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Location: Maine-et-Loire region, arrival and departure from Nantes airport.
Tour Type: Technical tour by bus with personalized accompaniment.
Activities: 5-day tour with private services, 80% technical visits and 20% cultural visits.
Pace: Fast-paced, not suitable for people with disabilities or mobility difficulties.
Best Season: Spring and Fall.
The Maine-et-Loire region is home to about 750 horticultural companies.
This trip will be an opportunity to meet professionals in the field and visit horticulture specialized companies: producers of potted plants and flowerbeds, companies that grow ornamental plants, gardens, seed producers and local producers will show you the daily aspects of their profession.
Departure from Italy with our expert guide who will stay with you for the entire duration of the tour. Arrival in the morning at Nantes airport and departure by bus to the Anjou region.
Visit to a company that produces potted and bedding plants. The production is very diversified and specialized in 10.5 cm pots. This team of 11 employees sells semi-finished products, an approach inspired by the Netherlands where the manager worked. Exchange of information on production and marketing.
Transfer to Brissac for check-in at the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Morning: Departure for La Prévière to visit an estate with a nursery specializing in the cultivation of large ornamental plants. The nursery has about fifty different species, including camellias, of which it is a world expert! The estate extends over 5 hectares and has two specialties: heath plants and topiaries. You will visit a unique nursery in France thanks to the rare specimens of ornamental trees and shrubs it supplies to the largest parks and prestigious sites.
Afternoon: After lunch, visit the park and gardens of Château de Montriou, a family property whose 15th-century chapel is classified as a historical monument. You will discover the 19th-century vegetable garden, the collection of cucurbits and dahlias, but also the Italian garden, the princess’s garden, and you can admire a forest of oak trees (pilot for the Pays de Loire).
Return to the hotel in Brissac for dinner and overnight stay.
Morning: breakfast. Visit to a company that experiments, multiplies, and commercializes vegetable seeds for professionals. The French subsidiary of the Dutch group is experiencing good growth in the national market. Focusing on innovation and quality, the Anjou-based company is one of the leaders in the sector of seeds for cabbage, carrots, and onions. It is also one of the main producers of “organic” seeds. In the Netherlands, it is one of the oldest seed companies.
Afternoon: free time in the city of Angers, which you can explore at your own leisure.
Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Morning: visit to a tomato producer in a heated greenhouse of a cooperative. This cooperative brings together vegetable farmers in the Nantes region with the aim of limiting intermediaries while maintaining the quality and freshness of fruits and vegetables. You will meet a manager who will introduce you to the cooperative and show you how they cultivate tomatoes during the visit to their heated glass greenhouses.
Afternoon: after lunch, visit to the CTIFL research center in Carquefou. You will discover the various research programs carried out on cucumbers, energy, greenhouse equipment, as well as integrated protection under cover and in open fields.
At the end of the day, return by bus to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.
After breakfast, transfer to Nantes airport for the return flight to Italy.
ACQUAFORTE TRAVEL DESIGNER DI ALICE S.R.L. | PIVA 03814960278 – N° REA VE340833 | CAP SOC IV € 50.000