Free visit of the classified gardens of the Domaine de La Bourbansais, French style, carousel and vegetable garden.

Name: Visite libre des Jardins classés du Domaine de La Bourbansais, à la française, carrousel et potager.
Start: 2024-05-31T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Domaine de La Bourbansais

To recreate the Bourbansais vegetable garden, in order to enrich the visit of the Estate, while respecting the original plans of the seventeenth century, and to make it live in the rhythm of the seaso

31 mai - 2 juinPassé

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Recreate the Bourbansais Vegetable Garden, to enrich the visit of the Estate, while respecting the original plans of the seventeenth century, and make it live in the rhythm of the seasons; these are the ambitions of the owners. The «French style» garden, such as those inspired by André Le Nôtre during the reign of the Sun King, expresses the will to correct nature to impose order and symmetry in opposition to the English garden. This French model, which has been imitated by many European royal courts, has a political stake. It marks the grandeur and mastery of the monarch, it is still today the ultimate reference of landscape mastery.

À propos du lieu

Domaine de La Bourbansais

La Bourbansais, 35720 Pleugueneuc

Ille-et-Vilaine
Bretagne

The Domaine de La Bourbansais, (2 stars in the Michelin Green Guide in 2022) is located in Haute-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine. It is a residence always remained in the same family since its construction in the 16th century. Today, the 19th generation is committed to bringing this house to life in a modern and dynamic way by complementing its traditional agricultural and forestry activities, with tourist and cultural activities related to the conservation of species and spaces: The Bourbansais is the ideal place to raise awareness of nature and biodiversity. You can discover and observe many endangered animal species in their natural environment. In this unique and preserved place of nearly 100 hectares, vegetal and wooded, you can escape through varied environments, sheltering animals from all over the world, most of which are protected by international conventions. The Castle (16th – 18th century), classified as a Historical Monument since 1959, whose interior is visited, testifies to the