Organic Farming (AB)

La Grange aux Mille Saveurs

Bel-Air

Description

In a rural setting, a very original organic farm (red berries, aromatic and medicinal plants) and certified Syndicat des simples. Stroll through the botanical garden, pick, process and even have a snack with the family.

At an altitude of 900 m, this educational farm has a one hectare botanical trail with 200 listed species, plants, shrubs and trees, as well as a transformation workshop, a plant dryer, a common room with sanitary facilities, a fully equipped picnic area, a playground, a sales room and dry toilets.

PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES :
Cultivation of red berries and aromatic and medicinal plants, Botanical garden, Educational farm (kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, etc.), Taste at the farm, Picking at the farm.

SALE OF HOME-MADE PRODUCTS :
Processed products on offer: herbal syrups, herbal salt, small red fruits, aromatic and medicinal plants, nectars, fruity products, homemade sorbets and vinegars made from herbs or fruits,...depending on the season

FOR INDIVIDUALS :
- Visit of the botanical garden, free access (self-guided tours, signs along the way)
- Children's playground (free access)
- Snack at the farm served on the terrace: homemade tarts and sorbets, milkshakes, nectars, syrups, infusions... prepared with fruits and plants from the farm.
- Picking at the farm: small red fruits
- A cosy guest room.

FOR GROUPS, from 15/04 to 15/10 :
Reservation required for groups, rates on estimate for a day or half-day, contact us
-Children's groups: discovery, snack, sensory initiation, gardening, picking, cooking workshop, transformations, big game and/or evaluation, solar pole, ....
-Adult groups, depending on the service: Guided or unguided tour of the botanical trail, drying room and tastings, discovery and complete snack....

...and occasionally, on request:
- Initiation to phytotherapy, starting a herbarium...
- Workshops for children around the senses: gardening, sight, taste, touch (according to the calendar).
- Initiation to various tasks according to the season: pruning, trellising, weeding, transplanting, cuttings, harvesting (groups or courses).
- Discovery games. Question and answer games for children aged 6 to 12.
- Nature cooking