Magical event in the park of Château de Chantilly

Over two hundred of Europe’s most highly specialised nursery gardeners and exhibitors are expected to attend, some for the first time. A place to discuss, discover and showcase garden trends and new plants, every year the show offers a rich and varied programme. This year’s three-day event includes planting workshops, advice, meetings, the launches of new varieties, and guided tours.

Gardeners will find surprising, hard-to-find and must-have plants,as well as trees and shrubs adapted to climate change and identified by nursery specialists. They’ll also discover new, sustainable garden furniture, useful organic products and high-performance French-made tools. Most of all, they’ll get expert advice from top professionals eager to share their knowledge with other gardeners.Whatever the season, les Journées des Plantes de Chantilly are always a warm and friendly event and an ideal way for gardeners, authors, members of non-profit organizations, landscape gardeners and botanists to meet each other.

Elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2018 in the sculpture section, Jean-Michel Othoniel weaves a multi-contoured universe that brings poetry to the world. Glass from Murano and further afield is his signature material. His art is hard to describe, but so easy to love. In 2021, for example, this master of colourful glass brought a sparkle to the gardens and spaces of the Petit Palais with rivers and knots in his preferred medium. He also created three gilded glass sculpture fountains for the grounds of the Château deVersailles, inspired by the choreography of Louis XIV’s dancing master. His works, which blend harmoniously into landscapes, gardens, historicsites and museums, immerse us in a universe where light plays with colourand form. From 18 July to 22 October 2023, he is also presenting a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Autumn tones are like spring hues, but warmer: red replaces pinkin fusain and sweet gum, blues take on a purple tinge on asters,yellows deepen to orange with crocosmias and Japanese maples,soft greens veer towards the bronze and copper of ninebark, and whites take on creamier shades, like the silky inflorescences of grasses.

The role of color is not limited to being purely decorative. It is as important as the volumes, lines, or perspectives that shape a garden.

• Colour creates a distinctive ambience.
• It accentuates particular areas of the garden.
• It can soothe or energise a dense group of trees or shrubs.
• It can serve as a focal point, drawing attention to a special feature
• It creates surprise and dispels monotony.
• It has the power to alter how we see surfaces and volumes,creating trompe-l’oeil effects by making some spaces seem smaller or larger, closer or further away.

Below you can download a PDF file with information about the event.