The “Rendez-Vous at the Gardens” event takes place the first weekend in June. This year, the event takes place May 31 to June 2, 2024, themed “The five senses in the garden”.
This event is an opportunity to discover the hidden treasures of the parks, private gardens open for the event in Vendée in the Bocage Vendéen. The gardens are mainly open on Saturdays and Sundays to the general public. In France, more than 2200 parks and gardens (joined by 400 others across Europe) will celebrate these twentieth Rendez-vous aux jardins!
"Nice walk in the Vendée Bocage!"
Meet at the Gardens
Garden of the Logis de la Chabotterie in Saint-Sulpice-le-Verdon – Montreverd
The Department of Vendée offers with the Logis de la Chabotterie an evocative discovery of the sweetness of life in the countryside at the end of the 10th century through XNUMX rooms with audio tours and tactile lecterns. Composed of a pleasure garden with flowerbeds and a vegetable garden of old vegetables, the enclosed garden combines the useful and the beautiful, with an alley of topiaries and a pergola of roses. The bridle path, the orchard, the bocage environment, the wood form a green path for the walk.
- Free visits: Friday / Saturday / Sunday from 10 a.m. to 19 p.m.
- Prices: €7/person – €3,50 reduced price – free for children under 18 – €3 booklet for dedicated route
Cedar Garden in Montaigu-Vendee
Discovery tour of a 1850th century garden at the foot of the ramparts, surrounding the town center of Montaigu-Vendée. The buildings were rebuilt in 2000 on the ruins of the mythical “Château des trompettes”, a fortification which defended the Saint-Nicolas bridge. This enclosed garden, not overlooked, of nearly 10m² is a verdant setting on terraces, facing south, which gives direct access to the Maine river. Exceptional opening of a private and landscaped garden (English style), guided tour every hour by group of XNUMX people on compulsory prior registration at [email protected].
- 22 rue du General de Gaulle (Montaigu-Vendée) – 06 62 58 35 62
- Guided tours: Saturday / Sunday 10 a.m. - 30 p.m. > 12 p.m. - 00 p.m.
- Price: Free upon registration
- Pets not allowed and picnic prohibited
Chateau de la Source, Rocheserviere
Self-guided tour of a 14th century park with its rose garden. Discover a photo exhibition “The birds of the garden”: Saturday 30:19 p.m.-10 p.m. / Sunday 12 a.m.-30:14 p.m. > 18 p.m.-30:XNUMX p.m.
- Free visits: Saturday 14:30-19 p.m. / Sunday 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. > 14-18:30 p.m.
- Price: Free
Garden of Coindrie, Rocheservière
This completely natural maintained garden is located on a very steep hillside where a stream runs which crosses ponds and waterfalls to end in a large waterhole. There is a wide variety of flowers and trees from all over the world. A fine collection of citrus fruits overwinters in the greenhouse.
- +06 38 84 29 45 XNUMX
- Free visits: Saturday / Sunday 14 p.m. - 18 p.m.
- Price: Free
Park of the Domain of L'Auneau in Chantonnay
19th century park overlooking the Petit Lay valley. The promenade provides panoramic views that reflect the landscape identity of Tuscany. Classified Remarkable Garden. Private garden.
- Free visits: Saturday / Sunday 14:00 p.m. - 22:00 p.m.
- Price: €5 for over 12s – €4 group
Park of the Château des Roches Baritaud in Saint Germain de Prinçay
Park laid out around a XNUMXth century fortified residence: remarkable trees, moats, vegetable garden, greenhouse, rose garden and orangery. Private garden.
- Free visits: Saturday from 14 p.m. to 19 p.m.
- Price: €4 for over 18s
Petit Moulinet bocage area – Saint Martin des Noyers
Bocage space on 7 hectares where sculptures punctuate the landscape, first participation for this garden, vegetal architecture in the making which is based on a mesh of old hedges. Guided tour at 16 p.m.
- 15 le Petit Moulinet – 06 71 72 31 77
- Free visits: Saturday / Sunday from 14:30 p.m. to 18 p.m.
- Guided tour: Saturday and Sunday at 16 p.m. Price: €5/person, free for under 18s.
- Accessible to people with disabilities.
Garden of the Château de la Flocellière
Garden of medieval inspiration under the walls of the old fortress, Italian terraced garden responding to a Renaissance facade, landscaped park planted with exotic species between 1800-1860 and bocage path with washhouse and pond. free visit of the park, presence of craftsmen.
Open Saturday and Sunday from 14 p.m. to 19 p.m. Admission €3,50/ad – More Info
Garden of the House of Rural Life at the Flocelliere
This associative garden in the heart of the green hills of the Haut Bocage Vendée is the result of the work of a hundred volunteers. They practice ecology around organic gardening, the diversity of bocage landscapes and the many flavors of forgotten vegetables.
- Sunday June 2, 2024 from 15 p.m. to 17 p.m.30
- House of Rural Life – La Flocellière (Gardens of the Permanent Center for Environmental Initiatives Sèvre et Bocage)
Manor of Sciences of Réaumur
Residence of René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, naturalist physicist of the XNUMXth century, the Manor is today a place of visit for the curious of all kinds, nature lovers or science enthusiasts.
- 8 rue Ferchault – Réaumur – 02 51 57 99 46
- Naturalist drawing workshop : Sunday 10h00-12h00
- Price: on reservation. €6/person – €5 for children under 18. Limited seats. Provide HB lead pencil, eraser and paper
- Open Houses : Saturday / Sunday 10 a.m. - 00 p.m. > 12 p.m. - 00 p.m.
- Price: €4/person – free for under 18s
Garden of Saint-Pierre Priory, Réaumur
Circuits are offered in the garden and the park, Friday from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 18 p.m. Admission: €5/adult (€3/group of under 10 people), €3/student and free for under 18s.
Come and enjoy a walk narrated by Natacha Mattenet-Flecniakoska in the garden of the Prieuré Saint-Pierre in Réaumur on Sundays from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m. Price: 30€/adult, 10€/child from 5 to 10 years old, 18€/child from 3 to 5 years old, free for children under 9 years old. Registration required. A empty-house is also organized on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.
- 2 rue du Prieuré – 02 51 63 05 43 / 06 08 30 70 94
- Open Houses : Friday 14 p.m. – 18 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 18 p.m.
Gardens of the Cure in Mortagne-sur-Sevre
The gardens of the Cure, facing south towards the Sèvre Nantaise, offer beautiful views of the valley and the river, sheltered from the life of the town but a stone's throw from the historic center. It is a remarkable site, both for its position on the hillside of the Sèvre Nantaise and for its exceptional architecture. These completely renovated gardens have been returned to their original state: ponds, fountains, stairs… in the Clissonnais style, inspired by Italy.
- Place Hullin – 02 51 65 19 42
- Free visits: Friday / Saturday / Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 22:00 p.m.
- Price: Free
Domaine du Boisniard in Chanverrie
From the irregular garden to the vegetable patch, via the wooded park, we offer you a walk to meet our teams to learn more about our approach to management and cultivation.
- Sunday June 4 2023
- 14pm to 19pm
Neurodon 2023
Gardens support the event on Neurodon in Vendée Bocage, for each paid entrance, 2€ are donated to brain research, the French Brain Federation www.frcneurodon.org.
In 2023, the event takes place on the weekend of May 6, 7 and 8, 2023.
- Garden of the Château de la Flocellière – La Flocellière – Sèvremont - Open exclusively on Sunday May 7, 2023 from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. Entrance 4€.
- Auneau Park in Chantonnay – Open Saturday May 6 and Sunday May 7, 2023 from 14 p.m. to 19 p.m. Entry €5 (over 18)
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