From Antoine: What a surprise this class was! I didn’t expected to have such an usual and satisfying class.
Going to the pontanique garden to see what have survived to the last dry summer was a pleasant experience for me. I was very happy to know that we have a garden where we can plant vegetables and that we can eat it knowing that they are 100% organic !
Unfortunately, most of the garden was dry and without color but it doesn’t matter, we are here to make it rebirth: that’s why I really want to go back to the garden.
The picture I took is a great illustration of the garden because it’s a plant that Miss Benoit thought was dead and so she tried to cut it but it’s still alive. Moreover, I appreciated a lot this plant because of it original stem and it smell.
I saw lots of funny and unexpected plants like the lamb ears which is very soft and I also tasted a leaf with a unexpected taste: it tasted like currants!
Briefly, I really like this class and I hope we will succeed in making the garden even better than last year.
Monthly Archives: septembre 2019
Better than last year
Without a big human presence
From Julie:
Memories of youth
From William: I appreciated the form that our first class has taken this last week. I felt this funny to make a garden tour with the best Trip Advisors’ guide I could imagine, Ms Benoit. The garden evoked in me memories of youth, when I used to be babysat by my grandparents out of town. But it was sad to see how dry it was, after the summer. I wish I could go back, to see it evolve, maybe to produce some aromas for our kitchen. I saw a lot of funny plants whom I did not know the name of before, and also a lot of green species. But flowers and fruits were missing, a lack of colors… I appreciated the different feelings I felt during this visit, like different textures of plants, and also how they smell so different!
Unexpected surprise
Symbols of the south
The core of the garden
Captivating petals
From Nawfal:
Despite its beautiful captivating petals, my fingers got hurt by a thorn when I tried to hold its stem. This made me think of all the subtle techniques that nature uses in order to protect itself.
Nature’s Feat
Garden potential
Leaf contrast
Here is the picture I took in the garden of the school this afternoon. I really like it, because some of the leaves of the plant are red, whereas they are supposed to be green, like the other ones behind them. In a word, I like the contrast these leaves make.