French students discover how to nurture nature for a better world

The Manuterra program began in September 2021, and invites students aged 6 to 18 from Arc-et-Senans to design, make, tend and develop a garden. Combining educational and environmental issues, the themes for each class will also be adapted to the children's ages and abilities.

Hermes said that Manuterra's primary aim is the collective installation of a permaculture garden, designed to introduce participants to a range of environmental topics and issues such as the life of the soil, biodiversity, biomimetics, propagation, the making and use of organic fertilizers and the impact of climate change.

The program also encourages young children to work together and maintain the precious ecological balance as well as become familiar with their everyday natural surroundings.

The foundation hopes that as the students learn from the gardens of the Saline Royale, they will be able to take away knowledge to cultivate a space of their own and preserve biodiversity for future generations.