At Chateau Pommorio near Tréveneuc (22 Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany) there is a Spring Garden Festival Fête des Jardins 13 - 14 April 2024 which has an international and British angle. Rising…
Every year, Digne les Bains (04 Alpes de Haute-Provence. PACA) holds its Provence Lavender Festival 4 * 8 August 2023. Lavender is the symbol of the region, and the highlight…
Garden Days at Chantilly (Journées des Plantes) 17 - 19 May 2024 At the Chateau de Chantilly (60 Oise, Hauts de France) there is an unmissable event dedicated to plants,…
Roses and Plants Festival The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is a sumptuous palace and exotic garden in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferret (06 Alpes-Maritimes, PACA) between Nice and Monaco. Madame Ephrussi was to become…
A great new 420 km long cycle route beside the Seine river linking Paris to Normandy has been launched = (V33) La Seine à Velo - Paris to the sea!…
Muscadet Vineyards Between Nantes and Clisson stretch Nantes’ vineyards. This is muscadet territory, which starts just 15 minutes south of Nantes. Though you’re in the southern Loire, you already feel…
The Chateau de Chantilly (60 Oise, Hauts de France) has most famously given its name of both Chantilly Lace and Chantilly Cream. It has been the home to a royal…
In 1982, the Royal Saltworks (Saline Royale) at Arc-et-Senans (25 Doubs, BCF) was included on the UNESCO world heritage list. Designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), a visionary architect in the…
L’Occitane en Provence’s factory at Manosque (04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence.PACA) is open to the public and also offers a museum and garden. Find out more about the manufacturing processes during a…
The town of Nérac (47 Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) holds its annual Flower Market (marché aux fleurs) 11 - 12 May 2019 In a town which always wins awards for it…
The village of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (45 Loiret, Centre Val-de-Loire) lies just to the east of Orléans on the River Loire . The highlight is on the ruined Chateau which sits in the middle of a large…
A Plant fair at the Château de Crosville-sur-Douve (50 Manche, Normandie) - A Franco-British 'Journées des Plantes' Journées des plantes Franco-Britanniques' 20 - 21 April 2024 A little girl’s dream...…
In Spring across the Riviera and including the towns of Nice, Cannes, Grasse, Antibes and Menton (06 Alpes-Maritimes, Provence PACA) will see the Côte d'Azur Garden Festival 25 March -…
Paris is proud of its gardens and hosts an annual Garden Festival Fete des Jardins 24 - 25 September 2023 with events across the city and in every arrondissement: workshops,…
The village of Tourettes-sur-Loup (06 Alpes-Maritimes, Provence) celebrates violets with its Violet Festival (Fête des Violettes or La Violette dans tous ses états) which takes place 2 - 3 March…
Loire Pumpkin Festival at a Chateau southwest of Tours
There are a selection of "medieval" gardens in central France which could be worth a visit to explore both history and horticulture: See our map of French Gardens Jardins du…
The Chateau de Vendeuvre plays host to a tulip festival (Festival de la Tulipe) 1-30 April 2024 which should be a great celebration of Spring - especially after such a…
Gerberoy = another Beautiful Village in France - there are 32,000 villages in France!
Celebrate the Provence Lavender Harvest