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Botanist’s Path

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Botanist’s Path

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Botanist’s Path

Name: Botanist’s Path
Rating: 2

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Location: Chaumont-Gistoux, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Botanist’s Path – Path No. 55, Corroy-le-Grand loop from Dion-le-Mont

8.47km

02:17

100m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Botanist’s Path – Château de Vieusart loop from Vieusart

5.47km

01:28

60m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Vieusart Church – Botanist’s Path loop from Vieusart

10.2km

02:44

110m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jeff S

September 1, 2024

Between two streets of houses lies a sunken road between the gardens...

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Aurelien HEMMER

March 15, 2020

Until the 1950s, the path coming from Dion-leVal via the Boulevard du Centenaire and the Chemin du Bonly, climbed obliquely through the fields, up to the Stiernet farm, to reach the top of the rue du Brocsous at the limit of the municipality of Corroy-le-Grand. It was, in the days of the teams, a busy passageway which made it possible to reach the place called La barraque in Louvain-La-Neuve and from there, to multiple destinations. It was 6 m wide and was largely paved. We can still see in some places cobblestones on the base of the remaining path. The Val Vert subdivision has profoundly changed the appearance of the place: the Chemin du Bonly extended towards Louvranges and, from the ascent to Rue du Brocsous, only the last section remains at the start of Chemin des Glaneurs. As a result, losing all its importance as a means of communication, this sunken lane, bordered on both sides by the rear of the residential gardens of Avenida del Pirere and Avenida de la Seigneurie, suffered from a certain abandonment. These were the beginnings of the Groupe Sentiers association which, among other things, sought to raise public awareness of the biological value of certain relatively wild and more or less well-maintained sites. It is in this context that the idea sprouted to create a permanent animation there by placing explanatory panels at the height of various plants, flowers or trees growing naturally on the embankments on either side of the path.
We first planted concrete posts in the ground but the annual plants played with the rigidity of the system by wandering a little ... Currently, we have stakes simply stuck in the ground and we
changes the situation every spring.
The original name botanical path has recently been changed to the botanist's path. It is a discreet tribute to Monique Deprince, former president of the Sentiers Group, also a nature guide, who campaigned with great enthusiasm for the safeguard of the soft mobility network in our municipality.

For the Sentiers Group,
Jean-Claude KUBORN

groupesentiers.be/amalgame-63-new.pdf

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Lau

July 22, 2020

beauty of the site. Identification of plant species present

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Location: Chaumont-Gistoux, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Botanist’s Path

1. Botanist’s Path – Path No. 55, Corroy-le-Grand loop from Dion-le-Mont

2. Botanist’s Path – Château de Vieusart loop from Vieusart

3. Vieusart Church – Botanist’s Path loop from Vieusart

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