The bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager of the Domaine de Fontenille is an essential tool at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, to prepare the seedlings, protected from the last frosts. It saves several precious weeks … Read More
The plots of the bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager have been cleaned and prepared in order to accommodate the winter seedlings. The turmeric plantations have thus been moved to make room for the mesclun seedlings which will benefit from … Read More
The bioclimatic greenhouse allowed us to be right on time to prepare all the seedlings that are now growing in the garden. There are still some zucchinis to prick out, and an incredible nasturtium which spent the winter in the … Read More
During a day at the Grand Potager, nursery classes from the Lauris school had the opportunity to be involved in a flower hunt. Near the bioclimatic green house and the aromatics spiral, a lot of flowers are present. The exercise … Read More
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
The greenhouse of the Grand Potager du Domaine de Fontenille is a perfect shelter for plants sensitive to the cold, as winter approaches. Autumn seedlings are also growing, and will be transplanted soon in the garden for winter.
Seedlings of salad and cabbage were put in place this fall in the greenhouse, to be replanted before winter in the garden.
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 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.
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