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Post by Anne on May 22, 2010 13:42:28 GMT -5
From Sunday 10 am till Monday 6 pm, the Champs Elysées will be entirely turned into a huge forest/fruits/vegetables garden, this being a promotional action of the Young Farmers Union. Visitors are welcome. Annette, if you ever happen to read this and fancy a change from your housing transformation works  ... |
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Post by Jody on May 22, 2010 15:41:37 GMT -5
I hope someone takes pictures!
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Post by afds on May 25, 2010 5:35:59 GMT -5
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Post by PariS on May 26, 2010 0:19:53 GMT -5
It was crazy!!! Heard there were over 2 million people there, and I believe it. I'll post some pics when we get home.
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Post by PariS on Jun 15, 2010 22:39:15 GMT -5
Here are the pics I promised of the Nature Capitale event that closed down the Champs Elysées and turned in into a huge garden:  Green beans?  Olive trees   In the background, perhaps you can make out the new plant installation on the walls of the Monoprix, ala Musée Branley!  Banana trees  I originally thought this was mustard (and would have gladly given some to anyone who wanted to weed my yard!), but later in the week discovered that it was probably a close relative to mustard that is grown in large fields around Normandy to produce canola oil.  Very crowded!  Some farm animals made an appearance also   |
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Post by Shoesy on Jun 16, 2010 0:44:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics, Annette. The CE looks so different dressed in green.
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Post by mossie on Jun 16, 2010 3:22:40 GMT -5
And another thankyou from me.
So you call it canola oil. I'm afraid to us it is rape seed oil, it makes the fields pretty but is very bad for hayfever.
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Post by Jody on Jun 16, 2010 6:06:28 GMT -5
Looks lovely! We call it rape seed here too
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Post by sunshine817 on Jun 16, 2010 6:25:45 GMT -5
I'm also seeing it called colza on a more- and more-frequent basis, as believe it or note, some websites block the use of the traditional name that Mossie mentioned.
It's planted all across Europe, and it's so gorgeous. An enormous field of it is almost impossibly bright yellow. I'm mildly allergic, so it makes it hard to breathe if I'm standing right next to a field, but I love looking at it on the hillsides.
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 16, 2010 9:01:41 GMT -5
In May, my niece and I were fortunate enough to visit the Vaux-le-Vicomte with Sunshine and, on the way there, saw huge fields of canola. We didn't know what it was until our local tour guide (that would be Sunshine  ) told us what it was. It's actually very pretty, unless you're allergic to it, I suppose. As I was looking at your pictures, Annette, all I could wonder was how PO'ed off the local drivers were to have that area blocked off. But how fun to be able to walk up the middle of the CE!  |
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) told us what it was. It's actually very pretty, unless you're allergic to it, I suppose.
hahahha