See you at the Gardens 2024: walks and meetings at the National Archeology Museum (78)

Meet at the gardens is a flagship event for fans of nature and horticulture! THE June 1 and 2, 2024we discover the specificities of the public and private gardens of the capital and Île-de-France, which open their doors to the public, thanks to numerous entertainment playful. Between guided tours, workshops, conferences or even tastings, everyone is served! Come on, let’s take on the Remarkable Gardens, this time in Yvelines?

And in terms of gardens, the National Archeology Museum of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is well endowed: Henry IV magnified the park by having six terraces built there at the end of the 16th century which went down to the Seine, galleries pierced with arcades and sumptuous caves. Under the reign of Louis XIII, the gardens lost their splendor and it was Louis XIV who entrusted to Ours the care of creating new ones. The latter gave the site its letters of nobility by creating the famous embroidery flowerbeds.

As to English landscaped garden, created in 1845 by Loaisel de Tréogate, engineer of the Crown domain, it was planted on a plot of forest and presents remarkable trees, some of which are several hundred years old. In particular, you can admire giant sequoias, Lebanese cedars, sessile oaks and purple beeches.

The program at the National Archeology Museum

• Meeting with a gardener from the Estate
  June 1 and 2

  A gardener from the National Estate will tell you about his job and his passion, during a walk punctuated by discussions and observation in the gardens.

• Walk in the garden
  Saturday June 1, 11:00 a.m.

  Bucolic visit offering a different perspective on the history and architecture of the castle. You can discover the history of the national estate during a walk in the gardens.
• Let’s take a walk in the garden
  June 1 and 2

  Discover the history of the royal castle gardens, from its foundation in the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Accompanied by a guide-lecturer, this visit allows you to discover the characteristics and evolution of the different gardens which existed around the castle and which now constitute the National Domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. An activity booklet will accompany the visitor and allow him to carry out several activities throughout the route: observation of the different states of the gardens based on old plans, drawings of flowerbeds, etc.

• “The musicality of the royal gardens at the beginning of the 17th century”
  Saturday June 1, 2:30 p.m.

  Making Nature heard and simulating its sonic qualities is an important aspect of garden art. This dimension asserted itself during the Renaissance where the musicality of water, wind and animal song was often underlined, or supplemented, by various constructions: gushing fountains, singing bird aviaries, hydraulic organs, pavilions, exedra and other spaces used for concerts, etc. At the beginning of the 17th century, this musical dimension was further amplified, in France, by the vogue for theater, “entertainments” and ballets: true sound theaters, the large gardens were also scenographic spaces where the musicality of the place was amplified by architecture. We will consider all these aspects under the reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII from the royal gardens of Fontainebleau and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, giving all the space they deserve to the Château Neuf, its numerous fountains and its automaton caves.

• Botany and the five senses in the Bronze Age
  Sunday June 2, 2:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m.

  Cultivated at least since the Bronze Age (2300-800 BC), the plantations presented during this visit to the estate will offer a range of colors, smells, tastes and textures that will put your senses awake.