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Medieval Garden

Park and garden, Garden, Medicinal/healing plants, Terraced in Sainte-Agnès
  • Created and managed by the “Association des Peintres du Soleil”, the medieval garden flourishes serenely behind the restored ramparts of the castle. The awakening of the senses that it arouses changes the visitor into a stroller and a dreamer.

  • We go back in time, in the troubled times of the Middle Ages, when it was dangerous to leave the enclosure of the castle because the knights had gone to war.
    This was how we got into the habit of gathering around a very small garden, which was above all a useful space for the community: it was a means of nourishing oneself and also of curing oneself with medicinal plants. The garden served as a kind of grocery store and pharmacy. Little by little, it grew to become also a garden of...
    We go back in time, in the troubled times of the Middle Ages, when it was dangerous to leave the enclosure of the castle because the knights had gone to war.
    This was how we got into the habit of gathering around a very small garden, which was above all a useful space for the community: it was a means of nourishing oneself and also of curing oneself with medicinal plants. The garden served as a kind of grocery store and pharmacy. Little by little, it grew to become also a garden of pleasure, source of pleasure, place of strolls, rendezvous of poets.
  • Environment
    • Mountain view
    • Close to a public transportation
    • Village centre
    • Close to GR footpath
    • Sea view
    • Panoramic view
  • Spoken languages
    • French
Services
  • Activities
    • Botanic trail
    • Botanical
  • Equipment
    • Parking
  • Services
    • Pets welcome
    • Tour free of charge
Openings
Openings
  • All year 2023
    Open Everyday
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