Lycée Horticole Lyon Dardilly

Name

Lycée Horticole Lyon Dardilly

Legal name

Établissement Public Local d'Enseignement et de Formation Professionnelle Agricole (EPLEFPA) de Lyon - Dardilly - Ecully

Website

https://agri-lyon-dardilly-ecully.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Vocational Education

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Food Crops Grown Under Cover (11141)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Horticulture, Nursery & Greenhouse Operations (EDAOAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape, Turf & Groundskeeping Trades (EDAOAOAC), Agriculture & Food Production (EDABALAA)

Keywords

• Agricultural vocational training
• Horticulture education
• Landscape architecture training
• Plant production sales
• Environmental science education

Headquarters

HQ city

Dardilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Formation professionnelle: Vocational training services for apprentices and adults in horticulture, landscaping, and related fields. Revenue comes from government funding for public agricultural education and apprenticeship contracts.
2. Vente directe de végétaux: Direct sales of plants and horticultural products produced by students at the serres. All production is sold directly to the public, supporting both commercial operations and pedagogical objectives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Lycée Horticole Lyon Dardilly (EPLEFPA de Lyon - Dardilly - Ecully) is a public French agricultural education institution that delivers vocational training programs from CAP to BTS levels in horticulture, landscaping, environmental science, and commerce. It operates commercial greenhouse production facilities (Les Serres) at Dardilly (6,000 m²) and Ecully (2,500 m²) selling ornamental plants, nursery stock, vegetables, and aromatic herbs directly to the public, while serving as hands-on teaching tools for students.

Product overview

Campus Agrilyon Vert is a public agricultural education establishment comprising three main operational units: the Lycée Horticole de Dardilly (vocational high school), CFPH d'Ecully (vocational training center), and Les Serres (school greenhouses). The campus offers training programs from CAP to BTS levels in horticulture, landscape architecture, environmental science, and commerce. Les Serres functions as a commercial production and sales operation (6,000 m² at Dardilly, 2,500 m² at Ecully) selling ornamental plants, vegetables, and nursery stock directly to the public, while serving as a hands-on training tool. Supporting operations include the Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier urban farm (social insertion and composting), Climaterra climate research projects, and agrivoltaic demonstration parcels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Agrilyon Vert (Lycée Horticole de Dardilly + CFPH d'Ecully) Unified agricultural and horticultural education campus combining the Lycée Horticole de Dardilly (vocational high school) and CFPH d'Ecully (Centre de Formation et de Promotion Horticole). Offers diploma programs from CAP to BTS in horticulture, landscape architecture, environment, commerce, and sciences, serving students, apprentices, and adult learners.
• Les Serres du Lycée - Dardilly A 6,000 m² greenhouse production facility at Dardilly producing ornamental bedding plants, flowering plants, vegetables, aromatic herbs, grasses, perennials, and nursery shrubs for direct retail sale to the public. Functions as both a commercial operation and a pedagogical tool where students learn production techniques.
• Les Serres de l'École - Ecully A 2,500 m² greenhouse and 1,400 m² outdoor platform facility at Ecully producing ornamental plants, nursery stock, and trees in open ground across 2 hectares for direct consumer sales.
• Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier Urban pedagogical farm featuring organic market gardening, composting and vermicomposting station, and beekeeping. Provides vocational training, social insertion for unemployed workers (renewing approximately 10 employment positions annually), and serves as a circular economy demonstrator. Houses partner farms including Ferme Agriz, Radicelle, and Terrestris.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% des étudiants sont prêts à recommander l'établissement
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AIDEN ChantierscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Partnership with social insertion association AIDEN Chantiers at Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier. Objective: professional integration of job seekers through economic activity based on composting. Renews approximately 10 employment positions annually for unqualified youth, social minimum recipients, and long-term unemployed.
• TerrestriscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized company in earthworm farming for vermicompost production, waste processing from restaurants and green spaces, and R&D on vermicomposting techniques. Located at Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier.
• Ferme AgrizminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganic market gardening operation established at Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier from spring 2025, supplying Lyon restaurants with locally produced vegetables.
• Ferme Radicelle (Véronique Delayen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganic vegetable farm founded by Véronique Delayen at Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier, selling to individual customers through short supply chains.
• SERAIL et RATHOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal vegetable and horticultural experimentation stations cooperating on protocols for comparing different types of market gardening greenhouses to develop solutions for early vegetable production without fossil fuels.
• Commissariat Général à l'Egalité des Territoires (CGET) et GIP Massif CentralcoreOthersFinancial support for bioclimatic greenhouse experimentation project testing solutions for early vegetable production without fossil fuels.
• ADEME Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreOthersCo-funding partner for bioclimatic greenhouse experimentation projects.
• Groupe CHEVALminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFamily business in construction and public works (75 years), mission-driven company. CFPH present at their integration day for alternants. 3 apprentices from CFPH in Bac pro AP and Licences pro EPAP and MCTAP.
• ID VerdeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany sponsoring BTSA Aménagements Paysagers 2021-2023 promotion. Representatives Jean-Claude Detrez, Gaël Charlot, and Mathilde Winter presented company activities and expertise to apprentices.
• TeridealminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany sponsoring BTS AP 2020-2022 promotion. Benoît Lambrey and teams partnered with CFPH for training and apprenticeships.
• CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône)minorOthersFunding partner for agrivoltaic project at Dardilly site.
• Parcs & Sports, RACINEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners in demonstration plots and prospective planting projects at the campus.
• Moreau PépinièresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner studying resilient plant ranges facing climate change with Thomas Henriot.
• Plante et CitéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for experimentation on plants resistant and adapted to green roofs, testing 10 taxa in 2010 on 15 cm substrate.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Terideal: Major French landscape and public-works contractor that sponsored the BTS AP 2020-2022 cohort — primary industry employer channel for the campus's landscaping graduates.
• AIDEN Chantiers: Social-insertion association that co-operates the Ferme de l'Abbé Rozier with the campus — comparable mission (workforce reinsertion through environmental activities) and direct operating partner rather than a competitor.
• Groupe CHEVAL: Mission-driven family construction and public-works group hosting CFPH apprentices (Bac pro AP and Licences pro) and integrating them through dedicated alternant days — key regional employer channel.
• ID Verde: Leading European landscape-services company and named sponsor of the campus's BTSA Aménagements Paysagers promotion — direct employer of graduates and a key apprenticeship partner.

Broad incumbents

• ENSP Versailles: France's national higher-education school for landscape architecture — adjacent tier of horticultural/landscape education with broader scope and higher credentialing, serving as a feeder and competitor for advanced landscape students.
• AgroParisTech: France's premier agricultural and life-sciences grande école, overlapping on horticulture and environmental science training at a higher academic tier — represents an aspirational educational pathway for graduates of the lycée.

Direct peers

• Lycée Horticole de Saint-Ismier: Public horticultural lycée in the Grenoble area offering similar CAP-to-BTS programs in horticulture and landscaping with pedagogical greenhouses — direct regional peer within France's EPLEFPA network.
• Lycée Agricole et Horticole de Romans: Drôme-based agricultural and horticultural lycée under the French Ministry of Agriculture with comparable vocational programs, apprenticeship contracts, and on-site production facilities.
• EPLEFPA de Cibeins: Agricultural and horticultural public lycée in the Ain department offering vocational training in landscaping and horticulture — comparable French public agricultural education institution with similar apprenticeship and production operations.
• École Du Breuil: Paris municipal horticultural and landscape school offering CAP-to-BTS vocational training with on-site production greenhouses and direct plant sales — the closest French analogue to Lycée Horticole Lyon Dardilly's dual training-and-production model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lyceedardilly
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campus-agrilyon
• Instagraminstagram.com/lyceedardilly

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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