Herbal tea is without doubt one of the oldest remedies in the world. Used since ancient times, humankind has long been inspired by nature and the effects of plants on our health.
In the Middle Ages, most medicines were herbal teas or plant extracts. Priests, healers, apothecaries and doctors amassed knowledge that has been passed on to this day.

The sun shines brightly and bathes nature in its soft light. Under its rays, the skin takes on beautiful colours. It’s summertime.
We share with you our tips for a bucolic afternoon of well-being to enjoy with family and friends

In a vegetable garden, by an old farmhouse of wood and stone, there is a majestic apple tree. This tree with its delicious fruit stands right in the middle of the vegetables and aromatic herbs. It casts its shadow over them when the sun is too hot and protects them from storms and hail.

A summer walk in nature is the perfect opportunity to observe the plant world that surrounds us.

During your holidays, to preserve a poetic souvenir of your explorations, why not make a summer herbarium for young and old? Framed, it also makes a nice decoration for your home.

Below is our summer selection of books boasting a variety of styles, written by women from different eras.

By the water, in the forest, in a field or on a sunny terrace, these are stories to discover or rediscover during your holidays.

In Hebrew, the word “pardes”, which designates the Garden of Eden in the Bible, is translated as “orchard, a place for harvesting fruit”. This word later produced the word paradise. The orchard, with its etymological origin, is thus associated with an ideal of lush nature.

For 14,000 years in Southeast Asia and for only 40 years in Europe, fruit growing has been linked to vegetable growing: it is the principle of the forest garden.

The summer season brings its gentleness and warm weather. The fruit in the market and the first vegetables from the garden will be added to natural, thirst-quenching drinks with numerous benefits.

A trained environmentalist, the career of filmmaker Luc Jacquet has made him a keen observer of nature and of ecosystems. His experience as a documentary maker in Antarctica helped him direct March of the Penguins in 2004.