Past Activities / Evènements passés
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2023 (France)
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2022 (France)
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2021 (France)
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International Events (organised by MGF or our partners)
2022
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2012
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Gardens of Marrakesh and Tangier (MGS Italy)
Spain: Pre-AGM trip to Catalonia
Gardens of the Italian Riviera / Les jardins de la Riviera italienne
Portugal: Bringing the Mediterranean Landscape into your Garden (MGAP)
Spain: Costa Blanca tour (MPG)
Gardens of Northern California
Gardens of the South African Cape (MGS Italy)
Portugal: Dry Gardens in the Mediterranean (MGAP)
The Gardens of Southern Morocco (MPG)
Visit to MGF gardens in France (MGMR) – Margaret River, Western Australia
2020 (France)
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2019 (France)
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Visit to an oil mill in Sauvian and the Plateau des Poètes in Béziers (Hérault)
Petty, Pottery & Co – A pottery themed outing, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, Gard
May 2019 – The Annual General Meeting 2019, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales
A visit to gardens in Vallauris and Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes
Gardens of the Italian Riviera / Les jardins de la Riviera italienne
A day in the Luberon / Une journée en Luberon, Vaucluse
A visit to two private gardens in the Var
Visit to the Bambouseraie de Prafrance, Générargues, near Anduze, Gard
Pruning workshop in Malaucène / Atelier de taille à Malaucène, Vaucluse
Balade botanique « identifier les plantes sauvages comestibles », Prades-le-Lez, Hérault
Previous Years (France)
2018
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Visite du jardin Le Vallon du Brec, Coursegoules, Alpes-Maritimes
Visits to gardens in Lauris and Sarrians, Vaucluse
A visit to a garden overlooking the bay of Saint-Tropez, Var
The Annual General Meeting 2018, Fayence, Var
Gardens in the Alpilles, Bouches-du-Rhône
A talk ‘Optimiser un petit espace extérieur’ by Nina Guichard, Montferrier-sur-Lez, Hérault
A visit to a Bourse aux Plantes in Villecroze and a Provençal garden in Salernes, Var
2017
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A visit to Roland and Liliane Leclercq’s garden, Hérault
A visit to Pépinière Quissac, Gard and a cuttings workshop
Le Jardin du Tomple, Concoules, Gard
Visits to the gardens of La Citronneraie and Les Colombières, Alpes-Maritimes
A visit to Poterie Ravel, Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône
A visit to Dominique Massad, “rose-breeder”, Bouches-du-Rhône
A visit to Jacqueline and David Potter’s garden in the Var
The 2017 AGM, Aix-en-Provence, Var
Gathering wild salad leaves / La cueillette de salades sauvages (La Soldanelle, Rougiers, Var)
2016
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Visit to le Clos des Roses, Fréjus, Var / Visite du Clos des Roses, Fréjus, Var
Visit to the English Garden Centre and a garden in Châteauneuf-de-Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes
Visite du jardin de Graham et Julia, Gard
Gardens, a nursery and a walk in the Aude
Visits to gardens in La Gaude and Vence, Alpes-Maritimes
The 2016 Annual General Meeting, Hérault
Visits to gardens near Montauroux, Seillans and Fayence, Var
Garden and nursery visits: La Valette-du-Var and Ollioules, Var
A rose baptism and visits to gardens near Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes
A visit to Le Mas des Pivoines and the Villa Noailles, in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes
A Visit to Les Roches, in Orange, and a walk in the Espace Botanique de Coste de Coa, Vaucluse
A botanical walk on the Îles du Frioul, Bouches-du-Rhone
A wild flower walk near Correns, Var
2015
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Visit to Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, Bouches-du-Rhône
Visit to Pépinière Ezavin – Le Monde des Fougères, Roquefort-Les-Pins, Alpes-Maritimes
Visit to a saffron farm in Le Barroux, Vaucluse
Visit to Les Cèdres and the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Alpes-Maritimes
Visit to L’Hermitage and la Mouissone, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes
Visit to Domaine de la Dourbie and Le Jardin de St Adrien,Hérault
The landscape, nurseries and gardens of Quercy, Aveyron
Garden visit to La Renardière, Mouans-Sartoux, Alpes-Maritimes
Visit to the Venet Foundation and a talk on local butterflies, Le Muy, Var
Visit to Cap Moderne and a private garden, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes
AGM, garden visits and botanical walks, Cairanne Le Barroux and Entrechaux, Vaucluse
A garden near Toulon and Iris en Provence, Var
Workshop on olives and olive trees by Célia Gratraud, Mormoiron, Vaucluse
Propagation workshop by Sylvie and Christian Mistre Rougiers, Var
Lecture at Cesseras – Garden design for small spaces Cesseras, Hérault
Talk by Olivier Filippi: Landscapes of the Garrigue Montferrier, Hérault
2014
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A plant clinic at la pépinière l’Arc en Fleurs, Saint-Christol, Hérault
Planning meeting and plant exchange, Remoulins, Gard
Garden Visit: Vallon du Brec, Coursegoules, Alpes-Maritimes
Garden visit: Jardins des Fleurs et Poterie, Gattières, Alpes-Maritimes
Garden Visit: Jardin Antique Méditerranéen, Balaruc, Hérault
Visit: to a garden designed by Jean Mus, Chateauneuf-de-Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes
Garden visits: Jardin de la Gravière and Fréderic Vallée’s garden, Pierrefeu-du-Var, Var
Garden Visit: La Carmejane, Vaucluse
Garden visit: Domaine de Manon, Placassier, near Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes
Garden visits: Domaine de la Baume and Château d’Entrecasteaux, Tourtour, Var
Visit to L’Armalette, a private garden and a botanical walk in the mountains, Var
Garden Visit: Le Jardin des Sambucs, Gard
Visit to the botanic garden of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
Talk & Garden Visit: Les Jardins de Payan, Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhone
Workshop on soil types held at Bulb’Argence, Gard
Workshop – Visit – Chez Olivier Filippi: Workshop on propagation and garden visit, Hérault
A talk on Mediterranean geophytes (bulbs, corms, rhizomes), by John Fielding, Gard
2013
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A day with Dominique Lafourcade in St Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone
Visits to Gardens in the Drôme
Visits to Gardens in Pyrénées-Orientales
Garden visits – Côte varoise, Var
Talk – The plants and gardens of Australia
Photography workshop
Seed workshop
2012
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Garden visit – Le Jardin de Mazet, Monoblet, Gard
Garden visit – Béziers
Garden visits – Gardens in the Aude
Lecture – Plants for a changing Mediterranean climate
Talk – Vegetable gardening
A visit to Jocelyn van Riemsdijk’s garden, Saint-Siffret, Gard
Course – Designing a Mediterranean garden
A botanical walk in the Calanques
2011
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Garden visits – Château de Beaulieu and les carrières de Bibémus, Bouches-du-Rhone
Plant fair – La Soldanelle, Var
A day with Marc Nucera in Eygalières and Noves, Bouches-du-Rhône
Garden visit – Le Clos Pascal in Ménerbes, Vaucluse
A look at cistuses with Olivier Filippi and a visit to the Abbaye de Fontfroide
Le Jardin Méditerranéen de Roquebrun , Hérault
Visits to members’ gardens in Hérault
Visit to La Bambouseraie de Prafrance and talk on jasmines, Gard
Talk – Plants for difficult situations
Inauguration of our library and talk on gardening books
2010
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Talk – Cultivation of roses
A garden planting day, Saint-Siffret, Gard
Garden visit – Château le Plaisir in Aramon
Visits to productive gardens in the Luberon
A visit to Pépinière la Soldanelle, Var
A visit to Le Jardin d’Elie Alexis
Botanical walk and visits to gardens in the Minervois
Talk – Pests, diseases and weeds
2009
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