Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2011
For over 20 years, the Mediterranean Garden Days have been opening up the doors to a magnificent, fragile, rare, and precious heritage for one weekend.
Over the years, these days have been enriched with activities, workshops for children, a sales exhibition, and advice areas for plant enthusiasts.
Finally, these days cultivate originality and curiosity, offering meetings with gardeners, children’s workshops, and a prestigious floral-flavored dinner.
These events will be extended throughout the year.
Sales Exhibition (from 9 am to 7 pm)
Around fifty nurserymen and decorators will be at your disposal to advise you on the layout of your gardens, terraces, balconies, and interiors. Discover an exceptional selection of decorative plants, rare species, aromatic plants, and decorative objects.
Gardeners’ Rendezvous (10 am/12 pm • 2 pm/7 pm)
The town of Menton’s Parks and Gardens service presents the gardeners’ meeting on the Francis-Palmero esplanade with the following themes: • Citrus fruits • The gardens of Menton • The red palm weevil (present in France since 2006, posing a threat to the palm trees of the Mediterranean basin)
Vintage Cars
With the Menton Automobile Club, board the beauties of yesteryear and let yourself be driven for guided tours of exceptional gardens.
Esplanade Francis-Palmero
30 minutes before: €3
Children’s Workshops (9 am/12 pm • 2 pm/6 pm)
Fun and educational activities that contribute to their awakening and make them aware of environmental respect: • Pebble decoration • Decorative pots, photo holders • Aromatic plants • Nest box to place • Bracelet creation • Dyeing workshops using the smoke tree, which grows in the hinterland. Dying silk squares to obtain an orange dye as ancient peoples did (organized by the Menton heritage service).
Workshop €2 • 6 workshops €10
2nd Rare Plant Exchange
Serre de la Madone: from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Information and registration: 04 93 28 79 00
The Wind Gardens
An animation featuring the wind through banners, unusual machines, mobiles, windmills…
It is about experimenting with air, developing senses, observation, and imagination.
The rotunda of the Francis-Palmero esplanade will be decorated by the Parks & Gardens Service to offer us a glimpse of a Tropical garden.
