Ain. Stone, at the heart of the 22nd edition of the Rendez-vous aux jardins

This year, the ^22nd edition of Rendez-vous aux jardins has the theme "Stone Gardens, Garden Stones." The event runs for three days, from June 6 to 8, and seven locations in Ain are listed on the event website. Museums, historical sites, associations, and individuals invite the public to come and discover their gardens and sometimes even take part in activities. This is a small, non-exhaustive selection.

On Sunday, June 8th at 2:30 pm, a 90-minute guided tour is on the menu, allowing you to discover the church, the cloister, and the abbey gardens. Accompanied by a guide, while walking along the botanical trail, participants will learn about the many medicinal plants present and their virtues.

Prices: €10 and €5, free for children under 6.

Then, at 4:30 p.m., three creative workshops are offered (1 hour, ages 7 and up). Participants will be able to learn about tataki-zomé, a Japanese art form that allows you to create patterns on fabric using natural plant pigments. They will also be able to try the cyanotype technique to create deep blue photographic prints using natural elements. Finally (ages 12 and up), enthusiasts will make a love elixir while discovering plants and their benefits.

Prices for each workshop: €10 and €5, free for children under 6. Reservations: 04.74.38.74.04 or [email protected]

Several events are planned in Cuisiat (Val-Revermont) at the Revermont Museum. Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors will enjoy a stroll through the conservatory vegetable garden-orchard, place a stone they brought for the participatory cairn, and fill up on zenitude during a relaxing activity by creating a miniature garden, inspired by the Japanese art of bonkei, the plateau landscape. People present this weekend at the museum will have access to the exhibition “Invitation to the Clouds ”. The League for the Protection of Birds will also set up a stand from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This will be an opportunity to learn about the association's actions and activities, to suggest getting involved, to participate in workshops and counts, etc. “Agriculture and biodiversity” activities are also on the menu from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To, in particular, learn how to transform your garden or arrange your balcony into a refuge for biodiversity.

In connection with the temporary exhibition, two storm chasers (Grégory Mozdzen and Mathieu Brochier, president of the Storm Chasers association) will be present on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., to talk about their unique and exciting photographic quest.

Revermont Museum, 40 rue Principale in Cuisiat (Val-Revermont). Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In Biziat, André Catherin has been welcoming visitors to his vegetable garden since 2021. He shares his tips and tricks for growing a prolific garden despite rain, frost, and drought, and presents hanging baskets, combining yield and aesthetics: he has created tiled and paving paths to walk through his garden, making it more pleasant to walk through. He is open to the public this Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

2240 route de Rétissinge in Biziat.

On Sunday, June 8, at the Château des Allymes, on the heights of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, visitors will learn all about botany, the composition of a medieval garden and the plants that were cultivated several centuries ago, thanks to a 1-hour guided tour (free) in the company of Cédric Soulier, assistant secretary of the Château des Allymes association and René de Lucinge and associate professor in Life and Earth Sciences, and Sylvain Christophe, designer of the ephemeral medieval garden and member of the CA. Participants will then be able to complete the tour with a free visit of the old stronghold (this time for a fee).

http://allymes.net. Guided tour of the garden from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

There's the self-built permaculture garden, and a rose garden—the only one of its kind in the Ain region—which also serves as a conservation site for local heirloom rose varieties that would otherwise be doomed to disappear. Over three days, 45-minute guided tours with the owners are held to showcase the rose collection and the permaculture garden.

Lion d'Or Rose Garden in Torcieu. Tel. 06.09.01.94.68 and roseraieliondor.fr. Friday, June 6, Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Price: €5.

For the ^13th consecutive year, this private garden is open to the public for the three days of the event. Visits to this pleasure garden are free or guided. Spread over 5,000 ^m2 , there are green rooms with varied atmospheres: Japanese, romantic, aquatic around two ponds… and planted with perennials, more than 150 rose bushes and some trees with remarkable bark. Free price.

Jardin le clos de la Cornière, 281, chemin du Mas Falcon, Les Carronnières, in Priay. June 6 from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., June 7 from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and June 8 from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Cross the threshold of the property and discover the garden at its heart, enveloped by wisteria arches. Fruit trees, vegetable and medicinal plants, spices, condiments, and flowers flourish peacefully. The "simple garden" belongs to the town and was redeveloped in 2017. It is maintained by an association of enthusiasts, Heritage and Memory of the Château de Meximieux. It contains more than 120 medicinal, aromatic, condiment, and dye plants. They were chosen according to the Capitulaire De Villis. It is a place of biodiversity and sharing. It brings together medicinal plants, inspired by monastic tradition and adapted to the contemporary era.

Pochon House Garden, Place du Lieutenant-Giraud in Meximieux. Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free.

Detailed program at http://rendezvousauxjardins.culture.gouv.fr