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.
Organised by the Art & Jardins | Hauts-de-France association, the International Garden Festival | Hortillonnages Amiens has been held every year since 2010 at the exceptional site of the Hortillonnages.
Preserving historic gardens, adapting them and passing them on for future generations requires us to view them with a perspective that is both humble and precise.
In the final years of the Ancien Régime, Augustin Duprat de Barbançon (1750–1797) transformed his estate at Varesnes, near Noyon, into a remarkable laboratory for the acclimatisation of American plants.
Whether it be works of art installed in a garden or gardens associated with a particular artistic movement, every artistic expression finds in a chosen location a privileged setting for self-expression.
The Freÿr study day will explore the many facets of garden furniture, from its practical functions to its role in the presentation of historic landscapes.
Symposium organised as part of the GATES (Grenoble ATtractiveness and ExcellenceS) research project “FLOWER – Floral Legacies: Observing Women’s Eco-artistic Representations”.
How were the conservation measures for this area – which has received particular support from the DRAC Centre-Val de Loire – put in place, and how do they fit in with its development as a tourist destination?
Urban fortifications from the modern and contemporary periods, often reduced to their purely architectural dimension, harbour a botanical heritage that remains largely overlooked.
