2023-06-24 12:06:19
More than 4000 species are cultivated on the slopes of the turquoise lake of the Valais resort. Including 1500 natives. Guided tour.
The alpine garden created by the Vaud industrialist Jean-Marcel Aubert flourishes on a plot of 500m2 overlooking Lake Champex.
CHRISTINE ZURBRIGGEN
Posted today at 2:06 p.m.
Everywhere yellow, mauve, purple, red or white. Here, houseleeks that look like cacti, there catchflies forming plant cushions hanging from the rock and over here giant poppies. In the Flore-Alpe garden in Champex-Lac, the gaze no longer knows where to land. “The wonder it arouses is the main raison d’être of this garden. And it is indeed particularly spectacular at the start of summer. Director of the Jean-Marcel Aubert Foundation, named following the site’s founder, Christophe Randin smiles, always delighted with the effect of the garden on visitors who discover it.
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