Archive: September 2019 programme
Forage plants
To provide bees, bumblebees and hoverflies with sufficient food, in our plantings we choose perennial plants that are particularly rich in nectar and pollen.
Rik Storme, plant nursery Groenstraat 13
SATURDAY 11:00 14:00 SUNDAY 11:00 (NL)
Native plants
Native plants are very valuable as nectar and host plants for various insects. They deserve their place in our gardens. Séverine gives advice on how to make your garden more attractive to local flora and fauna.
Séverine d'Ans, Apiflora
SATURDAY 12:00 SUNDAY 16:00 (Fr)
Spring-flowering plants
Early-flowering bulbs and corms are the first welcome food source for insects. Pieter-Jan compiled a top 16 of bulbous and cormous plants for the early spring.
Pieter-Jan Nijssen, Nijssen Bulbs
Colourings
Dyeing fabrics with plants: which plants yield the best dyes? With an introduction to the eco-printing technique and a demonstration quilts and shawls dye.
Caroline Klinckhamers
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
10:30 (NL/DE) 11:30 (FR/EN),
resumption at 13:30 (NL/DE) 14:30 (FR/EN)
at 15:30 (Nl/De) 16:30 (Fr/Eng)
Edible wood
Growing oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms on logs yourself? It's not even that difficult if you know the mushrooms' living conditions. And which mushrooms can you dry for storage?
Pip Gilmore, Groene takken
SATURDAY 16:00 SUNDAY 12:00 (NL)
Permaculture
As a follow-up to 'the ecological garden', Ellen takes you on a walk through the gardens and gradually introduces you to the basic principles of permaculture.
Ellen Fiers, Ecogarden Design
SATURDAY 11:00 (Fr) 14:00 (Nl)
SUNDAY 11:00 (Fr) 14:00 (Nl)
Medicinal plants
A walk through the gardens along a selection of 25 medicinal plants and trees that should not be missing from any garden and kitchen pharmacy
Herba Sana
SATURDAY 14:00 (Fr) 16:30 (Nl)
SUNDAY 14:00 (Fr) 15:00 (Nl)
Food forest
Presentation of the book ‘Voedselbos’, featuring a plant guide of 250 species of edible plants and mushrooms.
Madelon Oostwoud
SATURDAY 15:00 Small Rose Garden (Nl)
Truffle trees
In truffle cultivation, mycorrhizal trees are used; seedlings of, among others, oak, hazel, beech, and lime that are inoculated with the mycelium of truffles. Knowledge of the mycorrhizae, the various hosts, and the soil type is important for a successful plantation.
Truffelgaard
SATURDAY 11:30 SUNDAY 14:30 (Du/Eng)
Belgian Saffron
Home-grown saffron. The cultivation of Crocus sativa, the harvest and processing into saffron. Le Vrai Safran shows you how to harvest your own saffron.
Le Vrai Safran
SATURDAY 15:30 SUNDAY 12:00 (Fr)
Carbon capture
Composting is important for your vegetable garden and for the climate. Marc explains the carbon cycle - a crucial factor in global climate change.
Marc Verhofstede, Humus bvba.
SATURDAY 11:00 13:00 16:00
SUNDAY 11:00 13:00 15:00 (NL/FR)
Gardening and climate
Climate-friendly gardening means healthy water management and carbon storage in your own garden. Marc G. gives tips for a climate-friendly garden.
Marc Geens, Kruisbessen Proeftuin
SATURDAY 14:00 SUNDAY 14:00 (NL)
Kruidjes
Daniëlle knows everything about herbs. The late summer harvest, drying and processing - as well as the many uses.
Daniëlle Houbrechts, Kruidjes
SATURDAY 12:00 SUNDAY 16:00 (NL)