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Reactivation of a wetland

Vinagrella starts this year the recovery of a wetland within its infrastructure. True treasure of biodiversity, the loss of wetlands across the planet became problematic*. Beside contributing to climate regulation and conservation of aquatic and terrestrial fauna, converting part of a land into a wetland en humedal brings a new type of landscape, with plants which change from the traditionnal mediterránean garden. In our case, we will re-shape the old pond banks more vegetation and diversity, and we will observe...

The sustainable garden, summer 2021

News from our sustainable garden  ! After almost 3 years, the garden is now fully installed, with a blast of colour during spring and summer. Among all the planted species, we had very few losses, the majority perfectly settled and go now over the frames. This year's protagonists : the hemerocallis, dietes,agapanthus gave lots of flowers. the ground covering plants have shown their eficiency, the thymus 'elfín',erigeron kavinskanius and the dymondia argentea are interesting alternatives to traditional lawns, with a large...

CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW – MAY 2019

This year Vinagrella travels to England to attend the Chelsea Flower show ! Every year in spring time, professionals of the sector, as well as passionated particulars gather to share experiences, trends and innovations about landscaping. For this edition, we took inspiration among examples of sustainable gardens, and (re)discovered some species We share here some of our discoveries ...

THE SUSTAINABLE GARDEN

Vinagrella presents its new experiment,the 'sustainable garden'. From surplus materials, we build this garden with a double focus : try to build a garden with very few ressources, and monitor its evolution year after year, to reinforce our experience with mediterranean gardens. We selected plants with good adaptability, resistant to climate sudden change and drought tolerant. Many of them are natives, succulents or grass, with some scented and flowery ones. We display 45 species, growing under shade or in full sun, whithout...