Guided tour and free visit of the Loriot Gardens. Time travel, from Moulin Joly (France) to the Sima Guang Garden (China).
Guided tour and free visit of the Loriot Gardens - a contemporary Anglo-Chinese park inspired by the innovative spirit of the 18th century landscaped gardens that appeal to the imagination of the visi
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Adults €7, job seekers, people with disabilities, students €5.5, children +5 years - 12 years 3 €
Les Jardins du Loriot - Le kiosque de la Clarté Céleste.
New in 2022:
- The Sima Guang Scholar’s Hut is reminiscent of its famous garden in Luoyang, the peony capital of China. The Sima Guang Garden is known to us thanks to the academician Watelet who in the eighteenth century had created the Moulin Joly Garden on the Marantes Islands near Paris
- the Celestial Clarity pavilion with its Burmese bells, the Burmese astral signs.
Discovery Games: - Tale of the Moon Princess or Bamboo Cutter
- The witch’s game of discovering plants from the witch’s cottage. Enigmas to solve in 7 witch’s gardens.
To learn more about plants from China, The route is marked by 8 prayer mills evoking the adventures of 8 great plant explorers who contributed to the introduction in Europe of thousands of plants from China that completely changed the landscape of the Gardens of Europe.
Botanical collections
With its 2500 varieties of plants from here and elsewhere the Loriot Gardens offer visitors the opportunity to discover rich botanical collections throughout the seasons: rhododendrons, hydrangeas, water lilies and lotus, Himalayan plants, old and modern roses, bamboo, rare plants.