The Mill Story
We are Héloïse and Foulques.
Héloïse was born and raised in Ciney. She has the art of hospitality in her blood and a rare ability to sense what her guests need before they know it themselves. Foulques comes from Brussels. A filmmaker by trade, he has an eye for fine stories and the instinct to create them.
Together, above all, we are the parents of three little wonders who grew up with their feet in the marsh.
We unpack the suitcases.
After years in Brussels, with a deep-seated desire to slow down, to welcome and to share something true, we decided to change everything.
Direction Ciney. Direction the Moulin de Biron. A building steeped in history, surrounded by a marsh no one had really listened to yet. Nature was waiting for us there.
The old lady comes back to life.
Barely settled in, we felt the building needed to find its soul again. The waterwheel, motionless for too long, was looking at us. We couldn't remain indifferent.
Two years of restoration. A meticulous, like-for-like project. And then, that morning: 4.5 tonnes of steel starting to turn again, driven solely by the power of the stream. A clean, silent, magnificent energy that today powers the mill and the five nests.
The first nest.
In 2019, the first dome takes its place in the marsh. Then a second. Then five. Five transparent refuges, nestled in the reeds, at the water's edge.
What we hadn't quite anticipated was the power of what the place would offer our visitors. The marsh is a living biological reserve: herons, ducks, frogs, bats, foxes, deer, pheasants — a discreet but constant wildlife, observed from your bed, your terrace, your private beach.
What drives us
Warm encounters
Sharing this place without ever compromising it. Welcoming as one welcomes friends at home.
Lasting agriculture
Permaculture, slow food, living soil. What grows here feeds us.
Stones tell stories
The mill, the millers of old, the archives. A memory we pass on.
The team
« Take the time to celebrate. Take the time to talk. Take the time to observe. Take the time, quite simply. »