The opulent garden of a Lyon rosomane

In the Lyon region, Christiane Morizot's rose garden is a truly beautiful springtime spectacle, and she exhibits there the finest specimens of her Gallic rose collection.

The gardens of Saône-et-Loire

A journey off the beaten track to discover exemplary gardens and creations.

In the garden of 1000 flowers of Aubres in Provence, a rainbow of sage

In Drôme Provençale, Nicole and Philippe Erouard have succeeded in taming steep terrain by covering it with terraces to create a garden without watering which overflows with generous flowers thanks to a rigorous selection of species.

Barnhaven siebold primrose

This Japanese primrose comes in many forms. The varieties presented come from the Barnhaven nursery in Brittany, which cultivates several traditional forms and also creates its own hybrids.

The gardens of Ainay-le-vieil, a luminous renaissance

In the heart of Berry, Ainay-le-Vieil combines the charm of the past with a more contemporary spirit. Its water gardens have regained the purity of their layout and the charterhouses shelter delicately chiseled spaces between their walls.

The Mollberg garden, between shadow and light

In Alsace, Michel Knipilaire and his Mollberg garden have appropriated the codes of the Japanese garden, in a garden all in chiaroscuro.

Hibiscus

Chinese peonies (Paeonia lactiflora) offer an unforgettable spectacle with the generosity of their flowering and the subtlety of their shades. All transparent or exploding with color, their large corollas reveal these tinted hearts of their petaloid stamens, which begin to imitate the petals that envelop them until they adopt the exact shade of color.

Hibiscus

Hibiscus are shrubs to be rediscovered for the vigor of their development and the generosity of their flowering, favoring species that are resistant to the cold when they cannot be sheltered in winter.

Vauville, an abundant exoticism

The botanical garden of Vauville in La Manche is both the story of a passion for the acclimatization of exotic plants and of a successful transmission between three generations of gardeners.

Audrieu and its white garden

In the heart of Bessin, the Audrieu castle reflects the softness of the Norman landscapes. Its white garden and lush green rooms designed by landscape designer Louis Benech over thirty years ago is still exemplary.

A contemporary space in Brittany

Near Rennes, Cécile and Pascal Callarec have designed this peri-urban garden by favoring lattices of greenery and soft lines. The alternation of long, low hedges and soft-shaped shrubs gives the illusion of a large garden, on a surface that is quite constrained.

The teeming garden of a second-hand dealer

Outdoor spaces can become a great pretext for increasing the fantasy of a garden combined with a precise use of plants. In the south of Alsace in Barr, the Garden of a Brocanteur provides a pleasing example.

Shared experiences at Saint-Jardin

The Holy Garden of Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse displays a multiple vocation, between art, nature and food. A place devoted to well-being for all forms of life, conducive to the development of humans and plants.

Japanese saxifrages, little stars of the Rising Sun

Olivier Galéa from the Under a Perched Tree nursery is passionate about the hybridization of Japanese saxiphrages, a large selection of which we present here with his varieties.

Yili a Chinese garden in Ile de France

Inspired by the traditional Chinese garden, Yili imposes its ornate architecture, evoking the heritage sites of the city of Suzhou through several spaces and seeks to establish harmony between man and nature, through oriental landscape art.