“Gardener Mission”: the Week-End Nature

Following the success of the first edition organized in 2021, the Department of Urban Development (DAU) is repeating the “Week-End Nature” experience on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October 2022, around the thrilling theme “Gardener Mission”, which will fascinate young and old!

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Gardens Section of the DAU will welcome participants to the Princess Grace Rose Garden in Fontvieille and to the Cultural Greenhouses of Saint-Laurent d’Eze. Upon arrival at one of the reception stands, each family of apprentice investigators will be given a mission envelope and an investigator card, in order to find the activity points scattered in the gardens and solve puzzles to unlock the secrets of gardeners.

On the program of this treasure hunt and these unusual workshops:

• Fontvieille site / Princess Grace rose garden:

– Understand life underground
– Observe funny insects
– Install a watering circuit
– Discover the secrets of roses

• Cultivation greenhouses of Saint-Laurent d’Eze:

– Explore crop greenhouses
– Participate in mechanized repotting
– Explore the educational experimental vegetable garden
– Taste edible flowers
– Transform an old pair of sneakers (brought by each participant who wishes) into a planter

The highlight of the nature weekend: the concert by the Prince’s Carabinieri Orchestra, Saturday 8 at 6 p.m., in the Saint-Martin Gardens where participants are invited to bring their picnic to share a convivial moment in the gardens.