From the soil to the plate: the story of a vegetable garden in Miromesnil

No château, no vegetable garden. Located alongside the château as from the 17th century, as illustrated by its walled enclosure, the vegetable garden has always played a nourishing role.  As years went by, and owners changed hands, the garden went through many changes. Particularly after the Second World War, when Simone de Vogüé decided to get it “back into shape”. Flowers, fruit and vegetables were henceforth grown together. A new arrangement, new plants, but the same culture. Miromesnil… or how to please both the eye and the palate for over 100%.

Originally from Dieppe, Nathalie Romatet childhood was spent in two châteaux: weekdays at the château Musée de Dieppe, where her father Pierre Bazin was curator, and weekends at the Château de Miromesnil, owned by her grandparents, Bertrand and Simone de Vogüé. Training in communication, a detour via the Cours Florent drama school and accompanying teenagers were her daily occupations. But her family remained most important: Jean-Christophe, her husband and her three children, Margaux, Lorraine and Alexandre. Tunis, Paris, Reims, Rouen and Angers were their ports of call. Yet the call of the seagulls and the whims of fate brought them back to Miromesnil in April 2004. Passion… and / or recklessness… they needed to unearth all sorts of ideas to breathe life back in to this marvellous site.