Artist painter of plants
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”: 4 workshops in nature
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…)
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.
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
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)
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”
Louis Aragon Media Library
62190 Lillers (Béthune)
Exhibition at Mercure Paris Saint-Cloud Hippodrome
43, boulevard de la République
92210 Saint-Cloud
Tél. +33 (0)1 46 02 59 30
Hurrah, my cucurbit seedling survived ! A good memory in 2024 was to discover my mysterious seedling which withstand the vagaries of the weather and the procession of gastropods that make mincemeat of them. I was finally going to be able to enjoy cucumbers from my garden! And like “Perrette and her pot au lait”, the famous Lafontaine story, I was already dreaming of squash, cucumbers, gherkins and – why not – making jars of them. But – to my dismay – in July, its incredibly voluble vines, still bore no fruit. Finally, in August, I saw small greenish flowers appear in its magnificent foliage, clustered in the leaf axils and quickly transformed into fruit. Horn-shaped, with a few soft needles on the skin, they didn’t look at all like pickles. “This is a cyclenthere, aka achocha or pedata,” I was told. Continue reading “The Andean cucumber”
“Les Rencontres sur le Plateau 2024”, October 4 in Fontaine-le-Dun (76740), at the Centre social Apostrophe
