International Garden Festival of Chaumont sur Loire

Every year in France the grounds of the Chateau de Chaumont are host to the International Garden Festival of Chaumont. 2009 sees the 18th festival and the theme this year is Gardens of Colour.

The grounds of the castle have been designed by Jacques Wirtz and there are 26 plots of about 240 square metres. The exhibitors are selected from hundreds around the world who enter their gardens each year.

The style of the gardens tends to be more contemporary than those exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show.

One great advantage of the International Garden Festival at Chaumont is that it is open from May to October and so can easily be slotted into a tour of the Gardens of the Loire Valley.

Chaumont Castle, Photo by Christophe Finot, copyright

Garden Guide:

The festival gardens are open from 29 th May  to 18 Octoberember. 09h30 until - late. For the first time in 2009 the gardens will be illuminated and so can be visited at night time.

This garden is situated between Tours and Blois in the Loire Valley.

Address:

International Garden Festival of Chaumant sur Loire

41150 Chaumont sur Loire

Tél : 02 54 20 99 22