Saint-Armand
Anyone who enters the Book Barn erected on the grounds of the new Clos de l’Orme blanc vineyard cannot help but be seduced. The rustic-looking farm building has been converted into a warm, self-service library, where it is pleasant to linger and read, socialize and recharge your batteries.
People can come with their families, buy a small bottle of wine, have a picnic on the grounds, go see the chickens and rabbits with the kids, and spend the afternoon reading in a bucolic, vineyard setting,” he says.
Their collection of some 10,000 titles has been built up through numerous donations from citizens,” says Debien. Although they are grouped in different categories – novels, comics, biographies, health and wellness, world and wonders, youth, nature and environment, etc. – the books are not all the same. -They are not classified as such. “And it’s kind of intentional that it’s jumbled because we want to get people to explore, to discover,” she says.
What is particularly striking about this friendly couple is the balance between the rigorous organization of the company, where everything is thought out down to the last detail (they were both engineers in a previous life), and the obvious openness to all forms of creativity. Their pleasure in sharing is obvious and contagious.
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Clos de l’Orme Blanc , 1050 Dutch Road, Saint-Armand