Granddaughter of farmers Annabelle Gallardo Guibaud cultivates a taste for good things in her agroforestry micro-farm La p'tite Cévennes created on 5,000 m² of a family meadow with the idea of transforming it into a forest garden.
“ Today it occupies 8,000 m² where more than 300 trees, shrubs, honey and aromatic plants, Damascus roses and olive trees grow with hedges which protect them from the natural elements and shelter a whole range of fauna (birds, hedgehogs, insects). Among the first trees planted in 2015, around forty olive trees whose first harvest took place this year “, explains the young woman, holder of the professional agricultural business manager certificate, obtained at Rodilhan high school.
The farm also hosts 90 organic label laying hens and meat poultry (capons, guinea fowl, chickens).
“Everything is produced in small quantities. It is a choice in order to preserve my family cocoon”, explains Annabelle, who also produces artisanal syrups from aromatic plants grown on site.
A gold medal for thyme syrup
As such, she can be proud of having obtained two awards in the Gard gourmand competition. “Last year, for my first participation, I presented Damascus rose syrup. The jury awarded me the silver medal. This year by offering thyme syrup I obtained the silver medal. gold and the prize of excellence!”
A fair reward for its constant efforts to offer quality products which enhance the local and Cévennes territory and which customers can find in the shops of Alès agglomeration which play the game of proximity.
Invited by Alès Agglo to the last Miam, visitors discovered that the Damascus rose that she cultivates is highlighted in a range of cosmetic products developed by the Les Savonniers aux Mages laboratory under the Ciela rosa label, in wink eye to its Spanish origins and composed of 97% ingredients of natural origin.
