Keyhole preparation
posted in: Compost, The Grand Potager - Lauris, The keyhole
This video shows how to prepare a key hole, using permaculture methods.
A painted Memory game for the preschool at Laafi village
posted in: Burkina Faso, Laafi Garden - Koudougou, Memory
In Burkina Faso, a memory game was made using visuals from the garden. The visuals are painted by Solstène, a Burkinabé artist who is already involved in the awareness campaigns of Designing Hope. 50 visuals have been created in duplicate, … Read More
Bioclimatic greenhouse
posted in: Greenhouse, The Grand Potager - Lauris
Sebastien Dutherage, head of the Association for the Promotion of Ecological Techniques (APTE) presents the concept of a bioclimatic greenhouse made with the support of The Ivory Foundation on le Grand Potager de Fontenille in Lauris, in the South of … Read More
Autumn transplant at la Traversine
This is the ideal season to transplant, especially fruit trees. The garden of Traversine is turning green, with plantations of mulberry, raspberry, strawberry, but also honeysuckle and wisteria ready to cover the metal structures of pergolas next spring.
Discover the flavors of the garden
posted in: Activity session, Taste and flavour, Tasting, The Grand Potager - Lauris
A visit was organized for the children of the Lauris school on the Grand Potager de Fontenille. At this occasion, the chef of Domaine de Fontenille, Jérôme Faure, visited the grown plots with the children, to make them taste the … Read More
Children’s visit
posted in: The Grand Potager - Lauris, Visit of le Grand Potager
25 children from Lauris school visited le Grand Potager de Fontenille. Le Grand Potager, will start its pedagogical vocation, now that the garden is operational. the children visited the various centers of interest of the garden in groups of 5, … Read More
The bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager
posted in: France, Greenhouse, Rubric farming modules, The Grand Potager - Lauris
The bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager is ready for its first seedlings! Funded by The Ivory Foundation, this experimental greenhouse was designed with the expertise of the association APTE (promotion of eco-energies, ecoconstruction and ecological practices), and carried out … Read More
The donkeys of the Grand Potager
posted in: The Grand Potager - Lauris
The donkeys of the Grand Potager du Domaine de Fontenille contribute to the fertility of the garden soil. They produce a local and natural manure transformed into the composting area of the garden. On other farms, in permaculture, such as … Read More
The crushing roller
posted in: Permaculture, The Grand Potager - Lauris
It is used to stop the growth of green manures sown on plots at rest. The action of this roller is to stop the sap flow of plants and leave a mulch on the ground. The cutting blades break the … Read More
Autumn at Le Grand Potager
posted in: France, Greenhouse, The Grand Potager - Lauris
Autumn is mild, the gardening boards are still green with salads, cabbage, spinach. Soon, the bioclimatic greenhouse will take over for the production of the plants, to gain a few weeks on the season.