Tourbière de Gayme Peat bog

Tourbière de Gayme
Peat bog
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Name: Tourbière de Gayme
Name of locality: Picherande
Owner: public
Position:
GPS :
Latitude : 45.582824
Longitude : 2.956803
Accessibility: From Picherande, go towards Camping
de La Blatte. At the camp site, park at the car park
where the short distance (PR) hiking path starts from, then
walk for less than 2 km to tourbière de Gayme peat bog.
Journey time: 1hr return
Facilities: 1 car park, camp sites, 1 fitness trail, 1 lake,
Technical features of place:
The short distance hiking path is also a cart track
which means all kinds of vehicles can access the peat
bog.
Advantages of place:
Gayme peat bog is part of a discovery path designed
for families and school children.
There is a board explaining the footpath. A view of
part of the Sancy Massif is an added advantage to
the peat bog.
Comments:
The peat bog is part of a fragile ecosystem. The
artist must make sure that this environment is
respected when creating his or her work.
1 ski on wheels or roller run floodlit at night.
Location of work: in the area around Gayme peat
bog
Description of place: type of ground / surface
area / vegetation / aspect
A company called "Humustar" used this peat bog in
Puy-de-Dôme from 1989 to 2002 for horticultural
products. Since then, the council has developed the
site into a tourist and educational attraction.
Restoration work has been done on the site: redoing
the profile of the faces and drainage ditches and
replenishing with water. The council has developed
the educational side in partnership with the Parc
Naturel Régional des Volcans d’Auvergne nature
reserve and Humustar to recreate the history of
working the site, its restoration and development.
Various kinds of scientific monitoring are being
carried out to measure the impact of this restoration
on the environment.
In summer, the peat bog is surrounded by Rose Bay
Willow Herb and rushes are everywhere. The Sancy
range stands out in the background. The ground is
covered with grass or made up of fine gravel around
the peat bog.
The peat bog is 900 m long and less than 400 m
wide. The area around it covers about 4000 m2.
The extensive, open landscape means the sun is
present all day long.
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 Tourbière de Gayme peat bog
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 Tourbière de Gayme peat bog
* Esplanade; potential location of work
Explanatory board at start of footpath
Footpath leading to the peat bog
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