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What we learn at the nursery, season after season. Written for the climate here: the chergui, the salt air, the summers without rain.
Seaside · featured
What grows in the salt air
On a balcony in Aïn Diab or a terrace in Agadir, salt and wind burn most of the plants sold in garden centres. The ones that hold up, how to protect them, and the ones to avoid.
6 min read · 2 October 2026
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7Nov
Workshop · Saturday 7 November, 10amRepotting without damaging the rootsTwo hours at the nursery learning how to repot: when, into which pot, with which compost. You go home with your plant repotted.At the Bouskoura nursery · 12 places
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SeasideWhat grows in the salt airThe plants that stand up to salt and wind, from Tangier to Agadir, and three simple habits to keep them looking good.6 min read · 2 October 2026
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Season · Vegetable gardenWatering in high summer, without drowning your plantsWhen to water, how much, and how to get through chergui days or a week away. With a section on vegetables in planters.5 min read · 18 June 2026
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In the garden in October and November
The first rains and cooler nights: the best season of the year for planting.
- Plant fruit trees.
Olive, pomegranate, citrus: planted now, they grow their roots all winter and get through their first summer without suffering. Fruit trees
- Water less often.
An outdoor plant that drank every other day in August only needs water once or twice a week now. Touch the soil before you water.
- Sow the winter vegetable garden.
Broad beans, peas, spinach, chard, coriander and parsley go in now, in planters or in the ground. Our vegetable garden, installed for you
- Repot what has struggled.
Roots coming out of the pot, water running straight through without wetting the root ball: now is the time. Our workshop on 7 November