Céline
The
round garden
Faunal
Propositions: There will be a crowd of pollinating insects in
the orchard: bees, bumble bees, and ladybirds that will have the
job of controlling aphids. You should also provide nest boxes, to encourage
blue tits and great tits for example. There will also be a bullfinch
(a red bird). This will have the habit of eating the buds on the apple
trees.
Floral
Propositions:
Apple trees: There
are lots of different varieties of cultivated apples. There are other fruit
trees that flower a lot like pear trees, cherry trees, blackthorn, plum
trees.
Yellow and orange flowers:
horned poppy
(Glaucium flavum), rock rose (Helianthemum chamaecistus), St John's wort
(Hypericum calycinum), silverweed (Potentilla anserina), bird's foot trefoil
(Lotus corniculatus), dark mullein (Verbascum nigrum).
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Marie
noëlle
The
sunshade tree garden
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Sunshade trees:
parasol pine (Pinus
pinea), beech (Fagus sylvatica), chestnut, yew.
Maritime pines:
maritime pine (Pinus
pinaster), Alep pine (Pinus halepensis), Monterey pine (Pinus radiata).
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Yann
The
hut on stilts
Faunal
Propositions: We could have a grey wagtail, a kingfisher,
and swallows could fly over or under the hut.
Floral
Propositions: A hut made of woven osier (Salix viminalis)
and lianas like ivy (Hedera helix), honeysuckle (Lonicera
periclymenum) and wisteria (Wisteria sinensis).
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Elodie
The
squirrel forest and the hazel nut cabin
Faunal
Propositions: Squirrels will like the tall trees in which they
could make their leafy nests (oaks, beeches). If the trees are already
used by woodpeckers they would set up home in old woodpecker holes. If
these trees provide them with fruits (acorns, beech mast), so much the
better. We should also consider small bushes that would shelter birds because
squirrels also like to eat eggs and chicks.
Floral
Propositions:
We should use plants whose
fruits are eaten by squirrels:
beech (Fagus sylvatica),
oaks (genus Quercus), chestnut (Castanea sativa), hazelnut (Corylus avellana),
pines (genus Pinus), spruce (Picea abies), larch (Larix decidua). Squirrels
also eat buds, roots and toadstools.
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Yohann
The
magic clearing
Faunal
Propositions: The marsh for the carnivorous plants will
inevitably be home to a whole range of aquatic insects.
Floral
Propositions:
Carnivorous plants:
genera Drosera, Nepenthes,
Pinguicula, Sarracenia.
A plant that squirts
water: squirting
cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
A rain-making plant:
Bamboo that keeps
water on its leaves.
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Audrey
The
prehistoric corner
Faunal
Propositions: Owls, especially the tawny owl, like rather
calm woody places that can provide them with food (small mammals: mice,
voles that eat woodland fruits: acorns, hazelnuts) and a diurnal
(daytime) resting-place. For this we should provide ivy that can
easily climb up the tree trunks, making an excellent hiding place.
Floral
Propositions:
tree ferns (Cyathea cooperi,
Dicksonia antarctica), and our own local ferns (Blechnum, Polypodium, Polystichum,
Osmunda, Scolopendrium),
conifers (pines, firs, spruce,
yew, monkey-puzzle, thuyas, ginkgo),
magnolias (earliest flowering
trees).
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Mélanie
M
The
apple tree hill
Faunal
Propositions: There will be lots of pollinators in the orchard:
bees, bumble bees, and ladybirds whose job will be to control the
aphids. We should also provide nest boxes to house, for example, blue
and great tits. There will also be a bullfinch (a red bird).
This will have the habit of eating the buds on the apple trees.
Holes in the trees will
become very good homes for bats as well as for nuthatches, starlings and
(blue and great) tits. Everything depends on their size. Of course there
are also lots of invertebrates that will live in these places, especially
wood lice.
Floral
Propositions:
Apple trees: There
are very many different varieties of cultivated apples. There are other
sorts of fruit trees with lots of flowers, such as pear trees, cherry trees,
blackthorn, plum trees.
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Kévin
Tarzan's
garden
Faunal
Propositions: Tarzan had the reputation of being able to communicate
with animals and to come to their help. You should think about what you
could do, in the same way as Tarzan, to play and help the animals in your
corner of the garden (like making hiding places and calm corners
for them …)
Floral
Propositions:
We should use plants that
look exotic: palms (ask your friend Nicolas for advice), bamboo,
Ti-plants, gunneras. We should also have trees with strong branches
like oak, chestnut so that we can build a tree house. As
it won't be possible to grow lianas like the ones that exist in Africa,
as replacements you can fix ropes, so long as these are properly attached.
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Marc
The
multi-sports hut
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
You can use bamboo stems
to build your hut, or weave osier stems (Salix viminalis). You
can also climb the trees for sport, or simply walk in your garden for nature
watching.
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Pierre
The
big hut
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Using bamboo stems,
you can make houses
that are very light and strong. Perhaps you can join forces with your friend
Marc to build your hut.
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Caroline
The
red and green garden
Faunal
Propositions: Greenfinches, birds
coloured in shades of green, would blend in well with a red and green garden.
They like rather big seeds (grasses, thistles, dandelion, wild rose). As
an extra, the wild rose has superb red fruits. We should certainly have
the green woodpecker that will catch red ants on the lawns, the robin and
the bull finch, which is named after a red flower (Peony) in French.
Floral
Propositions:
Conifers: yew
(Taxus baccata), monkey-puzzle (Araucaria araucana), silver fir (Abies
alba), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), spruce (Picea abies), Scots
pine (Pinus sylvestris), Thuya (Thuja occidentalis).
Broad-leaved evergreens:
eucalyptus (Eucalyptus
gunnii), holm oak (Quercus ilex), holly (Ilex aquifolia).
Trees with red autumn
leaves: American
oak (Quercus rubra), amelanchier (Amelanchier canadiensis), bird cherry
(Prunus avium), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), Japanese maples (Acer palmatum),
red maple (Acer rubrum), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).
Red flowers: numerous cultivated
tulip, rose, camellia, and rhododendron varieties, and poppies (Papaver
rhoeas), pheasant's eye (Adonis annua), peony (Paeonia officinalis).
Red fruits (some are poisonous!): yew,
barberry (Berberis koreana), redcurrants (Ribes rubrum), cotoneasters,
apples, cherries, mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), raspberries (Rubus idaeus),
wild strawberries (Fragaria vesca), wild rose (Rosa canina), spindle (Euonymus
europaeus), red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa), wild arum (Arum maculatum).
Scented grass:
sweet vernal grass
(Anthoxanthum odoratum).
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Maëva
Apple
plant corner
Faunal
Propositions: To listen to the birds, you need:
a calm place where
you can sit comfortably, braced against a tree trunk, a bank or some smooth
stones. Diverse habitats suitable for different sorts of birds should be
provided close by: a bushy zone, a meadow (where you can listen to grasshoppers),
a small coppice, a marshy area (which would also give the possibility of
listening to amphibians). The contact areas between all these habitats
should be privileged, to develop the edge effect, as contact areas between
different sorts of habitats are always the richest in animal and plant
species.
Floral
Propositions:
Conifers: yew
(Taxus baccata), monkey-puzzle (Araucaria araucana), silver fir (Abies
alba), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), spruce (Picea abies), Scots
pine sylvestre (Pinus sylvestris), Thuya (Thuja occidentalis).
"Apple" plants (these
have the French word for apple in their French name): (some are poisonous):
round cabbages, potatoes "earth apples" (Solanum tuberosum), pine cones,
cedrat (Citrus medica), thorn apple (Datura stramonium), Jerusalem cherry
(Solanum pseudocapsicum).
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Didier
A
labyrinth
Lakes, woods, paths,
multicoloured flowers
Faunal
Propositions: To listen to the birds, consult the others, especially
Maeva.
You could also prepare a
nature trail to observe the small creatures in the mosses, lying down with
a magnifying glass a bit like Gulliver from Gulliver's Travels. (it's only
an idea)
Floral
Propositions:
Traditionally, labyrinths
use trimmed yew hedges (Taxus baccata). You can also use any evergreen
plant such as thuya (Thuja occidentalis), oleaster, laurels
(genera Laurus, or Prunus)...
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Mélanie
G
The
oak garden
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Oaks : there are
about 600 different oak species (genus Quercus): white oak (Quercus alba),
Turkey oak (Q. cerris), Portugese oak (Q. faginea), holm oak (Q. ilex),
American marsh oak (Q. palustris), sessile oak (Q. petraea), pedunculate
oak (Q. robur), cork oak (Q. suber),…
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Thomas
The
tropical island
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
To make it look tropical,
we must have showy plants that grow big leaves or have big flowers such
as: Foxglove tree (Paulownia tomentosa), the catalpa (Catalpa
bignonioides), magnolias (genus Magnolia), laburnum (Laburnum
anagyroides), Virginia sumac (Rhus typhina), gunneras (Gunnera
manicata), tree ferns (Cyathea cooperii), bamboos and palms
(your friend Nicolas can advise you).
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Marion
F
The
forest with intertwined branches
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Graphic forest:
dense stands of beeches,
poplars, oaks, Douglas firs…
Branches in all directions:
twisted willow
Tree holes: Oaks, chestnuts,
yews.
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Vincent
S
Shades
of green
Faunal
Propositions: You can also discuss some of your ideas with Maeva,
Didier (cabin).
Floral
Propositions:
You can discuss with your
friends Caroline and Gaëtan to help make up your garden.
Don't forget that some plants
have green flowers, such as grasses, many spurges (genus
Euphorbia), hellebores (genus Helleborus), wild arum (Arum
italicum), ivy (Hedera helix), and most native trees (oak, beech,
chestnut, maples...).
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Romain
The
gourmet garden
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Plants with edible fruits:
apple tree,
pear tree, cherry tree, plum tree, chestnut, bramble, red-currant, raspberry,
fig tree, strawberry…
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Christopher
The
tree house
Faunal
Propositions: The tree house could resemble a real mammal's
nest, for example a squirrel's.
It could also be interesting
to consider some of the birds that are champions of this sort of construction,
especially the magpie, which is, as far as I know, the only bird that puts
a roof on its nest.
Floral
Propositions:
White flowers with yellow
centres: ox-eye daisies, rock roses (genus Cistus)
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Mélina
The
sunset island
Faunal
Propositions: We should keep the place calm by avoiding paths
that allow people to walk right around (perimeter path). On the contrary,
we should make a dead end path, with an open water zone big enough to attract
the birds. If it's too small they won't come because they will consider
the place unsafe.
Floral
Propositions:
Talk to your friend Aurélie
LB who has plants that give off scent in the evening. Perhaps you
should add Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa, and Mirabilis longiflora
to this list as their flowers open in the evening.
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Médéric
The
ghost tree forest
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
To make a ghost tree
forest you need trees that lose their leaves in winter and that have
slightly twisted branches (we have lots that grow here). You can also make
a witches garden with these plants that are supposed to have magical
properties (but you must be very careful as they are extremely poisonous)
like henbane (Hyoscyanus niger), thorn apple (Datura stramonium),
darnel (Lolium temulentum) deadly nightshade (Atropa bella-dona)
or mandrake (Mandragora officinalis). You can also plant those
species that have the reputation of being lucky or keeping off evil spirits
such as juniper (Juniperus communis), garlic (Allium
sativum), male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas), or St John's wort
(Hypericum perforatum).
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Aurélie
LB
The
butterfly garden
Faunal
Propositions: For the butterflies, you must increase
the proportion of flowers present in the garden, especially the
ones that produce nectar. One shrub is also very favourable for them:
buddleia. You should also think about the caterpillars (no butterflies
without them) and plant things that they need. Many sorts of caterpillars
find a home on nettles.
Floral
Propositions:
Flowers that are like
butterfly wings: cultivated
iris and tulips, wild orchids (Dactylorhiza, Orchis, Ophrys).
Plants that give off scent
in the evening: lilies (Lilium), datura (Datura innoxia), jasmine (Jasminum
officinale), Magnolia grandiflora.
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Gaëtan
Shades
of green
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Plants with green leaves:
most plants!
A tree with a green trunk:
Acer davidii
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Adrien
Bird
watching hides
Faunal
Propositions: You can make nest boxes/shelters for the birds,
plans exist already.
But you can also provide
them with a whole range of bushes, preferably with thorns (blackthorn,
hawthorn) or very tangled (ivy) where they can build their nests
and feed.
Concerning woven traps, spiders
make very nice ones and the bushes will interest them a lot.
Floral
Propositions:
Some trees and bushes with
fruits that will attract the birds: mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia),
whitebeam (Sorbus aria), bird cherry (Prunus avium), mistletoe
(Viscum album), elder (Sambucus nigra) and also oaks, beech,
chestnut...
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Antony
L.
A
garden in Spain
Fruit trees, flower and
mint perfumes, water games, water noises, hills, rainbow, kite
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
In your garden, you should
put plants that withstand heat and
a little drought
like palms, century plants, aloes, cactuses, and herbal plants
such as the bay tree (Laurus nobilis), lavenders (genus Lavandula),
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), sages (genus Salvia),
thyme (genus Thymus).
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Alexandra
The
savannah
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
For your savannah you need
tall grasses (taller than 90cm) such as: tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea),
giant fescue (Festuca gigantea), various-leaved fescue, couch grass (Agropyron
repens), lyme grass (Elymus arenarius), wild oats (Avena fatua), Timothy
grass (Phleum pratense), wood millet (Milium effusum) scattered with a
few big trees that stand out from this tall grassland.
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Nicolas
Tunisian
vegetation
Faunal
Propositions:
Floral
Propositions:
Palms (Chamaerops humilis,
Phoenix canariensis, Trachicarpus fortunei, Whasingtonia filifera, Butia
capitata), prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica), century plants and yuccas.
Flowers that give off scent
in the evening: lilies (Lilium), datura (Datura innoxia), jasmine (Jasminum
officinale), Magnolia grandiflora.
Kite leaves: sycamore, dandelion,
pine, ash seeds…
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Jessy
and Vincent G
The
round garden
Faunal
Propositions: For the insect hut, we can propose that you make
lots of shelters, there are documents describing this, and you can also
build features that provide many natural shelters: dry stone walls, wood
piles, dead trees left where they are, avoid cutting all the vegetation…
These are a few ideas, there are others.
Floral
Propositions: sunflowers, sycamore, pine and ash seeds.
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Antony
B.
Earth
hut in a bank
Faunal
Propositions: The earth hut could be integrated into a bank
made of clods of earth, in a traditional way. On the subject of owls, see
what was proposed for the tawny owl with Audrey.
Floral
Propositions:
You should use native plants
on your bank like beech
(Fagus), oak (Quercus), chestnut (Castanea), ash (Fraxinus
exelsior), elm (Ulmus), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), birch
(Betula pendula), broom (Cytisus scoparius), gorse (Ulex
europaeus), ferns ....
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Zachary
Unfinished
Faunal
Propositions
Floral
Propositions
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