- Exhibition at the Notre-Dame des Autels Chapel in Hautot-l’Auvray (76), from August 1st to August 23rd, at weekends only.
Exhibition and Opening Reception in Seine-Maritime
Slimane and the water rotation
Summer 2026
Slimane had started gardening when Michel, who was getting tired, asked him for a hand. He ended up giving him his plot of land. Slimane grows Algerian chili peppers there, as well as carrots and tomatoes for his wife, who is from Brittany. He’d like to irrigate the way they do in Algeria. Over there, water flows through small canals. It’s called the “water rotation.” Continue reading “Slimane and the water rotation”
Dalila, a gardner in allotment Pantin-Aubervilliers
Article published in the garden Les 4 saisons
Spring 2026
First portrait : Dalila
Dalila is in charge of the allotment gardens in Aubervilliers. She is constantly interrupted by phone calls. It is not easy to explain to allotment holders that if they stop gardening, they must give up their plot. For many, the garden is a refuge and a place to meet up with friends or family. Continue reading “Dalila, a gardner in allotment Pantin-Aubervilliers”
“Bourgeons d’artiste”: my workshops this summer
“Bourgeons d’artiste”: 4 workshops in nature
- Sketching
- Watercolour painting
- Collage
- Gouache
At Hardoncelle Castle
8 rue de la Tour
08150 Remilly-les-Pothées
In the permaculture garden, orangery and orchard
Thursday 9 July 2026 – Friday 10 July 2026
(Registration possible per day)
Workshops for novice, amateur or professionnal artists and garderners aged 13 and above. The workshops are conducted in French and English.
> To know more (program, prices, registration…)
The nashi, a true apple-pear
Have you heard of the nashi ? Halfway between a European pear and an apple, hence its common name of apple-pear, this fruit is given as a gift in Japan in pretty packaging, either as a New Year present or as a consolation prize to rejected lovers.
So it is with this fruit that I will end the vegetable chronicles of my blog, before starting my real gardening stories in 2026. As I got a commission from the magazine “Les Quatre Saisons” for its special issue “Les jardins familiaux” (Allotments and Community gardens) to be published in March 2026.
Mini-conference on 18 September 2025
Thursday 18 September 2025 at 6pm
Mini-conference on the book “Jardins ouvriers, jardins de demain”
at the “Vert Paradis” bookshop
50, rue de Saint-Cloud
92410 Ville-d’Avray
Summer 2025: EXHIBITIONS in Veules-les-Roses and CONFERENCE
- From July 8 to September 14 2025:
Exhibition “Landscapes, seascapes and gardens” (Paysages, mer et jardins)
at Restaurant “Les p’tits galets”
3, rue Victor Hugo
76735 Veules-les-Roses
- September 10 to 15:
Exhibition “Original illustrations from the three books”
Raphaèle Bernard-Bacot will be on site every afternoon. - September 12:
7 p.m. – Vernissage of the Exhibition “Original illustrations from the three books”
Galerie du Rex
8, rue Jean-Lamy
76735 Veules-les-Roses
8:30 pm – Conference “From the King’s garden to allotments, a gardener’s story” (Du potager du Roi aux jardins ouvriers, une histoire de jardinier) at the Rex cinema
Salle Anaïs-Aubert – Place des Ecossais
76735 Veules-les-Roses
To know more (in French)
May 2025: workshop, conference, book signing and sale
- Wednesday 14 May at 3.30pm
‘L’empreinte’ workshop followed by a book signing
at the Médiathèque Boris Vian
Place Charles de Gaulle
92410 Ville-d’Avray
Tel. +33 1 47 50 35 41
- Tuesday 20 May 2025 from 7pm
Mini conference/signing of the book ‘Jardins ouvriers, jardins de demain’
Exhibition and sale of original illustrations
at the bookshop La Nouvelle Page
18 rue Pérignon
75007 Paris
To know more (in French)
Chillies from the New World
Christopher Columbus, in search of a new route for the Spice Route, brought back chillies from the New World. The Aztecs used them in their cooking to spice up their dishes, but also to heal bodies and souls, believing that their strength drove away evil spirits. Continue reading “Chillies from the New World”
April 2025: conference and exhibitions
- Saturday 5 April
To mark the opening of the seed library
Conference, screening of the film ‘Mémoires de jardin’ and Workshop - From 5 April to 19 April
Exhibition of original illustrations
Louis Aragon Media Library
62190 Lillers (Béthune)
- From April 1st to April 28th
As part of her participation in the “1 Artist, 1 Shopkeeper” event - Opening on April 3rd at 6pm
Exhibition at Mercure Paris Saint-Cloud Hippodrome
43, boulevard de la République
92210 Saint-Cloud
Tél. +33 (0)1 46 02 59 30
- From 24 to 13 April
Group exhibition at the Galerie L’entracte and on the Mall
92410 Ville d’Avray
