The conference will explore orangery culture in its broadest sense as a unique phenomenon that brings together art history, architecture, horticulture, heritage conservation, botany, and Europe’s cultural heritage.
An exhibition organised to mark the centenary of Claude Monet’s death.
International symposium organised by the Research Centre of the Palace of Versailles, the Palace of Versailles and the École nationale supérieure du paysage de Versailles, in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Gardens of the Enlightenment. 1750–1800’.
Garden tales is back for a new edition in 2026, featuring 2 dates with distinct programmes.
Event organised in partnership with the Botanical Garden of Caen.
Exhibition organised in partnership with the MRSH – University of Caen-Normandy and the Botanical Garden of Caen.
The concept behind ‘Garden Stories’ is based on sharing experiences, with a view to passing on knowledge, fostering dialogue and inspiring one another.
Conference organised as part of the Year of Water at Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Organisers: LAREP – Research laboratory on landscape projects, National Graduate Landscaping School.
Event organised by the Réseau des Théâtres de Verdure.
The Ministry of Culture invites you to visit over 2,800 parks and gardens across France and Europe.
This major exhibition brings together nearly 160 works to reveal the originality and diversity of landscaped gardens designed in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Beyond being in interjection to express surprise, ‘Ha-ha’ is also a noun in the specific vocabulary of gardens.
Within the context of commemorations of the 4th centenary of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie’s birth, the open university is joining forces with the ENSP (National Graduate School of Landscape) to propose a cycle of four conferences.
Within the context of commemorations of the 4th centenary of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie’s birth, the open university is joining forces with the ENSP (National Graduate School of Landscape) to propose a cycle of four conferences.
This exhibition coincides with the centenary of the shared management of the Alhambra and Generalife Gardens, celebrating both the gardens themselves and their gardeners.
From water towers to city parks, researchers and stakeholders ponder over new use of water and associated constraints.
How should we manage wooded areas in heritage sites today? An interdisciplinary approach to management and intervention challenges.
The Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France has been working in association with the Fondation pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau to coordinate the “Jardins Ouverts pour le cerveau” operation.
For the great art of time, spectacle and storytelling that is cinema, gardens serve as a partner that delivers a level of aesthetics and poetics rarely found elsewhere.
The theme of this 5th edition will be ‘Healthy Plants’.
Symposium organised as part of the exhibition: Seeds of Exchange: Canton and London in the 1700s
This symposium explores the ways in which literature responds, in its imaginary spaces, to disrupted, destroyed and transformed landscapes.
Jan Synowiecki’s research offers a fresh insight into the history of the gardens and their relationship with the city.
This conference is associated with the ongoing ArtCim (2024 – 2026) research project, focusing on the characterisation and restoration of rock gardens and rustic garden decoration.
Despite a considerable number of mentions by gardeners, landscapers and historians, information on ‘our’ La Quintinie is scarce and inconsistent. His unique printed work – the Instruction – together with his only garden that continues to this day to be cultivated – the King’s Kitchen Garden – are the only solid references that remain at present.
Immediately to the south of the Grand-Site de France Les Deux-Caps – property of the Coastal Conservancy – Pointe de la Crèche is a strategic ecological landscape zone offering exceptional panoramic views, shaped by a delicate balance between natural spaces and the urban influence of Wimereux and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
8th Winter Conference of the Jardins i Jardiners Association.
The history and structure of gardens hold endless surprises and fascinating connections withother disciplines.
Designed as of 1811 by Louis-Martin Berthault (1770-1823), the Château de Compiègne’s park and gardens marked a radical turn in novel landscape design for an official residence.
On the scale of agricultural history, meadows are a relatively recent innovation in Normandy’s landscape.
This conference will focus on the development of the city of Nice and its surroundings after the second half of the 18th century.
From paths to paths and from landscapes to landscapes, the international conference ‘Paysage en chemin/s’ aims to bring together points of view, experiences and knowledge about landscape, following the paths of teachers and researchers, as well as authors and professionals, who were trained as part of the Diplôme d’études approfondies “Jardins, paysages, territoires” (JPT) between 1991 and 2005.
Fondazione Benetton announces the theme of the twenty-second edition of the International Study Days on Landscape: Healthscapes. Landscape, the Contemporary Meaning of Care, and the Fallacy of Wellbeing.
As from 1557, Château-Neuf in Saint-Germain-en-Laye became an elegant pleasure palace boasting stunning views over its surroundings. Henri IV of France had it transformed into a spectacular country home with gardens spreading down towards the river over a succession of terraces.
Every year, in a political aim to encourage and support young researchers, the INHA (French National Institute for Art History) invites a research collective to propose a creative scientific project in a field related to the history of art. The Studio XIX association is the tenth collective to be hosted by the INHALab.
This conference is organised by the Association des Amis de la Villa Charlotte.
When we speak of the gardens of the Bundestag in Berlin, the reaction is often, ‘What gardens?’ These gardens are generally hidden amidst secured zones and the administrative buildings of the German parliament. Despite their great architectural quality and their location in the heart of democracy, they remain largely unknown to the public.
Loïc Mareschal is a landscaper and founder of the Phytolab landscaping agency. Resolutely focused on operational aspects, the agency approaches projects by considering the stage offered by the landscape itself.
27-28 September 2021 Knowledge transfer through gardens This symposium examines the ways that the export and importation of garden elements,
Public funding for parks has declined steadily over the past two decades – can philanthropy, business, and volunteering fill the gap?
Discover the relationship between John Bradby Blake (1745-1773), an English botanist who worked as a supercargo for the East India Company in the 1770s, his Chinese interlocutor Whang At Tong 黃遏東, and the botanical artists Bradby Blake commissioned to document plants native to Canton.
This conference will approach the concrete and symbolic role of gardens in Ancient Greek thought.
As a natural extension to the L’Oise des Jardins exhibition, Creators and Creations (1600-1920), and the eponymous publication, the departmental archives hope to initiate dialogue between disciplines so as to highlight the relevance of archives in the study of gardens and contemporary considerations on their conservation, be they associated with heritage, the environment or purely aesthetic.
In 1925, the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts consecrated and baptised a style that had already – over a few years – made a name for itself: Art Deco. For the first time in the history of international exhibitions, garden art was also on the agenda, around twenty fleeting gardens punctuating the visit.
Historic gardens were not only symbols of power, culture and elegance, but also propaganda tools for the popes, princes and cardinals who owned them. This exhibition retraces their history up to their transformation into public parks ‘for the pleasure of the people’.
This symposium asks how we manage, garden, and sustain them so that people, plants, and places can flourish together over the long term.
In 1777, the Count of Artois (1757-1836), brother to the French King Louis XVI and future King Charles X, acquired the Château de Maisons to welcome his pairs and indulge in hunting. He entrusted work to enhance the property to François-Joseph Bélanger. Yet, it was never completed…
