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TrogloNature Unesco World Heritage

Visit of the gardens

14 atypical gardens in the Loire Valley

In 14 steps, travel through time and space vegetable gardens. Each garden with different soil materials, boundaries, fences and various hedges represents a time or a region of the world.

An exceptional visit, whether or not you live in the Loire Valley, you will be surprised by the great diversity of plants: more than 1000 different species spread over 2 hectares.

The troglodyte garden

End your visit with an interior garden (in a troglodyte), where you will discover the water source that supplies the other gardens as well as a magnificent highlighting of this old tufa quarry.

Your visit route

First plowing

First plowing

Birth of agriculture less than 10 years ago and the evocation of African plant cultures

The Ancient Garden

The Ancient Garden

And the vegetable from Roman colonization

The Medicinal Garden

The Medicinal Garden

And closed knowledge, plants that heal

The Medieval Garden

The Medieval Garden

And its stronger relationship with plants with vegetable plants, pleasure plants and meditation plants.

The Garden of Contentment

The Garden of Contentment

Inspired by the theater of agriculture of Olivier de Serres, good share in agronomic progress.

Asia

Asia

Asian plants, rice, young shoots, spices

The journey of plants

The journey of plants

Or the beautiful American both tubers from the Andes and fruit vegetables from our ratatouille (excluding eggplant)

The insularity

The insularity

Exotic plants born from new lands, recent volcanic resurgences.

The Interior Garden

The Interior Garden

Where we go back to the source of all life, literally and figuratively.

  • First plowing
  • The Ancient Garden
  • The Medicinal Garden
  • The Medieval Garden
  • The Garden of Contentment
  • Asia
  • The journey of plants
  • The insularity
  • The Interior Garden
  • First plowing

    Birth of agriculture less than 10 years ago and the evocation of African plant cultures

  • The Ancient Garden

    And the vegetable from Roman colonization

  • The Medicinal Garden

    And closed knowledge, plants that heal

  • The Medieval Garden

    And its stronger relationship with plants with vegetable plants, pleasure plants and meditation plants.

  • The Garden of Contentment

    Inspired by the theater of agriculture of Olivier de Serres, good share in agronomic progress.

  • Asia

    Asian plants, rice, young shoots, spices

  • The journey of plants

    Or the beautiful American both tubers from the Andes and fruit vegetables from our ratatouille (excluding eggplant)

  • The insularity

    Exotic plants born from new lands, recent volcanic resurgences.

  • The Interior Garden

    Where we go back to the source of all life, literally and figuratively.

  • First plowing
  • The Ancient Garden
  • The Medicinal Garden
  • The Medieval Garden
  • The Garden of Contentment
  • Asia
  • The journey of plants
  • The insularity
  • The Interior Garden
Discover the newcomer to the great gardens of Anjou and Touraine

Discover the newcomer to the great gardens of Anjou and Touraine

In a site classified by the Heritage Foundation, take a walk from garden to garden. From the Picking area to the Antique Garden, from the Medicinal Garden to the Medieval Vegetable Garden, from the Contented Garden to the Indoor Garden, discover 14 pleasure areas that retrace the evolution of vegetable since humans have been cultivating the land. A unique experience in the Loire Valley.

Discovering the ideal vegetable patch

Discovering the kitchen garden ideal

A garden like no other, rich in the biodiversity of plants discovered, identified and cultivated by man. "A harmonious and lively place where you can stroll, rest, contemplate, learn and reflect on the relationship of man to nature, in time and space"

How to get here

Access map

Remarkable Gardens Anjou Tourism The Loire by bike world heritage at unesco

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The Gardens of Puygirault

  • Gennes Road
  • 49400 Saumur (Maine et Loire)
  • 02 41 50 70

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