Botanical visit

Name: Visita botánica
Start: 2024-06-01T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Jardins de la Fontaine

In the footsteps of a gardener

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©mairie de Nîmes

In the footsteps of a gardener

Explore the garden to discover the groves and flowerbeds with the gardeners who work daily to beautify this exceptional site.
Direction cadre de vie of the City of Nîmes
Saturday and Sunday at 15h, duration 2h

Types of events

Guided tour

2024 Theme

The five senses in the garden

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Conditions for participation

Free entrance

Type of audience

General public

About the location

Jardins de la Fontaine

26 Quai de la Fontaine, 30900 Nîmes

Gard
Occitanie

Public gardens created in the XVIIIth century by Jacques Philippe Mareschal, military engineer of the king Louis XV, on the location of a sanctuary of the roman time. Compound(Made up) of two distinct environmental spaces: French-style classic garden centered on the founding source(spring) of the city and romantic garden done up in the XIXth century on the slopes of the Mount-rider. The double staircase, the channel(canal) of the Quay(Platform) of the Fountain, the channels(canals) of regulation supplement architecture. Roman monuments (Diana's temple, tour(tower,ballot) Hurries, pond of the source(spring)) and furniture of vases(muds) and statues. Standing paths of pines, of chestnut trees of India and of cedars. Many Mediterranean plants.
Open all year long.