La Quinta des Délices
Landscape gardeners and architects : Alessandra CIANCHETTA, Rita ALMADA NEGREIROS and Rosario SALEMA
Visual artist: Matthias ARMENGAUD
Philosopher: Marc ARMENGAUD
Agence AWP Malakoff and ASC Lisbonne
A magical, sophisticated place ... ideal for relaxing. An orchard of pomegranate trees with flamboyant flowers, a sea of narcissus and carnations, symbols of the Portuguese revolution.
Artichokes, aubergines, peppers brought back from Asia, Africa or America, compete in the fragrance stakes with the precious myrtles, heady anise and domestic condiments.
Le Jardin de Pierre Auvente (Pierre Auvente’s Garden)
Landscape architect: Hélène DESPAGNE
Visual artist: Jean Luc BRISSON
Agence le verre d’eau/Choisy-le-Roi
If you climb to the top of the Giant, you come across the gardens, the pieces of fabric and the vegetable garden, the wealth of flowers and vegetables.
Les Terrasses de la Méditerranée (Mediterranean Terraces)
Landscape architect: Philippe THOMAS
Visual artists: Roger FREZIN, MANIASUKI, Françoise SZYBOWICZ, Thierry and Valérie TENEUL
A delightful garden designed to enable visitors to discover the secrets of Italian cooking, daydream in the shade of the olive trees or in the middle of the lavender or listen to the birds singing.
Le Jardin Tissé (The Woven Garden)
Landscape Gardener: Hervé LANRENDEAU
Visual artist: Maria ROSKOSZ
Architect: Dominique SMELKOWSKI
Cabinet Paysages/Lille
Bushes and flowers surrounded by small wooden fencing adorn this garden laid out in perfect symmetry. Chrysanthemums, hollyhocks, marguerites, poppies, sunflowers, sweet peas, dahlias, lilacs, dogwood, laburnums all blend seamlessly to provide a spectacular show whatever the season.
Le Jardin des Figuiers (The Fig Tree Garden)
Bureau de création et conception artistique: Hassan ZARROU
Assistant: Catherine DEGRE
Landscape architect: Eric BERLIN
Bureau Empreinte/Roubaix
An opportunity to walk through the flower beds of thyme, sage, lavender and artemisia.
A traditional Berber house, a rivulet that flows slowly towards the fennel and mint fields.
Le Jardin du Dragon (The Dragon’s Garden)
Landscape architect: John MEDHURST
Architect: Yvonne DEAN
Visual artist: Sue RIDGE
Cabinet John MEDHURST/London
Enter the body of the dragon, under the willows and chestnut trees covered with jasmine, clematis and other climbing plants.
Palm trees, banana trees from Japan, tree ferns, Japanese medlars, vitis and bamboo of all species make up the sides of a luxurious guard…
L’Ile Africa Mama (An African Island)
Landscape architect: Catherine CHARLES
Visual artist: Laurent SAVY
Cabinet Calorivert/Bordeaux
A journey through the country of music: sit under the song tree and listen to the bamboo organ sing you the wind song. Discover sorghum trees, gourds, and amaranths.
Le Jardin Premier (The First Garden)
Landscape architect: Yves HUBERT from the JNC international practice
Jacques SIMON (giant sculpture)
Discover our 5,000 year history ! Le Jardin Premier is dedicated to the men from the Neolithic period who were the first to walk on the land here. Various objects and boards can be seen in the village square referring to their daily life: hunting, collecting, woodwork… You can even have a go at archaeology with your children in the digging area.
Le jardin des îles Britanniques (The British Isles Garden)
Architecte: Yvonne DEAN
Landscape architect: John MEDHURST
Sculptor: Andrew EWING
This garden, nestling in the middle of wild nature, meadows and undergrowth, provides an insight into English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish culture. Designed with the whole family in mind with a series of different ways of going round the garden and a number of games, it pays a nostalgic tribute to each country and its literature. Children can try to find their way round the enchanted forest or have a look at the animals. You can hear Big Ben chime in the phone box and listen to traditional songs in letter boxes! This new garden stretches over some 2000m2.
