Eswatini
posted in: Animal shelter, Malanti Garden
In Malanti, a chicken coop has been set up in two adjoining pens. The principle is to rotate the cultivation and housing of the animals in these two pens. The manure from the chickens enriches the soil for future crops.
The animals of the St Paul’s school pedagogical farm, Leribe – Lesotho
The Ivory Foundation has been supporting the St Paul’s School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Lesotho since 2015.An educational farm has been set up within the school, combining animal husbandry and market gardening to provide the school … Read More
Tasting at the Grand Potager
The exploration of the Grand Potager is not only one to see and to smell. The children were able to taste a couple of fruits and edible flowers, especially marigold and nasturtium. For those who feel unsure about the flowers, … Read More
Introduction to composting and observation of the compost’s useful insects
In front of the Grand Potager’s compost, the students from Lauris’ nursery school learned how to sort their waste. Plastic ? In the recycling bin ! Leftover chicken ? In the garbage can ! Vegetable peel ? In the compost … Read More
Nasturtiums are blooming after a winter in the greenhouse at the Grand Potager, Lauris, France
The nasturtiums spent the winter in the warmth of the bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager. Here they are in full bloom, declining several shades of yellow and orange… Pleasure for the eyes and for the palate, as these flowers … Read More
Bee watching at the Grand Potager, Lubéron, France
At the Fontenille domain, the garden is a shelter for many insects: on his own, the garden attracts a huge number of auxiliary insects. Today, as the fist flowers arrived, the children observed bees foraging the garden’s flowers.
Insect house making workshop in Lauris, France
Every wednesday at the Grand Potager in Fontenille children are offered a creative workshop. This week an insect house making workshop took place, which was an opportunity to children and their parents around a do-it-yourself activity under the sun ! … Read More
Construction of a pond at the Grand Potager de Fontenille
posted in: Animal shelter, garden list, The Grand Potager - Lauris
A pond has been built by the animation team of the Grand Potager. A new feature of the garden, it is a real refuge for biodiversity: dragonflies, toads, frogs, newts, birds, beetles, etc. These animals will be all the more … Read More