Top Things to do in Basse-Normandie
Things to do in Basse-Normandie, Normandy: The Best Gardens
Discover the best top things to do in Basse-Normandie, France including Jardin Interieur a Ciel Ouvert, Jardin Public, Jardin des plantes de Coutances, La Colline aux Oiseaux, Au Jardin Pieds Nus, Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge, Jardin de L'Eveche, Les Jardins du Manoir de la Bonnerie, Jardin Botanique de Vauville, Jardins du Chateau de Canon.
Restaurants in Basse-Normandie
1. Jardin Interieur a Ciel Ouvert
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 87 reviews
Open to the public since 2011, this contemporary garden was started in March 2000 by the owners, Dominique and Benoit Delomez, both of whom are sculptors. It is managed so as to respect both the environment and biodiversity. Poetic, intimate or fun, tamed wilderness and luxuriance stand side by side with radicality in a completely restructured site, consisting of banks, pools and rocks. Water is a major feature: wild ponds, fountains, and water courses bring this garden to life, giving a calming effect, encouraging quiet lingering reflection, and the discovery of hidden-away places. Over 1200 varieties of plants are currently to be found here, including perennials, grasses and shrubs: species from the region feature as well as a collection of 136 taxa of heather. With its tones of red and orange, the vegetable garden, magnified by mirrors, has fruit trees, vegetables, as well as herbs and medicinal plants.
2. Jardin Public
3. Jardin des plantes de Coutances
4. La Colline aux Oiseaux
5. Au Jardin Pieds Nus
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
6. Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge
7. Jardin de L'Eveche
8. Les Jardins du Manoir de la Bonnerie
9. Jardin Botanique de Vauville
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 100 reviews
The Botanical Gardens of Vauville are open from the 1st of April to the last week-end of October. Come and visit us to discover the incredible species growing here in Normandy, whereas they use to live in the Southern Emisphere. Royal Ferns, Eucalyptus, Cordylines Australis, Palm trees, Hydrangeas, Agapanthus...Enter the exotic gardens and allow your family to travel around the world for an hour or two !
10. Jardins du Chateau de Canon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 99 reviews
As a tantalizing guess of garden art in the XVIIIth century, the grounds at Canon are as charming as ever. Here the elegant French perspectives meet romantic groves, sprinkled with streams, waterfalls, and small bridges. In the shade of spectacular plane trees, the genuine 'follies' have conserved all their mystery : Chinese kiosk, neoclassical temple and many other surprises turn the walk into an idyllic dream. Eventually the 'Chartreuses', a succession of perennial-filled walled-gardens, offer dazzling views. Also shop, organic cider products and educative farm.
