Guide to Remarkable Gardens in Île-de-France

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The book’s strengths

  • Around forty gardens to discover, with all the practical information you need. 
  • A vast array of gardens across the Île-de-France region.
  • The first guide to remarkable gardens, all of which are open to the public.

Overview

In 2004, the Ministry of Culture established the ‘Remarkable Garden’ label. It recognises gardens and parks, whether public or private, that are of cultural, aesthetic, historical or botanical interest. Six criteria govern the awarding of the label: composition; integration into the site and the quality of the surrounding area; the presence of remarkable features; botanical interest; historical interest in the case of historic gardens; and the quality of maintenance. Today, 450 parks and gardens hold this label in France. This guide is the first publication to bring together those that have been awarded the label in the Île-de-France region by the DRAC. It invites readers to enjoy lovely walks through the region’s 40 gardens, including the most famous ones such as the National Estate of Versailles (Yvelines) and the Palais-Royal gardens in Paris, but also lesser-known ones such as the Vallée-aux-Loups in Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine), the Bourdelle Garden Museum in Égreville (Seine-et-Marne), the Val-de-Marne Rose Garden in L’Haye-les-Roses, the ‘murs à pêche’ in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), the Île-Verte garden in Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine), the Jardin de l’Outil in Wy-dit-Joli-Village (Val-d’Oise) and the Domaine de Segrez (Essonne).

What people are saying
« […] published in 2020 with a print run of 6,000 copies, the second edition of which has just been published by Éditions du Patrimoine*. “It has become a bestseller because it so effectively meets the demand to discover these 42 gardens in the Île-de-France region.” »
Le Parisien
What people are saying
« The Ile-de-France Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (DRAC) has produced this practical and illustrated guide, which details the botanical, heritage and landscape features of these forty-two gardens, supplemented by plenty of useful information to help you plan your visit. »
L’art des jardins – The garden culture magazine
What they’re saying
« To raise awareness of these exceptional gardens and promote the ‘Remarkable Garden’ label created in 2004, the Île-de-France Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (DRAC) for Île-de-France has produced a practical and richly illustrated guide, which presents each of the gardens, details their botanical, heritage and landscape features, and provides readers with all the information they need to plan their visit. »
Paris’s Gardens

Contents

75 PARISPalais-RoyalNational EstateGardenTuileriesGardenArboretum de ParisDu Breuil School GardensParis Floral ParkAuteuil GreenhousesBagatelle Park

77 SEINE-ET-MARNEChâteaude Champs-sur-Marne ParkMoulin Jaune Garden, Crécy-la-ChapelleBourdelle Museum and Garden, ÉgrevilleFontainebleau National EstateVaux-le-Vicomte Castle ParkProvins Rose GardenLe Point du Jour Garden, Verdelot

78 YVELINESChâteaude Breteuil Park, ChoiselMarly National EstateRambouillet National EstateVersailles-Chèvreloup ArboretumLe Chesnay-RocquencourtSaint-Germain-en-Laye National EstateThoiry Castle ParkVersailles National EstatePotager du Roi, Versailles Petits-Bois Allotment Gardens, Versailles

91 ESSONNEChamarande Departmental Estate, Courances Castle Park, Courson Castle Park, Méréville Estate, Le Mérévillois, Flowered Kitchen Garden at Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard Castle

92 HAUTS-DE-SEINEChateaubriand HousePark, Châtenay-MalabryVallée-aux-Loups Arboretum, Châtenay-Malabry Île-Verte Garden, Châtenay-Malabry Malmaison National Estate, Rueil-Malmaison Saint-Cloud National Estate Sceaux Departmental Estate

93 SEINE-SAINT-DENISThe Peach Walls, Montreuil

94 VAL-DE-MARNEVal-de-Marne Rose Garden, L’Haÿ-les-Roses

95 VAL-D’OISE Gardensof Ambleville Castle Gardens of Royaumont Abbey, Asnières-sur-Oise Villarceaux Estate, Chaussy

Country Garden, Grisy-les-PlâtresVegetable and fruit garden at the Château de La Roche-GuyonGarden of the Musée de l’Outil, Claude and Françoise Pigeard collection, Wy-dit-Joli-Village

Author(s)

Agnès Chauvin, Head of the Protection and Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments Office, DRAC Île-de-France.

Xavière Desternes, Officer for the Protection of Historic Monuments, DRAC Centre-Val de Loire.

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