Garrigue
Garrigue is constituted with a low vegetation (6 inches high) and well adapted to the caprices of the water and to high temperatures. We can find many varieties of plants: prickly, hairy, and especially sweet smelling that give its perfume and its charm to the garrigue (thyme, mint, rosemary, wild lavender…) which are also good for picking. And then in the Garrigue, there’s a testimony of the former men occupation: the capitelles, pile of stones, which become very hot under the sun on the day. Today hunters use them to hide while they are waiting for the game. That vegetal formation constitutes one of the first states toward the forest reconstruction because garrigue is the consequence of the degradations dues to cuts, fires and over pasture. From the firsts days of spring to drought, garrigue offers us a range of extensive colors (mauve or yellow, blue or red) but during the year it’s an aspect of uniform green that is in the dominant position.
