Historical gardens: news
European Rendez-vous in Gardens 2024: The five senses in the Garden
The Rendez-vous aux jardins 2024 edition, to be be held on Friday 31 May (day dedicated to schoolchildren), Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June in France and twenty other European countries, will be devoted to the joyful and unifying theme of "five senses in the garden", inviting the public to explore...
European Rendez-vous in the Gardens on the theme: "Garden’s melodies"
The edition of the Rendez-vous aux jardins took place on Friday, June 2 (a day especially dedicated to schoolchildren), Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4, 2023, on the theme "Garden’s melodies". More than 20 countries were expected to participate simultaneously in this event that brings...
HEREIN at the garden network hybrid meeting
The national coordinators of the member countries of this network will meet in February to update the historic gardens section on the HEREIN website, prepare the next edition of the European Garden Rendezvous to be held on June 2, 3 and 4, 2023, on the theme of "Garden’s melodies", and reflect on...
European Rendez-vous in Gardens 2022: Gardens facing climate change
This 2022 edition of the Rendez-vous aux jardins, held on Friday 3 (day reserved for schoolchildren), Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June 2022, was dedicated to the theme “Gardens facing climate change" and, as in the past two editions, included the participation of many European countries (more than 20...
The "Remarkable Garden" label
The Remarkable Garden label is a registered trademark for France and Europe. Like the logo, it can be used by any country that requests it from the French Ministry of Culture. Established in 2004, the "Remarkable Garden" label distinguishes gardens and parks, both historical and contemporary,...
The Art of Gardening Award 2022
On June 2, 2022, the Signature Foundation's Art of Gardening Award was presented to the Château de Losse in Thonac (Dordogne), 2nd prize went to the Jardin du Bois Marquis in Vernioz (Isère) and 3rd prize was awarded to the gardens of the Château de la Ballue in Bazouges-en-Pérouse...
European Rendez-vous in Gardens 2021: The transmission of knowledge
Due to the COVID 19 crisis, the Rendezvous in Gardens 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 and took finally place on Friday 4 (a day dedicated to schoolchildren), Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June 2021. As in the two previous editions, it included the participation of 20 European countries, even if ....
International symposium on Restoration of Historic Gardens (Florence, Italy)
Organised by the University of Florence in collaboration with the National Higher School of Landscape of Versailles (ENSP), the goal of the symposium is to rethink 40 years later the two Florence Charters (the ICOMOS-IFLA one and the Italian one) drawn up in Florence in 1981, in the light of the...
HEREIN at the garden network online meeting
This meeting provided an update to national coordinators from 20 countries on the status of this network, from the updating of the historic gardens section to the HEREIN website, to prepare for the next edition of the Rendez-vous aux Jardins to be held on 4, 5 and 6 June 2021 on the theme of...
Study day on the theme "Transmission of knowledge" for the 2021 Garden Meetings
Since 2007, a study day is organized each year by the French Ministry of Culture on the theme chosen for the “Rendez-vous aux Jardins”: this study day was thus devoted this year to the theme "Transmission of knowledge". Since the Renaissance, garden art treatises, plans, flowerbed models and...
Postponement to 2021 of current year's Rendez-vous aux jardins devoted to "The transmission of knowledge"
Due to the COVID 19 crisis and in view of the difficult to find a common date in the autumn (as European Heritage Days take place between the end of August and mid-October throughout Europe), it was decided to postpone the Rendez-vous aux jardins 2020 to Friday 4 (a day more specifically...
Rendez-vous at the Gardens 2020 "The transmission of knowledge"
This year's edition of the Rendez-vous aux jardins, which will be held on Friday 5 (day reserved for schoolchildren), Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2020, will be dedicated to the theme "The transmission of knowledge" and, as in the past two editions, will include the participation of many European...
Publication "The Europe of gardens"
As a follow-up to the international success of the 2018 edition of the “Rendez-vous aux Jardins” on the subject of "The Europe of Gardens", the International Association HEREIN AISBL has published a special issue on this subject within its collection Carnets HEREIN. This bilingual publication...
Rendez-Vous in Gardens 2019: "Animals in the garden"
This 2nd edition of the Rendez-vous aux jardins, held on Friday 7 (a day more particularly dedicated to schoolchildren), Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June 2019, was dedicated to the theme "Animals in the garden. ». For the second consecutive year, these Garden Rendez-vous was held in other European...
A summer in the garden ...
In July 2018, the “Centre for heritage professions” in Wallonia (Belgium) organized two weeks of activities and internships for very different audiences. During the first week of July, the 2nd meeting of educators on heritage professions with the theme of urban and rural gardens was held: nine...
Rendez-Vous in Gardens 2018: "Europe of Gardens"
As part of the European Year of Heritage in 2018 and inspired by the 14 French editions of "Rendez-vous aux Jardins", a joint event took place on 2-3 June 2018 in 16 European countries. More than 2 700 parks and gardens (of whom over 500 exceptionnally) opened simultaneously their doors...
The Erasmus + Project "Sharing knowledge and know-how on the management of historic gardens"
Initiated by France and financed by the European Commission, it has enabled during one year meetings between professionals, managers and owners of historic gardens in four European countries (Belgium, Spain, France, Hungary) to acquire new knowledge and know-how on the management of historic...
