L'apprentissage des végétaux images
Book in French — English title: Learning About Plants
This book is an indispensable tool for today’s aspiring professional florist. It sheds light on the world of the plants they will use to adorn the various occasions of our lives, to lay out indoor or outdoor green spaces in our flats, houses, courtyards and gardens, or to create displays for events in the worlds of fashion, industry and communication.
To meet the requirements of plants, one must first identify and name them. This first step opens the way to further information: lifespan, need for water and light, air humidity, and the size and colour of their flowers. For although they are all now cultivated outdoors or under cover, all plants – whether as foliage or flowering plants, cut flowers or cut foliage – have a natural origin, recorded in their genetic code, which determines their vital needs.
The complete official list of plants to be known for the CAP vocational diploma is illustrated here (list published in the Journal officiel on 11 April 2018). On the one hand, readers will find an initial classification grouping together plants that have the same water requirements and belong to the same family, along with some information on their temperature and light needs. On the other hand, they will have access to a substantial digital supplement through URLs and QR codes (for smartphones and tablets) accompanying each plant and providing illustrations and further specific information online.
This broader perspective will enable the future professional to be a link between two living worlds that breathe, feed, communicate and transform our planet: humans and plants. Let us learn to respect and serve them, for while plants can live without humans, the reverse is not true.
Catherine Bayard-Contrault
The daughter of a leading Parisian florist, she obtained a master’s degree in Life and Earth Sciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 1978. From 1980 to 1994 she worked in the family business as manager of the greenhouses and nurseries of Ets Lambert-Bayard, responsible for large-scale displays for the exhibition centres of Versailles, Villepinte and Lyon.
In 1992 and 1993 she trained at the E.N.S.H.P. in Versailles in the creation and design of gardens, the history of garden art, and the theory and practice of gardening.
Since 1996 she has taught botany at the École des Fleuristes de Paris to CAP and BP classes, and she was awarded the title of Formateur (trainer) in 2002.
In 2005 she received the bronze medal for Technical Education, and in 2007 she was made a Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite agricole and awarded the silver Médaille du Travail.
Since 2010 she has taught ecology to the Brevet de Maîtrise class.
@book{ContraultBayard_2018,
title = {{L'apprentissage des v{\'e}g{\'e}taux}},
author = {Bayard-Contrault, Catherine},
year = {2018},
series = {Spartacus Professionnel},
publisher = {Spartacus-Idh},
ISBN = {978-2-36693-052-8},
pages = {176},
url = {https://spartacus-idh.com/liseuse/052/}
}
