Jardin des Paradis
The Jardin des Paradis, Paradise Gardens, was created by Eric Ossart and Arnaud Maurieres who are both well known garden designers in France. The Jardin des Paradis has taken the idea of 'paradise or Islamic gardens' as its inspiration and created this beautiful garden which stimulates all five senses in the 'paradise' tradition.
The 2500 square meter plot houses a number of gardens on different terraces. One of its key gardens is its large potager, a vegetable garden, where flowers are mixed with vegetables to make a garden pleasing to look at as well as productive.
Perhaps the most famous feature at the Jardin des Paradis is a series of galvanize-tin buckets down the edge of a staircase where water trickles gently from one to the other forming a very original water feature.
Following from a passion for Persian carpets annual plants are woven into 'living carpets' with a pattern created by the repetition of a number of annual pants. Zinnias, verbenas and salvias are often used in these creations.
The gardening style is a natural one where mulching and composting are preferred to the use of fertilizer.
The garden has been given the 'Jardin Remarquable' distinction in 2004.
Water is a key feature of the paradise gardens. Pond in the Persian Pavilion
at the Paradise Gardens
Colour is very important in the Jardin des Paradis
Vegetable garden of the Jardin des Paradis
Garden Guide:
The Paradise Garden is garden is situated in the medieval village of Cordes sur Ciel, a wonderful village to visit in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France. It is about 20 minutes from Albi and 1 hour from Toulouse.
The garden is open:
1 May to 14 June and September and 1-4 October: Tues to Sat 14h00 to 18h00, Sunday 11h00 to 18h00
15 June to 31 August: every day 10h30 to 19h00
Address:
Les Jardins des Paradis
Place du Theron
81170 Cordes sur Ciel
Tél : 01 55 63 56 29 77