On Sunday 23 October, around 11 o’clock, about thirty onlookers had already gathered around Thomas Dumas, of the Sucre Vert association. Attentive to the advice of professionals, visitors to Croq’en Fruits were able to take advantage of a detailed course on cutting fruit trees, in the middle of the orchard of Réaux.
A little further on, families and not only have leafed through the products on offer from stand to stand. Vinegars, honey, Saint-Nectaire, bread … Organic products were the setting for the many activities on offer, from 10:30 to 18:00.
Various animations
Naturally there was the traditional press to make apple juice. “400 liters were sold during the day”, exulted Natacha Brzustowicz, head of the Espace Vert department in Montluçon.
Therefore, tastings, but also bird observation posts, creating nests or even animations around the bees have brightened up the day.
After discussing the estate of a “wild garden”, visitors were able to discover, at 3:30 pm, the nursery of the conservatory’s orchard. “It is finally an opportunity to reveal it. It has existed for two years, but with the health crisis the association Les Amis des Arbres, at the origin of the project, has not yet been able to offer a discovery ”, explains Natacha.
First day of Croq’en fruit organized by agglo
A successful return
After two years of absence, Croq’en Fruits escaped the rain. “Last time, in 2019, it rained a lot,” recalls the manager of Green Spaces. A last edition that had in any case brought back a hundred people.
Natacha Brzustowicz was a little stressed: “Inevitably, after two years, we wondered if people would come back. Her doubts must have been short-lived. “We have welcomed around 300 people today. The associations present were delighted to have “registered new members during the day. ”
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The mycological circle presented 63 varieties of mushrooms.
Mushrooms. The Hubert Bourdot Mycological Circle met to present 63 varieties of mushrooms. “Chosen yesterday! »Stated Christiane Pouliart, president of the association.
At Etienne Dupoux’s stand, visitors were able to unearth fruit trees, “bare roots”.
Fruit trees. At Etienne Dupoux’s stand, visitors were able to unearth fruit trees, “bare roots”. Old varieties, which will take “3 years for the plum trees and 6 to 10 years for the apple trees”, before bearing fruit.
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