Rendez-vous aux jardins returns for the seventeenth consecutive year throughout France.
On the first weekend of June, the Ministry of Culture and Communication invites the public to (re)discover parks and gardens, both public and private, to explore the botanical wonders that unfold within them and to enjoy the numerous activities offered.
In Menton, this event is themed: “animals in the garden.” The subject invites us to reflect on the relationships between humans and their environment and biodiversity. Animals and insects are essential components of our gardens: some are harmful to gardeners, while others prove to be protectors or decorative elements for statuary.
Free exhibitions, tours, and activities are planned at Jardin Serre de la Madone, Fontana Rosa, Maria Serena, Palais Carnolès.
This Sunday, visitors can choose between different options:
▪ Jardin Fontana Rosa
As part of the 7th Franco-Spanish Meetings:
• 10 AM: guided tour of the garden by a heritage service guide
• 2:30 PM: guided tour of the garden by a heritage service guide
▪ Jardin Maria Serena
• 10 AM: guided tour of the garden by a heritage service guide
▪ Jardin Serre de la Madone
• 3 PM: guided tour of the garden by a domain gardener
▪ Esplanade des Sablettes
• 5 PM: Performance by the BAL company:
The gods have fallen from the sky and seek hospitality from humans. Usually, it is us who pray to them. But now everything changes. Their paradise has become uninhabitable.
And the earth is still beautiful. What will they do with us? Have no fear, the Olympians no longer have the means for a flood: Zeus’s battery is empty, so to waste it in revenge…
In exchange for our hospitality, Iris, Prometheus, Hermes, and Hera will guide us through their legends. That of Phaeton who, burning to drive the sun’s chariot, devastated everything around him, those of the Lycians who chose to pollute the water rather than share it.
Will we manage to learn from them and transform ourselves as Ovid invites us to?
