Artist painter of plants
How could the Romans have imagined how centuries of horticulture transformed ugly little pears, hard and dry as pebbles, into fragrant sweet fruits? They wouldn’t have believed their taste buds! And yet, it is thanks to their work of selection and grafting, that the pear, as we know it, appeared in Europe. Continue reading “The royal fruit”
The gardeners’ reward when autumn is rearing its head, is the harvest of squash, in other words, the cucurbits, the pumpkin family. It adorns our vegetable gardens and reminds us of the tales of our childhood. In the garden running stems of the cucurbits play hide and seek and reserve a real surprise during the last mow of our lawns. They came from America in Europe in the luggage of the explorers. Continue reading “Squash or pumpkin ?”
With the association M.I.E.L
from 8 to 13 November 2021
Pôle universitaire Citadelle
80000 Amiens
Exhibition of the originals of the book Le Potager du Roi
Signing of the Potager 2022 calendar
Sale of limited edition posters
at La Fontaine Carrés Saint-Louis
61 bis, rue Royale 78000 Versailles
Calendars are on sale at:
Agence Even BD
8, rue Saint-Louis
78000 Versailles
Contact:
gp@evenbd.com
Exhibition of the Winners of the Salon de l’AIVA
Le Colombier
92410 Ville d’Avray
International Salon of travel books
“Il faut aller voir”
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
From 17 to 20 September 2021 from 3pm to 7pm.
Exhibition of Autumn Fruits dansés at the Manoir de Traonjoly 29233 Cleder in Brittany.
September 18th from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Signing of the two books dedicated to the gardens of Raphaèle Bernard-Bacot at the bookshop Livres in Room in Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
What an unforgettable pleasure to discover their red fruit under the green of their generous foliage! Rather expensive on the market, raspberries are quite easy to grow, so why not grow them yourself ? Not really predestined for our vegetable gardens in cities, they grow spontaneously in all mountainous regions of Europe, such as in the Alpine or Vosges mountains in France.
Aromatic plants? We could not do without them in our gardens, as they help the gardener, not only by attracting pollinating bees, but also by confusing the pests of his crops. This is called scent scrambling. Among these beautiful scents, reign the superb angelica that dominates, by its tall stature, all the others.
Everybody knows the typical form of leeks but who knows them in full bloom? If you would like to transform your vegetable patch into a remarkable garden, why not plant them among tulips and daffodils? With their splendid globe-shaped umbels, they would very well liven up spring flowerbeds. On the top of that, the leeks’ blossoms, which appear in the second year of cultivation, as they are biennnials, will produce seeds for the next vegetable generation. Continue reading “The beauty of leeks in fool bloom”
When nice weather is back, one loves the round and pink (rose) faces of the radishes.
Because during this transitional period between vegetables for winter storage, and the first outdoor shoots, they are a delight just as spring itself.No needs to be patriotic to enjoy the freshness of our so called “national” radish, which is picked up early morning like aromatic herbs. Continue reading “New radishes to enjoy – “ la vie en rose “ !”
April 2021
Jury Prize at the 44th Salon de Printemps for Independent Artists in Ville d’Avray, France
While waiting for spring, what a pleasure for a gardener to dream by flicking through a seed catalog, promises of beautiful vegetable! but where to begin with? Do we have to search forgotten vegetable seeds in seed producer’s conservatory, or even in those listed at INRAE*? Continue reading “The seeds of discord”