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Meeting with Clément, the Maubreuil gardener

 

This month, we are going to meet Clément, our gardener. At 26, this nature lover is the green hand of the Château de Maubreuil. From the French garden that welcomes the visitor to the thematic gardens that invite him to travel through the four continents, he has shaped with his hands the natural setting that surrounds the domain. Meeting with a passionate and committed gardener, for whom the useful is far from being the enemy of the beautiful.

 

"As far back as I can remember, I've always been passionate about gardening," says the man who, as a child, would escape from the schoolyard to plant seeds in the family vegetable garden. With his BTS in gardening in hand, Clément joined the Château de Maubreuil team at the beginning of the project, more than 5 years ago. "At the beginning of the project, everything had to be imagined. Almost all of the land had been turned over during the installation of the geothermal system and the water network. It was a completely blank space, a blank page to write," he recalls. "We started with the French garden at the front of the castle, with its tightly framed volumes and tightly drawn lawns. Everything had to be perfect!

 

After several months of meticulous work, he set about creating the themed gardens at the back of the estate, a space divided into several alcoves, echoing the travel theme imagined for each of the 5-star hotel's rooms. "It was a real creative experience, as well as a collective project. For each space, we researched typical native species that could adapt to our climate, and adopted permaculture principles to optimize our resources and encourage natural maintenance, without the use of chemicals."  

 

Considering the ecosystem as a whole, listening to nature: this is what drives the young man. "It's a real opportunity to work in such an exceptional setting, with extraordinary species. But beyond the mere aesthetic aspect, our responsibility is to make it a responsible one. Our major project today is the permaculture garden of the Château, which in my eyes constitutes the very essence of my profession: to make aesthetics useful for mankind, respectful of the environment, by enhancing the ornamental capacity of nourishing species and by ceasing to oppose these two notions. It is also, and perhaps above all, a human project. We are working in particular with the starred chefs of our gastronomic restaurant to help our customers discover new flavors. We are also thinking about the creation of shared gardens, which would allow us to create links, to share our knowledge, our good mood, all with our hands in the earth. 

 

"I don't know if it's the Château that evolves with me, or me that evolves with the Château, but I have the feeling that we are going in the right direction!" he concludes with enthusiasm.

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March 26, 2024

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