Renouer! Kids

Terrains Communs garden, Nevers

Spring — autumn 2027

Children from Lucette Sallé school in the garden, April 2025

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Photography: Max Felix

The 2027 programme in numbers

2027 school programme goals

Capacity: 18classes supported
Capacity: 270–450children involved
Period: 2027March–June
September–November
Sessions: 72days planned4 sessions per class
Activities: 288 hof activities
Duration: 4 hper session2 hours in the morning · 2 in the afternoon

Estimated at 15–25 pupils per class. Sessions take place in the garden, at school or nearby.

2027 school programme
March–June · September–November

4 sessions per class
4 hours per session

Terrains Communs garden, Nevers

01 — Explore and ask questions

Discover the pond, wetland, young woodland, meadows and agroforestry garden. Explore with your senses and begin asking questions about the living world.

02 — Observe and identify

Learn to recognise plants, make a herbarium and look for signs of animal life: insects, birds and small mammals.

03 — Experiment and care

Plant and experiment through the seasons to understand the relationships between soil, plants and other living beings.

04 — Create and share

Turn discoveries into a collective artwork and share the experience at Renouer! Festival on 11–12 September 2027.

Learning over time

The 2027 programme plans to work with 18 classes in the Nevers area, across 72 sessions. Each class returns to the same habitat to observe its changes and interactions through the seasons.

Renouer! Kids is a learning programme at the intersection of ecology and art, for children and schools in the Nevers area.

Led by Terrains Communs and the City of Nevers, the 2027 programme brings together nature discovery, sensory experience and artistic creation. Working with teachers, it invites children to observe, question, experiment and share their discoveries.

The 1.3-hectare garden offers a variety of habitats to explore: a pond, young woodland, wetland, meadows and an agroforestry garden. Sessions can also take place at school or in nearby natural spaces.

With Laurent Robin

A nature educator and mountain guide for twenty years, Laurent Robin is a member of Terrains Communs. His approach combines botany, sensory exploration, imagination and creativity. He designs and leads the sessions with teachers and the association’s team.

Children and families

Renouer! Kids also aims to welcome children aged 6 to 12 during school holidays and at family workshops on Saturdays. Series of three three-hour workshops and monthly sessions are being considered, offering opportunities to discover and create together.

Details and dates for workshops outside school hours will be announced. Contact the team to develop a project for your class or receive information for your family.

Let’s talk about Renouer! Kids ↗

First edition · 2026

On 9 and 10 September 2026, Renouer! Kids brought 104 children to the garden for two days of workshops bringing art and ecology together.

Capacity: 104children welcomedÉcole Lucie Aubrac
École André Cloix
CS Banlay · CS Baratte
PEP 58 · Club Léo Lagrange
Capacity: 2 days
5 workshopsin the garden
Period: 9–10 Sept.2026
Sessions: 5contributorsnaturalists and artists
Sharing: ExhibitionMIPCI

With Anaïs Deschamps, Shin Mignon, Laurent Robin, Hélène Gisserot and Mélissa Mari.

The children’s work was presented to the public during Renouer! Festival in the MIPCI — the International Museum of Small, Insignificant but Indispensable Things.