Who are we ?

A team committed to the ecological transition

At Domaine de Graux, we can count on our passionate and committed team. Our amazing team is the key to achieving our goals of demonstrating agroecology at scale and inspiring a regenerative transition. We are grateful for our team´s energy and commitment to pushing the boundaries of what we imagine possible in agriculture.
We hope you enjoy meeting them and sharing their passion for nature.

Our team

“Acting, on a daily basis to transform our food chains and contribute to a harmonious world for all.”

Marie

General
Manager

Pascale

Administrative
Assistant

"Find and give meaning by making sustainability a concrete reality at our level."

Eve

Event & product
Manager

“It is a pleasure to participate in the development and maintenance of the estate.”

André

Head
of works

“Doing my part to protect the environment.”

Gustave

Agricultural
worker

"Each of us, at our own level, can restore and preserve our nature reserves"

“It’s the pleasure to work outdoors.”

Jacob

Agricultural worker

“The importance of giving my animals a superior quality of life.”

Astrid

breeder

“Domaine de graux, a place where producers work together to nourish the land, animals, and people."

Armand

Market gardener

Sully

Team mascot

Our EXPERTS

Emilien

Crop manager

Nicolas

ornithologist

Damien

Fruit grower

Amaury

Gamekeeper

Koen

Gardener

FIND US ON SOCIALS

Aidez des familles en difficulté à savourer des légumes bio et locaux !

Au Domaine de Graux, nous croyons fermement que chacun devrait avoir accès à des produits sains et locaux. C'est pourquoi nous sommes heureux de participer au projet de paniers solidaires de @lacoopalimentaire, dans le cadre de la campagne Le Bon Moment par @BePlanetFoundation.

Une récolte de fonds vient de démarrer, pour offrir des fruits et légumes bio et locaux à prix réduit à une cinquantaine de familles précaires et à des personnes isolées.

Rien qu’en participant à hauteur de 8€, vous offrez un panier à quelqu’un dans le besoin.

En stimulant la demande pour ces paniers, vous soutenez également une agriculture locale et durable, en permettant aux maraîchers participants de bénéficier d’une vente régulière et d’une rémunération juste.

Derrière ce projet, on trouve :
- les producteurs de @lacoopalimentaire : 16 maraîchers engagés pour une alimentation durable et accessible.
- la Maison des Solidarités à Tournai : responsable de la distribution des paniers aux familles bénéficiaires.
- La Ceinture Alimentaire du Tournaisis, qui coordonne l'action et veille à la bonne mise en œuvre des différentes étapes.

Plus d'info sur le site internet Le Bon Moment

Merci déjà à tous pour votre soutien ! 🌍💚
N’hésitez pas à partager l’information et à en parler autour de vous

Big plans for Domaine de Graux! 🙌🏽
It's an exciting time for us: we've obtained our building permit, allowing us to move forward with our ambitious project.

More than a renovation, it's a real transformation that places agroecology, education and authenticity at the heart of our project.

What we'll be doing to welcome businesses and organizations:

🌱 A 200 m² educational hub: to accommodate schools, educational classes and immersive workshops to raise awareness on sustainable agriculture.

🌱 Accommodation spaces: 34 rooms to host up to 70 people, taking part in the domaine's activities.

🌱 Two independent accommodation spaces: for fully autonomous stays with private kitchen and lounge.

🌱 A unique event space: a large modular hall, accommodating up to 500 people.

🌱 An ultra-local restaurant for guests of the domaine: on the menu, products from our farm and local producers, healthy cuisine that respects the environment.

🌱 Immersive culinary workshops: two dedicated spaces to discover sustainable practices, such as fermentation, food preservation, living cooking...

🌱 An art path: an enriching walk blending nature, art and learning, designed for our young and old visitors.

🌱 A museum of agriculture: to discover the history of agriculture and the opportunities of agroecology.

We are committed to adopting a circular and responsible approach for our construction works. For example, we will be reusing as many materials and furnishings as possible and we our partnering with experts in sustainable renovation.

Work is due to start this summer. We look forward to showing you our reinvented Domaine in 2027!

Stay tuned to follow the progress of the work and learn more about our ambitious project.

We're proud! Our farmer Emilien Rottiers is one of the @top50farmers 2025 cohort! 🤩

For the first time, this association highlights 50 farmers across Europe for their remarkable and inspiring work on regenerative agriculture .

Emilien is in charge of the crop management at Domaine de Graux since 2017: wheat, barley, oats, sunflower are some examples of our crop rotation. Over the past 8 years, he has experienced many tests, trials, some failures and great successes linked to agroecology.

This award celebrates the work of our entire team, who work with Emilien to implement more sustainable farming practices that respect the soil.

It's also a message of hope: yes, it is possible to produce differently, to regenerate our soils and build a more resilient agricultural model.

We hope this award will inspire other farmers to embark on this transition, and encourage everyone to support those who cultivate with passion and commitment for the future of our planet.

Congratulations to all the 49 other farmers of this first edition!

To produce abundant future harvests, our soil needs a period of rest and regeneration. It's an essential phase in the natural cycle.

It's during this period that fallen leaves and other plant residues decompose. This humus :
- improves soil structure
- increases soil's capacity to retain water and nutrients
- protects the soil against erosion caused by wind and rain
- promotes active microbial life.

Humus-rich soil is more fertile: it provides crops with essential nutrients for healthy growth. This natural fertility reduces our need for chemical fertilizers, towards a more sustainable agriculture.

At Domaine de Graux, we are committed to respecting and working in harmony with natural cycles. In winter, we let nature do its work, allowing our soils to rest and revitalize, fostering abundant, healthy harvests in the future.

Join us in this agroecological adventure and discover how each season plays a key role in the health of our agricultural ecosystem.

On this subject, (re)discover an interesting podcast dedicated to regenerative agriculture: Deep Seed - Regenerative Agriculture, directed by @raphaelesterhazy. Two episodes in particular dive underground to discover how invisible biodiversity transforms the soil and keeps our planet alive. These are the interviews with Natallia Gulbis and Marc-André Selosse.

It's the kind of day that gives us a boost!
A few days ago, we welcomed the association @terreetconscience for a day full of meaning, organised by @houseofagroecology.

The participants made a food collage and took part in The @livingsoilsworkshop
- L'Atelier des sols vivants.

We then took them on a tour of our Domaine, to present our mission and current challenges in terms of agroecology.

An enriching day that reconnects us with the earth, with ourselves and with others.

Thanks for visiting!

Pictures : @houseofagroecology
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@@domainedegraux is an agroecological farm. We're convinced that the future of mankind and the planet depends on a better harmony between agriculture and ecology. And we're determined to get our hands in the soil and show that this is not just a pipe dream. 🧑🏽‍🌾

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An art path on the @domainedegraux ! 🥳
We're preparing a 3-kilometre walk punctuated by artworks. It's an opportunity to question our world and our food system in particular.

As you know, our mission is to reconnect people with nature, while encouraging reflection on sustainable agriculture that respects the earth, animals and people.
We do this through our training courses and farm visits, but also through art. Artistic creation helps us to understand reality, makes us think, pushes our limits and teaches us to understand.

Our project curator Valerie Delfosse is currently in the process of selecting a dozen art pieces that will gradually be placed on the Domaine before it reopens in 2026.

But we also felt it was important to integrate some local roots!

That's why we're working with 14 students from the @esasaintluctournai. For several months, they explored their creativity through the Domaine's themes and our challenges.

They have just presented us the results of their reflections. It was simply amazing!

We can't wait to find out more about the feasibility of their ideas and to bring some of these young talents' creative proposals to life.

We'll let you know more soon!

Great news: the outdoor school is coming to @domainedegraux! 🤩

In practical terms, we're welcoming classes who want to learn outdoors, thanks to a great collaboration with @criedemouscron. This association runs the sessions, trains the teachers and provides the teaching sheets.

The outdoor school is an opportunity to get out of the classroom, regularly and in all seasons, to learn in and from nature.

There's so much to discover and put into practice outside the classroom!

Children from Gaurain school have already visited us in recent weeks.
On the programme: making crêpes, working with clay, revising metric arithmetic using natural elements...

Of course, we're delighted to ground this project in the local community, by opening our doors graciously to schools in the surrounding area, as well as to any class that wants to come along.

This is a concrete way for us to fulfil our mission of raising awareness of sustainability and creating a positive impact for younger generations.

Special thanks to @smissenbroek and @bosplus for their inspiration and invaluable advice in setting up this project.

Great news: an educational food forest will soon be created at @domainedegraux!

We were recently chosen as one of the winners of the “Biodiversité Entreprises” call for projects, launched by SPW Environment (@walloniebe).

In collaboration with @louis.de.jaeger and his team of @commensalist.landscape enthusiasts, we submitted an ambitious and inspiring project: the creation of a unique food forest.

This project, which combines education, biodiversity and sustainability, has 2 objectives:

🍎 Enabling children and adults to discover, learn and taste directly in a living, sustainable ecosystem.

🍵 Integrate our harvests into the Domaine’s activities, accentuating the agroecological aspect in our events catering.

Many thanks to all the experts and partners who have helped make this vision a reality. They enable us to take another step towards a collective ecological transition.

Did you know that you can also create a food forest at home, at your scale? All you have to do is plant hedges and shrubs that bear fruit every year.

Together, let’s sow the seeds of a sustainable future!

Our animals are hardly bothered by the snow!
To make their lives as comfortable as possible, the Domaine provides our animals with natural and open shelter, where our breeder, Astrid, carefully spreads straw in their shelter to maintain warmth and ensure good thermal insulation during the nights.

At the Domaine, we have chose breeds that can withstand the European climate all year round.

During freezing periods, our colleague must pay close attention to the water troughs to prevent them from freezing. She sometimes has to break the ice to ensure the animals have water to drink.

Check out our blog to find out what winter is like at Domaine de Graux (link in bio).

@domainedegraux