Discovery visit and sensory journey in the garden

Name: Discovery visit and sensory journey in the garden
Start: 2024-06-01T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Jardin de la Reine

The Queen’s Garden is part of a larger ensemble, that of the Jardin des Plantes in Montpellier, the oldest French botanical garden and one of the first European botanical gardens.

1 and 2 JunePassed

Conditions

Free. Free entry. Several guided tours departures are organized on Saturday and Sunday from a group of ten people.

©Philippe.Bonnefont

On the program of this edition: promote the connection with nature by offering an immersive experience in the heart of Montpellier, where visitors explore and celebrate their five senses through interactive activities in a natural environment. The course is proposed and accompanied by Axel, student in BTS of nature protection.
A taste and smell workshop will also be offered, as well as a fun game around the different nest boxes in the garden.

About the location

Jardin de la Reine

1 bis rue jardin de la Reine, Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie

Hérault
Occitanie

Historic public garden offering on 4 400 m2 a green setting right in the centre of the city. It is a part(party) of the historic site of the first garden of Plants created by Richer de Belleval from 1595, associated with the old(former) commissariat by an arch built by a floor, replaced with a metallic footbridge of the XIXth century. He(It) contains a mountain similar to that of the Jardin des plantes. His(Her,Its) practically unchanged environmental composition since his(her,its) creation also receives(holds) archaeological elements. Kitchen garden. A project of emphasising must be thrown(launched) by the City. Currently a good many of volunteers, amateurs, gardeners, in cooperation with the association «Let us save the garden of Queen and commissariat» put a lot into the emphasising of this place initially dedicated to the education(teaching) of botany for the faculty of medicine and the public awareness.
Open from April till September every Saturday the afternoons and for European Heritage Days.