Normandy has long since been a source of literary inspiration and a land of writing. The ‘Jardin & Littérature’ (Garden & Literature) colloquium, held from 9 to 12 May 2019 in Caen*, explored the multifarious, prolific, sometimes symbiotic and always singular links that are forged between landscape art and gardening, and poetic creation and imagination in literary works. The present publication reunites the various interventions during this colloquium. Boasting a wealth of illustrations, it opens the gates of writers’ gardens, in Normandy and in Europe, offering you a journey through written works, independently of their generic category, where the poetry inherent to gardens plays a fundamental role.

Caen Academy of Science, Arts and Literature literary prize, 2021.

*organised by the Institut Européen des Jardins & Paysages and the Normandy Regional Council.