Jardin Serre de la Madone
74 Val de Gorbio, 06500 Menton
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
In 1924, the Chief warrant officer Lawrence Johnston creates an exotic garden in the landscape architecture. In this timeless place cut by the rumours of the city, the fragrances which escape from the garden, the birdsong and the majesty of the big(great) vegetables come awaken your senses.
Located in the valley of Gorbio, this six hectare garden arose from the passion of a British, American born citizen, the chief warrant officer Lawrence Johnston. In 1924, he(it) decides to create a garden in Chin with deployment of spaces: double staircases, fountains, ponds, rooms(chambers) of greenery... Microclimate mentonnais allows him(her) to cultivate plants, too delicate for England, which make of this garden a place of exception, appropriate(peculiar) to imagining.
Listed(Classified) in conformance with(for) Historic monuments in 1990, Conservatory of Madonna is acquired(bought back) in 1999 by the Conservatoire du Littoral, with the help of the city of Chin and the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes.
Tags
Contemporary garden, Botanical garden or arboretum, Jardin remarquable, Monument historique & Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire
Accès
Open all year long, except November, December and January 1st Every day, except Mondays, of 01/04 in 31/10, of 10 h 00 - 18 00 of 02/01 in 31/03, of 10 h 00 - 17 00 Guided tours in fançais every day of opening at 15 h 00.. Habitual price list(rate): 8€ / adult, 4€ / child + 12 year, free/-12 the years. Parking lot, tearoom, shop, bookshop, cafeteria. Spoken Englishman
©E. Rosselin
