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As an alternative to fresh flowers and plants, dried flowers are a sustainable decorating practice because they require no water to survive, and no special maintenance.
Emma Bruschi brings forgotten objects back to life through shared experiences. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to make a harvest bouquet from rye and wheat straw, with an introduction to hand-weaving and spinning. Symbols of fertility, devotion, love and good luck, harvest bouquets can be hung at home or given as gifts to loved ones.
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Whether in pots or in the ground, how do you grow herbs, vegetables and edible flowers?
With Mouvement et paysages This workshop is an opportunity to discover, together, the main principles of a natural Mediterranean vegetable garden: soil, exposure, mulching, watering, choice of plants, planting or sowing, associations, etc. Through observation, practical gestures and gardener’s tips, each participant leaves with a few seeds or seedlings to get started and apply the advice learned during the workshop.
Workshop linked to the gardening cycle Learn the rudiments of environmentally-friendly gardening, or take up the herbalism of Mediterranean plants.

Discover the world of watercolors through a workshop devoted to plants and flowers.
With Léna Keohavong, naturalist and children’s illustrator Step by step, you’ll be guided through the creation of a floral illustration. Whether you’re a beginner or already initiated, this workshop offers a creative and immersive moment to explore the beauty of plants and hone your sense of observation.
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As an alternative to fresh flowers and plants, dried flowers are a sustainable decorating practice because they require no water to survive, and no special maintenance.
With plant designer Anaya Bini (Fleur urbaine) In this unique introductory workshop to the art of floral decoration, you’ll learn how to choose local flowers according to the season, master the drying process and create your own floral cloud, a small suspension made from dried flowers that you can take home with you!  
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Timeless and universal, basketry comes in an infinite variety of forms, uses, techniques and materials.
With Gabriel Thiney, wickerworker and basket-maker It seems that plant weaving has been with mankind since the dawn of time, but is it only mankind when you consider what some birds and plants do? Through the creation of a basket, this workshop leads us to the discovery of the original and archaic dimension of basketry. There’s no need for any particular technique here, just to feel and understand wicker and its possibilities, to work with it and weave it together, strand by strand, just...
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Discover an ancestral know-how combining earth, plants and textiles.
With Emilie Fayet This workshop invites you to explore a clay printing technique based on a natural reaction between plant tannins and iron. After a visit to the Mediterranean garden and its tannin-rich dye plants, you’ll give free rein to your creativity to create graphic motifs on a cotton handkerchief. Stencils, chalk and reserves will help you to create these deep-hued, long-lasting and unique shapes. Note to participants: remember to bring an apron and a plastic bag.  
Workshop linked to the craft cycle Discover and learn a wide range of skills from creators who are passionate about passing them on.

Timeless and universal, basketry comes in an infinite variety of forms, uses, techniques and materials.
With Gabriel Thiney, wickerworker and basket-maker It seems that plant weaving has been with mankind since the dawn of time, but is it only mankind when you consider what some birds and plants do? Discover the basics of traditional and contemporary basketry, using the flat-bottomed weaving technique. Using wicker strands and age-old techniques, create a unique object with multiple uses: trivet, basket base, etc.
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Sober, ingenious and do-it-yourself, this workshop is for you.
With Mouvement et paysages We all have enough to throw away wheelbarrows of materials and supplies, when these bulky items could be given a second life in the garden. The gardening with little workshop uses tricks and virtuous recycling to demonstrate that material resources are often right in front of our eyes!
Workshop linked to the gardening cycle Learn the rudiments of environmentally-friendly gardening, or take up the herbalism of Mediterranean plants.

During this workshop, we'll discover a vegetable dyeing technique through the exploration of patterns.
With Anouk Zibaut Each participant will work from a single design, applied to two different fabrics using two different pastes. The gesture will be identical, but each paste will react differently. After dyeing, the patterns will appear mirrored, inverted with respect to each other. The result is not immediately visible: it’s when the dye baths are applied that the image reveals itself, leaving room for surprise. First, we’ll run some tests to understand the technique. Once the...
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Botanical printing is a sensitive dialogue between plants and textiles, a way of letting plants express themselves. Leaves, flowers and natural fibers come together to reveal unique imprints, traces and stains of an instant, a gesture.
With Iulia Hodoleanu (Maenad) On a cotton fabric, everyone is invited to touch the material, observe the shapes and colors, arrange the plants, wrap them and then wait. The revelation comes at the end, when the fabric unfolds to reveal what the plant has left behind. Open to all, even beginners, this three-hour workshop covers the basics of etching and vegetable dyeing, with plenty of room for experimentation. The technique of vegetable printing becomes an intuitive field of exploration, where...
Workshop linked to the craft cycle Discover and learn a wide range of skills from creators who are passionate about passing them on.

Timeless and universal, basketry comes in an infinite variety of forms, uses, techniques and materials.
With Gabriel Thiney, wickerworker and basket-maker It seems that plant weaving has been with mankind since the dawn of time, but is it only mankind when you consider what some birds and plants do? Through the creation of a wicker basket, we’ll cover basic basket-making techniques. Manipulate the raw material and rediscover archaic gestures as you create your own work!
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In every season, people of yesteryear used plants to cure everyday ailments and, above all, maintain good health.
With Clarisse Lebas, ethnobotanist In this workshop, we’ll explore the Jardin des Migrations and meet the plants that are so beneficial to spring: perennials and shrubs that are already established, as well as herbaceous plants that have made themselves at home. We’ll learn how to identify them and learn about their properties and virtues, before making a traditional seasonal preparation.
Workshop linked to the gardening cycle Learn the rudiments of environmentally-friendly gardening, or take up the herbalism of Mediterranean plants.

This workshop explores the invisible circulations between plants, bodies and soils, where the chemical, symbolic and political dimensions of life are woven together.
With Laure Vigna, visual artist and herbalist In the Jardin des Migrations, we’ll be identifying and transforming a number of Mediterranean medicinal plants capable of interacting with pollutants and acting as bio-indicators. By observing their shapes, scents and properties, we’ll look at their ecological role: as care plants, but also as filtering organisms revealing the chemistry of the site. Participants will learn how to identify species and prepare an alcoholic mixture...
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At the Jardin des Migrations, we make a practice of turning our potential little enemies into true and great allies. Come and find out!
The garden is a peaceful microcosm where plants, insects, animals of all kinds and even feathers intermingle. This intermingling creates territorial issues that you, gardeners, have to arbitrate.      
Workshop linked to the gardening cycle Learn the rudiments of environmentally-friendly gardening, or take up the herbalism of Mediterranean plants.

This workshop teaches us simple solutions to better resist drought, thanks to an active soil and its living organisms.
With Movement and Landscapes Faced with the heat of the Mediterranean climate, plants make numerous adaptations that enable them to survive. By observing the surrounding landscape and natural dynamics, drought can even become the guiding theme of a landscape design, as seen here in the Migrations garden. During this workshop, discover the main scrubland plants and their aesthetic, ecological and practical virtues, as well as the different principles for planning your future plantings and the...
Workshop linked to the gardening cycle Learn the rudiments of environmentally-friendly gardening, or take up the herbalism of Mediterranean plants.