Arthur de Laborde 8:43 a.m., November 28, 2022
This Monday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will plant a tree in the Matignon garden.
The Prime Minister opted for a holm oak, a Mediterranean species very adapted to climate change.
In order to reward its ecological management, the Matignon garden should become this Monday the first historic garden to obtain the eco-garden label.
It's a 44-year-old tradition!
This Monday, Elisabeth Borne will plant a tree in the Matignon garden.
The first shovel will take place at the end of the morning.
The Prime Minister opted for a holm oak, a variety that she did not choose at all at random.
Indeed, Elisabeth Borne is also in charge of ecological planning.
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An ecological turning point
To choose their trees, his predecessors went to a nurseryman, such as Edouard Philippe and his apple tree, from Normandy.
Elisabeth Borne, she selected a young shoot arrived in the garden of Matignon.
The tree is an evergreen holm oak, a Mediterranean species very adapted to climate change.
According to Laura Robinet, head of the Gardens and Sustainable Development section at Matignon, this choice is the mark of a new approach: "It testifies to a turning point that has been made in ecological management. We really felt a desire to go beyond what we were doing before," she explains at the microphone of Europe 1.
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When she plants her tree, the Prime Minister will be accompanied by students pursuing a professional degree in landscaping.
Among them, Lucas Laporte considers himself lucky to have been chosen to be an apprentice at the Jardins de Matignon: "The advantage is to allow the implementation of a number of ecological actions in heritage gardens classified as historic".
In order to reward this ecological management, the Matignon garden should become this Monday the first historic garden to obtain the eco-garden label.