PUBLIC
This methodology was experimented by the European teachers in a peer-to-peer training mobility in the gardens of Saint-Germain-en-Laye from 4 to 8 June 2018.
Similarly, it was performed with the weak students of the schools of Trieste at the Botanical Garden of Padua

KEY COMPETENCES
 Communication in the mother tongue
 Scientific and mathematical competences
 Learning to learn
 Humanist culture and expression of sensitivity

OBJECTIVES
To rely on the transversality of the subjects related to the garden, the crossroads of many disciplines, as vehicle of motivation to develop the key competences of the learners

GARDENS EXPLORED
The gardens of the Domaine National of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, particularly the garden created by André Le Notre
The Botanical Garden of Padua.

MATERIALS
 Paper, colours, notebooks, scissors, glue, etc.
 Laptop
 Map of the garden
 The « Little glossary of garden » realized by the partnership in the mother and foreign tongue

DEVELOPMENT
Module1. Observation and identification of the geometrical forms in a garden
The on site-activity is completed in the classroom with the analysis of the plans and aerial photos of the gardens retrievable online photographies aériennes des jardins consultables en ligne
The analysis allows for the acquisition and identification through the colours of the geometrical figures in the plan of the garden : squares, triangles, circles. _ This activity leads to and conveys the definition of the sizes of the flowerbeds : length of edges and paths, calculation of the angles, use of the scale. All the data taken on site or on the plan are reported in a ’garden notebook’

Module 2. Workshop of writing in the garden starting from the sensory approach
To write words, phrases, short paragraphs using the « Petit glossaire européen du jardin » drafted by the partnership.
Reading of texts on site. Here the garden is a vehicle of inspiration to speaking and writing. The ’language of plants’ stimulated by the sensations expands with the names of known or imaginary plants. Each portrait of a plant is described in a personal, creative way in a text, with photos and visual arts. The activity is extended by the drafting of ’short stories of plants through the seasons’

Module 3. Workshop of Postal Art
The Erasmus+ training mobility in Saint-Germain-en-Laye of Portuguese, Spanish and Italian teachers was the occasion to motivate a playful situation of communication and of cultural enrichment represented by a workshop of Postal Art
 To discover and grasp the scope of Postal Art through the examples of famous artists
 To exchange with colleagues and friends your personal vision of the French garden on a postal card travelling through Europe embodied on the envelope by an artistic writing, a collage, a drawing, a painting … Voir La fiche pédagogique Mailing Art at Garden

EXTENSION
Other modules are suggested based on the garden
Module 4. Learning of a modern language
Creation of short texts, stories, poems, comics by using the "Small European glossary of the garden" elaborated in the partnership

Module 5. Activities of plantation, calendar of seeding and collection according to the season

EVALUATION
It takes into account the ability to :
Master the oral and written communication in the mother and a foreign tongue
 To strengthen the ability to read, write, communicate : describe and report using an adequate vocabulary
 To be able to present your work and support your choices
 To reinforce the ability to comprehend a foreign language both orally and in writing , to utilize "Small European glossary of the garden" elaborated in the partnership
Develop mathematical competences
 To find and identify geometrical forms
 To read and interpret plans of gardens, their captions and their scale
 To calculate areas, lengths using the rules of conversion of the units of measurement.

Develop technological competences To learn how to use software to create a text To research on the Web following the instructions To present a short work complete with text and images

Express sensitivity and enrich the artistic culture
 To to know the scope of the Postal Art through the examples of famous artists
 To develop your artistic expression by employing different tools : painting, drawing, collage, graphic arts..
 To communicate on the garden object of study through images, colours, drawings, texts

Develop social and civic competences
 To be able to work in group, share ideas and opinions
 To cooperate in a group respecting the subdivision of tasks
 To assess the operational dynamics of each student and of the group during the different phases of the activity

Learn to learn To give account of a coherent organization of thoughts and ideas. Learn to observe, collect information, take notes, summarize, memorise through drawings

AUTHORS
Mary Gino
Association Acquamarina, Trieste, Italie

TRANSLATER
Mary Gino
Association Acquamarina, Trieste, Italie

PHOTOS Giuliana Corbatto Acquamarina Associazione Culturale Trieste, Italy