
博客由来
《JardinOscope》由法国摄影爱好者 Patrick Laforêt 于 2006 年 4 月 5 日在 CanalBlog 平台开通,最初名为 Le JardinOscope,意为「园丁多面观察」。创办者家族中祖父与母亲都是资深园丁,他退休前因工作繁忙无暇兼顾园艺,临近退休才下定决心把多年来积累的素材整理成一个长期连载的网络日志。二十年来博客持续更新,已累计发布近千篇文章,并衍生出面向种植技术的姊妹站《JardinOscope côté pratique》。
栏目结构
博客分七大主板块:植物界收录公园和花园里的栽培与野生植物,按 A‑Z 顺序编写识别与栽培笔记;动物界以蝴蝶、鸟类、蛛形纲为重点,配以大量田野拍摄记录;ChampignOscope 涵盖真菌、藻类、地衣与苔藓;矿物专栏整理岩石、矿物与化石;种植实操板块介绍堆肥、修剪、繁殖、病虫害诊治等基础方法;文化艺术栏目包含节气食谱、节日习俗、园艺书目与摄影随笔;最后的综合板块收录合作机构、读者调查与历年年庆回顾。
写作内容
所有文章都出自创办者本人的观察与体验。植物认种笔记以野外与花园拍摄为主,配以形态描述与栽培要点;动物专栏保留物种识别信息和行为小记;种植实操文章按月份编排,每条建议都会注明气候带的适用情况。在鼠尾草、艾蒿豚草等热门过敏原植物上,博客会配合法国 FREDON 等机构发布预警,并系统整理法国白天气象数据与物候变化的关系。
订阅与影响
主站自 2006 年上线以来累计访客约 610 万,副站访客约 511 万,邮箱订阅约 467 人,作者本人累计在两个站发布文章接近 1500 篇,文章覆盖植物、动物、真菌与矿物四大板块的日常观察,每周由创办者本人更新。
合作与活动
创办者长期参与法国月季大师 André Ève 的追思协会《Association des Amis d’André Eve》,协助维护其位于 Pithiviers 的私人花园,并多次前往莱雅河畔花园交流协会《Les Jardingues》参加会员之间的植物交换市集。法国 AirZen 电台于 2026 年制作三集专题节目介绍博客多年来的植物与昆虫记录,推动法国公众重新认识家庭花园在城市生态中的作用。
Blog History
JardinOscope was launched on 5 April 2006 by French photographer Patrick Laforêt on the CanalBlog platform. The name comes from the French “JardinOscope,” a name coined by the author to evoke a wide-angled view of the garden. Both his grandfather and his mother were keen gardeners, but a demanding career kept him away from horticulture until the years before retirement, when he finally set out to publish a long-running online journal of his field notes and photographs. Twenty years on, the blog remains active, has published close to a thousand articles, and has given rise to a sister site, Le JardinOscope côté pratique, dedicated to hands-on gardening.
Section Structure
The blog is organised into seven main sections. The plant kingdom pages collect wild and cultivated species found in parks and gardens, sorted A to Z with identification notes and cultivation tips. The animal kingdom section focuses on butterflies, birds and arachnids and is built around field photographs taken on the spot. ChampignOscope covers fungi, algae, lichens and mosses, while the mineral pages index rocks, minerals and fossils. The practical gardening column explains composting, pruning, propagation and pest management. Art and Culture gathers seasonal recipes, festivals, gardening bibliography and photographic essays. A closing section lists partner institutions, reader surveys and the year’s anniversary retrospectives.
Editorial Approach
Every article is written from the author’s own observation and experience. Plant identification pages use close-up photography paired with morphological descriptions and cultivation guidance; the animal section keeps species data alongside short behavioural notes; the practical gardening articles follow a monthly rhythm, each recommendation tagged with the climatic zone in which it applies. On pollinosis-related species such as mugwort and ragweed, the blog works with French bodies such as FREDON to relay pollen alerts and connects the daily weather data issued by Météo France with the phenology of common garden plants.
Reach and numbers
Since 2006 the main site has logged roughly 6.10 million visits and its sister site about 5.11 million; around 467 readers follow the blog by email. The author has published close to 1,500 articles between the two sites, covering everyday observations across the plant, animal, fungal and mineral sections, with weekly updates written and photographed by himself.
Collaborations
The author is a long-standing member of the Association des Amis d’André Eve, the memorial society that maintains the private garden of the late rosarian André Ève at Pithiviers, and regularly takes part in the spring and autumn plant-exchange fairs held by the Loire-Valley gardeners’ circle Les Jardingues. In 2026, French radio station AirZen produced a three-episode feature on the blog’s two decades of plant and insect documentation, helping to raise public awareness of the role small gardens play in urban biodiversity.








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