From seed to fruit, by the Apple Eaters

Name: From seed to fruit, by the Apple Eaters
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye de Saint-Riquier - Centre culturel départemental

The Apple Eaters, passionate about fruit trees, will tell you about the species present in the park of the abbey.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free and free admission

Registration

0360034470 abbayesaintriquier@somme.fr

"Les Croqueurs de Pommes" is a national association of amateur volunteers working to save the endangered regional fruit varieties. Since the association was founded in 1978, tens of thousands of old trees have been rehabilitated, young plants have been planted and transplanted from previously endangered varieties. The Abbey of Saint-Riquier has therefore teamed up with these enthusiasts to preserve and enhance its historic orchard. During the European Heritage Days, volunteers will be present to present the characteristics of fruit trees and the different methods to preserve them.

About the location

Abbaye de Saint-Riquier - Centre culturel départemental

Place de l'église 80135 SAINT-RIQUIER

Somme
Hauts-de-France

On the slopes of the Somme Valley stands a majestic abbey of nearly 1400 years of history. It takes its name from an inhabitant of the vicus of Centule (the city with a hundred towers, today called Saint-Riquier) converted to the Christian religion, which evangelized the Ponthieu and was made holy at his death in 645\.
The monastery founded in the seventh century became a royal abbey in 632 by the protection granted to it by King Dagobert I. His importance was such that in 790 Charlemagne placed at his head one of the highest figures of his court, Angilbert, his adviser. Major abbey of the Carolingian world, it is destroyed in 881 by the invasion of the Normans. In total it will suffer of seventeen destructions. The eclectic architecture of the monument testifies to this turbulent past.
During the French Revolution, the old conventual buildings were sold as national property. Initially used as a quarry of stones, they will then receive many assignments, military (hospitals during the t