22 APRIL - 16 OCTOBER 2011

20TH INTERNATIONAL GARDEN FESTIVAL

DOMAINE DE CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE

Since 1992, the International Garden Festival in Chaumont-sur-Loire has been providing a unique international platform for landscape design. Every year, professionals, students and garden aficionados are invited to present a project around a specific theme. Around twenty gardens are selected by a jury among over 300 proposals from all over the world. A “free green hand” are also given to artists, architects or celebrities to design a garden. This year, the theme for the 20th edition of the festival will be "Gardens of the Future or the Art of Happy Biodiversity", with a jury presided by the botanist Jean-Marie Pelt, founder of the European Institute of Ecology (1971).

General information :

Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire
41150 Chaumont-sur-Loire
tél : 02 54 20 99 22
fax : 02 54 20 99 24
contact@domaine-chaumont.fr
www.domaine-chaumont.fr

 

Opening hours and prices
• The International Garden Festival is open every day from 22 April au 16 October 2011, from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm .
A guided visit of a selection of gardens takes around 1¼ hours. An unguided visit takes 2 hours.
Garden Festival & Grounds, Adult price : 10,00 euros / Children’s prices : 7,50 euros (12-18 years old) and 4,50 euros (6-11 years old).
• The Château is open all year round, the contemporary art exhbitions from 08 April to 03 November 2011.
From April onwards, the Château is open from 10 am to 6 pm (times vary according to the seasons). Guided and unguided visits.
Château & Grounds, Adult price : 9,50 euros / Children’s prices : 6,00 euros (12-18 years old) and 3,50 euros (6-11 years old).
• Twin ticket for the Château, Grounds & Garden Festival, Adult price : 15,50 euros / Children’s prices : 11,00 euros (12-18 years old)
and 5,50 euros (6-11 years old).

Access
Chaumont-sur-Loire is located between Blois and Tours, 185 km from Paris. A10 and A85 Motorways, Blois or Amboise exit.
Many direct trains every day on the Paris Austerlitz - Orléans - Tours line, get off at Onzain.

Sandrine Mahaut / sandrine@claudinecolin.com

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Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire 41150 Chaumont-sur-Loire tél : 02 54 20 99 22 fax : 02 54 20 99 24 contact@domaine-chaumont.fr www.domaine-chaumont.fr   Opening hours and prices • The International Garden Festival is open every day from 22 April au 16 October 2011, from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm . A guided visit of a selection of gardens takes around 1¼ hours. An unguided visit takes 2 hours. Garden Festival & Grounds, Adult price : 10,00 euros / Children’s prices : 7,50 euros (12-18 years old) and 4,50 euros (6-11 years old). • The Château is open all year round, the contemporary art exhbitions from 08 April to 03 November 2011. From April onwards, the Château is open from 10 am to 6 pm (times vary according to the seasons). Guided and unguided visits. Château & Grounds, Adult price : 9,50 euros / Children’s prices : 6,00 euros (12-18 years old) and 3,50 euros (6-11 years old). • Twin ticket for the Château, Grounds & Garden Festival, Adult price : 15,50 euros / Children’s prices : 11,00 euros (12-18 years old) and 5,50 euros (6-11 years old). Access Chaumont-sur-Loire is located between Blois and Tours, 185 km from Paris. A10 and A85 Motorways, Blois or Amboise exit. Many direct trains every day on the Paris Austerlitz - Orléans - Tours line, get off at Onzain.

Captions
1. 20e Festival international des jardins (affiche) : (c) DR / Eric Sander
2. Le jardin des plantes disparues : Photo Eric Sander
3. Manier avec précaution : Photo Eric Sander
4. L'Arbre-Roi, carte verte à Dominique Perrault : Photo DR
5. Jardin bijou, carte verte à Loulou de la Falaise : Photo Eric Sander
6. Entre ciel et terre, carte verte à Wang Xiangrong : Photo Eric Sander
7. Bulbes fertiles : Photo Eric Sander
8. Lucy in the sky : Photo Eric Sander
9. Le jardin méditerranéen : Photo Eric Sander