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Les Jardins d'Altona

41 rue de la Morandière, 37230 Fondettes
  • Indre-et-Loire
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Discovery of a collection of hydrangeas and hydrangeas

Parallel to the visit of the garden, a beautiful exhibition of bird feeders and nest boxes will be proposed by the artist Chimlou during these 2 days.
1 i 2 junioPassed
©Éliane Lebret

Parallel to the visit of the garden, a beautiful exhibition of bird feeders and nest boxes will be proposed by the artist Chimlou during these 2 days.

Types of events
Guided tour
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Conditions for participation
Free entrance
Type of audience
General public

About the location

Les Jardins d'Altona
41 rue de la Morandière, 37230 Fondettes
  • Indre-et-Loire
  • Centre-Val de Loire
Created in 1997, the Altona Gardens, that is their name, are 25 years old: the maturity for plants planted from the first strokes of the spade, combined with the promises of youth for those installed more recently.
The space is divided over 2500 m2 into a series of plant chambers. Every year, her creator was passionate about a type of plant, so there was the period of camellias, then rhododendrons, followed by peonies, hostas, then boxwood, maples of Japan, etc. then the installation of the rose garden and the year of the French vegetable garden with its almost 100 m of boxwood cut...
Over time and discoveries, one plant in particular has made its way to winning all the votes: hydrangea. Passionate about these plants, Eliane has assembled a collection of more than 250 different varieties of hydrangeas and hydrangeas. These plants are also at the origin of the name of the garden. Altona, a small town that has become a district of Hamburg, is also the name of a hydrangea produced in
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Jardin de collection (botanique, arboretum...), Jardin privé
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Parking and access rue de Tréché by the gate behind the greenhouse
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