FLOWERS AND LANSCAPE LAYOUTS
The green spaces in Tavel stretching out over 5 acres are looked after
two town employees Brigitte and Thierry for the keeping up and for the creative achievements.

Tavel elected "Village Fleuri" in 2008

The 21 flowers setting in the village are planted with over 250 perennial varieties of flowers and plants, you can add to that:
• 59 large bowls, flower beds, windows boxes blossoming each year.
• 94 clipped trees
• 42 olive trees
• 24 mulberry plane trees
• 26 clipped hedges
• 2 wild hedges
• And two pinewoods regularly kept up for preventing fire.

Managing the water supplies :
Brigitte and Thierry’s main preoccupation is managing the water supplies.
To avoid unnecessary waste of water, the dripping system is the main way of watering flower beds and trees.
What’s more, most of these plants and flowers are selected Mediterranean varieties needing a reduced amount of water.
These two garden technicians also take part in special formation concerning “dry” gardens, work shops organised by the county authorities.

Prize winning :
Each year the village takes part in the best flowered village in the county. We have won several prizes, the second prize in 2007.
In 2008 we won the “first flower”
The village also organises each year a local competition for the most beautiful flowered house and garden.

Concerning the caring of the trees plants and flowers, chemical products are not used.
For fertilizing, only manure or organic fertilizers are used.
For treating, we use “bouillie bordelaise”, sulphur, Marseille soap and nettle liquid manure.
Insect killers are pesticides are also banned. As for weed killer, it’s only used in very small quantities on the roads sides and if one can’t do otherwise.

For this reason all the new plantations are covered with a special “geotextile” material covered with gravel or stone which stops weeds growing.

Concerning the processionary caterpillar, a specialist comes each year with a “bacillus Thuringiensis” treatment for the village pine trees.

What’s more the perennial plants are selected after observing wether they catch diseases. If one is noticed to be vulnerable it is eliminated and replaced by an other variety.

The Tavel Rose :
In 2002 “the Tavel Rose” was created by the Tavel Wine Syndicate in order to celebrate its 100 years birthday. It’s a rose tree of intense pink colour with a ruby red touch.