Vaucluse. Soon flowers on the sidewalks in Avignon?
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No more paved sidewalks on all sides. Laurence Lefevre, the deputy mayor of Avignon, imagines them rather flowery. As part of the second edition of Printemps des parcsshe invites the children to come in front of theTrilla primary school the Friday, April 22, 2022 help to flower the cracks of the sidewalks, the spaces between the tar and the facades…
A dozen children have already had the joy of doing it last week with the municipal agent Jean-Christophe Volt Rue Agricol Perdiguier.
Go from two locations to the whole city
Why this initiative? Native Saint Malo, Laurence Lefevre, was inspired by the practices of this town of Ille et Vilaine which The sidewalks have been blooming for a few years now. The corn ? Revitalize nature in the city and support the cessation of pesticides on the asphalt…
The project is ambitious, but the deputy will have to raise awareness. “Since we stopped weedkillers on the sidewalks, I have been getting emails from disgruntled citizens. We Remove weeds by hand. It’s much more ecological but also more long. People need to understand that it’s not dirty, and that it’s important to reconnect with nature. It is with nature in the city that I see the future,” says Laurence Lefevre.
For the latter, these two experiences are the bottom part of the funnel. “We have to find flowers that fit with our climate: the heat and the mistral. We are trying a few now, and we will change if necessary, I am determined to see this project through to the end.»
The seeds used for the experiment are nepeta faassenii, Centranthus ruber (garden valerian), Lobularia maritima (silver basket), delosperma cooperi, eschscholtzia californica (California poppy).
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