Projected images and stories open a view into the Forêt d’Orléans with the Société des Amis de la Forêt d’Orléans. Speakers examine the woodland’s history alongside the diversity of its living communities. The talk considers how this extensive forest can be understood and valued, connecting ecological observation with the memory of a landscape close to Chamerolles.
Tag: Biodiversity
Les arbres au Bois d’Amour: A Walk with Konan Le Breton
Naturalist guide Konan Le Breton leads a tree walk linked to Josselin’s Atlas de la Biodiversité Communale. Broadleaved trees and conifers, deciduous and evergreen foliage, and the conditions in which trees grow shape the route through the Bois d’Amour. From seedlings to the canopy, he explores their role in the woodland ecosystem. The walk is free, open to all ages and requires no booking.
Menez Meur: Breton Breeds and Moorland Discovery
Bretonne Pie Noir cattle, Ouessant sheep and other domestic breeds share Menez Meur’s discovery trails with wildlife. A moorland backpack introduces the plants and birds of the heath through an interactive route. The Koad Kit adds woodland activities, while a clue hunt about farm animals and Breton nature has booklets for different ages.
Harmonie sauvage at Maison de Loire
Harmonie sauvage brings work by Jean-Claude Picard and Daniel Guy to the Maison de Loire in Jargeau. The pairing places two named artistic practices within a center devoted to the river environment, creating a dialogue between visual art and the Loire setting. Wildlife and biodiversity provide the shared frame, linking the exhibition to ways of observing the living world along the river corridor. Visitors encounter the artists as a deliberate pairing, not as unrelated displays, with the Maison de Loire giving their work a precise regional context. That institutional setting connects contemporary expression with Jargeau’s landscape and the cultural attention given to the riverbanks. The meeting of art, place and environmental awareness gives the exhibition its character, carried by the distinct contributions of Picard and Guy.
Honey at Les Ruches d’Armalia
Les Ruches d’Armalia is a small beekeeping farm built around the Breton black bee, a native strain closely tied to the region’s rural ecology. The beekeeper harvests honey from the hives and transforms it by hand into a range of food and wellness products. A direct visit connects the finished jars and preparations with the bees, craft and green farm setting behind them.
The Invisible Forest Exhibition
A sensory immersion into the secrets of the forests of the Baronnies provençales. The invisible, that which escapes our gaze but whispers to our senses, is at the heart of this new exhibition: The Invisible Forest.
Baronnies Thematic Outings
Every day, discover the Baronnies in the Drôme Provençale region on guided themed walks: fauna, flora, local cultures, animal husbandry … manual or sporting activities, horse-drawn carriage, pony or gyropod rides, …
Fête des Plantes et de la Biodiversité in Clédat
In Clédat, the plant and biodiversity fair gives a rural heritage site a practical public role: nurserymen, local producers and artisans gather around plants, garden knowledge and everyday ecological culture. Its value is not spectacle but contact with the living materials of the region, from cultivated varieties to craft stands and producer tables, turning biodiversity into advice, objects, produce and public exchange. The rural setting makes biodiversity practical, linking plant advice, artisan stalls and local production with the everyday ways people care for gardens and land.
Birdwatching at Barre d’Etel: A Nature Tour
The Barre d’Étel and Pradic provide resting and feeding grounds for coastal birds. A nature guide leads this walk through the ocean, dune and estuary landscape, helping participants observe and listen to the species found there. The route also introduces the flora and fauna of the Grand Site des Dunes Sauvages; binoculars are recommended for watching the birds.
Mammals of Brittany Photo Exhibition in Tréfumel: Nature’s B
Les mammifères de Bretagne is an outdoor photography exhibition at the Maison des Faluns in Tréfumel. Produced by the Groupe Mammalogique Breton, it accompanies the Atlas des Mammifères de Bretagne with images of the region’s wild mammals and the habitats they depend on. The Faluns setting links natural history, local geology and conservation work in a form that can be read at walking pace.