ECOLOGY AT THE HEART OF TWO ECO-DOMAINS

A former large livestock farm covering 68 hectares, the Bouquetot estate, with its seven buildings, typical of the traditional timber-framed architecture, is a precious testimony of the rural life and heritage of Augeron in the 17th and 18th centuries. Until the end of the 1980s, a family enjoyed an autonomous way of life on these lands, which were endowed with numerous quality springs. In order to protect them, the Community of Communes Cœur Côté Fleurie acquired the domain. Eco-domain since 2009, the site wants to be a place of reference for the development of innovative use of natural resources. The objective is to enhance the value of the land and the farmhouse through the installation of ecological, economic and educational activities. There is an organic market gardener in permaculture and agriculture, beekeeping, organic cattle breeding, tree houses, production areas for spirulina, vermicompost, ornamental and edible flowers, a tea garden.... Numerous educational activities are organized around the cultivation of spirulina, permaculture, edible plants ... as well as nature walks and a treasure hunt.

At the Château family farm on the heights of Villerville, organic farming has been practiced for more than 40 years around a château built in 1769 for Messire Labbey de Gonneville. The land has been farmed biodynamically since 1979. This system of agricultural production respects the norms of organic agriculture but also takes into consideration the phases of the moon as well as preparations that favor the renewal of the soil. A dozen varieties of vegetables, some of which are sometimes forgotten and grown according to the seasons, eggs, apple juice and dairy products from the milking of the farm's cows are offered for direct sale. At a glance: The wall of the vegetable garden has every 80 cm and at a height of 1,60m, bones taken in the masonry and slightly exceeding to attach to the origin of the gaulettes (poles used to make fall the fruits out of reach of the hand). A bone is rot-proof, while iron fasteners rust, and wood rots...