Seed box - A garden rewilded with La Vie par Partout
What if the vegetable garden became a real refuge for biodiversity? In partnership with La Vie Partout, Kokopelli has designed this special organic seed kit to rewild your garden. It contains a selection of 10 varieties, each attracting a different beneficial insect. This box contains :
- A selection of 10 organic seed sachets
- 24 wood fiber cups
- 10 explanatory growing instructions
- 10 seed storage sachets
- 1 gardener's notebook
What's in the Un jardin réensauvagé seed box?
This seed box is made up of 10 packets of organic, reproducible seeds selected to attract beneficial insects when cultivated. Sweet pea attracts carpenter bees, chard attracts goldfinches, fennel attracts machaon, and so on. To assist the gardener, La Vie Partout has designed crop sheets that explain the benefits that each species brings to its ecosystem.
The wood-fibre cups are biodegradable and can be planted directly in the ground once the seedlings are fully grown.
The seed sachets can be used to store harvested seeds after the season. Kept dry in a garage, they can be resown next year to attract even more biodiversity.
The gardener's notebook provides a guided record of a season in the vegetable garden. From a sowing calendar to a garden design plan and a month-by-month list of crops, creativity and free expression are welcome!
Who is La Vie Partout?
Quentin "La Vie Partout" on Instagram, has been passionate about nature and biodiversity for several years. The aim of his project is to understand the living world around us, because he believes that it's by understanding it that we'll know how to preserve it. He regularly publishes on different themes, explaining how nature works around us: nature, soil, plants, animals, trees, unusual facts and much more! Recently, he launched a series of podcasts on the living world: where soil comes from; how a forest is reborn; and what earthworms are (really) good for are the first three topics he tackled. Many more to come!
Which varieties are featured in the box "A garden rewilded"?
This variety produces yellow umbels and dense, cut foliage with a highly aromatic flavor. Its scent is reputed to repel aphids.
This messicolous and melliferous species produces an abundance of magnificent blue flowers, which are both edible and medicinal. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly rare in fields.
This variety, with its hairy stems and foliage, produces an abundance of white flowers. Fresh leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a condiment. Dried leaves and flowers are used in infusions.
The oil in the seeds is responsible for staining the sachets.
Also known as "Cabaret des oiseaux" (bird's parsley), this plant bears purple flower heads in the second year, blooming in regular crowns. Its oil-rich seeds provide a source of food for birds.
Carderelles are ideal for dried flower bouquets.
This highly ornamental perennial fennel boasts sumptuous, bronze, almost purple foliage. It has a pleasant aniseed fragrance that is much appreciated in the preparation of many dishes.
This fast-growing species produces an abundance of beautiful mauve flowers on magnificent shrubby plants, similar to those of hollyhocks or hibiscus, ideal for making bouquets of fresh flowers.
Perennial, little burnet has attractive rosette-shaped foliage and, in summer, small purple pompon inflorescences.
Its leaves, with notes of cucumber and walnut, can be eaten raw in salads or in pesto.
This ancient variety, originally from India, is very vigorous and produces magnificent flat golden-yellow pods. 8 cm long and 3 cm wide, they can be eaten as "mangetout" peas when immature and, when ripe, as shelled peas.
This variety produces straight, dark-colored stems 2 to 3.5 m high, bearing numerous red flowers 20 to 25 cm in diameter with red-brown rings surrounding an almost black center.
Sunflower seeds are very popular with birds.
This small, perennial species is a common forage plant. White clover can be used as a green manure for its ability to enrich the soil with nitrogen, but also to control weeds. Resistant to trampling, it is ideal for grassing paths.
Fast-growing, this clover can be mowed regularly, and the plant biomass, rich in nitrogenous matter, can be used to mulch or fertilize soil, as well as for animal feed.
