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The birth of the heron
France 3 – 19/20 Pays de la Loire (March 14th 2021)… Lire la suite
France Inter
Interview de Pierre Orefice au 13/14, mercredi 10 mars 2021. Jean Lebrun, Bruno Duvic, Frédéric Pommier… Lire la suite
Opening of the Grand Escalier
EscalierOn October 24th 2020, the quarry's huge staircase opened to the public. 28 meters tall and with 177 steps, the staircase drawn by François Delaroziere connects the Butte Sainte-Anne neighborhood to the Extraordinary Garden.Since its opening, thousands of people have enjoyed the lookouts breaking up the climb. They offer vantage points on the future location of the Herons' Tree, at the heart of the Extraordinary Garden.As visitors climb up the stairs, they will discover each of the Tree's levels as well as the Heron in flight, all free of charge. Lire la suite
The giant bird takes shape with the sculptors
Cie La Machine. Gilles and Nicolas work as a sculptor on one of the herons which should join the future tree of the Misery quarry. Lire la suite
In Nantes, the boilermaker forges the basket of the great blue heron
In the workshop of the company La Machine, Jean-Baptiste Huard, boilermaker, shapes the metal parts of the great blue heron's basket, which will carry travelers (behind him). © Ouest-France Lire la suite
A beautiful walk in the Extraordinary Garden under the January sun
People of Nantes are taking advantage of this lovely weekend in January, with beautiful sunshine despite the fairly low temperature, to take some fresh air and take a walk. Lire la suite
New reward available!
Receive exclusively the sketch of the new element of the Galerie des Machines by making a donation on the Donate page. Lire la suite
In Few days, the stairs of the quarry where will be built the HeronTree will open. The garden still growing whereas the construction of the first heron will start.
Design by François Delaroziere and built by La Machine Production: Dominique DELUZE-Sylvain LUINI / Drone: Gaël ARNAUD-Valéry JONCHERAY / Animation: Gustavo ALMERA / Music: Guillaume NAVAR / Credits: MacGuff / Executive production : Xbo films… Lire la suite
Télématin present The Heron Tree
Thank you to Télématin and France 2 team for this great presentation of the Heron Tree Project. Lire la suite
La Gaule d’Antoine à la découverte de l’Arbre aux Hérons
https://www.facebook.com/lagauledantoine/videos/1565910693583375/… Lire la suite