The Park of La Roche Jagu is an outstanding work of contemporary landscaping art, inspired by the Middle Ages. It combines lush “Tregor” vegetation and creative landscaping. Visitors are entering an imaginary world of tales and legends. Perched above the Trieux, the medieval Château de la Roche Jagu overlooks the valley, its garden gently sloping…
Château du Montmarin is located near Dinard and Saint Malo. It is an elegant building in Louis XV style, the roof structure of which is reminiscent of the upturned hull of a ship. Montmarin is one of the few surviving malouinières (manor houses) on the left bank of the Rance river. The château is reached…
The 85-hectare park combines various styles and is a collection of 19th-century trends in landscape design. Commissioned by James de Kerjégu, the gardens have been either restored or redesigned. They consist of the regularly structured “French” garden, the Italian-style garden with its water basin, and the “picturesque” garden enlivened by waterfalls. The collections of plants…
Château de la Ballue and its gardens can be found above the green valley of the Couesnon river and combine with the surrounding landscape to form a perfect unity. The garden is influenced by mannerism and comprises – a contemporary interpretation of topiary modelled on the 16th-century Italian practice of arte topiara and thus placed…
Located deep in the bay of Brest, the park at Daoulas abbey benefits from a mild climate which favours the acclimatisation of plants from all five continents. An exceptional garden of medicinal plants can be found here. Inspired by the monastery gardens of the 14th century, it is home to more than 350 species of…
Architecture and landscape are closely interwoven at Domaine de Kerguéhennec. The park, which has been home to a sculpture path with many works by important 20th-century artists since 1986, is both a recognised cultural monument and a park which was laid out in the 19th century as a landscape garden. Kerguéhennec is characterised by two…
The Georges Delaselle Garden was originally created in 1897 and is home to more than 2,500 species of plants from all the continents. Located on the eastern tip of Ile de Batz, this garden is a remote oasis on a large area of rock buffeted by the winds. The garden covers 2.5 hectares and is…
A garden is a work of art. Above all, however, it provides an opportunity for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences and meeting other plant lovers. Marie and Gérard Defaÿsse live this adventure to the full and are passionate enthusiasts of Botrain manor. They have given it back its genteel beauty by surrounding it with theme gardens.…
The Botanical Garden of Haute-Bretagne is a contemporary creation located in a 25-hectare landscape garden dating from 1848. The gardens are divided into three areas which simultaneously evoke spring, summer and autumn: “Arcadia” is a reference to ancient mythology: “The Garden of Olympus”, “The City of Knossos”, “The Ancient City or The Garden of Alcinous”,…
The Botanical Garden of the house of Yves Rocher is a place of scientific activity where more than 1,100 species of plant are classified, presented, studied and conserved according to their use. As a plant observatory, it provides a source of inspiration for the botanical experts and biologists at Yves Rocher. Waiting to be discovered…