A l’eau de rose !

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In addition to the visit to the exhibitions of the castle, the group of children carries out with a mediator a workshop around the realization of a scented floral water with a still.

The alchemist of the castle, a cousin of Merlin and Panoramix, invites you around his still to make a 100% natural scented floral water!

The workshop takes place in 4 stages:
– The mediator presents the still, its operation and the principle of distillation.
– The group discovers some historical aspects of plant distillation from the Egyptians through the Arab World and Ancient Greece…
– Hydrosol samples are presented to students for an olfactory test.
– Carrying out a distillation of plants with the whole group to make fragrant floral water.

The educational objectives:
– Apprehend plants in a sensory way
– Discover an ancestral method of producing perfumes
– Make floral water

We speak French

What to do

Duration of the session: 90 min

Customer base

Reception of summer camps, Reception of school groups, Children from 6 to 12 years old, Young people from 13 to 17 years old, Cycle 3: middle school (6th grade), Cycle 3: elementary school (CM1, CM2), Cycle 4: middle school (5th grade) , 4th, 3rd), High school

Minimum age required: 8 years

Minimum group size: 10

Maximum group size: 15

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