Fleur: french flowers. An Organic Cutting Garden
A new project, a new program for the Gascon Kitchen. Lisa Maiklem, our neighborhood fleuriste grows all her own organic flowers that she weaves into magical bouquets and airy celebration of color and scent. Running out of space to fill the growing demand for her jewel-toned and naturally eccentric blossoms, we hatched a plan to turn a little used strip of park by the petanque court into a Gascon Kitchen floral annex.
Beginning with seedlings that Lisa mothers in March and armed with a pitchfork, we are fencing out the hens and ducks, and creating a colorful and organic cutting garden that will welcome students and visitors to Camont’s productive park. A mowed lawn is slowly and thoughtfully becoming a living work of art.
Lisa Maiklem of le Frechou tends her ephemeral crops and weaves daring tapestries of posies.
Color against the stone gravel terrace at the Gascon Kitchen at Camont.
Tea cakes in Franco-Anglais style.
From green to a riot of color- a lot of hard work and planning. New programs are available for those interested in apprenticing with Lisa on how to create and maintain an organic cutting garden and business, program runs from March-October.
Green fields will give way to color this summer! Come join our new Organic French Cutting Garden program.
The bees at Camont are going to love it!
Hi, I own a florist in Australia and have been researching the best way to grow organic flowers. Judging by the look of the gorgeous organic flowers you have grown you are doing the right thing which is both a tribute to your efforts and is a complete bonus for teh environment.
Well done.
Siobhan
This blog makes me want to pack it all up and move to France… (I guess that’s the point!)
Thanks Siobhan, Lisa has established a much needed floral alternative to the flown in hot house grown soulless blooms we find even at our local markets. I am excited we can collaborate to grow her wonderful collection of florist fleurs here at the Gascon Kitchen gardens. stay tuned for further progress.
Hi Kate, beautiful pictures! Larissa and I are very excited to help you at your Gascon Kitchen and the new organic cutting garden!
See you in June,
Andrew
Dear Kate,
I’m glad we’re not the only people doing this. The more people grow their own flowers the more the bees will be happy, the fewer flowers will moulder in cold storage being flown about, the less hot housing will go on and the more BEAUTIFUL tables will be around the world.
I hope you’re enormously successful with your Gascon cuttings garden. And if ever you need flowers sending anywhere in the UK don’t hesitate to contact Common Farm Flowers.
All the best,
Georgie Newbery aka @TheFlowerFarmer