Photo Library 2010

• May 22^nd, 2010: "Garden and Plant Diversity"
• June 6^th, 2010: "Garden, Pollinators and Flowers"
• June 24^th, 2010: Inauguration of the exhibit "5 Key Aspects of Biodiversity..."
• July 4^th, 2010: "Garden and Butterflies"
• Sunday, 12^th, 26^th September and 24^th October 2010: Gardens and Our Friends, the Birds
• Sunday, 9^th October 2010: Gardens, Fruits and Flavours

Gardens and Plant Diversity

On 22^nd May 2010, the Herboretum kicked off its far-reaching programme in honour of World Biodiversity Year.

The theme of the day: "Garden and Plant Diversity" with:

• a conference on biodiversity, directed and commented on by Xavier Riffet, a specialist in biodiversity
• a self-guided tour to learn about biodiversity in The Herboretum's gardens and round out the theoretical discussions of the conference

Reactions:

"It was very good, as usual. I think recognition has to be given to the work accomplished by The Herboretum, which is fantastic. There's never a weak spot and it's never repetitive."
Pascal Foulon, Assistant to the Mayor of Saint-Ay

From visitors:

"It was very good: the explanations were interesting without it being too long."

"It was very good: you have an excellent guide."

"It was very educational. The guided tour was very interesting in and of itself, because if it were a visit on your own, you would end up missing a lot."

"The setting is very pleasant."

"I really like the plants in sectors. It's a shame, however, that we only briefly touched on the plants for dyeing, which is very interesting."

"The event is well balanced between the conference and the tour. It's not too long and visitors expect to spend that much time on the tour."

"I'm leaving with lots of new ideas for my garden."