Wild & Cultivated
Plant escapes in Loire-Atlantique
Jacques Signé and Philippe Bérard, prefaced by Francis Hallé, Éditions d’Orbestier, May 2024
A beautiful, practical book to discover the wild and cultivated botanical treasures of Loire-Atlantique.
“Escape to the heart of plants to discover wild and cultivated plants!”, this is what the two authors Jacques Savoine and Philippe Férard, recognized experts, botanists, gardeners and landscapers, offer and promise.
Let yourself be taken on a surprising journey through this department with its privileged climate and incredible natural riches, in search of all its wild and cultivated botanical diversity, between the ocean, essential islands and fascinating bocage, and (re)discover more than 600 species or essential plant and animal varieties.
Let yourself also be guided by these two exciting enthusiasts, on foot and sometimes by bike, on coastal, forest and country paths, along 44 superb walks through the most beautiful natural spaces, parks and gardens, to discover the exceptional plant heritage of the Loire-Atlantique.
ISBN: 9782842385156
Size 18 x 21.3 cm; 256 pages
30€
Authors
Jacques Soignon is a master of science in ecology at the University of Rennes and an engineer from the National School of Horticulture (ENSH) in Versailles. Director of the Green Spaces Department of the city of Nantes (SEVE) from 2001 to 2020, he helped the metropolis acquire international recognition on the theme of landscape, horticulture and urban ecology. He is today vice-president of the Conservatory of Specialized Plant Collections (CCVS).
Philippe Férard revealed his vocation from a very young age in the shade of Norman pear trees. After horticultural and university studies, he became a botanist at the Jardin des Plantes de Nantes, then directed the municipal botany course, organized numerous botanical courses (Society of Natural Sciences of the West of France, SSNOF, Botanica-Nantes association, etc.). ) He is also the editor of numerous articles devoted to regional flora.
Preface it Francis Hallé is a French botanist, biologist and dendrologist. A doctor in biology and botany, he was first a university professor of botany. He then specialized in the ecology of tropical rainforests, settling in tropical regions to study primary forests, in Ivory Coast, Congo, Zaire and Indonesia. He is a great defender of primary forests, never exploited by man, today representing 5 to 10% of terrestrial forests and three quarters of the planet’s biodiversity reserves.
