This Saturday, 30 March, at GOB’s Es Viver, we will have a practical workshop on how to prevent and treat, in an ecological way, the pests and diseases of the garden and kitchen garden. What are the principal treatments, how to prevent and apply them, in order to keep gardens healthy. The workshop is open to all, is free and no reservations are required. Continue reading Saturday workshop on garden pests and diseases
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Saturday, workshop on roof gardens
This Saturday, 19 January at 10 am, Quel Marquès will give a workshop in Es Viver of GOB on roof gardens, a different form of gardening from usual. Roofs, flat roofs and walls have the capability of being converted into green spaces. The workshop will explain where and how to do them and what benefits they will give. The workshop is open to everyone, is free and there is no need to make a reservation. Continue reading Saturday, workshop on roof gardens
Tomorrow, workshop on the care of vines at Es Viver
Xavier Solano, an expert viticulturist and wine producer, will give a practical workshop on the secrets of ecological cultivation of stocks grown in home gardens. It will take place this Saturday15 December at 10 am in the Es Viver nursery garden of GOB. It is a public workshop and admission is free, and starts the season for pruning and planting fruit trees that can also be found at Es Viver. Continue reading Tomorrow, workshop on the care of vines at Es Viver
Latest news from October
Due to holidays, notices over the last two weeks have not been published. Here is a resumé of some.
17 October Son Bou and the controversial hotels
Despite Melia Hotels having promised to demolish some of the higher levels of the hotels rather than modernising them, they have presented a project maintaining the same number of floors. If they get the licence it will not eliminate anything from the previous authorisation. Continue reading Latest news from October
Winter plants available at Es Viver
Autumn has just started and Es Viver, the nursery garden of GOB, has ecological, winter seedlings of local varieties available for the kitchen garden. Now is the time to plant lettuces, endives, chard and cabbage…The local varieties allow us to harvest quality goods and to manage our kitchen gardens with practices that are environmentally friendly. Continue reading Winter plants available at Es Viver
Sale of seedlings from Es Viver
Es Viver, GOB’s garden centre, has a sale of summer seedlings and plants, this Friday and Saturday. We are at the end of the season for summer vegetable planting. Es Viver is selling its various existing ecological plants: different stocks of kitchen garden plants, peppers, aubergines, water melons, courgettes… Continue reading Sale of seedlings from Es Viver
Workshop on cultivating ecological tomatoes
This Saturday there will be a practical workshop to learn how to cultivate ecological tomatoes. It will be at Es Viver, the GOB market garden, at 10 am. It is open to everyone and will be free of charge.
Es Viver is on the airport road next to Mestral. Here you can find it in Google Maps.
Seedlings for the ecological kitchen garden from Es Viver
Now Spring is here and we can start to plant out the kitchen garden for the summer. At Es Viver of GOB there is a large range of seedlings for sale of local kitchen garden varieties, produced ecologically. We offer traditional varieties of Menorca, to obtain home grown produce with the taste and quality of before. Continue reading Seedlings for the ecological kitchen garden from Es Viver
Give presents of Menorcan fruit trees
Es Viver, the garden centre of GOB, now has local variety fruit trees for sale. Christmas is a good time to give fruit trees and indigenous plants for our Mediterranean gardens, requiring little maintenance with respect for the environment. Continue reading Give presents of Menorcan fruit trees
Come to the Agricultural Fair in Ferreries
This Saturday, 8 July, Es Viver, the GOB garden centre, will be at the Ferreries Agricultural Fair in the Plaza España from 17.00 hours. We are hoping to be able to take part in the activities organised by APAEMA where there will be the sale of ecological products which are instigating the change towards sustainability. Continue reading Come to the Agricultural Fair in Ferreries