Guided tour of the Extraordinary Garden

Name: Visite commentée du Jardin extraordinaire
Start: 2024-06-01T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-01T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Le jardin extraordinaire

Accompanied by a gardener from the city of Nantes, come and discover two sites of astonishing historical and botanical richness: the Extraordinary Garden, so aptly named, and the Square Schwob…

Samedi 1 juin, 10h00, 11h30, 13h30, 15h00Passé

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Accompanied by a planter from the city of Nantes, come and discover 2 sites of astonishing historical and botanical richness: the Extraordinary Garden, which bears its name so well, and the Square Schwob, from where you can enjoy a panorama to make the surrounding belvederes pale!

Types of events

Guided tour

2024 Theme

The five senses in the garden

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Conditions for participation

Free entrance & Registration required

Type of audience

General public

À propos du lieu

Le jardin extraordinaire

1 Quai Marquis d'Aiguillon, 44100 Nantes

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

The Extraordinary Garden was built in a former abandoned granite quarry, the Misery quarry in Chantenay, whose cliffs are 25 metres high and offer a beautiful view of the Loire. From the top of the latter, an impressive waterfall emanates from which emanates a light mist assuring tree ferns, banana trees, papyrus, lotus and other gunneras a life-saving hygrometry. The establishment of these exotic species was possible thanks to the proximity of the south-facing cliffs that protect from cold winds and restore the night, the heat stored during the day thus ensuring a temperature 4°C higher than the surrounding area. It is the desire to try to recreate the magical universe of the Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne whose birthplace is located very close by that guided the choice of these luxuriant plants.