The Herboretum News

June 2010

Sponsor a hive at The Herboretum, and actively help safeguard bees!

The Herboretum and its partner, Apipioger, would like to encourage you to sponsor the beehives at The Herboretum! There are only 7 hives left for sponsoring!

The idea is simple:
Sponsor and choose the name of your hive among the names of melliferous plants present at The Herboretum (passion flower, valerian, sweet clover, violet, chamomile, angelica), and receive a regular update on its activity. In addition, receive great advantages: a welcome gift and 10% on all other hive products!

Commit alongside The Herboretum and Apipioger, to help preserve bees and biodiversity!

Visit us on Sunday 6th June for the launch of the event: ‘Sponsor a Hive at The Herboretum’!
For further information

March 2010

Project 2010 The Herboretum label!

The United Nations has declared 2010 ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ to alert the public about the status and consequences of declining biodiversity in the world. They have set the following main goals for this year 2010:

- Increase awareness of citizens on the importance of preserving biodiversity and the threats to it
- Awareness about the achievements already carried out by communities and governments to protect biodiversity
- Encourage individuals, organizations and governments to take immediate steps to halt biodiversity loss
- Promote innovative solutions to reduce threats to biodiversity
- Initiate a dialogue among stakeholders on measures to take to the post-2010

The France responds by declaring biodiversity, a major cause for 2010!

And the Herboretum take part in this national and international strategy, organizing, on its place, a series of events around an exhibition on the theme of local biodiversity.

This project has been labeled ‘2010 International Year of Biodiversity’ and receive national exposure by appearing on this site: www.biodiversite2010.fr.

December 2009

Best wishes!
In 2010, participate in the International Year of Biodiversity at The Herboretum!

The Herboretum wishes you a beautiful year 2010 and invites you to participate in the International Year of Biodiversity!

For The Herboretum, garden of preserved and shared biodiversity, participate in the International Year of Biodiversity is an awareness and the sign of a strong commitment becoming a reality on the ground. Within the framework of this thematic year, a wide program of activities dedicated to the biodiversity and intended for the general public will be set up: exhibitions, guided visits, animations, etc.

Because the stakes are global but also local, The Herboretum chose to centre its program on the local biodiversity. The start of this vast program will be given on May 22nd, 2010, on the occasion of the world day of the biodiversity.

For more information, meeting in 2010!

August 2009

Messicoles of grassland habitat for many species of butterflies!

This cereal field has been recreated with its accompanying “harvest” plants, because they live at the rhythm of the harvests: cornflower, field poppy, corn cockle, etc.

Its flowers were used to promote the arrival of butterflies, more and more at The Herboretum!

The Herboretum registers the butterflies present on the domain and participates to the Garden Butterflies Observatory launched by the Association Noé Conservation, with the collaboration of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

Actual surveillance net for the common day butterflies species, the Garden Butterflies Observatory allows to follow the evolution of the populations and to better understand the ecologic dynamics, related to the global warming for instance.

July 2009

A new tropical greenhouse for the Herboretum!

>A dozen of tropical plants are presented: