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We're having a "green" weekend

Discover botany

The local and sustainable approach can be found everywhere in this former 17th century farmhouse. The quilts are made by the local weaver. The menus are also local. Six optional classes per day are offered to discover well-being gestures to reproduce at home. In particular, we learn to recognize plants and use them to treat a cold or a stomach ache. From 79 per night/ person.

LE MAS DE MONTEFIGUIÈRES, 04300 FORCALQUIER (ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE). WWW.MAS-DE-FONTEFIGUIERE.COM.

Protect bats

We leave as a group to clear the clearings which are the preferred feeding areas for these small animals. The cut branches are piled up and the invading seedlings are pulled out. It is also an opportunity to meet scientists, witness the capture of bats and sleep in the middle of nature. 10 Membership and transport at the expense of the volunteer. Provide a tent for the bivouac, organic meals and local free. WEEKEND IN RHÔNE-ALPES (AT THE FOOT OF TROIS BECS, IN THE DRÔME). WWW.APASDELOUP.ORG.

Sleep in a cabin on the farm

We are housed in cabins very high perched in the trees, right in the middle of a farm. Everything is ecological:dry toilets, organic products concocted on site and even bathing in spring water from the waterfall… at 12°! Children, who can feed the animals and walk among them, must be at least 3 years old. From 130 per night for 2 people, breakfast included.CHÂTEAU DE CANON, 14270 MÉZIDON-CANON (CALVADOS). WWW.LACABANEENLAIR.COM.

Cooking wild plants

This old lava stone farm located south of the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park has been rehabilitated in an ecological spirit:ecological paint, heating with shredded wood, vegetable garden grown without pesticides, etc. Isolated in the middle of nature, we recharge our batteries by learning to cook wild plants after having collected them in the forest. From 300 /person for 2 people with half board.

We are planning an autumn weekend… to do the harvest

Book now a weekend in the vineyards of Anjou in September or October to extend the summer holidays. For a whole day, we share the daily life of the winegrowers:picking with pruning shears, lunch break... Great for the family, because children can participate. And even better if you can sleep in the trailer facing the vines… 360 per night in a trailer for 2 people on the basis of a 3-day/2-night package; 305 in a guest room.

DOMAINE DES GAULIERS, 49380 CHAVAGNES-LES-EAUX (MAINE-ETLOIRE). WWW.DOMAINEDESGAULIERS.FR. INSTANT OF ABSOLUTE, 15300 CHAVAGNAC (CANTAL). WWW.ECOVOYAGEURS.COM.