Gardening tips

[Pichicuy]

Hi
I'm a very amateur gardener determined to get my garden in order this year. Can anyone recommend a good French monthly gardening magazine to assist with the planting and maintenance of a potager and with planting borders with flowering plants and shrubs suited to the Mediterranean climate. Any advice on forums too would be welcome.
Thanks very much in advance.

[thumbelina]

The problem I find with the magazines, Pichicuy, is that they are really focussed on the northern area of France.

My best advice is to make friends with your neighbours - particularly the older, local ones - and ask their advice. THAT is worth it's weight in gold!

Whilst, obviously, I KNEW there was a difference between here and the UK, I hadn't appreciated it would be so large.

Ask the old locals, in my experience, they love to help!

Good luck - and keep us posted!

[Roger O]

Try this one!
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/
and this one for a basic plant list.
http://www.french-gardens.com/mediterranean-garden.php
though don't expect to get a Rothschild type garden using
your own 10 fingers!! Hah!


Ideas from pictures?
http://www.domainedurayol.org/Jardin.asp

[thumbelina]

Good link Rog!

And this one brings it down to Banyuls sur Mer!


http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.o ... lonia.html

[Roger O]

Our best experience of garden centres in the PO for variety and price was this one!
Le Clos des Palmiers (They've changed their name, it seems..)
(Activité :jardineries, végétaux, articles de jardin)
av du Palais des Expositions chem du Mas Taillant
66000 PERPIGNAN
tél-fax : .04 68 80 53 35

Very close to the Palais des Expositions - just off the roundabout taking direction Bompas.
They import their (old) olive trees and palms from southern Spain and you notice it in the prices!!
Best to go and have a browse around their extensive exterior grounds!
You can ask advice there - all the staff are (at least were when we were last there 3 years ago -
heavens, how time flies!!) very helpful for things like information on planning a potager (kitchen garden)
and seasonal tips.

[Pichicuy]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I'm in the centre of Perpignan so none of my neighbours have gardens!!! I'm very near that garden centre though so I'll try that and have a browse through the websites.

Thanks again.

[opas]

Try this one!
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/
and this one for a basic plant list.
http://www.french-gardens.com/mediterranean-garden.php
though don't expect to get a Rothschild type garden using
your own 10 fingers!! Hah!


Ideas from pictures?
http://www.domainedurayol.org/Jardin.asp

That looks just like my potager........none of the lines are straight, and are those zig zag ones at the bottome where the Sanglier have been